The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-07
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Colonel RooSerelt'S career has lctt
such a vivid Impression upon the peo-
PIE of his tim" that It is necessary 10
touch but briefly upon some OF ;hc
more striking phases % his varied. IN
tereStiag a'!i strenuous life 70 re-
call to ;he public mind full details OF
his many exploits and experiences.
Called 20 the Wh!s" House III le"!
after President Mckinley had been AS
saSsinated. Cot Roosevelt. - years "t
age. became the yourgeS; president tile
United States has ev"r. had. Three years
later he was elected aS president 10y
the largest popular vote = prcsldent
has received.
Thus Roosevelt. sometimes called
man OF destiry. served seven years As
the nations chief magistrate. In sao-
scoueu, decade the fortunes of politics
did no, favor hum. FOR. again q cand'-
date for pres;Gcnt---sh!S time leading
the Progressive party which he h!mSHli
had organized when he diTered raul
cally w!ih some OF the policies OF tn4
Republican party in t3l2-he went down
To defeat. together with the Republican
candidate. William Howard Taft. Wood
row Wilson Democrat. was elected.
Col RooSevclt's enemies agreed with
his friends that his life. his character
and his writings represented h!eH
type Of A,uerican!su.
OF Dutch ancestry. born IN New
YORK city on October -. 1SoN. ~
house in East Twentieth street. tho
baby Theodore was w"akt|sS. lie
was one OF four children who came 20
Theodore and Martha Buloch Roosevelt.
The mother was OF southern stock and
the father OF northern. situation
which during the early years of The
odore juniors boyhood was not allowed
to interfere with the family life OF
these children during the CIVIL war
days
So trail that he was not privileged
to associate with the other boys In MS
ncighhorhood Roosevelt was tutored
privately. N New York and during
travels on which his parents took the
children abroad y porch gymnasium
at his home provided him with physical
exercise with which he ccmoatted
troublesome asthma His father. glass
importer and a man OF means. was his
constant companion; he kept diary NE
read 81 much, history and dct!oRal boOks
of adventure that he was known as
bookworyn; he took boxing lessons; nc
was nm amateur naturalist: and ut the
age of u he entered Harvard university
= There. nc was not as prominent rs some
others in an athletic way. as it was not
recorded that he made the baseball
and football teams. but his puny body
had undergone 4 metamorphoSiS ana Dc
fore graduation he became one OF the
champion boxers OF the college. This re-
narkable physical development was en-
phas;zcd by something which took place
shortly after he let Harvard IN 1871.
He went 10 Europe. climbed the Mat
tcrh0rn, and as 4 result WAS elected 4
member Of th, Alpine Cluh 81 London
an organization Of men who had per
formed notable teacs o. adventure.
\ few months after his graduation.
Hoosnvr,t married Miss Alice Loo OF
Rosron. She died in 1881. leaving "nH
child. Alice. nov II" wifi" OF Repre-
scntatIv. Nicholas IonSworth OF ONO.
In 1886 Roosevelt married Miss edith
Kermit Carow Of New YORK. ana %
them five children wera horn-Edith.
,.ow Tho wifi. Of Richard Derby. and
Sour sons. Theodors. Jr.. Kermit. Arch
ihald. and Quentin.
The public career of tho man who was
RI becoul" president began not long
after h" left college. his profession
was law. bar the activities teat were
TO come left him no time IN which 10
nractica Il. In 1889 1857 and 1894 he
vas elected 20 the New York state as
se,nblr. whore his efforts on behalf OF
GOOD government and civil service re-
FORM attracted Alteration. When tha
Republican national convention or 1874
was held in Chicago. ne was chairman
~ tho Now York state deleGation.
----&ctc-- this experience hc dropped out
Of politics for two years. Gong WpS'
he purchased ranches along IN" A!''S!E
Missouri river IN North D9kota' ana u
yided his time between outdoor Sports
n,rt;culnr,y hunting and literary WORK
us-e. h. lard rha foundat;"n for his So
r,.s rt books. The Winning OF tnt
Wes.." which was published from ny
10 1876. and % other volumes or KIN
Gred character.
Returning 70 New York he became tn'
Republican candidat" for mayor IL
1856. FIe was defeated. President Har
r;son in 1852 appointed him menoe'
of the United states cir!l service com
mission. and President Cleveland con
-inu.d him in this office. whtc" nc re