Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-04
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tion by a vote of 1853 to 2l8 for Cover
nor Black. The campaign throughout
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 Roosevelt's
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 OIaughlin, apropos of the
Republican National Convention,
which was held in Philadelphia on
June 10, 20 and 21, 1900:
Nomination at PbiIddeIpbfd.
on the evening of the first day Of the
convention Roosevelt saw Plat. MY
name must not he presented to the con-
yention." he told him. Platt was mad,
and mad clean through; but he acquiesced
and Roosevelt returned to his apartment
to run into the arms of the Kansas dele
CATION. 1--WE do not request you to ac-
cept the nomination" said state Senator
Burton: 1--WE do not urge you to accept
the nomination, but we propose to issue
orders to you, and we expect you TO oDeS
them" Throughout the delivery OF MT.
Burton's remarks, Roosevelt stood. with
shoulders square and feet at right angles,
his chin occasionally shooting forward
as If he were on the point OF ob1ectlng 10
the argument that he alone could rescue
bleeding Kansas from deinagogism ana
popullsm But he waited patiently untll
the address was ended and then Appeared
to the Kansans to take his words at their
face value. and vote for some one of tho
candidates. But his appeal was useless,
for Senator Burton. graspins his hand,
congratulated him "in advance upon his
nomination and election" and the dele
cation enthusiastically approved the SEN
timents So certain was Kansas that
Roosevelt would be the choice of the con-
vention, that it had printed a huge plac-
ard, bearing the words in large. black
type:
KANSAS DELEGATION
FIRST TO DECLARE FOR
GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT"
And, when the nomination was declared
to have occurred. triumphantly carried it
about Convention Hall.
After his nomination, Roosevelt
said:
l held out as long as I could | had to
of the convention. | believe 1t is my duty.
Now that it is all over | want to say that
l appreciate fully the sentiment which
accompanied my nomination. The unan-
unity and enthusiasm of the convention
for my nomination never will be forgot
ten by me.
During the political campaign which
followed, he travelled 16 100 miles,
flashed through 23 states, delivered 459
speeches, containing 100000 words,
and made his appeal di~ectly to l.
100000 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
case and get at the meat of it i'm less
time than ii takes most of us to state
the mere proposition. And he is surpris-
ingly thorough. Nothing escapes him.
His judgment comes sometimes as
shock to the man of slower ways. lie
does not stop at conventionalities. II a
thing is right, it is to be done-and right
away. 1t was notably so with the round
robin in Cuba. asking the government to
recall the perishing army when II had
won the fight People shook their heads
and talked of precedents. Precedents 1t
has been Roosevet's business to make
them most of his time But is there any
one today who thinks he set that one
wrong? Certainly no one who with me
saw the army come home. 1t did not
come a day too soon. Roosevelt Is no
more infallibe than the rest of us. over
and over again l have seen him pause
when he had decided upon his line of ac-
ion Il,
was a chance for mistake. Finding none.
he would issue his order with the sober
, comment: There. We have done the best
we could. If there is any mistake we will
make 1t right. The fear of 1t shall not de-
ter us from doing our duty. The only
man who never makes mistake is the
man who never does anything"
Enforcing fbe Late
Referring to Roosevelt's strict en-
forcement of the Sunday excise law
the San Francisco Argonaut's New
York correspondent "Flaneur," wrote
under date of September 2, 1895:
| The law is not Republican law. 1t
| was passed by Tammany, as a means OF
blackmailinE saloonkeepers who refused
| TO yield up tribute. 1t is a Democratic
| law, was introduced at the instigation OF
| Tainmany was passed by a Democratic
/ legislature, ANA was signed by Demo
| cratic governor. David b. Hill Senator
! Hin is now trying to make political cap
/ ital by abusing Roosevelt for enforcing
the law but he places himself in very
! questionable position. When a man Is
the leader OF party In a state when his
party passes an excise law, and when he
himself signs it as governor, he certainly
stultiiies himself when, to embarrass a
| 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 IL is "a hardship
to enforce It," But who Is to decide or
the relative severity or mildness of tn,
laws? Commissioner Roosevelt himself
frankly says that he does not believe II
such severe Sunday law, but as II is tn,
law he is going to enforce It, And h,
is certainly doing so. There is a goo,
deal of humor in the American people
and In this great city there are man,
thousands who are smiling sardonicall,
over the plight of Tammany caused b,