Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-01-07

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At Khartum, Roosevelt was Joined
by the ladies of his family, and with
them began what proved to be the most
remarkable journey ever made by a
private citizen of a republic, includ-
ing short stays in leading cities of
Egypt, Italy, Austria, France, Belgium,
Holland, Norway, Germany, and Eng
and At every point he was a national
guest, and along the lines or railroad
over which he passed even the peas
antry turned out in large numbers
to cheer his train. In the course OF
the tour he made>a number of speech
es, some of which received more or
less criticism on the score of their eX-
traordianry candor in dealingi with
local governmental and social prob
lens. Perhaps the most notable OF
these was his talk to the university Of
students at Cairo, where he dealt in
plain terms with the threatened fol-
lies of the Young Egypt Movement. His
stated addresses included a lecture at
the Sorbonne; the Noble Prize lecture
at Christiania, where the University
conferred on him the degree of PHI.
D.: a lecture at the University of Ber-
lin, which bestowed a like honor;
speech at Guildhall, after receiving
the freedom of the city of London;
and the Romanes lecture which made
him D. C. L. Cambridge University
bestowed the degree of LII. d.
This sojourn in Europe was
punctuated by two unforeseen Incl
dents. The funeral of King Edward 7
occurring during his visit to England,
he was commissioned by President
Taft as special ambassador to repre-
sent the United States at the cere-
monial In Rome he had counted on
an audience with the Pope; but the
latter decided not to receive him, as he
would not consent to the conditions i'm
posed, one of which was that he
should not accept the Inequalities of
the Methodists living in the same city
His return voyage landed him in New
York on June IS, 1910, where the
citizens turned the day practically into
holiday to join his reception.
| During 1911 the demand for the
strongest possible candidate for the
Presidency in 1912 brought Roosevelt's
name to the front He had become
contributing editor TO The Outlook;
was publishing political articles from
week to week; and his following grew
steadily, especially in the West. By
the early part of 1912 the demand that
had become insistent. Though at first
refusing to permit his name to be used
On req. 81, 1'IS, TIC ethhOuAISu hio
candidacy. At the National Repub-
| lican Convention in June the contro-
versy over contested delegates result
ed in the refusal of Roosevelt to per-
nit his name to be presented to the
! Convention as a candidate. A call was
thereupon issued for the election of
delegates to another national cunven-
ton, which was held at Chicago in
| August At this convention the Pro
gressive party was organized, and
Roosevelt received the nomination for
President of the new party
! Early in September, 1912, the Pro-
gressive party candidate began a series
of speechmaking tours throughout the
United States. In Milwaukee, on the
evening of October Ia, as he was leav-
ling his hotel for the Auditorium to de-
liver an address, he was shot in the
right breast by a fanatic named John
iSchrank, who had followed him for
several weeks. But with the remark,
1T takes more than that to kill Bull
Moose Mr.. Roosevelt continued on
his way to the Auditorium where he
spoke for nearly an hour and half
before permitting the surgeons to ex-
anime the wound. His convalescense
was rapid and he was able to address
mass meeting in Madison Square
Garden, New York City, on Oct. 80.
In the November election the Demo-
cratic candidate, Woodrow Wilson,
was successful, but Roosevelt re-
ceiyed next to the largest vote. both
popular and ELECTORAL. Four years
later he was nominated again by the
Progressive party, but declined on the
ground that the Republican candidate
and platform were satisfactory
enough to justify reunion of the
Progressives with the Republicans. He
then took an active part in the cam
Ipaign in support of Charles e. Hughes