New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
THE NkN ON THE TICKET.
Sketches Of President Roosevelt and
Senator Fairbanks.

MN who has filed the Offices of Eo-azi,s.
vice-President Governor Assistant Secre+sr, os
the Navy, member Of Assembly, Civil Service
CONN .ssioner and Police Commissioner. has
oeen colonel IN the army and is the author Of
q score or more volumes on various subjects has
filed no unimportant place in the history of his
country such is Theodore Roosevelt. twenty
sixth President Of the United States and candi-
date to succeed himself. In such A crowded ca
res- incident is heaped on incident and one no.
table feature treads close on the heels OF an
other.
The first Of the Roosevelts in this country
csrne from Holland to New-Amsterdan in 1919
His son Nicholas was one of the aldermen of
the early city Of New-York Descendants served
IN tile Revolution, and there were Roosevelts
named as sugar refners, merchants bankers
trustees Of charitable institutions and public Of
fc.als in the history Of the city for the past two
centuries A Theodore Roosevelt married Mar
tha BuIloch Of Roswell. Ga. in the middle OF
Inc last century, and TO them was born a son,
Theodore. on October -, 1855, who is now Pres
ident His birthplace was his fathers home,
10. = East Twenieth-st. this city. and be is
n, tie ninth generation of the family living in
New-York His maternal ancestors figured in
the Revolution, and originally came from Scot
land and Ireland, and there was some Huguenot
HOOD in his ancestry.
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he decided 10 be we'll and strong. II possible, snd
bv active vigorous physical exercise he sue
ceeded His education was begun in q private
school and when he was eighteen he entered
Harvard College. While devoted 10 his books, AZ
The same time he took q great deal Of outdoor
exercise. wrestling. sparring and running In
1850 he Was graduated, and spent a year IN ,
studv and travel While in Europe he climbed
ire Alps and took pedestrian tours in Germany,
making an especial study Of peasant life. In
London he became a member Of the Alpine Club
Returning 10 this city in 1881. he was elected
n represent his Assembly district in the State
legislature, and was twice reelected. He in
troduced the first Civil Service measure in the
legislature. and IL became a law He was an
active associate of George William Curtis in pro-
noting civil Service reform In 1854 he was
chairman of the New-York delegation 10 TIE
Republican National Convention that Out llr
Blaine before the country as candidate In
the intervals of his work in the Assembly he
went 10 The Far West, the fascinations Of
whose frontier life had appealed 10 him in the
writings Of Captain Nayne Reid He was al
the killing Of the buffalo in the last big hunt IN
1888. and for several years thereafter spent
considerable part of the time on ranch IN
North Dakota, living an outdoor life and gaining
the experiences afterward embodied in his books
In 1856 Nj. Roosevelt was the Republican can
5idate for Mayor Of New-York, having received
an independent nomination and Endorsement by
his party. His opponents were Henry George
ana Abram s Hewitt. the last named being
elected When President Harrison assumed o.
fee in 1859 he appointed Nj Roosevelt na-
tonal Civil Service Commissioner, and he re
manned in that Office under President Cleveland
until May 1895, when he resigned 10 accept the
Office Of Police Commissioner under Mayor
- h.
Commissioner. but declined. In the Police De
partrnent he devoted himself TO the work OF re-
organization and reform. the need OF which had
baen shown by legislative investigation The
enforcement of the laws in the statute books
was strictly carried out. and the salutary meth
DDS introduced were OF marked benefit 70 the
force and the city
In 1927 Commissioner Roosevelt resigned 10
accent the post Of Assistant Secretary OF the
Navy under Secretary Long. He had much 10
Go with providing the splendid condition or the
navy al the outbreak o. the war with Spain
When that conflict broke out he resigned in or
der 10 see actual service. He had served in the
National Guard Of this State from 1854 10 1889.
and from his experience in rough riding on his
ranch in the West he decided 10 raise a vol
lnteer cavalry regiment largely composed OF
cowboys OF this he became Lieutenant colonel
under Colonel Leonard Wood. % the Regular
Army. and went 10 Cuba. where Colonel Roose-
,,sI+ Led the charge Of the 9th Cavalry and the
Rough Riders up san Juan Hill at Santiago He
shared all the hardships of his men. and when
General Skaters army was in danger from
disease ne was active in securing signatures to
= ro,,rd robin which resulted IN the recall os
The army. He returned with his command. haV-
ing been commissioned colonel for galantry at
Iss rrasir,as or July II, 1895. to Montauk
Point 10 he mustered out. In September OF that
wear he VAS dominated for Governor OF the
Fupfre State and at the election he defeated
Justice Augustus Van Wyck. Becoming the thlT-
ty-seyerrb Governor Of New-York on January
1890 no devoted himself 10 the administration
OF affairs a he State with his accustomed en-
ergv and ability He set foot the investiga-
ton Of the canal system. and the measure for the
taxing q the franchises Of corporations marked
his administration.
In June 1900 against his expressed oeslre 70
remain in once as Governor OF the state for
second term he was nominated for Nlce-Presl-
dent al Philadelphia, when President Mckinney
was renoninated. He made an extended can
yaSs.ng tour, speaking in many places on a trip
across the continent and back, and the result
OF The -arnrgaigr was regarded as largely due 10
ls efforts for the ticket. IN the nrst year oL MS
term Vice President, on september Il lSvI' py
reason Of the death Of President Mckinley py the
hand Of an assassin in Buffalo. he assumed tne
Office Of President. His first announcement was
that he would conduct his administration as d
continuation OF that or President Mckinney ana
L. retained an the mem bers Of the Cabinet, al
though in the last three years there nave been
many changes. The plans for trust ana tallu
legislation were carried cut, the Philippine pol
Icy was maintained and the construction OF me
Panama Canal secured. The settlement OF the
anthrac.tc coal strike, the proceedings against