The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-10-14
CHARACTERISTICS
OF ROOSEVELT
STORIES WHICH SHOW THE KIND
OF A MAN HE IS-CULLOM AND
ROUGH RIDERS.


Senator Shelby Cullom of Illinois
went to the White House one day to
see the president who's in there?"
he asked of Captain Loefher, the door
keeper. Somebody who was in the
rough riders Loeffer replied. "Oh
WELL" said Cullom, as he turned away
what chance has mere SENATOR"
Senator Bard of California took a
constituent to see the president. The
friend and served in the rough riders.
Mr.. President" began BarG, II want
to present my friend" why, hello
JIM" the president broke in. How
are your" Then there was 1O-minute
talk, in which Bard could take no part.
As the two men were leaving the presi-
dent exclaimed. by the way, Jim,
come up to dinner tonight, and bring
I5ard with your ...
After General Miles made his COM
ment on the Schley court decision the
president sent for him. Miles went to
the White House, and the famous colo
guy occurred, wherein the president
! became so angry. One part of that
conversation has never ben printed.
During his rebuke of Miles the lresi
| dent said excitedly, II have teeth! 1
have teeth! l have teeth, and l can
use them!" This remark was accom-
panied with demonstration that prov
ed to everybody that the president has
teeth and that, moreover, the cartoon
fists have not succeeded in making him
think that teeth of his particular kind
are bad things to have.
4 Edward Lauterbach asked the presi-
dent to spSak at the laying of the
cornerstone of the college of the City
of New York. What other speakers
are there to be?" the president asked.
well, eX-president Cleveland is to"
81 cannot accept" snapped the presi-
dent.
Chauncey M. Depew was at the state
fair in Syracuse when the president
spoke. The crowd called for Depew
after the president had finished. De-
pew spoke for Is minutes, and was
heartily cheered. There had been few
cheers for the presidents speech, al
though plenty for himself. Il thought
I was to be the only speaker" said the
president TO Lieut-Gov. Higgins, as
they were leaving the stand,
The president takes more physical
exercise than any other man in Wash
inSton. His favorite enjoyment is to
g. horseback riding and to get some
oody to go with him. If the intend
can't ride very well, the president is
fond of dropping back a hit ana tnen
riding UT at a hard gallop and shouting
a cowboy 'whoopee!' at the top of his
| voice. He does this to Senator Lodge
very often and Lodge hangs grimly to
the pommel of the saddle while the pre-
[ sident laughs.
The president is very sensitive tC
newspaper criticism. He lectures re-
! porters severely when they print any
= thing he does not like. He think.
nothing should be printed in admins.
= tration papers that is in any way in.
compatible with his dignity, whether
= the story is true or not. He has had
two reporters removed from their as
t signments with the last two years for
printing things he did not like. He
wrote personal letters to the editors
= about these reporters, too, and both OF
them had printed true stories. Similar
ly, the president is fond of praise. He
likes to read nice sentiments about
himself in the newspapers. He is not
so great adnewspaper reader as Pre-
sident Mckinley was but he patronizes
the press-clipping bureaus and pores
over the clippings every day. President
Roosevelt is generous with his con-
fi,dences. He will tell his friends any
: thing, and then bind them not to reveal
what he has said. This makes IT incon-
tvenient sometimes for newspaper men
who go to see him, for the president
tells the same thing to everybody, and
often the story gets out when the man
to whom II was told originally must
hold 1t in confidence or break his word.
; The president gets angry easily He
says harsh things to those who run
afoul of him. When he gets excited
he can use triangular words with any
body, When he isn't excited his ia
vorite words of emphasis are "By
Godfrey and "By Jove!P The pTesi-
dent is very hearty eater. His appe-
tite Is prodigious. He likes q bottle CT
white wine with his dinner. He drinks
very little besides that. The president
says he is de lighted" 30 times a
day. He is "de-llght-ed" to see you,
delighted" to hear you are well, and
"de-light-ed" everything else. He
uses many superlatlves. Everything
to him is the best or the worst ever.
Mr.. Roosevelt always starts his
speeches the same way. He say: la
dies and gentlemen, and you, Sons of
Veterans or you" something else, or
you" thus and so. He likes to pick
out man in his audience and talk to
him. He did this at Syracuse when
he opened the state fair picking out
a Grand Army man and addressing
him exclusively for five minutes, much
to the embarrassment of the Grand
Army man. Mr.. Roosevelt is not an
attractive public speaker. He gem
orally reads his speeches from printed
slips, and keeps close to the text He