The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-19

In any event he accepted a position
as contributing editor OF The Outlook.
after laboring manfully for the cleo
ton OF his then friend and companion,
William Howard Taft. and set about
preparing for the African hunting ex-
pedition which he had arranged TO ex-
ecute for the Smithsonian Institute at
Washington.
Roosevelt's hunting trip consumed
the greater portion of the years OF
1909 and 1910, and was followed BY a
tour through the European countries,
during which he received the welcome
and homage of their rulers and peo-
pies.
His return TO the United States in
1910 was the signal for a demonstra-
ton such as has not been accorded
any other American. 0fficialdom and
proletariat Joined in welcoming him
home. He could not have received a
more hearty greeting had he been a
member of royalty.
Mr.. Roosevelt almost Immediately
took up his duties OF contributing edi.
tor, voicing his editorial views on cur
rent topics with an enthusiasm that
rivaled his vigorous statements while
he was President. II was through these
editorials that he later attacked the
proposed agreement and peace treaties
advocated by the Taft administration
The nomination OF a governor for
the state of New York came up for
consideration in 1910 and Roosevelt.
hardly grown accustomed to his daily
trip TO the Outlook offices. journey
ed TO Saratoga, stampeded the Repub-
lican convention in favor of Henry l..
Stimson, and. for the time being. over
threw the Republican machine con-
trolled by Boss William Barnes, Jr.
The state Republican machine had in
tended TO nominate Vice President
James Schoolcraft sherman.
Stimson was overwhelmingly beaten
in the ensuing election and the jubi-
liant Republican machine men claimed
that the popularity of the colonel was
on the wane. Stimson's defeat. they
said was solely due to his affiliation
with Roosevelt. The Colonels friends.
however. maintained that the drubbing
was administered because of the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law, which had
been passed during the summer of
1909 and which placed the Democrats
in power.
Roosevelt then lapsed into political
oblivion. He refused to discuss the po-
litical situation other than through his
publication. and terminated his career
speech-making tempora rily.
AS 1911 drew to q close, however, it
became more and more evident that he
was dissatisfied with the Taft admin
istration. He attacked the reciprocity
agreement and the peace treaties Wig
orously-an action that resulted in a
breech of the intimacy between him.
self and his erstwhile friend, Presi-
dent Taft.
This breech led to much talk of his
views on a denomination His old
statement positively stating that he
would not be a candidate or accept
another nomination was raked up and
his position in the great fight to be
staged in 1912 became burning ques-
ton.
The first intimation of the landslide
in favor of the Colonel came with the
open declaration of seven Western
governors that Roosevelt alone could
be their candidate. Then followed rap
idly an expression of popular opinion
that led to his open announcement
that he would again be a candidate.
Mr.. Roosevelt is the father of sin
children, two of whom are girls. The
family roster is as follows: Alice Lee:
Theodore, Jr., Kermit; Ethel Carrow; /.
Archibald BuIloch and Quentin.
His home life has been particularly
happy, those who have been visitors
at his home on Sycamore Hill. Oyster
Bay, y. Y, marveling at the ease and
felicity with which the household
moves along its daily course. And
these same visitors are warm in their
praise of the Colonel's wife describing
her as a gracious. wholesouled Ameri-i
can, an ideal hostess and a model of
domestic virtue.
Colonel Roosevelt is the author OF
The Winning of the West" History
of the Naval War OF 1872" Hunting
Trinps of a Ranchman," Life Of
Thomas Hart Benton. Life of oGuver-
neur Norris" Ranch Life and Hunt
ing Trail" History of New York."
''The Wilderness Hunter" American
Ideals and Other Essays" The Rough
Riders" Life of Oliver Cromwell"
and 1.-The Strenuous Life" Beside
these many volumes he has been proli-.
fic contributor TO American magazines
and periodicals