Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-01-10

ness. He put through a measure tax
ing the franchises of public utility cor
poratiOLs, forced the creation of a ten
ement house commission and supported
many other measures for social better
ment. He was not popular with the
leaders of the Republican party in New
York, however. Partly to be rid Of
him there, he was nominated for vice
president in 1900. He was at the same
time the Idol of the west on account
of his connection with the Rough
Riders and his free and breezy ways.
Both President Mckinley and Mark
Hanna, boss of the Republican party,
did not care to see Roosevelt as a can
didate for the office, but his available
ity was undeniable. Moreover, he was
supported by Senators Quay, Payne
and Platt, and they were strong
enough to put him on the ticket.
Campaign Notable.
His stamping tour was notable. He
spoke continuously for many weeks
After his election as Vice President
he continued to be much in the public
eye, his lecture on 1.-The Strenuous
Life before the Hamilton Club of
Chicago bringing him fame, for one
thing.
Learning of the assassination of
President Mckinley September 6,
1901, while camping in the Adirondack
mountains, he hurried to Buffalo and
was sworn in as President September
ii, the day of his arrival in Buffalo
and of McKinley's death. He imme-
diately announced that he would car
ry out the policies and retain the cabi-
net of his predecessor.
1t was during the first administra-
ton of Mr.. Roosevelt that the Panama
canal project was put through and
work of digging the $500, 100000 ditch
was begun. Mr.. Roosevelt cannot be
denied credit for the energy which
hurried matters to a conclusion. At
the same time he has been seriously
criticised for his encouragement of the
revolution which set up the Republic
of Panama.
President Roosevelt a little later
called the second Hague Peace Confer
ence, acting on the request of the In
terparliamentary Union, which met at
st. Louis, Mo.
The Work In Cuba.
His work in clearing up the Cuban
situation was spread over many years.
The government had been turned over
to T. Estrada Palma and a Cuban con-
gress, but internal troubles forced the
United States to again intervene, and
Charles E. Magoon was appointed pro-
visional governor in 1902. He remain
ed there as President RoOsevelt's rep
resentative until 1909, when the Gu
bans were given a second trial at self
government.
Backed by this record, Mr.. Roosevelt
swept all before him with ease at the
Chicago convention of 1904 and was
elected President for the second time
by the largest plurality ever given a
candidate for the highest office in the
United States.
Leaving office in 1909, he became an
editor of the Outlook, and at the same
time prepared for a trip abroad. He
COllcCteQ t,OOO SpCNiliCho VI INA
fauna and flora for the Smithsonian
Institution and later delivered lectures
before notable audiences in the Uni
versity of Berlin and at the Sorbonne,
Paris. At the same time his travels
were marked with friction. He could
not help criticising those things he
saw which impressed him as wrong.
Tact was not one of his qualities.
Returning to America he was re-
ceived as no other American has ever
been received in New York city. He
retired to private life for a time, but
entered a New York state political
contest.
In the Presidential election of 1912
Mr.. Roosevelt was again a candidate.
While on a speechmaking tour In his
own behalf he was shot and wounded
while on his way TO address an audi
ence in Milwaukee. Although serious
ly wounded, Mr.. Roosevelt said that
he had come TO Milwaukee to make a
speech and he was going to speak,
wounded or not. He did appear be-
fore an audience that night and talked
for about half an hour before he was
removed to a hospital.