The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-06-23
THEopoRE RoosEvELT.

picturesque figures in American pub
lie life when he was elected to the
vice presidency in 1900 and succeeded
to the presidency year later through
the death of William Mckinley. His
diversified and vigorous activities had
not only brought him recognition and
advancement in political life, but had
won him renown on the field Of bat
tie. in the Bad Lands of theswest, as
ranchman, hunter and cowboy, and al
SO in the more peaceful pursuit Of hon
ors in the literary world
In contravention of well established
tradition concerning national heroes
the president was born in great
city. His birthplace was in East
Twentieth street, New York city, and
the date October 81, 1858, which made
him the Youngest president when he
succeeded to that high office three
years ago. His father, Theodore, be.
longed to an old and wealthy Knicller-
booker family, and his mother was
descendant Of Archibald Bullock. first
president of Georgia during the reyo-
luton.
AS a young man, Roosevelt was ex-
ceeding frail from a physical view
point. lie was sent to private schools
during his early school years and pre-
paration for Harvard University to
avoid the rough treatment Of boys in
the public schools. He was a deyotee
of all athletic sports at Harvard and
when he graduated from that institu,
ton in 1880 his health was very much
improved After extended travel in
Europe, he returned to this country
studied law for few months, and
then plunged al once into the mael
strom of municipal politics. He was
elected in 1881 am assemblyman from
the Twenty first assembly district of
New YorK At Albany he was prompt
ly dubbed silk stocking" and a
freak of peculiar election. Mr.
Roosevelt, then but % years old, soon
succeeded in making himself storm
center His best known wolA in the
legislature at this time was in con
nection with the passage Of the acts
abolishing the fee system in county
offices and in depriying the board oil
aldermen Of their veto power of the
mayors appointments. This was
relic of the Tweed regime
in 1884 Mr.. Roosevelt went to Chi,
cago as a delegate to the republican
national convention. He opposed the
nomination Of Blaine, but when Mr.
Blaine became the republican choice,
Mr. Roosevelt fell into line and woril-
ed for the party candidates. success.
After retiring from the legislature Mr..
Roosevelt spent some time at his
ranch in North Dakota.
In 1886 he was again in the turmoil
pf New York city politics, Henry
George was the candidate for mayor,
Abram S. Hewitt was the nominee OF
the democrats Mr.. oosGyelt was put
in the field by the republicans Mr
Hewitt won Roosevelt next attracted
notice as hunter Of bis game. He
delighted in hunting the grizzly bears
and other fierce animals Of the west.
President Harrison in 1889 appoint
ed Mr.. Roosevelt United States Civil
Service Commissioner. President
Cleveland retained him in Office. al
though Mr.. Roosevelt resigned in 1895
TO become president Of the New York
board Of police commissioners. His
service as police commissioner was
OF most strenuous type and he was
credited with effectually stopping the
police blackmail Of saloon keepers.
President Mckinley appointed Mr..
Roosevelt assistant secretary Of the
navy. which office he resigned at the
outbreak of hostilities with Spain.
Returning to the Bad Lands, Mr.
Roosevelt organized his famous regi.
ment Of Rough Riders for a service in
Cuba The history Of Roosevelt and
his rough riders during the Santiago
campaign is well remembered Re-
turning to the United States after the
ga rn,nsaion waq ovor (tol pooe a,,et+
found himself already talked Of for
the republican gubernatorial nomina-
ton Of New York. He was nominated
and elected governor over Augustus
Van Wyck, the democratic candidate.
by 1876 votes.
From the governors chair to the
vice presidency was but a step, al
though an unwilling one, for Mr
Roosevelt. He was nominated at Phil
adelphia June 81, 1900, for the second
highest office in the gift Of the people.
Mr.. Roosevelt, it il said, was unwill-
ing to have his name presented to the
convention, declaring that be ala not
desire the nomination. There was
great populer demand for his nomina-
ton, however, and he finally yielded
He had served but little more than
six months as vice president when