The Holly chieftain., 1901-10-11
26h PRESIDENT ofMe u. S.

cabin. and for several years mingled
the life Of ranchman with that OF a
literary worker. From Lis front door
he could shoot deer and the mountains
around him were full OF big game.
Amid such surroundings he wrote
some Of his most popular books He
became daring horseman and rival
OF the cowboys in feats of skill and
strength. In 1886 Mr.. Roosevelt was
the Republican candidate for Mayor
against Abram 8. Hewitt, United
Democracy. and Henry George, United
Labor. Mr.. Hewitt was elected by
about twenty-five thousand plurality.
In 1883 Roosevelt was appointed by
President Harrison a member of the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion. His ability and rugged honesty
in the administration of the affairs OF
that office greatly helped to strengthen
his hold on popular regard.
Police Commissioner in Metz
York.
Roosevelt continued In thai Office un-
til May 1, 1895, when he resigned to
accept the office OF Police Commits
sioner from Mayor Strong. He found
the administration Of affairs IN de-
moralized condition, but he soon
brought order out Of chaos Says James
A. Riis, who is an intimate friend OF
President Roosevelt:
We had been trying for forty years to
achieve system of dealing decently Win
our homeless poor. Two score years oe
fore. the surgeons of the police depar.-
ment had pointed out that herding the"
in the cellars or over the prisons OF poiee
stations in fostering heaps. and turnins
them out hungry at daybreak to beg thei.
way from door TO door. was indecent an"
inhuman.. Since then grand 1uries. acau-
emies of medicine. committees on PM,
anthropic citizens. had attacked the fooi
disgrace. but to no purpose. Pestilence
ravaged the prison lodgings but still they
stayed. know what that fight meant.
for was one OF q committee that waHeo
1t year after year. and suffered oetea.
every time. until Theodore Roosevelt
came and destroyed the nuisance In
night remember the caricatures OF
tramps shivering in the cold with which
the yellow newspapers pursued him at
the time. labelling him the poor man
foe." And remember being Just little
uneasy lest they wound him. and perhaps
make him think he had been hasty. But
not he. 1t was only those who did not
know him who charged him with being
hasty. He thought thing out quickly
yes. that Is his way; but he thought 1t
out. and. having thought 1t out, suited ac-
tion to his Judgment. OF the consequences
he didn't think at all. He made sure he
was right. and then went ahead with per-
feet confidence that things would come
out right.
His Advics TO OeSanissd Labor.
MIR. Riis says he never saw Roose-
velt to better advantage than when he
once confronted the labor men at their
meeting-place, Clarendon Hall:
The police were all the time having
trouble with strikers and their "pickets."
Roosevelt saw that It was because neith-
er party understood fully the position OF
the other. and with his usual directness.
sent word'to the labor organisations that
he would like to talk 1t over with them.
At his request went with him to the
meeting. II developed almost immedf-
ately that the labor men had taken .
wrong measure of tho man. They met him
as . politician playing for points. and
hlnted at trouble unless their demands
were met. Mr.. Roosevelt broke them OF
short:
"Gentlemen! he said-wlth that snap
OF the jaws that always made people lis
tent asked to meet you. hoping that
we might come to understand one anoth-
er. Remember pleAse, before We 60 fur.
thsf, that the worst injury, anyone OF you
can do tofthe cause Of labor Il TO counsel
violence. II will also b worse for him.
self. Understand distinctly that order
will be kept. The police will keep 1t. Now
We can proceed" ~
was never 20 proud and pleased ~