Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-10-11
26h PRESIDENT of the u. S.

REDEEMED with pleasure. for he saw that
the best in them had come out on top,
as he expected it would
Affdcked BY "yeHosO" WesSs-
papers.
1t was of this incident that a handle
was first made by Mr.. Roosevelt's enc
mics in and out of the police board
and he had many-to attack him:
1t happened that there was a music
hall in the building in which the Ia Dor
mon met. The yellow newspapers cfrcu-
lated the lie that he went there on pur-
pose to see the show, and the ridiculous
story was repeated until actually the
liars persuaded themselves that ii was so.
They would not have been able to under
stand the Kind of man they had to do
with. had they tired. Accordingly they
fell into their own trap. 1t is tradition
of Mulberry Street that the notorious
Sceley dinner raid was planned by his en-
emies III the department of which he was
the head. in tho belief that they would
catch Mr. Roosevelt there. The dinners
were supposed to he his set"
Some time after that. Mr. Riis was
in Roosevelt's Office when Il police of
fetal of superior rank came in, and re-
quested a private audience with him:
They stepped aside and the policeman
spoke in an undcrtone. urging something
strongly. Mr.. Roosevelt listened. Sud
denly | saw him straighten up as a man
recoils from something unclean. and dis
miss the other with sharp: NO. sir |
don't fight that way" The policeman
went out crestfallen. Roosevelt took two
or three turns about the floor. struggling
evidently with strong disgust. He told
me afterward that the man had come
TO him with what he said was certain
knowledge that his enemy could that
night be found i'm a known evil house up
town. which it his alleged habit to
visit. Ills proposition WAS to raid il then
and so get square To the policeman it
must have seemed like throwing "A good
chance away. But it was not ROoSevelt's
way; he struck no blow below the belt.
In the governors chair afterward he gave
the politicians whom he fought. and who
fought him, the same terms. They tried
their best to upset him, for they had
nothing TO expect from him. But they
knew and owned that he fought fair.
Their backs were secure. lie never
tricked them to gain an advantage. a
promise given by him was always kept
TO the letter.
ASSiSfonf Secretary of Navy.
Early in 1897 he was called by Presi-
dent Mckinley to give up his New
York Office to become Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy. His energy and
quick mastery of detail had much to
do with the speedy equipment OF the
navy for its brilliant featS in the war
with Spain. 1t was he who suggested
Admiral Dewey for commander of the
Asiatic station.
Dewey was sometimes spoken of in
those days as if he were a kind of
fashion plate. Roosevelt. however. had
faith in him. and while walking up
Connecticut avenue one day said to
Mr.. Riis: Dewey is all right. He has
a lion heart. He is the man for the
place" No one now doubts the wis
dom of his selection. and naval officers
agree that the remarkable skill in
craftsmanship displayed by the Amer
lean gunners was due to his foresight
He saw the necessity of practice. and
he thought it the best kind of economy
to burn up ammunition In acquiring
skill.
A characteristic story is told regard
ing Roosevelt's insistence on practice
in the navy.
Shortly after his appointment he
asked for an appropriation of 100000
for ammunition, powder. and shot for
the navy The appropriation was
made. and a few months later he asked
for another appropriation. this time
of $500 900. When asked by the proper
what had become of the
first appropriation. he replied Every