The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-11

vice Mr.. Roosevelt used naturally, just I,
as Bismarck often used it as one of the [
arts of diplomacy.
To be certain that his police orders were I
oteyed and that the reforms he recon-
mended were carried out, he pursued the l
very simple, but effective method of Wis /
iting the patrolmen of the force on their /
beats at night, very much as the good Ha- (
roun-al-Raschid visited the citizens of
Bsgdad. A very few such visits, with |
the punishments which followed, were
quite enough to give the average police I
mar wholesome regard for Mr. Roose- 7
velts authority.
There never was man who had a
kee ner appreciation of bravery than Mr..
Roosevelt. Every feat of heroism," he
says, makes us forever indebted to the
man who performed IL"
He was continually watching for it and
jIewarding it among his men. A lank,
lred-headed Irish patrolman, named Dug
gen, saw burglar one night, on Park
avenue near Seventeen street, making off
with a bundle of silverware. He gave
chase. The burglar threw away the bun
die. and jumped the rence that surrounds
the cavernous ventilating holes of the
New York Central Railroad tunnel. Dug
gan followed him. The burglar ran to one
of theA holes, hesitated, and jumped a
! sheer twenty feet to TIE tracks below, re-
CARELESS of the danger of being crushed
/ by passing trains. Without moments
consideration Duggan sprang after him,
Handed on him, and dragged him out by
the collar. When the president of the Po-
lice Board heard of that, he straightway
sent for Duggan and heard the story
from his own lips, and when Duggan
went away he was roundsman. And
this is only one instance among a hum
ldred, every one of which was a link to
bind him to his men. They learned that
he was as quick to reward as he was to
Punish and that he had their welfare at
heart. Previous to his administration,
policeman who ruined his clothing in
lstopping runaway or in arresting thief
was compelled to buy new suit at his
own expense. Commissioner Roosevelt
Informed the force that he considered
muddy clothing, when muddied in such a
cause badge of honor, and that the De-
apartment would always make good the
damage.
1 Mr.. Roosevelt was the only police officer
to whom the labor unions of New York
came for counsel on friendly terms. Usu-
ally the police and the unions are at odds.
A small strike in which there was much
bitterness between the strikers pickets
and the patrolmen, brought this condition
forcibly to Mr.. Roosevelt's attention. He
pre- mpt1y called meeting of the leaders,
spent an evening with them discussing
! tfeir grievances, and finally made the
very simple and sensible suggestion that
they appoint duly authorized pickets,
whose rights the police should protect.
After that there was perfect confidence
between the Police Department and the
labor unions.
!, Dynamite bombs We're left in his office
, sensational newspapers attacked him with
bitter malice, a part even of his own
beard was against him, but he neither
/ wavered nor paused. When a police cap
e tain would not obey orders, he placed him
urder arrest; he appointed more than p
: 00) new men to the force, honest men, and
every one of them came in under civil
| service rules, without regard to politics
: religion or nationality. Within a brief
half year from the day of Mr.. Roosevelt
: appointment, every saloon in New Yorl
u obeyed the law, crime had decreased
n street gangs were broken up, and police
|, blackmail was a thing of the past.
f I'm administering the police force" h
q Isays, 1--WE found that there was no neet
4 lof genius, nor, indeed, of any very unusu.
al qualities. What was needed was exer
o lcise of the plain, ordinary virtues, of q
a lrather commonplace type, which all goot
. citizens should be expected to possess
e Common sense, common honesty, cour-
r age, energy, resolution, readiness tc
!, learn, and desire to be as pleasant a.
was compatible with the strict perform
: ance of duty-these were the qualities
9 most called for
: While Mr.. Roosevelt took no very activ.
: part in the political campaign of 1896, hs
. was an ardent supporter of the cause O.
: Ihorest money. He could brook no 'quacl
> cure, as he called it, for financial dis
= tTess. 1t was during this political contes
a that he published an address telling VIII.
- he was supporter of the Monroe Doc
trine, an address in which his stalwar
Americanism spoke in every line.
Every true patriot" he wrote, ever.
LII
II forward to the day when not singl,
,r European power will hold a foot o
l. American soil. At present it is not nee
It lessary to take the position that no Euro
= pean power shall hold American terri
d tory; but 1t certainly will become neces
is sary if the timid and selfish peace-at-any
k price men have their way, and if tn
k United States fails to check, at the out
L. set, European ACKNOWLEDGMENT on thi
Is continent"
ar This is a most significant utterance II
.e view of the recent war. Colonel Roose
IN welt has fought for his belief.
IT AS A ROUGH RIDER.
n II 1897, Mr. Roosevelt began his worl
g as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, men
d ton of which has already been made. H
J., resigned on May 6, 1898, TO become Lieu
d terant Colonel of his own regiment o
D. Rough Riders. 1t is an error which ha
as pdt WioS CTSu0HCe, tudl InlS was MT
Of Rocsevelts first military service. AS ia
10 back as 1884 he became a Lieutenant O
4, the Eighth Regiment of the Nationa
II Guard of the State of New York, after
IN wards rising to Captain, and remainin
rs a militiaman for more than four years
m If there is one thing that he believes i
g mere than another, it is the value of tn
q warlike qualities of nation.
"All the great, masterful races h
is says, "have been fighting races; and tn
= minute a race loses the hard-fighting viz
"a tues, then, no matter what else it may re
20 tain, no matter how skilled in commerce
q or finance, in science or arts, it has los
its proud right to stand as the equal c
10 the best. Cowardice in a race, as in a
ID individual, is the objectionable SIM"
ne History bequeathed the idea of til
IN Trough Riders to Mr.. Roosevelt He knee
r. well what Marion's men had done in TIL
a American Revolution; how the Texa
or Rangers rode in the Mexican War; wha
ct Andy Jacksons sharpshooters did in til
d. War of 1872; and he felt that this arm
D. the service would be invaluable in tn
n Spanish War. Mr.. Roosevelt has the rar