The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-17
90 NEw NC PREsIpENr.


/ interesting figure in the new senate.
Popular interest in him is 50 great that
/ for the moment. at least, even Senator
Hanna is forgotten
/ Roosevelt's picturesque personality at
| tracts His breezy. busting way. his
I unconventional efforts TO harness himself
/ in his position. and his bubbling enthus-
/ iasm all appeal TO the visitor, says the
! washington Post show Us Teddy
/ Roosevelt" say all the strangers TO the
guides. He occupies the center Of the
| stage.
/ Accustomed TO the calcium light OF
publicity, the vice president bears him
/ self with dignity In his new position. OF
/ course, ne makes mistakes. Who
/ wouldn't? But the beauty of il IS that
] he at once acknowledges that they are
mistakes, and is careful that they are
not repeated. He is anxious TO do just
! what the senate thinks he ought TO co.
and 50 sincere in his desire 10 be thor
oughly impartial and friendly, that the
| senators are already predicting Tor him
I much success.
The first motion which Mr.. Roosevelt
submitted to the senate was offered by
! Senator Hoar, and proposed that the
| senate should proceed 10 the considera-
] ton Of executive business.
With q bow. Mr.. Roosevelt turned to-
ward the Republican side. All who are
| in favor will say aye. he said. Then
with another bow. he leaned toward the
| Democratic side. All who are opposed
viii say no. he remarked.
All the Democrats noticed the distinc-
ton. .'Oh, Mr. President" said Sena-
/ tor Money TO him afteward, you mustn't
think that the Democratic side votes in
| the negative all the time"
When Roosevelt first presided over the
| senate he spoke with a still, small voice
! that was hardly audible across the cham
/ Der It was as gentle as the whispering
! zephyr.
Mr.. President" remarked Senator
/ Foraker, meeting Mr.. Roosevelt in the
/ corridor, you talk just little too low.
! The next day there was revolution, a
| Transformation. The vice president s
voice resounded through the senate
chamber like the explosion of q thirteen
/ inch gun. 1t woke the echoes In the gall
| Ieries and reverberated out through the
| corridors until it went rolling down the
| avenues of time.
| Mr.. President" said Senator Lodge to
! Mr.. Roosevelt as they passed each other
in the corridor you talk just a little
/ bit too loud"
Roosevelt threw UP both hands. With
| out saying word he disappeared in his
| private office.
/
! The chaplain of the senate is blind. The
| first day OF the new senate he stood at
his accustomed place, seeing nothing. but
/ keenly alive for the signal which should
start him upon his prayer.
! When all was ready the vice president
waved his hand in the direction of the
/ chaplain. There was no response. Roose-
/ welt waited a moment in uncertainty.
He is blind" whispered the clerk
oh los will 90 ~a.~f
nounced Mr.. Roosevelt. and win this
satisfactory cue the blind preacher be-
gan to address the throne of grace.
! Mr.. Roosevelt occupies the vice presi-
dents room which is just back of the
/ senate chamber and adjoining the mar
! bic room. 1t is a very handsomely fur
nished room. with magnificent mahog-
any desk, an eight-day clock that is a
dream, and a picture of George Washing
ton which must inspire any man dwelling
within its atmosphere.
| At the mahogany desk Mr.. Roosevelt
| sits when he is not presiding over the
| senate. His mail is very heavy just
now and many of the letters convey TO
! him the interesting information that lit
| tie boy babies have been named after
him. One of these letters, which he re-
ceived the other day. was unusually in
| teresting. 1t was from an Italian in
! New York, who had become the father
ow twins. Il wanted the twins named
Mckinley and Roosevelt wrote the
happy father, but when we took them
TO church the priest would name them
after two saints. If you viii look at
parent, you will find that they are down
| as Mckinley and Roosevelt, just the
same"
Mr.. Roosevelt laughed as he read the
letter. Send two photographs" he said
to his secretary.
with frames2' asked a visitor.
ooh, dear no. was the prompt re-
Spouse.
It is characteristic of Roosevelt that
the door TO his handsome room, which
opens so quickly to the senators. is no
less swift upon It's hinges for his old
comrades Of the far west
One OF the proudest men who witnessed
the inauguration was John Willis, who
| lives in Missoula county, Montana. He is
| one of the favOrite hunting friends OF
MIR. Roosevelt. who always calls him,
'Whistling Jack. That is the name he
goes by in l4le west, where he always
whistles, except when hess stalking elk
He is quite as mighty a hunter as Roose-
welt, and he is a tall, athletic mountain
eer.
to Roosevelt the room was crowded with
senators and other distinguished people.
The vice president introduced him TO
everybody i call him 'Whistlng Jack
said Mr.. Roosevelt by way OF explana-
ton. He and ] have lived closer 10 the
ground than any other two men OF my
acquaintance. I remember once we were
out when the thermometer was mighty
near zero for three days and night, and
we had no food but pan bread. We
were hunting grizzly at the time. and.
though Jack Will not admit II, I think he
lost his bearings. and ! helped him End
the way"
That's all right" said willis, and
I want TO say that the governor IS as
good a guide as any Of them 4 you let
him so over the country once. He's go
ing ont bear hunting with me again
"As sure as I'm living nov, said
Roosevelt
Vice President Roosevelt was warmly
congratulated on Saturday after the nnal
adjournment Of the senate. Gpon the pro-
gress he made during the FIVE days Ga
mastering the intricate proceedings II
the body over which he has been caosea
% preside His pathway has not been
streWn with roses however says cor
respondent AZ the chicago Record. and
he has recently been the cause ~ several
amusing scenes. one occurred on Satur-
gay. Senatorial etiquette prescrl beg that
the member who introduces rssoiufion
calling Tor the appointment 81 commit
tee 5y tie chair shall. Pc CHOSEN - serve
upon f. BIT E0ar presented such Tea-
o}tytfon caturIa. Bat So uaF rot until az
ter Mr.. Allison had been named and da-
clined thai Mr.. Roosevelt reached him
senator Heuela Of idaho. tess a GOOD