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roughing It with q good constitution
which was to prove invaluable to him
later in life.
In 1856 Roosevelt became candi-
date for mayor OF New York, but ran
third. His reputation was enhanced,
however, and President Harrison nam
ed him for place on the national civil
service commission. He dominated the
body and later became its president.
| 1t was in 1856 that Mr.. Roosevelt
married Miss Edith Kermit Carow
| while in London. She was the daugh-
| ter Of Charles Carow of New York.
In the Spanish War.
In 1893 Roosevelt resigned from It's
civil service commission and began q
fight on Tammany hall. He served
! two years as police commissioners OF
| New York city, stirring ap the cor
rsptionists and then President Mchfn-
| ley made him assistant secretary OF tins
navy. When the Maine was blown
up he resigned and helped raise the
first volunteer regiment of cavalry Ter
the war with Spain. II was the Ia
nous rough riders, OF which Leonard
Wood WAS made colonel.
Colonel Wood was later given ori-
gade and Roosevelt promoted to com
mand OF the Rough Riders. Colenel
Roosevelt was commended for heroic
conduct at the battles of Las Guaymas
and San Juan hill.
Governor and President.
| Coming back from the war, Eoose-
welt was elected governor OF New
York. But he would not be bossed by
the politicians, so instead of giving
him second term they persuaded MIN
to take the nomination for vice presl-
dent on the ticket with Mckinney.
When President Mckinley, shot by an
assassin, died on September Il, 1901,
Roosevelt became president.
President Roosevelt served out Nc
Kinley's unexpired term and was elect
ed president in 1904 by the largest ma
iority ever given candidate fer the
Office In his seven and haf years
in the White House lie had ample op-
portunity to show the staff that was in
him He lived deeply and broadly anu
was al once the accomplished man or
the world. the student of national
i problems, as we'll as of books, the
adroit politician, he foreeful writer of
books and eloquent public speaker.
He had The happy knacl: of invent
ing or reviying phrases that stayed in
tie memory of his hearers and those
who heard hin usually carried away
with them an apt summary OF eondi-
tons 50 cleverly worded as to be not
easily forgotten.
AS president Roosevelt's activities
and scope of endeavor were immense;
he became great international figure
through his many negotiations with
1 foreign powers and took in hand many
problems ut home seldom touched by a
| president.
Booms Taft for Presidency.
Roosevelt declined second elective
term In 1905 and fostered the candi-
daey OF his secretary of war. William
II. Taft. who was elected president.
When he left Office, March 4, 1909,
Roosevelt was the unQuestiQned leader
OF his party. Taft was his close friend.
Roosevelt went to Africa TO secure
specimens for museums and also, 1t Is
understood, to be out Of the country
and escape possible accusations Of at
| tempting To influence the conduct Of
the new administration.
Colonel Roosevelt WAS mighty hun
ter. His exploits in killing big game
In equatorial Africa are well known
through the book which he wrote on
the subject,
II WAS in the summer OF 1910 that
Colonel Roosevelt travelled through the
country promulgating his doctrine OF
of the new nationalism.' and the next
year he editorially attacked arbitration
treaties with Great Britain and France,
proposed by President Taft.
Candidate of Proqressives.
At the Republican convention in chi
cage, beginning June IS. 1912, Taft
vas nominated by - votes over Il ma-
jority. but a few hours before the
nomination Roosevelt had withdrawn
his name as candidate and that
night nj Il meeting II orchestra hall.
Chicago, the Progressive party was
given lis first reaj impetus IN 4 demon
sraliou for Roosevelt aud at which he
was named for president ~ the new
party \ cagMal convention WAS held
later and ~ raa IS fhe regular candi-
date of thu .lild nauA, drawing sup
port from Republicans ana Democrats
alike Woodrow Wilson, the Democrat.
was elected, however. and the colonel
had to be content with defeating Mr.
Taft for second place
In 1914 Colonel Roosevelt led
party Of exploration ia South Amer
lea. especially in the interior Of Bra
I'll. Then he made another tour Ct
Europe In 1916 he was again con