Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-09

ed in Woodrow Wilson's election.
SHOT IN MILWAUKEE,
One of the most dramatic incidents in
RooseveIt's life occurred during this
campaign. As he was leaving a hotel, In
Milwaukee, to go to meeting hall to
make q political address, a man stand
ing among the spectators in the street
fred D. shot which struck the colonel and
smashed rib. Roosevelt insisted he was
not seriously hurt and his automobile con-
veyed him to the hall. There he spoke to
an audience which had knowledge Of
what had happened-sobbing women and
grave-faced men shaken with emotion by
his appearance under such circumstances.
Examination of the wound showed It was
serious and the candidate was hurried
by special train to Chicago for treat
ment. Though he speedily recovered the
bullet was never removed. The assassin
was sent to an asylum for the insane.
JOURNEY TO AFRICA
Roosevelt after leaving the White House
| devoted his life largely to literary work
hunting and exploration. He became con-
tributing editor to the outlook in 1909, con-
! tinuing this for five years, and later held
editorial positions with the Metropolitan
and the Kansas City Star. From 1882 to
1917 he published about so volumes of
works covering the wide range of naval
history, hunting. biography, the Rough
Riders. Americanism. Nationalism, con-
| servation of womanhood and childhood
| animals, exploration, the world war and
Americas participation in it. and his au-
| photography. His hunts for big game and
| his zest for exploration took him into the
| American West, the, heart of Africa and
| the wilderness of Brazil
| Upon his return from his African jour-
] ney-a return during which he made tri-
| umphant entries into European capitals
| and was received by nations rulers in
| Guiding the Emperor of Germany--he ar
! rived in New York to experience what
was generally conceded to be the greatest
| ovation an American private citizen was
ever accorded by the people of his coun-
try. This was in 1910. At the head of an
exploring party in South America in 1914
he discovered and followed for 600 miles
a Madeira river tributary which the Bra
lillian government subsequently named
in his honor REQ Theodore. This was the
famous River of Doubt" so-called, be-
cause in many quarters considered au-
| thoritative it was questioned whether
| Roosevelt was the first man to explore the
stream. During this journey the presi-
| dent contracted a jungle fever which was
! held indirectly responsible for the alb
! scesses which developed Indignantly and
| required several operations at the Re- Sc
welt hospital in New York city. in 1.E.
A PROLIFIC WRITER
Theodore Roosevelt. besides being a
prolific writer, lectured and made pub
lie speeches extensively. not only in the
own country but in England. Spain, South
| America and other parts of the world.
The facility with which he made political
| enemies and followers made him a mark
| ed man for both the bitter and friendly
I attention Of cartoonists and paragraph
ers. Quaint and picturesque phrases
were coined literally by him and by 9TH
| ers concerning him. Speak softly and
use the big STICK weasel words
! "pussyfoot." 'mollycoddle" and my hat
is in the ring" were some of the Roose-
| veltian expressions which attained wide
publicity.
The strenuous physical activities in
| which Roosevelt engaged at the White
| House included boxing. 1t was not I'M
til about eight years after he left the
| White House that it was disclosed that
during one Of these bouts. which he
welcomed as means of keeping him
in fighting trim, blow landed by a SPAR
ring opponent injured one of the col
| oners eyes. Later blindness of this eye
| developed.
| In the later years Of his life two court
suits, in which he figured in one as plain
! Till and in the other as defendant, win
! ming them both kept Roosevelt before
| the public eye. During the presidential
campaign of 1912 a Michigan editor charg-
| ed him with ntoxication. Roosevelt in
| stituted suit for libel and marshalled a
! notable host of witnesses to testify re-
sarding his private life and habits. Their
| testimony was so overwhelming that the
! charge was withdrawn in open court and
| the jury brought in a nominal verdict of
! SIX cents in favor of the ex-president.
| william Barnes. Jr, of Albany. n. Y,
accused Roosevelt in 1914 of uttering libel
| in statement asserting that the rot
tenness' of the New York State gov
| eminent was due directly to the DOM
nance of Tammany Hall in politics, aid
ed by Mr.. Barnes and his followers At
Syracuse. N. Y, in 1915 the jury's verdict
| acquitted Roosevelt.
| CRITICIZED PRESIDENT WILSON
| When the European war began, Roose-
welt vigorously advocated a policy of ma
| tionaf preparedness, urging universal mil
itary training for the nations youth. In
l
his magazine and newspaper writings he
| criticized, in this respect, the policies of
Woodrow Wilson during Mr.. Wilson S
| first term At President
Mr.. Roosevelt, it has been said, was
keenly disappointed when he did not
receive the republican nomination for
| president in 1916. At the same time.
| however, he refused to follow the ad
wee of some of his staunchest follow
ers that he again head the Progressive
rarity ticket. Instead he prevailed
upon the Progressive Party to make
charles Evans Hughes. the republican
| candidate, its own choice
CAMPAIGNS FOR HUGHES
He campaigned for Mr.. Hughes. With
the reelection of Mr.. Wilson, and
Americas entry into the world war
soon after, Roosevelt Immediately sup
ported the President and bitterly az
sailed the pro-Germans, pacihsts and
other type of men who attempted to
delay speeding up the war.
With the United States a belligerent.
Roosevelt endeavored to obtain the
consent of the War Department to es-
tablish an army division which he was
anxious to take to France. This divi-
sion was to have included many of the
Rough Riders who were his associates
in the campaign in Cuba, and younger
men of the same strenuous habits The
necessary permission for the formation
of such a force was not forth coming