The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-07
RUSS0-JAPANESE
PEACE HIS WORK
Panama Canal and UphOlding
Of Monroe Doctrine Other
Leading Fcats.
PART IN SPANISH WAR
Civil Service Reforms and
Handling of Diplomatic
Problems Noted.
PART IN SPANISH WAR
fCon.Dn,ed From Preceding Pdge)

ne climbed the Jungfrau and tho Mat
terhorn, thereby winning Immediately
membership in the Alpine Club or Lon.
don. an honor rot given ~ weaklings OF
soul or body lie returned TO New York
with the strongest sort Of n bent FOR
life in the open--and decided to become
n lawyer.
He entered the Columbia University
Law School. at the same time h INNER
ing away at the practical side OF law IN
the office OF his uncle. Robert Barnh'li
Roosevelt Democrat and distin-
guished NJ nhattan lawyer. who was n
member OF the old committee OF seventy
that dug into Tammany crookednese
was n Democratic member of Congr ess
in the early EOS United states Minister
10 the Netherlands later, Nauon1l
Committeeman and first president OF the
Holland Society.
But young Theodore Roosevelt never
followed out the llw to the extent or be-
coming a full fiedged lawyer The death
of his father in 1873 had left him with
n fortune modest hut ample enough TO
wander into whatever fields invited. and.
although he had Just become of age, the
most tempting field to him even then
was politics.
One day when he was scarcely more
than a year beyond the last of his col
lege days--he was now % years old
he met one Joe Murray. district worker
around the Roosevelt home locality. Joe
Murray had had a falling out with Bar
ney Hess, the district boss of the Twen-
ty-first Assembly district Barney Hess
had had one idea as to who should be
tho next Assemblyman from tho Twen-
ty-flrst. Joe had an idea wholly different.
Listen, men" said Joe Murray to his
faction of anti-Hess district workers Gall
this on the word Of the best local polit-
cal historians OF the day.. What this
silk stocking neighborhood will rise TO
Is a swell candidate for the Assembly.
Who's the SWEETEST family around here I?
The Roosevelts. Listen men--let's trot
out this young collcEer. Teddy Roose-
welt. ard vel put Barney Hess fiat on
his back"
rfrst Campaign Picturesque.
The young "colleger" got the nominal
ton. Instantly he began local COM
laign that had all those elements OF the
picturesque which in after years were to
draw the attention OF the world TO his
far greater contests. And whether II
was due to his own campaign methods
the hearty hustling of his lieutenant.
Joe, desire OF the neighborhood for
blue blood in the Assembly or a comb!.
full looking colleser. Teddy Roosevelt.
was elected.
1t was on April 6, 1852, that young
Roosevelt took the foor in the Assem-
bly, and demanded that Judge West
brook OF Newburgh be impeached. And
for sheer moral courage that act Is
probably supreme in Roosevelt's life
thus far. He must have expected
failure. Even his youth and idealism
and ignorance of public affairs could
not blind him to the apparently inevi-
table consequences.
That specialize deciding act in
Roosevelts careers not remarkable
for cloduence. But It il remarkable
for fearless candor. He called thieves
thives, regardless OF their millions no
slashed savagcly at the Judge and the
Attorney General; he told the plain un-
Vanished truth as his Indignant eyes
saw Il.
When he finished. the veteran leader
OF the Republicans rose and with
gently contemptuous raillery asked
that the resolution to take up the
charge be voted down. He said he
wished to give young Mr.. Roosevelt
time to think about the wisdom of his
course.
IT," said he, have seen many repu-
tauons in the state broken down by
loose charges made ~ the Legislature.
And presently tie Assembly gave
young Mr.. Roosevelt time to think
by voting not to take up his loose
charges"
Ridicule. laughter. a riPJle-appar-
emily it was all over, except the conse-
quences TO the bumptlous and danger
Gus young man which might flow from
ths cross sc. against his name IN the
black books or the ring.
That night the young man was once
more urged to Ue Sensible" to "have
regard to his future usefulness" to
cease injuring the party" He snapped
his teeth together and de1ed the party
leaders. And the next day he again
rose and again lifted his puny voice
and his puny hand against smiling con-
temptuous corruption.
Kept 1t Up Day After Day.
Day after day he perservered on the floor
of the Assembly, in interviews for the
press a few newspapers here and there
Joined with him; Assemblymen all over
the State began TO hear from ther con-
stituents. Within a week his name was
known from Buffalo to Montauk Point
and everywhere the people were APP
plauding him.
On the eighth day OF his bold smash.
ing attack the resolution to take UT
the charges was again voted upon al
his demand. And the Assemblymen, with
the eyes OF the whole people upon them
did not dare longer to keep themselves
on record as defenders Of a Judge who
feared to demand an investigation. The
opposition collapsed, Roosevelt won BY
10< 90 6.
His district sent him back to Albany
A IA In,
in 1883. In that year he was chosen
minority leader Of House now vergins
toward the Democratic supremacy which
came to it's full flower with the victory
of Grover Cleveland and the sending OF
the Republican machine TO the politica
Gained Notice OF Old Leaders.
Republican state leaders who had
Erown gray in the political turmoil Will,
young Roosevelt still was a striplIns
suddenly began to look his way and TAX,
some notice. In 1854. or In his twenty
sixth year they sent the young Assem-
blyman as chairman OF the New Yorl
delegation to the Republican convention
at Chicago which nominated ths Plumet
Knight, Idol of the rank and file Of Re
piblicanism, as Clevelands opponent
after a bitter scrlmmage
Young Roosevelt wasn't inactive dur
ing his first ven ire into national af
fairs. In his rolo OF reformer, the TWEEN
ty-six year old delegate opposed tn,
nomination Of Blaine to the extent O
standing up In the convention and max
Ing RDpnCh in u bipi, IN p1ncad th