The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-27

Point. The army was there disbanded
in September.
81 was nominated governor of New
York and elected, 1 served as governor
until the end of my term, but before
it ended, in the spring of 1900, 1 was
nominated for vice president on the
ticket with President Mckinley and
was elected. 1 served as vice president
from March 4, 1901, until September IA.
1901, when President Mckinley died
from the effects of the bullet wound
of the assassin Czolgocz.
Il served president for the un-
expired term of three years and a
half and was nominated and elected
president in the fall of 1904. A little
over a fortnight after leaving the
presidency on March 4, 1909, 1 went
to Africa. as head of the Smithsonian
expedition. 1 came out at Khartoum
March Is, 1910, and after short trip
through Europe returned to the
United States toward the end of June,
1910. Since then. L have lived con-
tinuously at Oyster Bay and have
been connected with The Outlook.
From 1883 to 1896 I spent con-
siderable time on my cattle ranch on
the Little Missouri, in the present
state of North Dakota.
Never Touched Cocktail.
81 never have drunk a cocktail or a
highbal in my life. With the excep-
ton hereafter noted, L never drank
whiSkey or brandy except under the
advice of a physician. I don't care
for the taste of either. 1 don't smoke,
and 1 don't drink beer, because 1 dis
like smoking and dislike the taste of
beer.
81 have never drunk whiskey or
brandy except when the doctor pre-
scribed it, or possibly on some occa-
sion after great exposure when I was
chilled through. But it certainly has
been Is or 20 years since have drunk
it because of being chilled through. I
never have drunk beer, nor do
I have drunk have been only white
wines, Madeira, champagne or very
occasionally a glass of sherry.
cat home I often at dinner will
drink a wine glass or two of Madeira.
In summer instead of the Madeira, I
often drink a tall glass of white wine
and Poland water or Poly water. At
public dinners, I sometimes drink a
I think that on the average this means
that I will drink champagne about
once a month"
Indulged in Sandwich.
Neither on this occasion nor on any
other occasion did I take glass of
whisky or brandy or any liquor in any
form. On this occasion | took a sand
1 drank standing up proposing the
health of the speaker on his seven
tieth birthday.
mo man VINO ever knew me ever
asked me to take any whisky because
they knew that under no circum-
stances did 1 take it and no man on
this occasion ever proposed to me to
have 1 ever drunk or taken any kind
of liquor between meals except as
above described and in the White
House I not only did not drink whisky
or brandy, but I did not know where
any whisky or brandy was.
UNLESS I shaved myself, 1 was al
ways shaved by Delany in the room
between my room and Mr.. Loeb's i'm
mediately before luncheon and never
on any occasion during the time that
1 was in the White House did L touch
a drop of anything during the day
prior to being shaved.
Routine at White House.
1.-The routine of the White House
was as follows:s
Mrs. Roosevelt, the children and my
self. After breakfast, if the weather
was good, Mrs. Roosevelt and walked
around the White House grounds for
20 minutes or half an hour. I then
came over to the White House office,
and as soon as | reached there, Mr..
Loeb came in with the mail and pa
pers to sign. After about half an
hour of this the senators and con-
gressmen would begin to arrive. If
generally continue to arrive until IL
or 1 o'clock but if it was a cabinet
day they would stop at IL o'clock.
'At IL o'clock when 1 went in to
get shaved, 1 would usually get Mr..
Loeb in and dictate to him or he
would take up with me the mail that
had accumulated during the morning
and would receive directions about the
various things that had arisen during
the morning. 1 would also frequently
see some member of the cabinet or
some man 1 knew intimately during
that time, or some newspaper man