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both in violet knlckerbockers, Tho
scene was liko Il glimpse of tho
queens drawing room. The Trov
Guards i'll their crimson Jackets md
silver helmets, lined tho halls as son-
''n'lS and divided tho coming and
going crowds up and down tho great
staircase.
Theodore Roosevelt is man Of
unquestioncd courage, great enthusi-
"sm and indomitable energy. Since
no left college ho has written fifteen
published works, represented his dis
'r'ct at four sessions of the legisla-
turc, spent eight years in the West.
where no has several ranches, and
where, i'll tho course of his life there.
no bccamo familiar with tho cowboy
character. Ilo served rs police com.
missioner Of Now York, during which
no mado his first impression on the
general public; acted as assistant Soc
retary Of the navy; commanded the
Rough Ridors at San Juan, and
served two years as governor of Now
York State. This is full record of
usefulness for man Of ~ years old.
lilo is also an enthusiastic sports
man and hunter Of big game.
Horny Loomis Nelson once said of
Roosevelt: "lio is three men in one,
and ono Of them is boy" This is
true, and tho "boy" is tho most ut-
tractive thing about tho man. His
manners arc delightful and sincere.
lilo gives you his full attention, what
over tho subject may be, and he's a
keen sense of humor. Ho is, moro
over, rs hospitablo us Southernor.
No moro interesting figure over occu-
plcd tho vico presidents chair; in
tnct no man in modern politics COM
blnos in bis character and opinions
so many unique and interesting quail
l'los. lilo is politician by profos-
sion, because ho loves to fight, to be
i'll tho front ranks of all movements,
because he is hunter of "big game"
by nature, and because he holds the
opinion that overy American should
bo student Of political life and a
participant in it, olse he is unworthy
OF his citizenship. Moreover, he
holds tho opinion that if man be-
liovcs himself fitted to hold any par.
tlcular Office he should at once seek
1T; ne should use every manly ro-
source to obtain it, for it is his duty
as an American to do 80.
But Theodore Roosevelt is no time.
server and no boot-lick. They saw
he could not have been reelected
governor Of Now York. Perhaps
not, for ho had untagonized COM
plotely tho machine by absolutely re-
fuslng to allow the progross of its
nefarlous schemes. He had antagon-
lied capital and corporations by re.
fusing to allow them to impose upon
labor and tho public. And in all of
this it is true, from tho standpoint of
political life, no was as "unwiso as a.
child"
However, ho is tho political hero
Of tho hour. Even those who arc
not in sympathy with his opinions
are for the most part under the spell
of his marvellous vitality of courage
and versatility. He is, indeed, the
dArtagnan of American politics, as
fearless, as interesting, as successful
and as picturesque rs that great hero
who for forty years has delighted
and onthrallod tho world of readers.
1t is his picturosquoness, by the
way, that his enemies cannot forgive.
And, yet, any man who can be origi.
nal and successful at the same time
becomes also at once picturesque.
But few people arc originally sue
cessful. Most Of our politicians, on
both sides, are dull, tame, uuinterest-
ing and ordinary in every particular.
None of these adjectives are, how
ever, descriptive of tho vice president
elect Of the United States.