The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-14
COLONEL THEO. ROOSEVELT
AS SEEN BY LOCAL MINISTER
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} began his literary career while still
student in Harvard His first lit
erary work was "The Naval War of
1872" 1t was so well done that it
took rank at once as an authority
And the British government paid him
} the compliment of asking him to write
chapter dealing with this war for
) Navy" More than fifty volumes of
his writings have been published and
it is doubtful if any public address
and magazine articles have been more
widely read than those of Theodore
Roosevelt. Yet it was not in liter
allure but in politics that he won his
fame. He entered politics as candi-
date for the New York legislature,
running on platform of clean streets
and clean politics and turnout his
life he remained the champion of
political righteousness.
It was imbued in the strain of his
Hugenot blood. The founder of the
Roosevelt family in America was
Klass Marensen Roosevelt, who came
over from Holland in 1641 and settled
in New Amsterdam. For eight gen
erations the Roosevelts have been
actively identified with the CONNER
cial, political and social life of New
York City from the time the, first
Roosevelt landed in the old Dutch
colony. From his mother Roosevelt
inherited the royal blood of Robert
Bruce of Scotland
He began life under double handi-
cap-a frail body and inherited
wealth. Not the least of his achieve
ments was to build for himself
healthy body which nature had denied
him. He lived outdoors spending
much of his time tramping in the
woods hunting. His indomitable will |
led him to attempt tasks which were
thot to be beyond his strength. Bill |
tried to get him to carry light gun,
but he always insisted on carrying a
mans weapon. Long years after
ward men were amazed at his endur-
ance and his strength. When he en-
tered college at Harvard he weighed
only 100 pounds. He went in strong
for athletics. Polo, running and box
ing were his favorite sports He 4
never hesitated to put on the gloves
with any man, tho he should be twice
his own size and weight BY paying
careful attention to his body he fitted
himself for the turbulent years which
were to come, when only a man of Ii
remarkable physical resources could
follow the path which he laid out for
himself. So well did he overcome the Ii
natural handicap of physical weak :
ness that when he was laid on the
operating table in Chicago for the
removal of the assassin's bullet, the
were astonished at his
splendid body and pronounced him :
nothing less than physical marvel !
Roosevelt's father was millionaire
and left his son a large fortune
Riches are a real handicap cit is I
easier for a camel to pass thru a l
needles eye than for rich man to 4
enter the Kingdom of Heaven" said $
Jesus. How handily shall the rich j
enter the Kingdom of Heaven or any |
kingdom worth the striving for, for P
that matter. If one doubts the prac- n
teal wisdom of the scriptures in this I
particular, he has but to be observant
IF the life about him to arrive at the II
same conclusion. 1t is real obstacle e
20 any man who aspires to office and n
honor and achievement to be the pos p
SCISSOR of great wealth. The odds are s.
With the poor boy against the son of i
he palace and the private car. The +
.hild of the millionaire is out of the q
ain before he enters it in most cases. p
The favorites of fortune are those who G
rive mules on the tow-path, or in e.
heir teens support widowed mother 81
r come from log-cabin on the from a.
Ter. But now and then there is a ~
7outh who uses his wealth instead oN
f abusing it. Mr.. Roosevelt's career CO
ives hope of salvation even to the 81
ich Born in a rich means family IN
ducated in a rich mans college, Mr.. 81
roosevelt overcame every handicap is
imposed by wealth and became a hero ~
. the rich and the poor, to the edu- st
ated and the untaught. IN
1t was the cultivation of an intense de
that saved him from the ca
eril of riches. His capacity for OF
'iendship was one of his most strik- c
lg characteristics. He mingled freely IN
18th all sorts and conditions of men
e refused to stand apart but identi- We
ed himself with the common herd or
is delight was in the living circle He
I'd there he hammered out his theor- br
S and rehearsed his plans. lee
In a boxing bout in his student me
lys, the story is told: an opponent res
ok on unfair advantage Of him, rec
riking him before his gloves were pu
rmly fixed. Roosevelt's eyes CLEAN Thu
81 guess you have made a mis- hin
ke," he said. eve do not do that we
~ here" Then he punished the ito
an in a way that he remembered. hiI
lie incident is characteristic of his he,
bic career. There was in all his of
IS whole-souled, noble manliness. wri
S utterances about righteousness T
d no casnistry in them and every get
1y knew exactly where he stood. wa
5 devotion to the alphabetical pre- live
ITS of decency and fair play-his sew
discovery OF the Ten Command disc
nts-revolutionized our domestic mu
Itlcs. Sta
We sometimes laughed at his self INN
for it cannot be said that cha
underestimated himself He never r
lifted that when an emergency sen
Sc, he could save the country. But nor
v that his life is ended and we a o
take survey of his achievements rep
are persuaded that he was not Wet
from right in his estimates. AS dep
lblyman at Albany, federal civil imp
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