The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-10-10


the state was spirited Roosevelt took
the stump and delivered many
speeches. His plurality was 1909
AS the campaign of 1900 drew near,
the popular demand that Rooseveits
name should be on the National Re-
publican ticket grew too Imperative
to be ignored by the leaders Tie
honor of the nomination for Vice-Pres-
ident was refused time and time again
by Roosevelt, who felt that he had a
great duty to perform as governor OF
New York state.
Says Cal OLaughlin. apropos of the
Republican National Convention,
which was held in Philadelphia on
June 49, 20 and 21, 1900:
Nomination ar P6fIddefokfd-
On the evening of the first day of the
convention, Roosevelt saw Piatt, MY
name must not be presented to the con-
vention,'' he told him Platt was mao mad
and mad clean through; but he acqulesceo
and Roosevelt returned to his apartment
to run into the arms of the Kansas aeie-
cation. I'VE do not request you TO ac-
cept the nomination. said state Senator
Burton; I'VE do not urge you to accept
the nomination but we PROPOSE 70 20 $50 go
orders you, and we expect you to ooey
them" Throughout the oei1Very oi NJ
Burton's remarks, roosevelt STOOD, Win
shoulders square and feet at right angles
his chin occasionally shooting forward
as if he were on the point of ob1ect1ns TO
the argument that he alone could rescue
populisrn But he waited patiently until
the address was ended, and then appealed
face value. and vote for some one of the
candidates But his appeal was useless,
Congratulated him lin advance upon his
nomination and election and the dele
timents So certain was Kansas that
Roosevelt would be the choice of the con
ventfon, that it had printed a huge plac-
ard. bearing the words in large. black
type:
KANSAS DELEGATION
FIRST TO DECLARE FOR
GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT-''
nd a colo rod
to have occurred. triumphant1y carried it
about Convention Hall
After his nomination. Roosevelt
said:
give in when I saw the popular sentiment
Now that it is all over, 1 want to say that
I appreciate fully the sentiment which
accompan MED my nomination. The unan-
unity and enthusiasm of the convention
for my nomination never will be forgot
ten by
During the political campaign which
followed, he travelled 16,1OO miles.
flashed through % states, delivered 459
speeches, containing Sc, 900 words.
and made his appeal directly to L.
600, 900 persons.
His Capacity for Work.
Mr. Riis says that the thing that be-
clouds the judgment of his critics is
Roosevelt's amazing capacity for work
He says:
He can weigh the pros and cons of a
case ana get at the meat of it in less
time than it takes most of US to state
the mere proposition And he is surpris-
ingly thorough Nothing escapes him
His judgment comes sometimes as a
shock to the man of slower ways. He
does not stop at conventionalities- If a
thing is right, it is to be done-and right
away 1t was notably with the round
recall the perishing army when it had
won the fight People shook their heads.
has been RooseveIt's business to make
them most of his time. But is there any
wrong? Certainly who with ms
saw the army home. 1t did not
more infalIibIe than the rest of US ove1
and over again I have him pause
ton, and review it to see where there
was chance for mistake Finding none
comment: There, we have done the best
we could If there is any mistake we will
ter from doing our duty. The only
man who never makes a mistake is the
man who never does anything
Enforcing TIE LosO
Referring to Rooseve1t's strict en-
forcement of the Sunday excise law
the San Francisco Argonaut's New
York correspondent, "FIaneur,'' wrote
under date of September 2, 1895:
The law not Republican law 1t
was passed by Tammany, a a means on
Matchmaking saloonkeepers who refused
law, was introduced at the instigation of
TamInany, was passed by Democratic
cratic governor. David B. Hill Senator
Hill is now trying to make political cap
1tal by abusing Roosevelt for enforcing
the law, but he places himself in a very
questionable position When a man is
the leader of a party in a state, when his
party passes excise law, when he
himself signs it as governor, he certainly
StultifieS himself when, to embarrass q
political opponent. he fights against the
enforcement of the very law which he
himself passed. The opponents of enforc-
ing the law are having a rather hard
time Nobody denies that the law exists;
all that they say is that it is "a hardship
to enforce it, But who is to decide on
the relative severity nildneSS of the
1awS2 Commissioner Roosevelt himself
frankly says that he does not believe in
such a severe Sunday law, but it is the
5 certainly doing There is a good
deal of hunor in the American people.
and in this great city there many
thousands who smiling Sardonica1ly
over the plight of Tammany caused by
enforcing Tammany law For Tam
nany's revenues come largely from the
blackmailing of liquor saloons
President Roosevelt mas been a stu
dent of political economy since boy.