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shot, and every bit of powder and shot
has been fred When he was asked
what he was going TO do with the $780,
600, he replied: Use every ounce OF
that, too, within the next thirty days
in practice shooting"
His Cuban eUar Record.
Soon after the outbreak of the war,
however, his patriotism and love OF
active life led him to leave the compar
ative quiet of his government Office for
service in the field. AS a lieutenant
colonel of volunteers he recruited the
| First Volunteer Cavalry, popularly
known as the Rough Riders" The
men were gathered largely from the
| cowboys of the west and southwest,
but also numbered many college-bred
men of the east. In the beginning he
was second in command, with the rank
| of Iieutenant-colonel, DR.. Leonard
Wood being colonel. But at the close
| of the war the latter was brigadier-
general and Roosevelt was colonel in
| command Since no horses were trans
! ported to Cuba, this regiment, togeth-
ef with the rest of the cavalry, was
| obliged to serve on foot The Fegt-
ment distinguished itself in the San
| tiago campaign, and Colonel Roosevelt
became famous for his bravery in lead
| ing the charge up San Juan Hill on
July 1st- He was an efficient officer,
and won the love and admiration of his
men. His care for them was shown
| by the circulation of the famous round
robin which he wrote protesting
against keeping the army longer in
| Cuba.
As Go<,ernor of .NetO York.
| Upon Roosevelt's return to New
! York there was a popular demand for
his nomination for governor. Pre-
vious to the state convention he was
nominated by the Citizens Union, but
he declined, replying that he was a
Republican. The Democrats tried to
Illustrate his nomination by attempting
| to prove that he had lost his legal resi-
| dence in that state. That plan failed
and he was nominated in the conven-
ton by a vote of 753 to 21S for Cover
nor Black. The campaign throughout
the state was spirited. Roosevelt took
| the stump and delivered many
speeches His plurality was 18,079.
AS the campaign of 1900 drew near,
the popular demand that Roosevelts
| name should be on the National Re-
publican ticket grew too imperative
to be ignored by the leaders. The
honor of the nomination for Vice-Pres-
ident was refused time and time again
by Roosevelt, who felt that he had
great duty to perform as governor Of
New York state.
Says Cal O'Laughlin, apropos of the
Republican National Convention,
which was held in Philadelphia on
June 19, 20 and 81, 1900:
Nomination at F6iEddeIobio.
On the evening of the first day of the
| convention, Roosevelt saw Platt. MY
name must not be presented to the con-
| vention,'' he told him. Platt was mad,
and mad clean through; but he acquiesced
and Roosevelt returned to his apartment
| to run into the arms of the Kansas dele
| cation. We do not request you to ac-
! cept the nomination" said State Senator
Burton; 1--WE do not urge you to accept
| the nomination, but we propose to issue
| orders to you, and we expect you to obey
| them Throughout the delivery of Mr..
Burton's remarks, Roosevelt stood, with
shoulders square and feet at right angles,
| his chin occasionally shooting forward.
as if he were on the point of objecting to
| the argument that he alone could rescue
| bleeding Kansas from deIna gogism and
! populism. But he waited patiently until
| the address was ended, and then appealed
to the Kansans to take his words at their
! face value, and vote for some one Of the
| candidates. But his appeal was useless,
for Senator Burton, grasping his hand
congratulated him lin advance upon his
| nomination and election" and the dele
cation enthusiastically approved the SEN
| t1ments. So certain was Kansas that
Roosevelt would be the choice of the con-
| Vention, that it had printed a huge plac-
ard bearing the words in large. black
| type:
KANSAS DELEGATION
| FIRST TO DECLARE FOR
GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT"
And. when the nomination was declared
to have occurred, triumphantIy carried it
about Convention Hall
After his nomination, Roosevelt
said:
l held out IS long as I could. had to
! give in when L saw the popular sentiment
| OF the convention. 1 believe it is my duty
| Now that it is ali over L want to say that
| l appreciate fully the sentiment which
| accompanied my nomination. The unan-
unity and enthusiasm of the convention
| Tor my nomination never will be forgot
| ten by me.
During the political campaign which
followed. he travelled 16,1OO miles.
flashed through % states, delivered 459
speeches. containing S6O,O0O words.
and made his appeal directly to l.
100000 persons.
President Roosevelt has been a SIN
dent of political economy since boy
hood. He has been an omniverous
reader, and has pursued his studies
with the same zeal and energy that
have characterized all his acts in civil
and military life-San Francisco Ar
gonaut.