The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-06

WAS AT SAN JUAN HILL
Lived Strenuous Life and Was one Of
Most Popular American states
men Of Recent
Times.

OYSTER BAY. N. Y, Jan e.
Colonel Roosevelt was sixty years Of
age. having been born in New York
October ~, 1858. He was the twenty
sixth president Of the United States,
having succeeded to the presidency
on the death Of VIM. Mckinley, who
was shot and killed at Buffalo, N. r.
His health had not been very good
for some time. In fact, he had left
Roosevelt hospital only a short time
ago.
Shortly before that he had under
gone an operation at the hospital and
was practically deaf as result of it.
The life OF the former president is
one Of the most brilliant chapters in
American history. Loved and ad-
mired in some quarters, he succeeded,
however. in acquiring. the enmity OF
many prominent men and his later
life was filed with strife on one hand
and preparation for even more siren
uous public life on the other. 1t was
tpopularly believed in fact, that Roos0
velt would make an effort to become
president again at the next national
/ election. although no expression Of
any kind on the subject had come
from him.
The most recent great public effort
of Roosevelt came at the last repub-
lican national convention, when after
the republicans had refused to nomi-
nate him, he turned his strength to
Senator Lodge. The latter. however,
failed Of nomination and Charles e.
Hughes was named to oppose Wood
row Wilson. Hughes then gained the
full support of Colonel Roosevelt.
| Roosevelt's war record was full of
| patriotic movements. His opposition
| to the democratic administration in
| its conduct of the war also was
marked.
| At the outbreak of hostilities he
wanted to raise a regiment of sol
diers and head it in an expedition
| to France. His offer was refused.
! He was q pioneer in the plea for
! military preparedness in the United
States and fought hard for large
army and a powerful navy long be-
fore this country entered the war.
| The first claim to national fame by
Roosevelt came when he organized.
and took to Cuba the famous Roose-
velt's Rough Riders.
Major General Leonard Wood, now
in command of division of the
United States army, helped him or
ganize this command. General Wood
at that time was surgeon in the
army.
1t was largely the result of the
work of this regiment at the battle
of San Juan Hill that Roosevelt re-
turned to New York a popular hero.
He was elected governor OF New
York in 1899, just after the close OF
the Spanish American war and in
1900 was elected vice president of the
United States with President McKin-
ley.
On Sept. a., 1901. Roosevelt be
came president on President McKin-
1ey's assassination
On November s, 1904, Roosevelt
was elected president by the largest
papular majority ever given can
didate.
In 1912, after he had retired from
the presidency he announced his can
didacy to succeed William Howard
Taft He became the candidate of
the progressive party which he or
ganized at Chicago after the rePub-
ncan party had declined to accept
him as It's candidate. His popularity
and grip on the people was such that,
even opposed by the two old line par
ties, he polled a tremendous vote,
being defeated by Woodrow Wilson.
Taft was third.
1t was during this campaign that
Roosevelt narrowly escaped death
when a bullet intended for him by
John Schrank in Milwaukee. struck
the case containing his spectacles
and was DETECTED from his lungs
through his shoulder. His health has
been poor since the, attack Schrank
was sent to Wisconsin asylum.
AS police commissioner of the city
of New York, Roosevelt made
record in cleaning up things, Drawing
dangers no one ever had dared before
him, in order to sweep the city clean.
He was twice married. the first
time to Alice Hathaway Lee, daugh-
ter of George Cabot Lee. She died
In 1884. His second wife was Edith
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