Arizona republican., 1904-02-27

Roosevelt has shown Tor some or HIS Rough Riders. Mir. Leupp cites in de- tail the case Of the Hon. Ben Daniels, which hes somewhat of a local inter est: It is related that the polite ans presented their candidate for United States marshal for Arizona, and
 Thank you" said Mr. Roosevelt, "G have my man selected. His name is Ben Daniels. He has no political backing. but 1 know him clear through for a soldier who never received an or der which he could not execute. He IS dead game; and as q marshal, when he gees for a malefactor he will fetch him in if it takes all the horses and all the ammunition in the territory"
 "Deniels is d pretty rough character" argued the politicians: "are you sure he will pass muster.'
 "I have seen smoother persons" re- sponded the president without waver- ing, but t is not exactly a polish7d gentleman l am looking for to hunt down desperate murderers and drag professional highwaymen to justice" Into the senate went the name or Benjamin Franklin Daniels.
 Somebody cane forward with the SAiSAi tilell De'iliGlS NSS Hal hi litkSI This was brought to the attention of the president
 Daniels used to drink hard" he as- serted. He mas told me all about that. But he's straight now ''
 Then came an accuser with a story of the candidates gambling propensi- ties
 Quite true. " responded the president when questioned. "Ben never made any secret of that. He used to have an in- tefest in a game. but it was a square one. The code of manners in the com munity where he sreW up is not qu te that of New England. A good many men of first rate mettle in the pioneer west have drunk out of a bottle and paid their way al times with the pro. ceeds of a poker pot. These are rot raCtices which we steTner moralists should commend OF general principles, but We have To judge such things com paratively, and in the light of local en- Vironment I rever heard that Pen was skin gambler. and in any event he has promised me that he will not touch card while he remains in office.'
 It is explained that MT. Daniels fail ed to get the office after he had been
 
 because he had failed to be frcnk with the president concerning a single in- cident of his past life.
 MT. Leupp takes care to correct the impression that MT. Roosevelt is inn 9ulsive. He is. rather. to use an Ari- zona expression. simply quick under the hat'-his mind works quickly and logically.
 My own experience with him. says the author. "has leG me to believe that his acts are never responsive to q mere blind whim, but are thought our at lightning speed. Two facts must be kept in view in judging of his rapid action: First. he does not always car rY his consideration of a question of conduct as far as his best friends wish he would. for, when he has decided what is the course to take. in most cases he leaves the consequences en- tirely out Of account. second. he has formed the habit from his early you: h of following decision with action with out the needless loss of . moment. His motto is: Do it now
 As MT. Leupp's book does not pre- NtA4t NO DC HUI v Niliil q StlItS NJ G-ltt- dctes and comments designed to show us the real man Roosevelt" justice cannot be done to the volume by brief extracts. It is worth while however. to quote some of the authors observa- tiOns concerning the presidents admir- able GOmes tiCs life:
 Nothing quite like the domestic life of the White House under the present administration" he says, has been witnessed before in our generation. Both the president and Mrs. Roosevelt are fond of their kind. The gratifca- tiou of their social instinct takes the form of making their home the meet ing ground for persons both interesting and interested. The conventi5naI bounds of so. called society are un- known to them when it comes to bring ing such persons together. Men and wo- men with live qualities, those who have done or are doing some good work in the world are their favorite guests It may be today clergyman whose pull pit fills the smallest place in his ambi- tion and his 'neighbcrhood club t.e largest; tomorrow a labor leader who organization has made itself respected not only by it's flair treatment of the employer class, but by it's admirable discipline within it's own membership; the next day professional musician or an explorer who has brought to light something that has escaped all his pre- decessors iH the same field, or the as- thor of an erOch-making book.
 "All sorts of conditions of mell. in sECrt, gather at the presidents round table of democracy. The social cen sOrs are beconingly shocked. of course. They cannot but think hat it cheapen5 the atmosphere of the first home in the land 10 bring so many persons into it, on footing of equality, who are not familiar with the drawing room code. They forget that achievement c-eates an ar;stocracy Of it's own, and that the work for the world is tn: best breeding a man can enIOy since if stimulates