The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-03
ROOSEVELT STORIES
BY CHAIRMAN AKINS.
Republican Leader Tells AIcc-
dOteS of the President Who
Has Been His Good Angel.
HOW ROOSEVELT CUT RED TAPE
Another Phase of the ReprimaDd
of General Miles - Dennis
FIvnn and His Offended
Prerogalivc.
HOW ROOSEVELT CUT RED TAPE

Thomas J. Atkins. chairman Of ths Re
publican State Central Committee. IS j
great aGmirsr OF Theodore Roo .evelt. Presi-
den; of the United states. One does not
have to be- very long in crowd with the
new distributor of Missouri Federal patron
age h, fore discovering tbs fact. Mr..
Akins's three weeks visit i'll washington
gave him AN opportunity TO observe the
President To callers who have congratu-
lated him on h.s s,rcr-ss he te Is anecdotes
of the strenuous one.
Saturday afternoon SIR. Akias regaied
many visitors at the State h"adq'!aI te-s
with the things which he had en and
heard while East.
"goosev.lt."- he re,na ekd is extremely
popular with the newspaper men. The
other day i was sitting in the reception
room, hen the President appeared. There
must have been about fifty persons there,
brt Roosevelt spied Il ne newspaper cores
ron.I.n MT and beckoned him to come nelrer,
II know newspaper mcn are always
busy he said. 'Th sc other people car:
wait Nov what is it yon want?
The correspondent relied. 7 Cont want
to see you about anything. NJ. President
l lust came over t. So you perform for
while
..The President laughed. Well. YOU just
take 4 sent ard watch rae. Before l sc,
through with all these peopi" l may turn
over a chair or jump on top of table. No
telling what may happen.
Not many public men would perform
for newspaper men-that is. willingly.
Rcprinand and Dinner.
You know how Rocseveit WIS ioas'ea
for his rerri-uaud of General Miles. As a
matter of fact, the Presilsnt did reprlnann
the General and III TIE manner told in. the
papers. though there seems TO nave pes,'
only part of it told at frs: Her Is some
thing the rapers cid not print Right after
delivering that repr. Inand. Roosevelt asked
Miles TO dinper. And the very neSi oas
dent at dinner. They are good friends,
The General admires the Pre.ident and n
talking with intimates he confessed that he
guess. the reprimand was gooi tAiHS'
thar he shou'd not have talked 50 much,
and that the brakes We're needed. The two
men are enough alike TO appreciate ";ich
other.
witn IA reGuisi;ion for some supplies winch
the President had said were needed. The
subordinate informed Roosevelt that II
would take three Gays fer the oidsr to i,e
signed by the necessary department; heads
and the supplies procured.
Too mich red tape. remarked the
President Give ME the reGuisitioa.' And
with that ne signed the pagers himself and
told the subordinate I, hurry np and buy
Uncovered the Ren~on.
Dennis Flynn. Delegate ron, Ohiaho-
ma is one Of the most popular men N
Washington. He is one OF nv friends: yet
I must saw that the President jolted HIN &,
Lit at the time Governor Jenkins was ,urn.d
down for Ferguson Flynn heard about tie
proposed action o. Roosevelt. On occasion
Flynn can put en- pretty tfkck r.:at OF
dignity So in he walks to Roosevelt.
Mr.. President he said. 4 understand
that vol, intend To refrse an appoin tm.nt
.tn rny friend Jenkins. As the Represant4-
tive from Oklahoma Territory. would IKE
to ask why you did net say something To
me about Il: l think l have right TO
knew
''The President did not hesitate. hut.
showing his teeth in his characteristic VA. !.