Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-26

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State Legislature in the Twenty-first
District. The local boss was Jake
Hess, a man of low principle, and the
Republicans of that district had been
looking for man to take his place.
| Theodore satisfied them and after be-
ing nominated at the prlmarie5, despite
the opposition of Mr.. Hess, he was
duly elected
AS Mr.. Roosevent was the youngest
member of the legislature, some of the
old political war horses from New
York promptly named him "silk-stock-
ing" and passed him by as one of the
freaks of a popular election. But they
misjudgcd their man, for he soon be-
came the leader of the Republican side
of the house.
During his last term" Gays Alger,
delegates were elected to the Republi-
can State Convention held at Utica,
and once more Mr.. Roosevelt was COM
PEELED to enter into combat with Jake
he was victorious. Mr.. Hess was de-
feated and Mr.. Roosevelt went to Ut
lea at the head of an Edmunds delega-
tion of his own party. The State Con-
vention recognized the merits of the
young Assemblyman, and sent him as
a delegate to the Republican National
Convention held at Chicago in 1884,
where he was associated with such
men as Andrew d. White and George
William Curtis. He went uninstruct-
ed, but in favor of the nomination of
Senator Edmunds for the presidency,
in opposition to Mr.. Blaine"
"At the National Republican Con-
vention at Chicago in 1884, he joined
hands with the venerable George Will
liam Curtis in the fight against James
G. Blaine, with the so-called kid
glove element at that memorable con-
venticn, participated in the effort to
. nominate mugwump candidate"
In 1886 he was the candidate of the
Republican party for Mayor of New
York. His opponents were Abram S.
Hewitt and Henry George. Although
he was beaten. he had the honor of re-
ceiving the largest percentage Of votes
ever polled by Republican candidate
, for Mayor of New York until the elec-
tion of William L. Strong in 1894. Mr.
Hewitt was elected by a plurality OF
1000.
Roosevelt was now politician OF
note. He was the leader of the New
, York Republicans, man of experience
, and one who could be trusted in any.
, thing he went to work to do He hat
, achieved a strong liking for the army
and the instruction he received while
in the Eighth New York Nationa
q Guards fitted him for the position HI
. was to hold in the Spanish American
war.
: While serving his third term in tn
4 New York Assembly Mr.. Roosevelt
1 purchased a ranch in North Dakota
4 and when he was free from the tolls o
1 politics he would spend ew weeks oil
v his ranch, hunting and fishing. HI
t came so frequently to the ranch tha
he could be callc1 a cowboy and sports
e man. He was a hunter of big gam
Y as well as small. He was known a!
the "four-eyed tenderfoot' by thu
r cowboys VINO certainly did not know
5 him.
: When he went to his ranch his fav
= orite books accompanied him. His
D tory, books on hunting natural his
tory, philosophy and the novels o
Cooper and Hawthorne could be fcunt
in his well stocked libraries at thu
= Maltese Cross and Elk Horn
ranches. Burns was one of his favor
ite poets, and indeed it is said that h
= was once seen reading a small volume
h Of Burns while in the saddle rounding
S up his cattle.
. AS an author he is widely noted, bu
his political fame ove:shadows hi
4 reputation as a writer His first worl
r as a writer was done while he was con
: nectei with the Harvard Advocate
His first book appeared in 1882 unde
e the title of THE Naval War of 1872; o.
the History of the United States Nav!
4 During the Last War with Great Brit
ain" 1t was well received by tht
= critics. 1t is now in its seventh edi
. tion, and for many years has beer
a looked upon as a standard work of au
= thority.
e His second book was written soor
. after his NAVAL War of 1872" appear
. ed, but did not make its appearance
$ until 1885. 1t was entitled Hunting
: Trips of a Ranchman; Being thu
e Sketches of Sport on the Northern
= Cattle Plains He dictated it to hi'
Y brother, Elliott Roosevelt. 1t re
ceived as much attention as its prede
D cesscr, and was widely known in Eng
+ land as we'll as in this country.
4 'RaE3h Life and the Hunting Trail
- navt o,,un,r,d beinp nnhlished nv tho