Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-06

10 touch but briefly upon some of the
more striking phrases of his varied,
interesting and strenuous" life to re-
call to the public mind full details of
his many exploits and experiences.
called to the White House in 1901
after President Mckinley had been
assassinated. Col. Roosevelt, forty
two years of age, became The Young
est President the United States has
ever had. Three years later he was
elected president by the largest popu-
La vote a president has received.
Man of Destiny
Thus Roosevelt, sometimes called a
maa of destiny, served for seven years
as the nations chief magistrate. In
. subsequent decade the fortunes of
politics did not favor him, for, again
p candidate for presidcnt-this time
leading the Progressive party which
lnc himself bad organized when he
offered radically with some of the
poiitics Of the Republican party al
1aI2-he went down to defeat, to-
gethcr with the Republican candl-
date, William Howard Taft. Wood
row Wilson, Democrat, was elected.
col. Rooscvelts enemies agreed
with his friends that his life. his
c~haractcT and his writings represent
Cd . high type of Americanism.
Born of Dutch Ancestry
OF Dutch ancestry, born in New
York CITY on October q, 1893, IN a
house in East Twentieth street. tn"
baby Theodore was o he
V 80 Of four children who came
fusonore and Martha Bullocl
X ~oseyelt. The mother was of South
or stock and the father OF Northern
n situation which during the early
Nears OF Theodore Juniors oyhoo
was not allowed to interfere with the
family life OF these children during
tn Civil War days.
a., frail that he was not privileged
10 associate with the other boys in
hi n~eighborhood, Roosevelt was tu-
togsd privately, in New York and dur
inc travels on which his parents took
thc children abroad. A porch gym
nafium at his home provided him
with physical exercise with which he
combatted a troublesome asthma. His
father. q glass importer and a mar
of raSans, was his constant compan-
iot: he kept a diary; he read so much
history ard fictional books of adNen-
ture that he was known as "A book
worm: lie took boxing lessons; he
YVES an amateur naturalist: and at
tho are of sevcnteen he entered Har-
ward University. There he was not
rs prominent as some others IN an
tic way. as 1t is not recorded
tb:t he made" the baseball and
football teams. but his puny body had
Ah VIZ "a 'C
for, graduation he became one of the
~cIofArion boxers of the college. This
remarkable physical development was
emphasized by something which TOOK
plaee shortly after he left Harvard IN
1SS0. He went to Europe, climbed
HI MGttorhorn. and as a result was
elc, ted a member of the Alpine CUB
of Inndon-an organization OF men
WHO had performed notable teatS o.
adventure.
Was Married Twice
4 few months after his graduation
Roosevelt married Miss Alice Lee oil
Bo.ion. She died in 1884. leaving one
cllild. Alice. now the wife OF Repre-
sentative Nicholas L~ongworth OF
Ohio. In 1886 Roosevelt married
Miss Edith Kermit Carow. of New
York. and TO them five children were
born -Edith, now h wife OF DIR.
Richard Derby, and four sons. Theo-
dofc. Jr.. Kermit, Archibald am
Qnentin.
Iilc public career Of the man who
to become President began not
long after he left Fe-H5 pro-
fes ion Nase-unI the activities that
Srrrr TO come left him no time in
which to practice IL. In 1882, 1883
and 1854 he was elected TO the New
York State Assembly. where his eff
fofts on behalf OF good government
and civil service reform attracted at |
tention. When the Republican ma
tioaal convention of 1884 was held. in
Chicago. he was chairman OF inc New
yofk State delegation.
After this experience he dropped
out Of politics for two years. Going
wet. he purchased ranches along the
Little Missouri river. In North Dako-
ia, and divided his time between out
door sports, particularly hunting, n
literary work.
returning 10 New York he became
the Republican candidate for mayor,
I'm 1885. lie was defeated. In 1895
III became New York City's police
commissioner.
Honesty was The ~watchword of this
administration. and the two years OF
hi became memorable
Through the reforms he inaugurated.
Attracting the nations attention while
holding a position which was obscure
In roclparison with the events TO come.
Illicit nquor traffic. gambling. vic in
genrral-of these evils he pursed the
CITY ia the face OF corrupt political op-
position. and the reputation he Estah-
iishcd as n reformer won him the per- |
soetl selection by President Mckinley
as assistant secretary of the navy, in
1885,. A year later the Spanish-Amer- J
tca}i war broke out.
The famous Rough Riders were Or |
ganized by Lsonard Wood and 100 se-
Ntt-0 bdfit OF nEnilAE Aufn tue |
mention of whose name today suggests
imf icdiately the name Roosevelt.
Tho came out of the west plains
mo-. miners. rough and ready fighters
who were natural marksiae8. and
Wood became their colonel ana Ted
dy." as he became familiariy called BY
TIL public. their observation-disclosures. IN |
Company with the regulars of the
army ihey toe transports 10 Cuba, |
ianoed at Santiago n were soon cit
gaecd Ia the thick OF battle. Among
thu promotions which this hardy req
m,ni's gallantry brought O were ,
thaao of Mood 10 brigadier-generai ]
ana Roosevelt TO eolonel-and this
title Theodore Roosevelt cherished un- !
Gil tho end. Some of the Rough Riders [
fornicti the military escort when he
WA elected president a few yearsl
late. 4
Roosevelt returned to New York. |
whore n F~ubern2torial campaign was
IN swing, with the Republican party In
need OF a carable candidate. Roose-
voll was nominated and elected. when
tho Republican rational convention
Wa held an Philadelphia in 1900. hts
part in AeE York state demanded
Sd attained his nomination for vice
president on the ticket with William
AinHiniey.
During the -four years term for
whk.h ne hed been elected. Roosevelt
ace muIsheI achievements which
hisinrians viii rank high in h inter
n~astnnal ami Industrial prDEreSS of the !