The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-10
WHEN MARK MET TEDDY.
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] MINNEAPOLIS and Scared Ohio Boss.


Minneapolis and Scared Ohio Boss.
Letter to New York sun: In the
campaign Of 1900, when Roosevelt was
running for vice president. on the tick
ct with Mckinley, / had frequent oc-
casion to visit republican national
headquarters in the Auditorium annex
at Chicago for the purpose of consult
ing with Chairman Hannas One day
in midsummer of that year, accompall-
led by Col William q. Edens, / visited
Chairman Hanna private office on the
sixth floor: two other workers In the
campaign also came In.
we had scarcely begun our confer
ence when the door was violently
opened, and Mr. Roosevelt fairly
bounded into the room dressed In
vaudeville, half cowboy attire, and
wearing a Rough Rider hat Although
Mr. Hanna was expecting him to call
he knew Roosevelt was to pass
through on his way to Minneapolis
yet he was visibly surprised and an
noyed at the unconventional manner
of his entrance. Some red hot tele-
grams had been passing between
Chairman Hanna and the doughty coll
onel regarding the subject matter of
his coming speech, and Mr.. Hanna
had fatty refused to furnish a special
car or even to countenance his going
to Minneapolis unless he was supplied
in advance with Roosevelt's speech,
and very reluctantly that document
was finally sent to Hanna, who elm
mated several paragraphs and modi-
| fled others. The visit therefore was
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part, as he did not dare pass through
to the great leader.
Roosevelt seemed In a high state of
| excitement He rushed up to Hanna
/, and was very effusive in his greet
| ings. Mr.. Hanna, always quiet and
modest, with evident purpose to re-
lieve the tension. Of the situation, said:
Here, colonel, / want to introduce
you to some of my boys" and there
| fore took him about the room and
presented each OF us with some pleas
ant word about our work. We were
all standing and Roosevelt was doing
about all the talking; he never gave
Mr.. Hanna or any of us chance to
say more than a word or two. He
seemed not to hear that Mr.. Hanna S
/ repeated invitation to sit down and
listen to the reports about to be rem
dered, but instead kept UP an inces-
SAINT stream of talk, jumping from one
subject to another with great rapidly
and marked incoherence.
He kept moving about the room in
a circle, passing each of us and speak
ing in high staccato voice, all the
time convulsively turning his SLOUGH
hat around in his hands, as though
trying to tear its rim off. Finally, on
making the second tour of the room
he suddenly waved his hat and yelled:
Wen, i must be off to catch my
train! Bood bye, Mr.. Hanna! Good
bye, boys!" and with this parting sa-
lutte dashed through the door and rar
swiftly down the long corridor, max
ing dreadful clatter with his rough
rider boots on the marble floor, caught
the elevator and was gone.
Mr.. Hanna had hastily followed hin
to the door and watched him disap.
pear; then walking slowly back into
the room, his face wearing grav,
and peculiar expression, and showing
one hand in his pocket as If empha
sizing his reflections, he cast a lool
around at the silent quartette and
|, shaking his head, said: Boys, be
tween us, damn me If don't believ'
that fellows bughouse, and it makes
the sweat break out on me when
think of the possibilities"