Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-09
COL. ROOSEVELT'S CAREER

Colonel Roosevelts career has left such
a vivid impression upon the people Of
his time that it is necessary to touch but
briefly upon some of the more striking
phrases of his varied, interesting and
strenuous life to recall to the public
mind full details of his many exploits
and experiences.
Called to the White House in 1901 after
President Mckinley had been assassin
ated. Colonel Roosevelt, ~ years of age,
became the youngest president the Uni
ted States has ever had. Three years
later he was elected as president by the
largest popular vote a president has re-
ceived.
Thus Roosevelt, sometimes called a
man of destiny, served for seven years as
the nations chief magistrate In a sub.
sequent decade the fortunes of politics
did not favor him, for, again candi-
date for president-this time leading the
Progressive party which he himself had
organized when he differed radically with
some of the policies of the Republican
party in 1912-he went down to defeat, to-
gether with the republican candidate, Will
liam Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson.
democrat, was elected.
Colonel Roosevelt's enemies agreed with
his friends that his life, his character and
his writings represented a high type of
Americanism.
OF DUTCH ANCESTRY
OF Dutch ancestry, born in New York
city on October 81, 1885, in house in East
Twentieth street, the baby Theodore was
weaklng, He was one of four children
who came to Theodore and Martha Bull
loch Roosevelt, The mother was of
southern stock and the father of north
ern, situation which during the early
years of Theodore, Juniors boyhood was
not allowed to interfere with the family
life of these children during the Civil war
days.
So frail that he was not privileged to
associate with the other boys in his neigh
borhood, Roosevelt was tutored private
ly. in New York and during travels on
which his parents took the children
abroad A porch gymnasium at his home
provided him with physical exercises with
which he combatted a troublesome asth-
ma. His father. glass importer and a
man of means, was his constant com
panion; he kept a diary; he read so much
history and fctional books of adventure
that he was known as bookworm he
took boxing lessons; he was an amateur
naturalist; and at the age of II he en-
tereQ harvard University, Inere, he was
not as prominent as some others in an
athletic way. as it is not recorded that
he made" the baseball and football
teams, but his puny body had undergone
a metamorphosis and before graduation
he became one of the champion boxers
of the college. This remarkable physical
development was emphasized by some
thing which took place shortly after he
left Harvard in 1880. He went to Eu-
rope, climbed the Matterhorn. and as a re-
suit was elected member of the Alpine
club of London--an organization of men
who had performed notable feats of adj
venture.
few months after his graduation,
Roosevelt married Miss Alice Lee, of Bos-
ton. She died in 1854. leaving one child,
Alice now the wife of Representative
Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio. In 1856
Roosevelt married Miss Edith Kermit
Carow, of New York. and to them five
children were born-Edith now the wife
of DR.. Richard Derby, and four sons,
Theodore, Jr.. Kermit. Archibald and
Quentin.
PUBLIC CAREER BEGAN EARLY
The public career Of the man who was
to become president began not long after
| he left college. His profession was law