Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-15
JUNGLE JOE" MURRAY,
ROO,E,ELT'S IILOT
Picked Young Man for a Political
Winner as He Came
From College.


him his start IN politics Colonel lheo-
dore Roosevelt is unique IN this respect -
aS m many others largely, II not wholly,
because oi the fact that IN his biography
he gives full credit for his work to Joseph
Murray. his comradc OF the spanish
American War. ,
10 Joe" Murray Colonel Roosevelt
not only gives credit ior this work IN ms
biography, but he also gives more space
90 him in that work than to any other
person his father alone excepted
Mr. Murray, now IN his 18th year.
when not farming IN PlcasantNlHe up
Mcstchcster way resides m Last Ninetcth
street and sells insurance 10 him, the
colonel was an Idol 10 the last ana as
evidence uf what the colonel thought OF
him an autoeraphrd card ordering all
10 whom II might come 20 permit Joseph
Murray 20 SEQ me ~ al times and ~
an placcS he may wish % see me stii
hears evidence III what the signcr, hco-
dore Roosevelt. thought oi Murray
Eurth h.ruarc. Wmlr the requests ot
men hlcH Is saltcs. m business and the
soclal world ten 3 ticket - the iunrrai
ser,tc,s IA as fer Ray were ~ Necessity
through a = room refused Jot
Murray t,a- arlonr those present IN
d,uth Is IN BE lhc colone. written
countaud held good
~ .UH. tn 1881 th4f We -cuf toloue
Roosevelt 4, tbe assembly tran He old
9I-t District. hls trs' psiucd place,
sa,s All MURRAY ~ telling hoV Is ,amc
to rivr the tolonrl m- start
Th, district lt fiu nm, extended
ltam tbr west sidr % leNul'on aVcnu,
~ fh, east side ni seventh 1Ncnue And
nou. tWncth s.rc,9 tlrhiN 1Nh
GP Ne,, wa- the leader and hc aat
,ardd,fe flr sitting Ns~cphN man, 1
,hd rot thirk Quill win Z. Was RI
nornlust,d vant give .atas thc
~ fellow !. d,ad now | ,id uo' fhnh
- 5euIi bc = e.cctcd. M. lah Hc~s W.
not lgr,e wlth m, and ths uretui. ation
agreed vlth Jake
ln tn, state 81 affairs ! vs> looking
tor i m.n whom We could cl,'t and 4
mad, up my mnd ~ trv and nominate
wluner i ] could find one
loang Theodore Rpo.tyClt was then
ius, aut ~ college ROM what he had
rcsl II the N~~cmhvmHn tor thr dls-
tr.et. hc did noi think ho deserved % ~
reelected 81 Wa~ Il good man to ~ re-
nominated Neither did ~ hchcvc thot
thc rrogram to pu~h hls name throuch
tuc nominating convention was iau lie
Na. net a. dl ba.luA il saving this,
Clthcr
Noticuc thc Young man bus> around,
frvinr M do something % hc9d the man
az spoke u tam aho4t bcrng i candidate
himself Tie would uut hsfrn ~ the
prupnsltion IN the ground that ior hIm
IL dl 50 would Iook as thuuct hi opposing
M, other man hC had selfish motives
He da. however .uEgesi that ! might
with diligence hnd ,ir. r.hlc candidate
This be promised to do \ night or
tpn after tins ! saw HIM again W. had
not found candidate snd asked n
had been more successful ! told hIm !
had not
Then | put thu question g lam Il
/ cannot find q suitable candidate are
YOU willing to take the nomination
.Ills reply was that ! would not have
anv trouble securing the proper man
me- him again and the next daV and
again we talked the matter oVcr, hui We
did not max, much headWay
Finally ! SAID 70 ham Mr. Roosevelt
thl- convention meets the night alter fo-
morrow. The delegates % the conven-
tion want. know to ger the very hcsi
candidate they can What excuse can
We give the voters II the dist riots WHO
are opposed to tins man going back whom
We have M suitable candidate tle did
again urged hlm to stand ior the place
Tie could not ~ce II that WAY bui after
considerable argument he agreed with
great deal at reluctance "a stand d We
could not get another candidate
In. exact words ito not recall. tu'
DO recall that b. insisted after agree
ing that we must not hesitate 20 take
IN another man d we could ind ouc
who 4 make proper candidate
However. 10 make long story short
lac was nominated and the canvass
began IN those days u Wa. the custom
for the candidato 90 form committee
al two or three friends and make can
vass OF the district meeting the e-lop-
keepers m thuee DAYS Principally hQunr
dealers Major Bullard Jake Tics. tuj
made up Buosevclts committee, and
about the first man We called on was p
chap named Fischer who had hquor
place on sixth avenue To him. Ali
Hess introduced Mr. Roosevelt ,s Nh,
candidate for the Assembly and FISCHER
expressed ms great pleasure ~ meeting
him
Then Fischer began 20 tell % the
trouble besettinR the liquor dealer through
the workings Of unjust Tax laws winding
up hy expressing the hope that Roosevelt
when he was elected voud help reduce
these hduor taxef
How much taN d. Won pav noW
Roosevelt asked hlm
Fischer named The sum ", fu
gotten how much
You're not paving one-hah enough
replied Mr. Roosevelt and fhc interview
ended
Next vesr however wls hrul,
convinced that Mr. Roosevelt Wa right
How Well he won the hrsi year and
tho second wear he was re-electcd by Z
larger majority than the united Demo
crauc candidate had votee ln tho first
wear D. had earned 2S 81 the - election
diaufts The second year d, earned
- olec10i dlstncfs and q ~, other one
ths vote was very close
Well hc spent three years ID the
Assembly Then hi- first W1io died !
That stopped mm ipr while and he I
went West and tried his hand ~ ranch (
ing Had h, STAYED in politics then.
there j. no telling haw Lar d. would hay, I
gun, without stopping for hc Wa very
strong viii what Lincoln called tic I
plain people
When j., Wa f tic " NhItc lious
! Was his guest thcr, dozen tImcs /
never knew hm tu ~ .o hI-, that II, 4
could not -, ms
Once after a. retired from the White +
House he hat : secretary who Ene, not 4
Joseph That secretary told ms ! would
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