Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-03
26h PRESIDENT of the u. S

me afterward that the man had come
to him with what he said was certain
knowledge that his enemy could that
night be found in a known evil house up
| town, which 1t was his alleged habit to
! visit His proposition was to raid IT then
and so get square" To the policeman II
must have seemed like throwing a good
| chance away. But IL 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. He never
| tricked them to gain an advantage. A
promise given by him was always kept
| to the letter.
ASSfSTanf Secretary Of Macy.
Early in 1897 he was called by Presi-
dent Mckinley to give up his New
! York office to become AssistantSecre-
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. II was he who suggested
Admiral Dewey for commander of the
Asiatic station.
Dewey was sometimes spoken of In
those days as if he were kind OF
fashion plate. Roosevelt however, mad
faith in him, and while walking up
Connecticut avenue one day said 10
Mr.. Riis: Dewey is all right. He mas
lion heart. He is the man for the
place" No one now doubts the wis
dom of his selection, and naval oincers
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 10000
for ammunition, powder. and shot for
the navy. The appropriation was
made, and few months later he asked
for another appropriation. this time
of 500 900. When asked by the proper
authorities what had become of the
first appropriation, he replied: Every
cent of it was spent for powder and
shot, and every bit of powder and shot
has been fired" When he was asked
what he was going to do with the $780,
OOO he replied: Use every ounce oi
that. too, within the next thirty days
in practice shooting
His Cuban tUar Record.
Soon after the outbreak of the war
however, his patriotism and love o
active life led him to leave the compar
! ative quiet of his government office To-
service in the field. AS a lieutenant
colonel of volunteers he recruited th'
' First Volunteer Cavalry, popularl!
known as the Rough Riders TIT
) men were gathered largely from th
I cowboys of the west and southwest
. but also numbered many college-bre'
men of the east. In the beginning h
: was second in command, with the ranl
of lieutenant-colonel, DIR. Leonar
Q Wood being colonel. But at the clos
: of the war the latter was brigadier
= general and Roosevelt was colonel Il
command. Since no horses were trans
: ported to Cuba, this regiment, togeth
II er with the rest VI lhS No'"NSt w.
i Obliged TO serve on foot. The req
= ment distinguished itself in the San
e tiago campaign, and Colonel Roosevelt
D became famous for his bravery in leac
3 ing the charge up San Juan Hill o
y July list. He was an efficient ONCE
m and won the love and admiration OF n
is men. His care for them was show
,s by the circulation of the famous rounC
ID robia which he wrote protestin
RS against keeping the army longer
Cuba.
.. As GoOernor Of Metz York.
a Upon Roosevelt's return to Ne
=. York there was a popular demand Il
~ his nomination for governor. Pr
NJ vious to the state convention he WI
a. nominated by the Citizens Union, b.
IN he declined. replying that he was
Republican. The Democrats tried
IN Illustrate his nomination by attemptil
Vo to prove that he had lost his legal res
ii6 dence in that state. That plan fall