The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-06
King Edward VII Of England.

A rift in the friendship between
Roosevelt and his successor as Presi.
dent. William Howard Taft, let to the
formers announcement of his opposi-
tlon to Mr.. Taft's denomination. The
ex.President's influence had been
large in placing Mr. Taft in the White
House. Now his influence was equal
ly strong in preventing Mr. Taft from
remaining there. Men who had
clashed with the Taft policies quickly
rallied to Rooseyelts support
Roosevelt assembled what he termed
as constructive ideas as opposed to
the conservative ones Of the so-called
Republican "Old Guard, character
lied them with the description PRO.
yressive" and organized the Progress
sive Party by Withdrawing with his
followers from the Chicago Conven-
ton OF 1912. He became the new par.
tvs candidate for President. This
split in the Republican ranks resulted
In Woodrow Wilson's esetion.
One OF the most dramatic Incl
dents in Roosevelts life occurred dur
ing this campaign. AS he was leaT-
'ng hotel, in Milwaukee, TO go TO o
meeting hall to make political al
dress, a man standing among the
spectators in the street fired shot
which struck the Colonel and smashed
a rib Roosevelt insisted he was not
seriously hurt and his automobile con.
veyed him to the hall There he
spoke to an audience which had know.
edge of what had happened-sobbine
women and grave.faced men shakel
with emotion by his appearance un
Ter such circumstances. Examina
ton of the wound showed II was seri
Gus and the candidate was hurried BY
special train to Chicago for treatment
Though he speedily recovered the
bullet was never removed The rs
! sassin was sent TO an asylum for tn;
insane
Roosevelt after leavElg the Waite
House devoted mis- fife largely to lit
arary work. hunting AMI exploration
He became contributing ediio- Co TIL.
| Outlook in 1909 continuing This fo
Ave years. and later held editOria
positions with Tie Metsopolitan nn'
he Kansas City Star From 1882 e
1917 he published about fifty volumes
Of works covering the wide range o
naval history hunting. biography. III
Rough Riders. Americanism. National
ism. conservation of womanhood an
| childhood. animals, exploration, th
world war and Americas participation
In Il. and his autobiography. HI
hunts for big game and his zest TO
exploration took him into the Amer
can West. the heart of Africa and th
wilderness of Brazil.
Upon his return from his Africa
iourney---a return during which h
made triumphant entries into Eur'
pean capitals and was received b
! nations rulers, including the Emaore
of Germany-he arrived in New Yor
to experience what was generally COZ
ceded to he the greatest ovation a
American private citizen was ever a
corded by the people of his counir,
2 This was in 1910. At the head uf a
: exploring party In South America
, 1914 he discovered and followed e
! 600 miles a Madeira River tributaI
+ which the Brazilian Government su
J. sequently named, in his honor RC
Theodore. This was the famo'
, River OF Doubt'--so-called becau
4 in many quarters considered author
/. tatiye 1t was questioned wheth
p Roosevelt was the first man to explo
h the stream. During this journey u
Il President contracted Jungle few
l. which was held indirectly responslb
g for the assesses which develop
Indignantly and required several O
d erations at the Roosevelt Hospital
e New York City, in 1918.
n Theodore Roosevelt. besides being
IS prolific writer, lectured and ma
A. public speeches extensively, not on
h in his own country hut in Engalr
ic Spain, South America and other PAL
1t OF the world. The facility with viii
I, he made political enemies and folio
le ers made him a marked man for bo
rs the bitter and friendly attention
le cartoonlsts and parngraphers Qua
pr and picturesque phrases were coin
y literally by him aud by others G,
le cernlng him "Speak softly and u
mr. the big stick" weasel words" "pus
Il. foot. 'mollycoddle" and my hat
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