Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-21

the NEW PRESIDENT.
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Gerry in 1885. James J. Roosevelt was one
of the court of appeals judges during the
period when some supreme court judges
were designated for service In the court
Of appeals. He was also a member of
Congress from 1S4l to 1S43.
Nicholas Roosevelt was another MEM
ber of the committee of one hundred
the members of which decided unani-
mously Ito stand or fall with the liberty
of the continent and to make common
cause with the patriots of other American
cities in opposition to the tyranny of the
British government in its attempted con-
troll over the affairs of the American col
onies. Nicholas Roosevelt, Jr., was "A
member of the assembly in 1893.
Robert Il. Roosevelt an uncle of the
e-President. was a member of Con-
gress shortly after the close of the civil
War. He was American minister to the
Netherlands during the second Cleveland
administration and with Horatio Sey-
mour and Seth Green was one of the
original commissioners of fisheries.
Theodore Roosevelt. father of the sub
ject of this sketch. was a man with the
that his son has shown. He was the
hacker of Charles Loring Brace in his
work of gathering the forgotten walls
from the city streets 1t was the elder
Theodore Roosevelt who went to Wash
ington after the first battle of Bull Run
and warned President Lincoln that he
must get rid of Simon Cameron as sec
retary of war with the result that MI
Stanton took his place. When the war
was fairly under way il was Theodore
Roosevelt VINO organized the allotment
plan which saved to the families of SD,tGj
soldiers of New York state more than
So0o,UD of their pay; and when the war
was over he protected many of the vc,-
Grams against the sharks that lay in wait
for them. and saw that they got employ
ment. Like father: like SON The
mother of the new President was a ma
tive of Georgia bat was of New England
blood.
HIS LONG ISLAND HOME
His home is at oyster Bay. Long Is
land. II is three miles from the village
and is in Il beautiful SPOT comma nding 9
a wide view by land and sea. Around
the house on all sides is a closely cropped
lawn. studded with shade trees. big and
little and of many kinds. The main en-
trance to the house. on the south. is
under Il beautiful porte-coChere laden
with heavy vines and bearing pair of
spreading antlers: The walls of the
dwelling are of red brick to the second
story and above that of wood. painted
in many colorS. A broad porch runs
around three sides of the structure. COW
cred, except in front, by shingled roof
and shaded here and there by a luxurious
Virginia creeper. Within. the house Is
beautifully furnished from cellar To attic
IN nearly every room are trophies OF the
colonels 5 life on the Western plains and
not few relies from his Cuban cam
paign. Just at the right of the front
door is Remingtons bronze of the "Bron-
| CO buster. which was presented to the
colonel by the rough riders at Camp
WikoT. In the library. on the ground
foor. are many long shelves, well filled
with books and collection Of bronzes
and hunting trophies. fireplace of old
fashioned proportions is at one side of
the room. and near the windows is the
desk at which the colonel does most of
his literary work and correspondence
On the walls of the study are portraits
OF " ashinEton. Grant and Lincoln and
photographs of Henry Cabot Lodge, and
of the colonel himself holding in his
arms the rightful heir TO his name and
fame, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
The colonel is never SO happy as wl en-
ne Is sitting quietly in his aoin. with
ms wife and children. Home is Ia him
the most sacred place on earth AMI he
never allows his family circle to be dis
turbed by the many cares which fan
upon MIN as a civil or military servant
or his country. His first wife was Miss
Alice Lee of Boston, who died after =
year OF married life. The present Mrs
roosevelt Is the second wife of IN.
colonel She was Miss Edith Kermit
Car0w of New York. and he ma rried no,
| IN 1886. They had been sweethearts =.
children. Colonel Roosevelt has six ,,fl-
dren, the oldest by his first wife. ranrims
IN age according to the order i'm which
they are here named. Alice. Theodora
hermit, Ethel. Archibald and Quentin.