Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-01-16
The Life of Roosevelt Spans
A Career Of Public Service

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friends.
The famous Rough Riders were or
ganized by Wood and Roosevelt
band of fighting men the mention OF
whose name today suggests immedi-
ateiy The word Roosevelt" They
came out of the west-plainsmen. min.
ers, rough and ready fighters who were
natural marksmen. and Wood became
their colonel and Teddy" as he had
become Familiarity called by the public
their Northumberland. In company
with the regulars of the army they
o transports to Cuba, landed Santi-
ago and were soon engaged in the
thick of battle. Among the promotions
which this hardy regiments gallantry
brought about We're those of Wood to
brigadier-general and Roosevelt to
colonel-and this title Theodore Roose-
Welt cherished until the end. Some OF
the Rough Riders formed the military
escort when he was elected president
a few years later.
When Cuba had been liberated,
Roosevelt returned to New York. A
gubernatorial campaign was in swing,
with the republican party in need Of a
capable candidate. Roosevelt was
nominated. Van Wyck, his democratic
opponent, was defeated. The reforms
roosevelt had favored as assemblyman
he now nae the opportunity to consum-
mate. together with others of more i'm
poftance, and 1t was during this admin
lstfation thai he is said to have earned
'he hostility OF corporations. When the
republican national convention was
held IN Philadelphia in 1900 his party
IN New York state demanded and at
famed his nomination for vice presi-
dent on h ticket with William Nc
kinney. In November of that year this
ticket was elected.
Sought to Eliminate Him.
The policies of Mckinley. Roosevelt
~endeavored to carry out after he sue
ceeoed the former upon the presidents
tragic death at the hands of an as
sassln. Roosevelt retained his predecss-
sors cabinet as his own and he kept
IN Office the ambassadors and ministers
whom Mckinley had appointed. AS
much as two years before the presi-
dentlal campaign of 1904 republican or
PLANTATIONS in various states began in
oorsing him as their next candidate.
1t was thus that 1.-The man of destiny
IDEA became associated with his life.
ostensibly. Roosevelt. leaving the gov
ernorship of New York to become vice
president. was moving forward from
state politics into national politics. so
ms political opponents professed pub
ilcly to believe; but 1t was their secret
deslre to "shelve" the man and elimi.
nate MIN from prominence in their own
community. 1t was said, that prompted
tnese political foes to obtain for him
the vice presidential nomination. which
ne personally did not desire.
AT the height of his public and polit-
zeal career. during the four years of the
term FOR which he had been elected,
roosevelt accomplished achievements
winch historians will rank high in the
International and Industrial progress of
the country. They included his influ-
entail negotiations which, conducted at
Portsmouth. N. H, effected a be-
tween Russia n Japan; maintenance
OF the Monroe Doctrine at a period
when European powers were interested
IN the affairs of Venezuela; the recog-
milton of Panama as a republic and his
treaty with Panama by which the in
ter-oceanic canal through that country
was put under way; and the settlement,
through his moral influence in the face
OF a situation in which there was no
adequate federal legislation, of the
pennsylvania coal mine strike. For his
part in terminating the Russo-Japanese
conflict he was awarded the Nobel
peace prize in 1906. Four years later,
once more a private citizen. he was
special ambassador from the United
States at the funeral of King Edward
VII. of England.
Breaks With Taft.
A rift in the friendship between
Roosevelt and his successor as presi-
dent, William Howard Taft. led to the
formers announcement of his oppo-
sition to Mr.. Taft's denomination. The
ex-president's influence had been large
in placing Mr.. Taft in the White House.
o his influence was equally strong
in preventing Mr.. Taft from remaining
there. Men who had clashe6 with the
Taft policies quickly rallied to Roose-
velt's support. Roosevelt assembled
what ne termed as constructive ideas
as opposed to the conservative e of
the socalled republican "Old Guard -
characterized them with the descrip-
ton "Progressive'. and organized the
progressive party by Withdrawing with
his followers from the Chicago convcn-
ton in 1912. He became the new
party's candidate for president. This
split in the republican ranks resulted
in Woodrow Wilson's election.
One of the most dramatic incidents
in R~oosevelt's life occurred during this
campaign. AS he was leaving a hotel
in Milwaukee. to go to a meeting hall to
make a political address, a mar stand
ing among the spectators in the street
fired q shot which struck the Colonel
and smashed a rib. Roosevelt insisted