The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
THEODORE ROOSEVELT TAKES OATH
 AND ASSUMES DUTIES OF PRESIDENT

forced upon him. and he accepted at tho rost moment. During the campaign he made trip of over H, 900 miles, speakina where with popular acclaim Since his inauguration he has presided over one extra session of the Senate, and made tend1a gNsTal trips throughout the country at chicago within the last ten days as the guest of Governor Yates.
 Something of the Man. As to the real Theodore Roosevelt, au- tnentic things that he has said give am pie revelation as to what manner of a chale cter he will bring. to the Presidency. lS53. he said:
 'I naturally disapprove of the half-con- seious spread-cagle -Nmericanism which ments. I dislike 1t, of course. when It W is put forward as plea to excuse moral shortcomings of kind usually connected with public affairs. Nevertheless, in spite of this abuse. I am sure that no man can well play his part in our life who Us not honestly American in heart, be- lief and instinct.
 lean, one may consider Francis Parkman. He aiv avs appealed to my admiration. because he made his life work largely of the description of that frontier warfare between our backwoodsmen and their foes which has been of such incalculable im- portance In our lands history"
 In one of his published works he says:
 Tn speaking to my own countrymen lay especial stress; that Is the necessity for feeling of broad, radical and in- tense Americanism, If good work Is to be done in any direction. Above all, the one essential for success in every polit- ical movement which is to do lasting good Is that our citizens should act as Amer, jeans. not as Americans with aprehx ana qualihcation-not as Irish -Americans. German-Americans. native Americans- but as Americans, pure and simple.
 ''1t Is an outrage for man to drag foreign politics into our contests and vote as an Irishman or German or other foreigner, as the case may be; and there Is no worse citizen than the professional Irish dvnamiter or German anarchist, be- and political life. not to mention his eff forts to embroil us with foreign pow CTS. But 1t is no less an outrage to discriminate against one who has be- because of his creed or birthplace.
 What He Has Written.
 Of caste he has written: "As for the world. 1t is much as 1t was when DOT trayed in the 'Potiphar Papers. save shrine at which 1t pays comlcal but sin cere homage from Paris to London. Per haps it is rather better. for 1t is less But a would-be upper class based main- iy on wealth, in which 1t is the excep-- tion and not the rule for man to be of any real account in the national life, whether as a politician, a literary man or otherwise, Is of necessity radically defective and of little moment"
 These utterances reveal the. man: He of his best works are: Life of Thom- as Benton." Life of Gouverneur Mor- ris." Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail" "The Winning of the West" History of New York City" Essays on Practical Politics" .'The Wilderness Hunter" Hero Tales From American History" Naval War of 1S12.p
 He Is an intimate of Jacob Rils, the tenement slums reformer of this city; of Frederick Holls, Secretary at The Hague Conference. and of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. His habits are simple, his life most strenuous. He does not know the meaning of the word idle" or of ''mis- application" He has often been called a typical American" The phrase fits him.