Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-01-17

state. For the governor or the SIaIe
had way of sitting OH his mahogany
desk, tapping his heels against its
sides and with display of ivory say
Mo-" 50 that it could be heard UP and
down the Hudson.
That was why he was there telling
Boss Platt that he could not put the
vice presidency over him. And when
the caucus was over the delegation had
agreed to support Tim Woodruff, who
never had ghost Of show. There
were other reasons why Roosevelt was
nominated for the second Office at that
conventions Jonathan DOlliver of Iowa
doomed strong. He was likely as a cam
didate But there were reasons en-
tirely outside of political considera-
tions why he could not get the support
of his own state. So when LATE
Young, editor Of the DesMoines Capt.
tai. nominated Roosevelt it was easy
sailing to get the necessary vote and
win. And be elected, too.
i
ynen the oath of office as president
was taken at the Ansley Wilcox home.
/ should liked to have had dicta-
graph record at that time of the UNI
spoken emotions of L. Platt.
Puny as a baby, everybody Offering
predictions that the boy could never
reach manhood. Theodore Roosevelt
started life handicapped in one way
and with silver spoon in his mouth
as WELL so that ibis private affairs have
never worried him. He had never
known what it meant to struggle for
the dollar and he had no ambition for
wealth. In that atmosphere OF old
Dutch aristocraey which is recorded in
it's early existence in Irving's Knicker-
booker Tales, the boy grew up, pri-
vately tutored and coddled until he
went to Harvard. He had an ambi-
ton to get into athletics and in college
he grew strong and SO proficient that
he whipped several locally renowned
boxers Since that time he has ever
been lover of arena sports and many
squared fighter called him friend.
At "a he was member of the New
York assembly. He was a reformer
and there was need of reform. Many
acts of legislation long since recog-
niZed by the most conservative as nee
essary to good government, were faith
cred by him and fought by the rem
nant Of the old Tweed ring and the
Stalwart Republicans. At 26 he was
chairman of the New York state dele
cation to the Republican National
convention. This is the one that NOM
mated James G. Blaine. Roosevelt
was for Senator George f. Edmunds,
Of Vermont He opposed Conkling
and Arthur. John Sherman. never to
have his ambition to be president full
filed, was being fought by Foraker.
COnkling who was to die tragieally
three years later from exposure in a
blizzard, was still the bitter enemy of
Blaine. Depew was being voted for
Arthur. still president, had a follow.
ing, too And In that convention were
all the old war horses of the party, the
blind orator, West; Robson of New
Jersey, the Frelinghuysens, Robert g..
[ngersoll, whose speech nominated
Blaine in 1876, is still classic of nolit-
ical oratory All were a part of the
most intense political drama being
staged in the history of the republican
party since its birth in 1854. 1t ended
in the defeat of Blaine, the success of
Grover Cleveland and new alignment
in national politics, Some Of the men
who left the republican party that
time never came back and some who
left the democratic party are still re-
publicans Roosevelt supported Blaine.
Theodore Roosevelt wanted action.
He never could be still long. He never
could be satisfied with taking his easy
income, living life Of leisure, and the
conventional gentleman of the New
York type. He went to North Dakota
| the year of the national convention OF
| 1854. He worked as a cowboy, busted
| bronchos, shared with the other men
| the hardships and sports Of the prairie.
He wrote here some Of his books on
the Winning Of the West and when
| he returned to New York he became
| United States civil service commits
sioner, appointed by President Harri-
son. He had climbed the most f0rmid-
able Of all the Alps, the Matterhorn.
| He was a horseback rider hard to equal
and he hunted game in all sections of
| the United States and later in Africa.
| He explored much of the Amazon ba-
sin of South America. To him activity
was life blood. As police commission
er of New York he was as fearless as
| in hunting. Defeated as candidate for
mayor Of New York by the then irwin
chile Tammany, he studied municipal
problems and when in the police COM
missioner's Office he knew where to
place his fingers OH corruption and
croo4xedness. He said with ST. Paul
Il magnify my office" He put out the
| crooked policemen, closed the rotten
dives, bluffed the grating politicians
and began the destruction of that