The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-07

| "a thing that attracted me 10 inns
! of,,rc" Roosevelt said at the ttne 'te
accepted the appointment. was ,''Ae
: was 10 b. done in the huriF-pu'':' ~
! don't like cinister life. Honesty
! 81. ,ratchword OF his ADMINISTRATORS
! .,d ,hn NO vcars OF his occupancy "
! came memorable through me let"t ~
! hs in>,uguraieI attracting 'hH "'lN
! ;,ttrutinu while holding
/ which vas obscure in comparison 49,
! tho events 70 come. Illicit liquor t'd1
! ~, -,nhlinr vice, in Ecncral-of these
! evils he purysi tho city in the 'aee W
! rrrr,lp, political opposition, anu w.
reputation he established as a reio1l'io'
won his the personal selection oE rte
! idcnt Mckinley as assistant scei CO.
| of the navy in 1891, 4 year la'f1 H'e
| Spanish American war broke OUT
The Rough Riders.
The Roosevelt temperament olo not
| allow him to retain a deputy caoineI
! nosltion with war offering So"''t"'e
NOR. exciting. Leonard Wood. now q
major general WAS then Presloe'S NV
Klnley'S physician and one Oh fN'oSo
rcl:'s stanchest friends.
The famous Rough Riders were or
| ranjzed by Wood and Roosereit-e oeno
of fighting. men, the mention OF VINCE
name today suggests immeo'atetS t"e
! word Roosevelt" They came OUT y,
! the war--plainSmcn. miners TO 'nD
! ready lighters, who were natural MARKS
,,ap aud Wood became their colonel,
and Teddy" as he became famlllarlS
! called by the public. their Lieutenant
| colonel In company with tho resu-
lars Of tho army they took transports
to Cuba, landed al Santiago and were
| eoon engaged in the thick OF oattie
, Among the promotions which this hardy
i reriuent.s gallantry brought ABOUT
| u.ere those Of Wood to brigadier-Seneral
and Roosevelt to colonci-and TINS 4tle
| Theodore Roosevelt cherished until the
end. Some of the Rough Riders formed
,he military escort when he was electeo
president few years later.
Whom Cuba had been liberated Rooso-
| volt returned to New York. n Euberna-
! .ovial campaign was in swing. with the
! Republican party n need or capapte
candidate Roosevelt was nominated
| Van Wyck. his Democratic opponent
was defeated. The reforms fooseVele
had favored as assemblyman he now
had the opportunity to cousunnlate. 10
| rerher with others of more importance
and il was during this administration
that h. IS said first to have earned tho
hostility of corporations. When tho he
| nuhlican national convention was helo
in philadelphia in 1900 his party inNew
york state demanded and attained ms
nomination for vice president on tho
ticket with William Mckinley. In NO
renber of that year this ticket WAS
elected.
1The Man Of Destiny"
The policies of Mckinley. Roosevelt
.,d.avorcd TO carry out after he Sic
ceeded the former upon the president
tragic death at the hands OF an assassin.
Roosevelt retained his predecessor
| c.binet rs his own and no kept In Office
th, ambassadors and ministers whom
MCKINLEY had appointed. AS Much as
tw, years before the presidential cam
na;sn Of 1904 Republican organizations
IN various states pegan indors!nS MIN
Ix,s their next candidate
1t was thus that the man OF destiny
idea became associated with his life Os-
t~nsibIy, Roosevelt, leaving the COVER
norship Of New York TO become VICE
president was moving forward from
state politics into national politics. 50
his political opponents proTessed puoilc-
lv to believe but IT was their secret oe-
sire 10 "shelve'' the man and eliminate
him from prominence In their own com,
,m0unity, il was said that prompted
|
the vice presidential nomination. Unlcn
he personally did not desire.
i Al the height OF his public and polltl-
cal career, during the four years OF the
tern, for which he had been electeo'
Roosevelt accomplished achievements
which historians will rank high In the
international and industrial progress o.
the country. They included his inftuen-
tial negotiations which. conducted al
: Portsmouth y. H; effected peace ne
tween Russia and Japan; maintenance
: of the Monroe doctrine at a period when
! t,uropean powers were interested III tue
= affairs Of Venezuela; the recognition OF
: Panama as 4 republic and his treaty
with Panama by which the inter-oceanic
canal through that country was put gun
dor vov. and the settlement, through
his rnorai influence in the face OF sit
. nation in which there was no adequate
! federal legislation. of the pennsylvania
coal strike, For his part In terminating
the Russo-Japanese conflict ne was
awarded the Noble Peace PRIDE In 1suo'
Four years later. once more prEate
c;,iz,n, he was special ambassador
from the United States at the funera1 VI
King Edward VII OF England.
4 The Progresstves.
| rift in the friendship oee"eei'
Roosevelt and his successor as presl-
d,nt william Howard Taft, led 10 the
formers announcement of his Oppose
t;on 70 Mr.. Tafts denomination. Inc
ex-nresidcnts influence had oeen lAlSe
IN nlacing Mr.. Taft in the White HOUSE
No his influence was equally strong IN
preventing Mr.. Taft from remaining
fhere Men who had clashed win Inc
TAFT policies quickly rallied TO Foose,
colts support. Roosevelt asSeuloteu
what he termed as constructive IDEAS as
onrosed to the conservative ones OIL TIC
co-rallcd Republican old guard char-
,c,nr;zrd them with the description
.progressive' and organized the tIo-
rressiv. party by withdrawing with MS
Followers from the Chicago cohFentlon
nr 1912 He became the ne" party
candidate for president TINS Spit III
rho Republican ranks resulted IN Hoou-
row Wilson's election
\ One OF the most dramatic Incidents III
| Poosevslt's life occurred during Ills
: carpa,cn. As he was leaving hotet AZ
Milwaukee SO go to Il meeting nan ~
make a political address, 4 man staho,
inr among the spectators IN the stree
} tred a shot which struck the coloi''
and smashed a rib. Roosevelt insisted "e
' Vas not seriously hurt and nus aulolio.
bile conveyed him to the han. mere ne
Ienoke to an audience which hao KNOW
( cdge Of what had happened-sooolls
women and grave-faccd men snahe'
,,-ith emotion by his appearance unue'
such circumstances. Examination OF tn'
| wound showed It was serious ana tht
| ! candidate was hurried 70 tnicaso ps
! sncctal train for treatment. 1housh II.
| | sneedily recovered the bullet was never
4 rnr,ored' The woud-bc assassin was