Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-06

welt 6nQeaVOred TO carry out after
he succeeded the former upon the
Presidents traggic death at the
hands of an assassin. Roosevelt re-
tanned his predecessors cabinet as his
own and he kept in office the am
bassadors and ministers whom Nc
Kinley had appointed. AS much as
two years before the Presidential
campaign of 1904 Republican or
ganizations in various states began
endorsing him as their next candi-
date.
It was thus that 1.-THE man of des-
tiny" idea became associated with
his life. Ostensibly, Roosevelt, leav-
ing the governorship of New York
to become Vice-president, was NOV
ing forward from state politics into
national politics, so his political op-
ponents professed publicly to be-
lieve: but it was their secret de-
sire to ishelve" the man and elimi-
nate him from prominence in their
own community 1t was said. that
prompted these political foes to
obtain for him the Vice. presidential
nomination, which he personally did
not desire.
At the height of his public and
political career. during the four years
of the term for which he had been
elected, Roosevelt accomplished
achievements which historians will
rank high in the international and
industrial progress of the country.
They included his influential nego-
tiations which, conducted at Ports
mouth, y. H., effected peace be-
tween Russia and Japan: mainte-
nance of the Monroe Doctrine at a
period when European Powers were
interested in the affairs of Vene-
Zuela: the recognition of Panama as
Republic and his treaty with
Panama by which the inter- oceanic
canal through that country was put
under way; and the settlement
through his moral influence in the
face of n situation in which there
was no adequate federal legssla-
tion. of the Pennsylvania coal mine
strike. For his part in terminating
the Russo-Japanese conflict he was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in
1905. Four years later. once more q
private citizen, he was special am
bassador from the United States at
the funeral of King Edward VII of
England.
A rift in the friendship between
Roosevelt and his successor as Presi-
dent William Howard Taft, led to
the formers announcement of his
opposition to Mr.. Taft's renomina-
tion. The eX-President's influence
was equally strong in preventing
Mr.. Taft from remaining there. Men
who had clashed with Taft policies
quickly rallied to Roosevelt support
Roosevelt assembled what he termed
as constructive ideas as opposed to
the conservative ones of the So
called Republican "Old Guard"
characterized them with the descrip-
tion Progressive" and organized the
Progressive Party by withdrawing
with his followers from the Chicago
Convention of 1912. He became the
new party's candidate for President.
This split in the Republican ranks
resulted in Woodrow Wilson's cleo
tion.
One of the most dramatic Incl
dents in Roosevelt's life occurred
during this campaign. As he was
leaving a hotel in Milwaukee. to go
to q meeting hall to make n poll
tical address, a man standing among
the spectators in the street fired a
shot which struck the Colonel and
smashed a rib. Roosevelt Insisted
ne was not seriously hurt and his
automobile conveyed him to the hail.
There he spoke to an audience which
had knowledge of what had hap
pened-sobbing women and grave
faced men shaken with emotion by
his appearance under such r'rcum-
stances. Examination of the wound
showed il was serious and the cam
didate was hurried by special train
to Chicago for treatment. Though he
speedily recovered the bullet was
never removed. The assassin was
sent to an asylum for the insane.
Roosevelt after leaving the White
House devoted his life largely to
literary work, hunting and expior-
alton. He became contributing edi-
tor to The Outlook in 1909. contin-
uing this for five years. and later
held editorial positions with the
Metropolitan and the Kansas City
Star. From 1882 to 1917 he pub
lished about fifty volumes of works
covering the wide range of naval
history, hunting. biography, the
Rough Riders, Americanism, Ma
| tionalism, conservation of woman
hood and childhood animals. ex-
pioration, the world war and Amer
| ica's participation in II, and his
autobiography. His hunts for big
game and his zest for exploration
| took him into the An lean west
| the heart of Africa and the wilder
ness Of Brazil.
Upon his return from his African
| :tourney-a return during which he
| made triumphant entries into Euro
| pean capitals and was received by
nations rulers, including the En-
| peror of Germany--he arrived In
| New York to experience what was
| generally conceded to be the great.
| est ovation an American private citi-
zen was ever accorded by the people
of his country This was In 1910
At the head of an exploring party
| in South America in 1914 he dis
covered and followed for 500 miles
q Madeira river tributary which the
| Brazilian government subsequently
named, in his honor REQ Theodore
This was the famous River OF
Doubt"-so- called because In many
| quarters considered authoritative II
was questioned whether Roosevelt
was the first man to explore the
stream. During this journey the
President contracted a jungle fever
which was held indirectly respon-
sible for the abscesses which devel-
oped Indignantly and required sew
eral operations at the Roosevelt Hos
pital in New York City. in 1918.
Theodore Roosevelt. besides being