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colonel could trace his American ances-
try back to 1644, when the first Of the
Roosevelt family came to this country
from Holland

try back to l644, when the first Of the
Roosevelt family came to this country
from Holland
Succeeded Mckinley.
Colonel Roosevelt turned. to politics
as soon as he had been graduated from.
Harvard in 1880 and his aptitude for.
public life made itself apparent at
once. He worked his way through the
New York state assembly and the gov
ernorship to the vice presidency of the
United States and finally became the
twenty sixty president in 1901. The
colonel was not elected to his first ten
ure of the presidency, having succeed
ed President Mckinley when the lat
ter was assassinated by an anarchist
In Buffalo, N. Y. But in 1904 he was
elected president as the popular choice
of the people.
Colonel Roosevelt was married twice
His first wife was Alice Hathaway Lee
to whom he was united on October %,
1880. She died four years later.
When President Mckinley was elect
ed he appointed Roosevelt assistant
secretary of the navy. Roosevelt be-
lieved that conditions in Cuba would
sooner or later lead to war with
Spain. He was ever pleading for
more men and ships. He fitted out
the squadron which carried Admiral
Dewey to glory at Manila.
Organizes "Rough Riders"
When the blowing up of the battle
ship Maine in Havana harbor set the
nation aflame Roosevelt resigned from
the navy department. With DR.. Leon
ard Wood, an army surgeon, he went
west and organized the Rough Rid
ers." The official title was s.First reg
iment, United States Volunteer cav
airy"
The men were mostly cowboys and
ralnchmen, l with a sprinkling of adven-
turous eastern college graduates. They
needed no great amount of drill. Every
man already knew how to shoot
straight and to ride anything that had
four legs.
The Rough Riders made history.
1 Ihey were in the first slsirlnish in
Cuba at Las Guasimas, and did their
full share of the work at San Juan
nil. Roosevelt was promoted to the
colonelcy for distinguished bravery.
Wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
During his first administration the
Russo-Japanese war broke out. When
the Japanese had driven the Russians
nearly up, to the Amoor river, taken
Fort Arthur and destroyed the Rus
sian fleet, which attempted Its relief,
PRESIDENT Roosevelt offered mediation.
His offer was accepted and the treaty
Of peace was signed by the representa-
uves OF the warning nations at Ports
] mouth. N. II. For his services in thus
bringing about termination OF the
war, Theodore Roosevelt was in 1906
awarded the Nobel peace prize Of $4O.-
600.
Starts the Panama Canal.
During his administration also oc-
Cured the failure of the negotiations
with Colombia for the right of success
sion by the United States to the rights
of the French Panama canal company.
with the. ensuing insurrection of the
PanaInanians, he intervention of the
United States In q manner that effec.
lively prevented the Bogota govern
ment from putting down the revolt,
the recognition of the independence of
Panama, and the making of agree
ments with the new republic under
which the work of building the Pana-
ma canal was undertaken by the Unit
ed States and carried to successful
conclusion.
After Mr.. Taft's inauguration Mr.,
Roosevelt left the country on four
which Included visits to the capitals
OF western Europe and a long hunting
trip In Africa, whose adventures are
recorded in two volumes. Meanwhile
he did not lose touch with American
politics, In which he was soon destined
to play part as disruptive of the Re
publican party as his earlier efforts
were promotive of its success.
Birth Of Progressive Party.
At the Republican convention in Chi
cago, beginning June 1S, 1912, Taft
was nominated by 81 votes over ma
4 jority, but Il few. hours before the
nomination Roosevelt had withdraw
his name as candidate, and thai
night at meeting in Orchestra hall
4 Chicago, the Progressive party was
4 given its first real impetus in a demon
stration for Roosevelt and at which
he was named for president by The
new party. A formal convention was
A held later and he ran as the reo,ltai
candidate of the third party, drawing
support from Republicans and Demo
Gratis alike.
Roosevelt denounced the nomination
Of Taft by the Republicans as "naked
theft. declaring that illegal delegates
4 in sufficient numbers to nominate Taf,
had been seated.
Shot and Wounded by Crank.
i Colonel Roosevelt campaigned oyel
the entire country, invading the "solit
south" and reiterating his slogan o1
Let the people rule!!' He had covered
the greater part of the nation wher
he was shot at Milwaukee October Il
by a man giving the name of Johr
Schrank of New York, who said he haf
been told by the spirit of Mckinley ts
kill Roosevelt.
The Yound was found to be not seri
out, but retarded the candidates cam
paign for some time. The ASSASSIN
4 was declared tO he f1emantod