Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-06

one as plaintiff and in the other as
defendant, winning them both, kept
Roosevelt before the public eye. Dur.
ing the presidential campaign of 1879
a Michigan editor charged him with
| intoxication. Roosevelt Instituted a
suit for libel and marshaled notable
most of witnesses to testify regarding
his private life and habits. Their
testimony was so overwhelming that
! the charge was withdrawn in open
court and the jury brought in a
| nominal verdict of 8 cents in favor of
| the ex-President. William Barnes
welt in 1914 of uttering libel in a
| statement asserting that the rotten
ness of the New York state govern
ment was due directly to the domi-
aided by Mr.. Barnes and his follow
ers. At Syracuse, n. Y, in 1915. the
Jury's verdict acquitted Roosevelt.
Pledge Against Third Term.
! 1t was following the announcement
of his reelection in 1904 that Col.
Roosevelt made his famous statement
+, regarding the third term
am deeply sensible of the honor
that has been done me-" he said, and
! shall try to show my qualification
| by wise and just administration. On
/ March next I shall have completed
/ .
! the United States, and l shall regard
! that three years and a half as my first
| term. The wise custom which limits
the president to two terms regards
| the substance and not the form, and
| under no circumstances will / be a
candidate for or accept another nomi-
| nation"
| He accepted position as contribut-
| ing editor of the Outlook, after labor
| ing manfully for the election of his
ri np6 Nd ,s~,, H..
/ Howard Taft. and set about preparing
| for the African hunting expedition
| which he had arranged to execute for
| the Smithsonian Institution at Wash
| ington.
Mr.. Roosevelt's hunting trip con-
sumed the greater portion of the years
| OF 1909 and 1910, and was followed by
| tour through the European coun-
! tries, during which he received the
| welcome and homage of their rulers
! and peoples.
Break With President Taft.
Mr.. Roosevelt almost Immediately
upon his return took up his duties of
| contributing editor. voicing his edi-
| torlal views on current topics with an
| enthusiasm that rivaled his vigorous
| statements while he was President.
| 1t was through these editorials that
| he later attacked the proposed reci-
| procity agreement and peace treaties
! advocated by the Taft administration
AS 1911 drew to a close it became
more and more evident that he was
! dissatisfied with the Taft administra-
| ton. He attacked the reciprocity
agreement and the peace treaties
| vigorousIy-an action that resulted
| in breach of the intimacy between
himself and his erstwhiie friend, Pres
| ident Taft.
This breach led to much talk of his
/ views a Tannmiua tjnn old
| statement positively stating that he
| would not be d candidate or accept
| another nomination was raked up and
! his position in the great fight to be
| staged in 1912 became burning
| question.
| The first intimation of the landslide
| in favor of the colonel came with the
| open declaration of seven western
! governors that Mr. Roosevelt alone
could be their candidate. Then follow
opinion that led to his open announce
ment that he would again be a can
| didate.
Crushed by 'Steam Roller
| At the republican convention in Chi
| cago, however, Taft was nominated.
Col Roosevelt and his adherents
| claimed that they had been robbed.
| They organized party and a con-
vention Of their own, and placed
| Theodore Roosevelt in the field as
| their candidate on third ticket.
Then began the campaign which re-
| suited in the election of Woodrow
| Wilson, Roosevelt running second and
! Taft third. The republican party had
| been split asunder, and the democrats
| triumphed because of the divisions in
| the ranks of their opponents.
| One of the most dramatic incidents
lin Roosevelt's life occurred during this
l ca najpn AS he 1aaVjncy
| in Milwaukee to go to a meeting hall
| to make a political address a man
| standing among the spectators in the
| street fired a shot which struck the
| colonel and smashed a rib. Roosevelt
insisted he was not seriously hurt and
his automobile conveyed him to the
hall. There he spoke to an audience
| which had knowledge of what had
| MISUNDERSTANDING women and grave
| faced men shaken with emotion by his
| appearance under such circumstances.
| Examination of the wound showed it
was serious and the candidate was
hurried by special train to Chicago
for treatment. Though he speedily re-
covered. the bullet was never removed.
! The assassin was sent to an asylum
for the insane.
Mr.. Roosevelts next exploit was a
| trip through the wilds of South Amer
lea, in which he explored the region
of the Amazon and nearly lost his
life.
/ He returned to this country in time
to get into the campaign in 1914, when
j he sought to have progreSSiveS elect
ed to Congress and as governors of
states. The third party, however, did
E, not cut much of a figure in the cleo
lions, and republican victories were
recorded all along the line in conse-
+, quence of the return of progressives
to the party fold.
Campaigned for Mr.. Hughes.
/ Following the nomination of Justice
Hughes for the presidency Mr.. Roose-
welt made speaking tour in the in
terest of the republican candidate.
After the presidential election of 1916.
), Supreme Court of the United States
! was defeated, Mr.. Roosevelt retired
for a time from active public life,
emerging when the trend of interna-
tional affairs indicated the Inevitable
ity of this country's being drawn or
forced into the world war.
/ Almost coincident with President
wilson's request that Congress de-
clare the existence Of a state of war
with Germany. Mr. Roosevelt asked
that he be authorized to raise an
army division Of volunteers for serv-
ice in France. The request of the
former colonel of the Rough Riders
was seconded by scores of his friends
and supporters, and Mr.. Roosevelt for
some time was the recipient of scores
of requests from persons in all parts
of the country to be permitted to en-
list in the proposed division.
Permission to raise the volunteer
division being refused, Mr.. Roosevelt