Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-06
Man For Whom Nation MOurns

with the republican party in need Of a
capable candidate. Roosevelt was NOM
| mated. Van WyCk. his democratic op-
ponent, was defeated. The reforms
Roosevelt had favored as assem5lyman
he now had the opportunity to con-
summate. together with others of more
Importance. and i was during this ad-
rninistratiCn that he is said first to
have earned the hostility OF corpora
! lions. When the republican national
convention was held in Philadelphia in
Il 900 his party in New York state de-
| mandeG and attained his nomination
for vice president on the ticket with
William Mckinley. In November Of
| that year this ticket was elected.
Succeeds to Presidency.
The policies Of Mckinley. Roosevelt
ceeded the former upon the presidents
| tragic death at the hands of an assas-
sin. Roosevelt retained his predeces-
scr's cabinet as his own and he kept
in office the ambassadors and minis
! tiers whom Mckinley had appointed.
AS much as two years before the pres
| dential campaign OF 1904 Republican
organizations in various states began
| endorsing him as their next candidate.
It was thus that the man of des-
! tiny" idea became associated with his
| life OstensIbly. Roosevelt. leaving the
governorship Of New York TO become
vice president. was moving forward
/ from state politics into national poll
| tics, SO his political opponents pro-
| fessed publicly to believe; but it was
their secret desire to "shelve" the man
and eliminate him from prominence in
their own community it was said. that
prompted these political foes to obtain
| for him the vice presidential nomina-
| ton. which he personally did not de-
sire.
Achievements Rank High.
At the height Of his public and poll
! teal career, during the rour years o.
the term for which he had been elected,
| Roosevelt accomplished achievements
which historians will rank high in the
| International and industrial progress OF
| the country. They included his influ-
entail negotiations which. conducted at
| Portsmouth, n. H., effected peace be-
| tween Russia and Japan; maintenance
| of the Monroe Doctrine at a period
| when European powers were interested
| in the affairs Of Venezuela: the recog-
milton Of Panama as a republic and his
| treaty with Panama by which the in
ter-oceanic canal thru that country
was put under way; and the settle
ment, thru his moral influence in the
| face Of a situation in which there was
no adequate federal legislation, OF the
Pennsylvania coal mine strike. For his
part in terminating the Russo-Japan-
csc conflict he was awarded the Nobel
Peace prize in 1906. Four years later,
| once more a private citizen, he was
special ambassador from the United
States at the funeral Of King Edward
VII Of England.
Breaks With Taft
A rift in the friendship between
| Roosevelt and his successor as presi-
| dent, William Howard Taft, led to the
J formers announcement Of his opposi-
ton to Mr.. Taft's denomination. The
| x-president's influence had been large
| in placing Mr.. Taft In the White
House. Now his influence was equally
! strong in preventing Mr.. Taft from re-
| naming there. Men who had clashed
| with the Taft policies quickly rallied
to Roosevelt's support. Roosevelt as
| sembled what he termed as construc-
tive ideas as opposed to the conser-
vative ones Of the So called republican
"old guard" characterized them with
the description progressively and or
ganized the progressive party by with
| drawing with his followers from the
Chicago convention Of 1912. He be-
came the new party's candidate for
president. This split in the republican
ranks resulted in Woodrow Wilson's
election.
A Dramatic Incident.
One Of the most dramatic incidents
in Roosevelt's life occurred during this
campaign. As he was leaving a hotel,
in Milwaukee, to go to a meeting hall
to make 4 political address, man
standing among the spectators in the
street fired a shot which struck the
Colonel and smashed a rib. Roosevelt
insisted he was not seriously hurt and
his automobile conveyed him to the
| hall. There ne spoke to an audience
which had knowledge Of what had hap
pened--sobbing women and grave