The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-01-09
NDTED STATESMAN and AUTHOR
PASSES AWAY MONDAY A. M.
ATHIS HOME, SYCAMORE Hill
(By United Press).

rank for the excellence Of both the
style and content OF his writings. As
a statesman he will occupy an emf
nent position in the national history.
He knew how TO handle men and was
pre- eminentiy clever as a politician
But he was also statesman in
larger sense. for be had visioz and the
courage 10 make his visions real. John
Morley. teh English writer and states
man. ON returning TO London from
visit to America. said that he saw two
tremendous forces OF nature while he
was away .'One was Niagara Falls
and the other was President Roosevelt
ard I am not sure which is the more
wonderfnl.''
Col Roosevelt was essentially n
man who did things: man to whom
the ,arsn dynamo was justly applied.
Tase him al IN AL he Was without
dcnbr the most interesting political
azure os his day and generation in
the world
Col. Roosevelt IVES born In New
yorS city octcsee "a. 1858. He was
dc5cc-ded oil his fathers side from a
sturdy fansiiy OF Dutch burghers, one
OF whom emigrsted froia Holland to
New Amsterdam about 1850. His ia
ther uzE sureessfui3 business man
who gave largely OF Ms time and
money TO .philanthropie enterprises of
many kinds; z characteristic that the
ION Inherited. or a distinguished.
aristocratic and wealthy family. Col
Rocsessst had many advantages In
life. but in spite OF II all he was in all
respects man Of the people: never
too much absorbed BY his personal af-
fairs to be Interested in helping his
fcilowmen.
After his graduation from Harvard
University. Col. Roosevelt studied law
at Columbia. and In the Office Of his
OF becoming a lawyer. The Law was
10 him merely n kind of preparation
for wider activities In life. In the
fall OF 1881 he was elected n member
Of the General Assembly OF New York.
He was only - years old at the time
and the youngest man in the Leg.sla-
ture. He was soon one OF the best
known. either Upside or outside that
body. As champion. OF reform he
attained a reputation that was nation.
vide.
In 1884 his mother died and this be-
reavemcpt was followed two days
later by the death of his wife. These
domeMtic sorrows turned his mind
from politics for awhile. He had
previously enjoyed many camping ex-
periences In the Maine woods. and he 4
now turned to the Western prairies.
He psrchased ranch on the Little
Missouri In North Dakota and made
ranchirg n business. The brand used
on his Elkhorn ranch. as he called 1t.
was the Maltese cross. Col. Roose,
welt made a success Of his venture in
North Dakota and established a pop
uiarity among the cowboys of the
Northwest that he retained as long rs
he lived. In 1886 Col. Roosevelt mar
ried Miss Edith Kermit Carew. n child
hood friend. Following n honeymoon
trip to Europe. he was appointed
member OF the national civil service
commission which he resigned in 1895
to become president of the police
board in New York city. For the next
two years he labored to eradicate
graft and corruption from the police
force and to secure the enforcement
of the laws for the improvement OF
the public service. Col. Roosevelt was
no mere desk officials, but gave
supervision to affairs such as the New
York police force had never before
known.
In April. 1897, President Mckinley
called Col. Roosevelt to Washington
TO become assistant secretary Of the
navy. The latter foresaw the likeli.
hood of war with Spain and set
about with great energy to put the
navy in readiness for the coming con
dict. To Col. Roosevelt belongs the
credit for whatever preparedness the
American navy. possessed when the
war broke out. When the war actu-
ally camc Col. Roosevelt gave his
services to the nation in another On.
pacity.
He resigned from, the Navy Depart
ment In Apiii. 1896. after he had taken
the first steps to raise the First Unit
cd Statos Volunteer Cavalry. which
was nicknamed the Rough Riders" OF
this motley. but brave regiment or
men. Col, Roosevelt was 1t urst acc
j. ti g ,t flt .sit ftSf'