The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-21
ROOSEVELT AS A man.
Concluded From Sixth Page.)

them Which neither would tell. He has
sari1,s nv . hind box- He Is CONSPICUOUS
IN this convention, where he IS person /
ally present, by the absence of any body
All the powers Of the convention have
been trying to direct attention from
out a dress 'suit and went into the Hanna
banquet like a man off his bicycle
least two OF the states swelled Roosevelt's
strength in this convention.
But the administration found itself in a
peculiar situation II was afraid not to
have Roosevelt, and almost afraid to have
him.
Roosevelt can not be a potent being in
the vice presidency, and yet John c.
BreclSipridge, as vice. president, received
the presidential nomination over James
buchanan. his president. in 1860 because
he seemed the embodiment of youthful
DECISION and party Vlgor-
Roosevelt, to some persons. betokens the
revival of literature in this country, which
aged.
I have had two occasions to make
small study of Theodore Roosevelt.
He sat close to me some years ago at
Chicago to address the Marquette club,
and Warner Miller was the ponderous
speaker there. 1 think.
But the young men all wanted to hear
Roosevelt, and that was long before the
Roosevelt as a quantity preceded war.
Roosevelt delivered from manuscript
but with force. his address upon the reah-
ties Of politics. It was plain to me that
the youths of the Republican party fore
L.
now see in 1900 carrying away the conven-
ton.
the parlor car from Washington TO New
York. and I saw Governor roosevelt read
ing book beside his wife. as L supposed
her to be. tine-loolSing lazy with every
indica tfnn upon her cOuntenance that her
husband had never worried her h,ld a
slight doubt as to this being Mrs. Rcose-
welt, because she seemed so satisfied wlth
Roosevelt is both a reader and a writer.
and differs from Lodge. of Massachusetts,,
in that he retains a temperament. wmle
Lodge seems only to have retained his ut
erary industry.
RooseS cit has union of the physical
Though net with a coarse neck, his neck
has something bull-liSe about it. as co0ld
he seen in Robert E Lee. George H.
Thomas aid other men of battle, yet gen
AS Roosevelt has won almost everything
by directness and velocity. the rounding
up of his career has been somewhat wor-
Tied by the necessity Of subdutnS himself
Time, however, will do Its own supdu-
To sit over that self-worshiDins senate
andi many stupid beings viii subdue him
more than Tom Platt, who IS only one oil
the number
As to what may ensue, if Mckinley and
Roosevelt &c elected. L should Judge tnat
the efforts of Roosevelt viii he directed
towards Strengthening his party wltho It
Roosevelt has BETRAYED no passion to oe-
come very rich This IS perhaps why the
corporations in New York city are said TO
fear him
But nobody expects to find Roosevelt in
When he came home from Cuba nobody
thought of Offering him a subscription
should say that he was not a very
rich man and perhaps poor among the
Roosevelts who belong to both the polit-
am reminded. in Roosevelt's success.
Of one of the figures of this convention,
Chauncey NJ. DepeW, who. in 1879. was
almost the candidate of New York for
ms connection with the vanderbilts op-
14f fl4a zfeaTr efgif
But Mr.. DepeW is also literary minded
man. who loves fame more than money,
and he was profoundly moved by his pos
sibe proximity to the presidential nomin-
alton
self talked to him in the embrasure Of a
window at Chicago. and thought that
ton, we've to be seen in his face some OF
the western delegation had said that he
coulo carry tnelt stdIS7i PsS9 W. ~
But i'm this convention at Philadelphia
he has been almost the solitary deelaimer
IN favor of the president
In politics. as in morals. the way to
glory lies upon accepting the precept
and come and follow me;
1t is surely remarkable picture to. see
a convention which was called together
to indorse Mckinley alone bestOwing its
whole attention upon the young governor
of Now York.
MR.. ROOSEVELT AS POLICE COM
MISSIONER.
Governor Roosevelt first came into
general public notice during his career
as police commissioner in New York He
assumed the management Of the New
York police force and gave the corrupt
and careless management such a shak-
ing-up that it placed the police force OF
New York upon an entirely new basis
The following concerning Governor
ROOseVelt'S career as police commission
er is taken from Munsey's Magazine:
Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt has a theory
that you ought to devote all your ener-
gy to the work you have on hand; thai
YOU should not divide your interest anC
fritter your time away on a great many
things. He is himself a good example
Of the success of this theory He hal
followed carefully, and he has been al
emnently useful member of the New
York state legislature. an admira biz
civil service commissioner, and he is nov
the energetic and practical reform
president of police commissioners of tn
city of New York
There is a cheerful and courteous as
pect about police headquarters nov
that has never been there before. an,
Roosevelt not only sets an example 70
the employees in the building, but he in
sists that they shall be cOnsiderate o
the feelings Of every caller. The oil,
woman in the sunbonnet can ask ques
tions of the brass buttoned young mai
In charge of the elevator with the sam
1mpunity that the police commissions
himself enjoys. and receive the sam
sort OF an answer. Courtesy to citizen
IS one OF the principles on which the re
formed police force is based. Its mem
bers are instructed to recognize the tax
payer as their employer. and show hin
the difference due Mr.. Roosevelt i
gaining a practical knowledge of the DO
lice system by looking after all its de
tails in person. A woman came to tn
commissioner a few days ago and wait
ed patiently in the outer Office until NJ,
Roosevelt made one of his periodica
visitatiOns. When he asked her VIVA
she wanted, she told him that her hus
band, a member Of the force, allowe
her only three dollars a week an
abused her shamefully.
I viii look into the matter and Sc
that justice is done you so far as I can
said the commissioner.
The woman started to tell him of tn
language her husband had used TO he1
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