The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-09-27


ernor Yates and practically all the
prominent Republicans Of the State
The good politicians looked upon it as
certain that he would have the dele
gates from Illinois. Then he journey
ed North to Minnesota, and on Labor
Day delivered a speech there which
commanded attention even abroad
This speech, as we'll as others he has
delivered ever since his nomination fol
the Vice Presidency, was stictly in &C
cord with President McKinley's poll
cies.
But Col. Roosevelt 8 recent Western
trip is bound to stand him to some ex
tent in good stead at present for one
notable feature-the marked manner
in which he gained the confidence oi
business men. Always an emphatic
man in public life, apt to stir up agita
tion with those who opposed him, there
has doubtless been an impression
among conservative men that stead
ier hand might be desirable when il
came to choosing a Presidential nomi
nee. Particularly in Chicago Col
Roosevelt's conduct won him many
stanch friends among the substantial
men, who were convinced, after some
contact with him, that the criticisms
were not altogether justified and that
with age and experience Col. Roose
welt had become a very level-headed
official.
FLATTERING PROSPECTS FOR THE NAN
With such fattering prospects Of
becoming the party's standard bearer
had Mckinley lived out his term
President Roosevelt will enter the
White House under remarkably aus.
picious circumstances. He will be q
young man at the conclusion of bis
present term, and in all probability, II
he steers the ship of state discreetly
and enjoys the full confidence of his
countrymen which they will be only
too ready to place in him, he will be
the logical candidate at the next Pres.
idential election. Few Presidents
have come into Office with such warm
and cordial friends back of them, espe-
cially among the younger element Of
the party.
Born of one Of the oldest and most
respectable families of the Empire
State, the new President has always
been accustomed to the best society,
but he has never cared particularly for
fashionable society. He is firm be-
lever in industry, application, and the
sturdy principles that are pleasing to
a great mass of the American people.
His whole life, from school days to the
present time, has been one of indefati'
gable toll. He is not in any sense a
rich man, although he has always had
sufficient means to live comfortably
and in becoming style. He was mar.
ried in 1886 to Miss Edith Kermit
Carow. They have three sons and
two daughters. Their family home is
at Sycamore Hill, three miles from
Oyster Bay, N. Y. Col. Roosevelt
has written many books, many of them
on life in the West, and since the
Spanish war he has written extensively
on subjects connected with that short
but memorable struggle. As an au-
thor he has been very successful, and
his books are read the country over.
The Roosevelts are descended from
a long line of well-known people, who
have resided in New York and been
more or less prominent in public affairs
for eight generations. Roosevelt street
in New York City gets its name from
the fact that it was a cow lane on the
original Roosevelt farm. There are
strains of Irish, French, and Huguenot
blood in the family. Col. Roosevelt s
mother was Miss Martha Bulloch, of a
welLknown Southern family, one OF
whom built the privateer Alabama
Washington Post.