The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-07

thn
Rough Riders" was the reply.
Well" observed the legislator q,
turned away, what chance have + Than,
I'm only a Senator"
Had n Hard Fight to wi,
He had hard fight, once no had ho,n
nominated for Governor Of tho St,ta -
1S9S--a fight that included la ..,.,,,. ="
opponents within his own party n,,t,i
clans and business men who disl,ks5 ~,
ever present reform ideas. His Rc,'',
Ecan predecessor Gov Frank So,
Black, had been catapulted into Ann,
by n plurality of 213,O22 man nous.
Roosevelt was elected Governor h
bare plurality of 1885 votes oyer -
Wyck
He hadn't begun to get the Gubor,,
torial chair fairly warmed when IN. E'1
the State bosses buzzing anrrily albany,
| his ears-Nas had been expected \lo,,'s
punching right and left. he val,l g.,
10 establish reforms in the aImm.stra.
ton OF the State canals He .u,n,r
ately instituted merit system I'm ,par,
subordinate offices.
Then he tackled the most notahla H.,
of his short career as a State t;oyorror
with his usual amazing energy he foup,t
for and secured the patsa e of tho E,,t
I
franchise act, thereby providing for ,hs
! taxing of corporation franchises n wa
In the franchise fight, 50 ri4 f,f.rJs
maintained tnat he hrst uncovered the
ciosehess OF inc relationship between
boss legislation and big business an
'n ,'at ne hammered at steadily in
,a'er years IN larger way, once dos
my hau Ieu MN INTO the fields Of ma
uonat alais Also ne mace T. plain
! ,nat ne woulu IKE 10 nave second term
as Governor 10 carry out still Neightier
N. ,,,,e Oh reIoIina''oii.
/. ms young man WIZ NOT DO mor'ed
,.'e S'a'e n'a'n'i'', ftofh Suprcme Ross
ION fiatl Gown. Let Dury him. Let's
states mere : Il niue Jo'. 60 tho he.
the intervention OF the hand Of God 2,
I lift man out of eternal oblivion. now
| and forever
| Crafty the vicc-presidcntiaI 900,
was planted by the bosses vbo foa-os
him. in the belief IL vould uroy i'm ~
choke the political life OF Col poossps,,
In the West the seed found forti,a son
On a hot day in PhiladeInhIa in w.
summer OF 1900 the bosses led h,, p,a,.
and QUAY. nominated Theodore Roo,,~s,.
| to the Vice-pres,dency. uttI. drea,,,r.
! Of tina assassin's act tina, was IA ro,,o,,
Mr.. MCKINLEY and nlace tho VOW, .ol-
der in the Chief Maris.rscv Of Tho ma.
tion to mako him In roIiticc ,ha hnss -,
bosses
BEFORE tho United Sta.es Senate MAD
convened for tho now VIca.prpslao,t IN
nreside over ono cracL ~ n r,1,ns,,,
rsvolver ended tba r1acbine r,o5o ,lan,
! And 40 tba d,irs NcKinIov v.as car.
la tro,, H. soa,,s. -, h'.,,c,,, e., Nc
| - -
STOCKS on IN. instant won, tunllinv
h,v business TO-. ,La r,o,ren, baitad =,
rnIpb,iest mans. whole natIo, IA.
! snita 40 shoot ana orie, tooL a T,,ch,.
enad lool, int Oh. ,nturo
N.w. n, n.x,r,ex,. death
ce-President Roosevelt was In ths
Adirondacks when President Mckinley
passed away One day a reporter,
throwing himself off a tagged horse IN
front of a camp In the fastnrss Of the
Adirondacks woods blurted the news TO
Roorevelt that Mckinley was dead
The Colonel started violently. He
diun't speak for minutcr. gazing the
W lie silently toward distant mountain
peak. Then he went into his CAMP has.
lily threw his belongings together and
drove of at hal: raising speed through
the autumnal woods toward ra w1v
station many miles away At Bufl.o
he strobe nervously. with fixed gaze. ir'o
a darkened room in the Miburn res.
| dence a room adjoining the orc in wnA
the body of the martyred Mckinley laf
Distinguished old men. their white bod.
bowed sat about the darkened room "A
the youthful looking Roosevelt en'er'
with quick, alert step
THE President' some one wllSno-rl
suddenly and the elder statesmen
sprang TO their feet.
Stocks went lower and lower. Trilr
Roosevelt! The hot-headed Inter ai,
The broncho-busting boy refo"'
President OF the United Sta'ae .. 80.