Bisbee daily review., 1908-10-28
HALF CENTURY IS THE AGE IF
 ROOSEVELT
Celebrates Birthday Yesterday With About the Usual Rou- tine-What He Has Done Since Graduating.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 27.- President Roosevelt was fifty years old today. He was the recipient of many congratulations, but passed the , day very much according to the rou- tine which marks his every day life. The progress of Mr Taft's campaign for the topic of conversation with the many callers whom he received dur ing the day.
 Twenty eight strenuous birthdays have passed over MT. Rooseyelts head since he left Harvard with his diploma in 1880. His twenty-second birthday, the first arter his gradua- tion from college, was spent in Flu rope, where he was travelling to re cover from the effects of hard study. Upon returning home he plunged at once into the maelstorm of municipal politics, and his twenty-third birthday found him campaigning for election to the New York General Assembly. At twenty-four MT. roosevelt was known all over the country as a new power in the Albany halls of legisla- ton. At twenty-five he was complet- ing his term in the legislature and had added to his fame through his strenuous work as head of the legis- lative committee appointed to inyes- tigate New York'S municipal admin iStartion
 MT. Rooseyelt's NEyenry-siXth birth day found him on the stump speaking in behalf of the republican national ticket. The previous summer, as chairman of the New York delega tion, he had opposed the nomination of Mir. Blaine, but when Mir Blaine be came the choice of the convention MT. Roosevelt fell into line and work, ed for the party's candidates success
 Mir. Roosevelt passed lis twenty seventh birthday on ms ranch in the Bad Lands, cultivating the acquaint ance of ranchmen, rust;ers, and COW punchers, who subsequently were to form the nucleus of his regiment oi Rough Riders.
 At twenty-eight he was again in the turmoil of New York city politics Henry George was a candidate toI mayor Abram s. Hewitt was the nominee of the democrats. Mir. Roose welt was put in the field by the repub Iicans MT Hewitt won.
 During his twenty-ninth and thir tieth years MT. Roosevelt was engag ed chiefly in literary work and IT hunting big game. During this period of his career he passed many months in hunting grizzly bears and other fierce will animals of the west.
 His thirty-first birthday found him a member of the United States Ci'I Service Commission, to which he had been appointed bv president Harri son. President Cleveland retaine' him in office and he continued tt serve until 1885
 At thirty-nine Mr. Roosevelt wal President of the New York Board O Police Commissioners. Within ; month after taking hold of this ofict he had become at once the best-hateC and best-liked man in New York H' overhauled the police department ant effectually stopped the police black mail of saloon keepers. This worl kept him busy for two years.
 At ehirty-nine Mir. Roosevelt va Assistant Secretary Of the Navy. Hi fortieth birthday, following his stren uous campaign in the war with Spain found him a candidate on the reput Hcan< ticket for Governor of Ne' Work He was successful in the elec tion and his forty-f1rst birthday founl him installed Tn the executive cnai at Albany. At forty-two he was O the eve of his election to the vic presidency of the ULited States.
 His forty-third birthday he .passe in the White House, having succeed ed to the presidency the }previou month through the ceath of MT. Mt Kinley. The question of Cuban II ciprocity and the Schley controyers were occupying his attention.
 His forty-fourth birthday was hi second in the White house. Tempo arily beaten on Cuban reciprocity h had laid it aside aud was beginnin his fight against the trusts. He ha just won his first great victory, tn settlement of the anthracite cos strike.
 His forty-ffth birthday found hil awaiting the result of the coup i Central America, tue establishmer of the Panama Republic, and in pr' pairing for the extra session of col gress which he had called to conside Cuban reciprocity.
 Ifs .orty-sixth birthday he spent 1