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The Daily
programme

at Sycamore Hill it was the ColonePs
aaoit TO arise early and, after light
breakfast and glance at the morning
paper and at the mail Charley Lee might
nave brought from the village postofIice,
NC would go for walk about the estate,
hafd canter over the splendid roads Of
sns vicinity, or spend perhaps an hour
- rowboat or at chopping wood. Then
so would settle down to session devoted
- .he affairs Of the egtate--thc Colonel
rau considerable farm at Sycamore
n'''--or TO his literary work. This would
sssp him busy until lunch, simple af-
.sf, and then, like as not, the reception
Y visitors from here, there, everywhere.
ne visitor might be prelatc of the
roman Church---the late Archbishop
sVan Ireland, Of st. Paul, was always
income st Oyster .Bay--a diplomat, or
hoDse OF high rank from abroad,
Y.szshghter--John l.. Sullivan was proud
s ne Roosevelt friendship and the Colo
sss 9. lord Of the big gIadiator.-~-"Big Tim"
ee'iiysn from the Bowery, or some scion
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TT USUALLY, when a man who
has achieved great eminence
in public life dies, many arise
to claim the distinction of having discov-
cred him, or at least having given him
his start in politics. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt is unique in this respect-as
in many others-largely, if not wholly,
because of the fact that in his biography
he gives full credit for this work to
Joseph Murray, his comrade of the Span
ish-American War.
To "Joe" Murray Colonel Roosevelt
not only gives credit for this work in his
biography, but he also gives more space
to him in that work than to any other
person, his father alone excepted.
Mr.. Murray, now in his seventy
fourth year, when not farming in Pleas
antvile, up Westchester way, resides in
East Ninetieth Street and sells insur-
ance. To him, the colonel was an idol
to the last and as evidence of what the
colonel thought of him an autographed
card, ordering all to whom it might
come to permit Joseph Murray to see
me at all times and in all places he may
wish to see me-" still bears evidence of
what the sgner, Theodore Roosevelt,
thought of Murray.
Furthermore, while the requests of
men high in politics, in business and the
social world, for ticket to the funeral
services in Oyster Bay were Of necessity,
through lack Of room, refused, "Joe"
Murray was among those present. In
death, as in life, the colonel's written
command held good.
ut was in 1881 that we sent Colonel
Roosevelt to the Assembly from the old
2lst District, his first political place."
says Mr.. Murray. in telling how he came
TO give the colonel his start.
"The district at that time extended
from the west side of lexington Avenue
TO the east side Of Seventh Avenue and
from Fortieth Street to Eighty-sixth.
Jake Hess was the leader and he had
candidate, the sitting Assemblyman, I
did not think could win IL he was re-
nominated. won't give his namc--the
poor fellow is dead now. did not think
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knew him best were wont to declare that
and both were the chums and confidants
of their children.
With his grandchildren Colonel Roose-
welt confessed that he was "as big a
fool as any other American grandfath-
er." He would leave conference to
play with little Richard Derby. son Of
his daughter Ethel, or to dandle Ted
the Third on his knee. AS many another
grandfather, he seemed with them to live
over the days of his youth when his own
children were babies.
AS a neighbor Oyster Bay was proud
of Colonel Roosevelt He rarely visited
IN the village, though that did not pre-
vent him being in close touch with most
of the residents. There the little Masonic
lodge was his club, where on terms Of
absolute equality he met the wealthy
summer resident whose place might ad-
join his, or the head gardener on some
other neighbours estate
In church matters, while the Colonel
was not prominent churchman nor dis
tinguished for outward evidences of
piety, he was man of deep religious
feeling. member of the Dutch Re
formed Church, his religion might be
summed up in two words-the Square
deal" He had no quarrel with those
who desired elaborate beliefs or .cere-
monies, but for himself he was content
to believe that the man or woman who
lived uprightly and dealt justly with hi
fellows had no reason to fear the
hereafter or be thought an undesirable
citizen in the present
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ne Real Theodore Roosevelt That His Friends Knew

of an old Knickerbocker family in for a
purely social chat
These, as rule, the Colonel received
IN what he called the North Room. q big
wing he had added to the rambling
structure which crowns Sycamore Hill,
but which the newspaper men who know
1t called the trophy room from the fact
that it was stored with trophies of the
chase and the Colonel5 travels about the
world. Sometimes the Colonel would
tell the history OF this bronze or that
picture, or explain to the small bow of
the party where the animal whose skin
ne might be standing upon was killed.
in this room there were many objects of
priceless value, but the one thing dearest
to the Roosevelt heart was massive
piece of s. liver, the gift to Mrs. Roosevelt
by the men Of the battlcship Louisiana.
Next to the Remington bronze of tho
Bronco Buster, the present to the Colo
mel from his regiment, which sat in the
library, he valued this piece of silver
bronze above all his other possessions.
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Roosevelt asked him.
Fischer named the sum-I've for
gotten how much
You're not paying one-half enough
replied Mr.. Roosevelt, and the interview
ended
Next year, however, | was firmly
convinced that Mr.. Roosevelt was right.
How? Well, he won the first year and
the second year he was reelected by a.
larger majority than the United Demo-
cratic candidate had votes. In the first
year he had carried twenty-three of the
twenty-five election districts. The Sec
ond year he carried twenty-four election
districts and in the other one the vote
was very close.
"Well, he spent three years in the
Assembly. Then his first wife died.
That stopped him for while and he
went West and tried his hand at ranch
ing. Had he stayed in politics then,
there is no telling how far he would
have gone without stopping, for he was
very strong with what Lincoln called
the plain people.
when he was in the White House
/ was his guest there a dozen times.
never knew him to be so busy that he
could not see me.
"Once after he retired from the White
House he had secretary who knew not
Joseph That secretary told me would
have to wait. I waited until all the
others had seen the colonel and gone.
Then he told me I'd have to come again.
that the colonel was too busy to see me.
Young man. said I, do yourself
the favor of telling Colonel Roosevelt
that Joseph Murray would like to see
him. Just say Joseph Murray to him.
II don't know whether it was the
way | said it or not, but he went in to
see the colonel. In minute I went in.
After / had been in a little while |
said, BY the way. colonel, some folks
seem to think come here to pull your
leg He laughed, and reaching over.
took a card and wrote what we'd call
in the army a general pass, good any
where, of unlimited duration.
"That card money would not buy. No.
sir, not the money of a Rockefeller"
j. J. L., Jr.
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Neither Butler Nor ..~.
FO0fman at Sycamore Hill

Between his public life and his private
life there was a chasm that the most
reckless or persistent reporter never
crossed. True, there were a few members
OF the profession whom Colonel Roose-
welt always welcomed at Oyster Bay, who
were invited to break his bread and
share III the salt, but these came as
trends and not as reporters. These
never had to give their cards to butler
or noticed any liveried f1unkes about,
Tor Sycamore Hill knew neither butler
nor footman. RosY-cheeked Irish maids
met one at the door, and when the Colo
mel drove out it was Charley Lee, whose
father was General Robert Z. Lees body
servant, who was at the wheel or han
died the ribbons.
The absence of style-"dog," the Colo
nels Western friends call twas the
mynote of life on Sycamore Hill. Every
@hg there was plain, but substantial,
me fare ample and tasty, but plainly and
severely American. No French chef ever
spoiled the cornbread or the country
sausage that might be served at break
last or the roast that graced the heavier
meal Of the day.
lhis meal, dinner, was always an
event In the Roosevelt house Whether
mere we're one guest or dozen, and
all OF the children and their pIaymates,
" whether as was very often the case
III late years, there were only the Colonel
ana Mrs. Roosevelt, a ringing of the gong
ats O'Clock or thereabouts was the signal
ior the Colonel to retire to battle and
snaye and don his evening clothes. This
aaolt Of always dressing for dinner when
a. home (and abroad when that was pos
slole) and Of appearing on Sundays in
immaculate morning clothes was his
'niy concession TO dress On other days
ana at other hours a rough tweed suit,
hulckerbockers, heavy woolen stockings
AND hobnailed boots or riding clothes OF
khaki and an old Stctson hat, at Saga
more Hill, made UP his costume
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-12
The Colonel Not a
Wealthy Man

AS wealth goes Colonel Roosevelt was
never a wealthy man, nor did he long
for large wealth. To him money grub
bing or worship was inconceivable.
From his father he inherited a very
modest competence, and until he entered
the White House he earned large part
of his living with his pen. Such public
Offices as he held prior to becoming Pres
ldent carried no salaries sufficiently
large to enable him to make both ends
meet. In the White House he saved
little or nothing from his salary and pri-
vate income-the Colonel was then edu-
eating large family-and it was not
until he returned to private life that he
was able, by the sale of his writings. to
add much of anything TO his fortune.
These earnings were large, approach
ing, If not passing at times, the rate of
100000 year. AS he continued to
live simply it is safe to assume that
much of this was carefully invested
though, in quiet way, he gave away
considerable sums of money. He very
rarely if ever answered begging letters,
but he had many institutions to which
he was a frequent if not regular con
tributor, and not few pensioners
among less fortunate friends of long ago
or old servants.
On top of that, in the period that the
United States was at war with Ger
many, he was a generous giver to vari-
Gus patriotic and war service organiza-
lions, as well as spending large sums or
war work in other ways These contri-
buttons were always made in confidence
there were no bells attached to the
ColonePs dollars-and their nature and
extent will probably always remain IN
known except to the recipients.
With his newspaper friends Colonel
Roosevelt was frankness itself. There
is not man of the profession who had
won the Colonel's confidence that time
and again was not intrusted with matter
that would have made headlines from
Portland, Me-, to Portland, Ore, had he
chosen to violate the confidence Men
have come from Oyster Bay with infor-
nation they dared not share with their
editors lest it leak out in some way.
sometimes information that Wall Street
would have exchanged fortune for.
To the credit of the profession-and
to the Colonel's good sense as Judge of
men-it is not Of record that his conf
dence was ever violated by any of these
The nearest approach to violation
was in the matter of the Philippine
monks, on which a New York evening
paper printed what purported to be a
long interview with Colonel, then Presi-
dent, Roosevelt, several years ago, only
to have it repudiated and be unable to
refute in any way the reputation.
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races, many professions and many sta
lions in life. This in way accounts for
the almost encyclopedia knowledge the
Colonel displayed, this and the fact that
MS reading was constant and catholic
There were few that came to Oyster Bay
that were not masters in their line, what
ever that line might be, and the Colonel
did not hesitate to call upon their stock
of expert knowledge.
10 wonderful extent. also, the Colo
mel had the faculty of making all of
those about him work. If he wanted in
formation on certain point he would
not hesitate to call upon one of these
friends to get it for him, just as he al
ways stood ready to do something for
them did occasion require
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lie Never Forgot
4 Favor

In this respect of recognizing that
life is, after all, game of give and
take, Colonel Roosevelt was the most
punctilious of men in recognizing and
fulfilling an obligation. Not every man
could render the Colonel a favor or
service; he was careful to whom he
might place himself under any obliga-
ton, however slight; but once the re-
cipient of favor, he never forgot it.
~ have been Fortunate" he once ex-
claimed to a visitor at the hill, sin that
I have been able to do something for al
most everybody who ever did anything
for me-"
Again, when politician offered to
assist him in a matter of Importance, he
declined the offer.
IF / allow him to do this" he said, II
will later be bound to do something for
him, and he's not the sort of man want
to be under obligation to-
In the mood, the Colonel was prince
of story tellers, but there was never
iAAAo VI viz itO1HO III lllo SCOIloS. TOC
that matter, no one who knew him
would venture on ris0ue story in his
presence.
On the other hand, as illustrating his
liberality of opinion, though he never
used tobacco himself, there was always
plenty of the best of cigars and cigar
cites for those who did, and, while he
never required "night-cap," the house
guest who did, as we'll known writer,
. guest in the White House, once dis
covered, did not have to retire without it.
After dinner it was the ColonePs
habit to read or write late into the
night, sometimes into the morning. Yet,
however late he was up the night be-
fore, early morning would see him up
again. Usually, however, he managed to
get his full sleep, just as he insisted.
even in the meanest of weather, on get
ting his usual amount of exercise
The Colonels relations with his fam
lily were what one would expect in a
man against whom his bitterest enemies
(and he had many never breathed the
slightest hint Of scandal. Those who
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IA yet the most democratic of men
that was Theodore Roosevelt.
At once the hest known and the
least known of his generation of Ameri-
cans-for with all of his interest and
participation in public life and despite
the tierceness of the limelight that beat
upon him the greater part of his mature
years-the Roosevelt that the man in the
street knew and the Roosevelt that those
privileged to touch shoulders with com
parative terms of intimacy knew were
different persons.
The popular idea of Roosevelt is large
Is that of the reckless Rough Rider, hot
headed and impetuous, quick on the trig
ger. Less friendly critics will also de
scribe him as ruthless SO long as there
was the chance of obtaining the result
desired, careless of consequences, eager
for the limclight and the centre of the
stage.
The real Roosevelt, the Roosevelt his
intimates and those not quite in the inner
circle Of his friendship knew, was a
cautious, clear-headed, far-sighted think
err careful always Of consequences, slow
on the trigger, consderate of the rights
and feelings of others, intensely loyal
to his ideals and his friends, and the
IDEAL family man who, in his later years,
at least, would have preferred the quiet
Of his Oyster Bay home and the COM
Portable ways OF "a grandfather with
literary tastes" to the turmoil of public
life and all that public life involved.
A certain quickness of manner, an
apparent impulsiveness, together with an
uncanny ability to see yards in advance
Of less gifted men, together with the
Rough Rider tradition built up in the
Spanish War days, was responsible for
the tendency of the public to consider the
name Roosevelt d synonyme for reckless
ness In matters of more than passing
Importance Davy Crockett himself could
not be more certain of his position before
going ahead.
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Theodore Roosevelt
By General Wood

st1eder
our seadrs hipwhch
nnspah to n to in
yes rewar
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best
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Alias Conference
Room

1t Was in this North Room that Colo.
mel Roosevelt held most Of the confer
ences with visitors who came to discuss
politics, or other matters of public i'm
portance, and where, after dinner, visi-
tors from this or other lands would most
Portable room and it was not the Colo
neFs habit to make company" of any
body.
In these conferences or after-dinner
discussions Colonel Roosevelt was ever
the very frank, outspoken citizen, or, if
the other man or men in the conference
had anything to tell, very good listener.
Listening we'll was not the least of his
accomplishments, and contrary to the
belief of many, he welcomed difference of
opinion. The man who could and would
point out weaknesses or supposed weak
nesses in any position the Colonel had or
was about to take was the one most
valued, and If the spacious old fireplace
could talk it would tell Of many Roose-
welt speech or letter modified or torn
up. because one of these candid friends
had shown a better way or a clearer
term of expression.
Many of the documents here discussed
never saw the light of day. Others did
not become public until weeks or months
afterward, and when the time seemed OPP
perfume or demanded some statement.
This habit of preparation of things
long in advance, plus the almost uncanny
ability before mentioned to see ahead,
was largely responsible for much of the
Colonels reputation for being quick on
the trigger. To illustrate:
During the 1916 campaign the Colonel
prepared and discussed with some of his
friends speech he proposed to deliver
when the proper occasion offered. Before
this came arrived letter. from Ger
man in st. Louis, referring to the point
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Welt was not indeed quick on the trigger.
Had he not received an almost instanta-
neous answer to his letter?
1t has been stated that the Colonel's
visitors at Oyster Bay were of many
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ing's paper an answer, perhaps column
long, followed in few hours by an even
longer letter.
1t would be difficult to convince this
man and his friends that Colonel Roose
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the speech was intended to cover. 1t
was the work of minute to dictate a
paragraph acknowledging receipt of the
letter, and the next day the writer in St.
Louis was surprised to find in his morn
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AN ARISTOCRAT of aristocrats,
"a yet the most democratic of men
4 that was Theodore Roosevelt
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Senator Knox. instead Of untried states
men like Colonel House."
At that the galleries applauded. but
quickly subsided when admonished by
the chair.
Senator Hardwick referred to the
November elections. followed closely by
the signing of the armistice.
THE administration conducted the
war to successful and glorious con-
clusion." he said, land at the moment of
victory the administration was repudiat-
ed at the polls"
Senator Hardwick suggested that
Mexico might set up a claim in the
league for a return of Texas and that
the United States either would have 10
arbitrate the dispute or refuse to admit
the leagues jurisdiction.
America already has been chosen. the
| Senator said he believed, as the man.
datory for Armenia. He said he op
posed seeing this country appropriated et
as the policeman for the world" and II
reply to question from Senator Reed
of Missouri asserted II would requr
IAN army with no limit to police Rus
sia alone.
A resolution calling on the American
peace delegates to offer an amendmen
to the league of nations constitution fo
national referendums on declarations o
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same complete accord and cooperation
as In the past, all for the defense Of
civilization.
And why should this be our course,
because. Mr.. President, a million and a
half Of our boys are marking time in
Europe, waiting patiently, anxlously
their eyes turned across the water, for
the signing of the treaty Of peace that
shall allow them to return 10 the home
land.
How much longer shall their return
walt on academic discussion of un-
attainable dreams7"
Another attack on the league OF ma
tions constitution was delivered in the
Senate by Senator Hardwick of Georgia,
Democrat. who was making probably his
last formal address before retirement
March 4. He contended that the tenta-
tive charter was unconstitutional, would
impair American sovereignty and would
submit vital domestic questions to a
foreign super-trbunal in which the
United States would be outvoted.
Senator Hardwick asserted that II
| would require the conscription of ouI
sons to police the world"
Il am sorry" said Senator Hardwick
discussing the leagues constitution
that we can not have statesmen like
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WIRE BILL TO GO OVER I
Measure to End Federal Control
Will Remain i'm Committee

Washington. March 1.-tBy A. P.)--
No effort will he made In the House
before adjournment of Congress to pass
the resolution ending government wire
control December 81.
Representative Pou. chairman OF the
House Rules Committee, announced to-
day that the measure would not be
pressed, because action In the senate
was regarded as impossible.
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America Would Help Again

Meanwhile our co-belligerents need
have no anxiety, for 80 surely as the
sun rises II the Hun flood again threat
ened to engulf the world. we shall again
be found fighting for the right with the
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The Man.

81 will tell no One-I am sure
you did not do it. y = But
what about this mysterious
paper we found on the stair
case?"
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Who Shot Frank Lumsden :?

What was the motive? Was he Slain by a
bandit in search of hidden wealth? Shot down by
woman whose love he had spurned? Forfeit his life
in a spy plot? Or just plain of mistaken
identity? 1t lUds none of these.
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ut threatens our life in respect of
all those matters in which our sover-
eighty is impaired. because when SOW
erelgnty goes, life as a nation goes.
Independence goes, when our conduct Is
dictated by others when our continued
existence depends upon the will of
others, when we are no longer able to
avail ourselves of our wonted means of
defenses, actual or by anticipation.
Thus the plan fails to meet each
and every of the tests l. have applied.
Why then. and l ask II in all GIN
city, this feverish anxiety for the adop-
ton of this plan?
"No nation threatens us; no group
of nations seeks our destruction; never
before were we relatively SO strong.
War itself, the great curse OF mankind.
Is further away today than IL has been
In centuries.
"Can we not be trusted again to come
to the rescue when again popular gov
ernment, civilization and human right
threaten 10 be overwhelmed? chal-
lenge any man or nation to say nay.
r. 4
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"Do you think l had anything
to do with it?" = = "DO
YOU think that is the reason l
ask you to keep my name out of
it?" y 4