Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-07

consummatc. together with others of
thIs ana i VAS auf'ns
ra,ions When III The "' IsenuIliean Ma
phia In 1900 his party In New York
STATE demanded and attained his nomi-
ticket with William Mckinley. In No
vemntr OF that year this ticket was
The policies of Mckinley, Roosevelt
endeayored to carry out after he sue
ceeufd The former upon the Presidents
SIN Roosevelt retained his predeces-
aTrs C'blnet aS his own. and he kept In
once me ambassadors and ministers
Waom Mckinney had appointed. AS
much as TWO years before The prcsidcn-
tai campaign OF 1904 Republican, or
ganiza,ions in various States began in
| dorsinG him as their next candidate
PROMOTED by FOES
DESIRE TO SIIE:LVT; HIM
II was thus that the man of des-
N SSS'y york t to "e5o sns
from State politics into national poll
t Inss: SO MS political opponents pro-
nc seere Gtsr rs to SssEs but i.
ana ana eliminate him from prominence in
l premp,sd hese Il was fo said that
tain for him the vice presidential nom
!natlon. which he personally did not
At the height of his public and polit-
, ,s career. during the cour years OF
Roosevelt accomplished achievements
which historians will rank high in the
IN ,r and industrial progress
nuemtiai negotiations which. conducted
hh c, ,niorlsmouth. y. H.. effected peace
nance Of the Monroe doctrine at a ne
rlon when European powers we're in
t The rscoEn M one aairs Of Venezuela;
ilG ana his treaty with Panama by
winch the interoccanic canal through
I The settlement through his moral In
M whinG IN In the face OF a situation in
/ cElsiAti9n OF the Pennsylvania coal
MO For sH IiS par, IN ,.r,,,u.,,, 49,
l>usSo japanese conflict he was award.
! cd tae Eoh.c peace prize in 1896 Four
/ Ecars later. once more private citizen.
Edward VII. Of England
| THEN RIFT COMES ~
= TAFI'S FRIENDSHIP
pa ~ rift in the friendship between
/ dent. William Howard TAFT. led TO the
;;G; nn ann.2rnncement OF his opposi-
! eN-l'rcsidents influence had been large
/ IN placing Mr.. TAFT in The White House,
/ in Src i'a !i,iueIGe was equally strong
mere Men who had FLASHED with the
v YIit ponGies guickiy rallied to Roosc-
] what he termed as constructive i.das
/ as opposed 10 the conservative ones of
/ characterized them with the descrin
/ ,lph FROG rcSSiEc and orEaniZcd I ne
/ bbirogs r,;a. party by Withdrawing with
! ton OF 1912. He became the neg
pair,y,s candidate for President This
in woodrow WiIsona'ss' elec 'ti,ms resulted
81 T ne Of the most dramatic incidents
| IN NpoScHc!tS life occurred during this
l 4, In, l,r al
| IN milwaukee, to 20 to n meeting hall
TO maxi POLITICAL address a man
E iss;s,sd and IN smashed rib. Rooseveit
/ ms ""tohob!le conveyed him TO the
-, There he spoke, to an audience which
! sobhins women and grave faced men
shaken with emotion by his appear
! animation OF the wound showed IL Vas
| serious and the candidate was hur
! ried by special train TO Chcago for
| treatment. Though he speedily recov
cred the bullet was never removed
me assassin was sent to an asylum,
= Tor the insane.
ENGAGES IN HUNTING
AND EXPLORING WORK
Roosevelt after leaving the White
touSe devoted his life largely TO lit
! ne became contributing editor TO The
oSut!ook in 1909. continuing this 10:
~ ~; ana latcr hcld editorial po-
Kansas Ci,y star. From 1852 To- III
he published about hfty volumes o.
nava! history. hunting. biography. the
Rough Riders, America nism. nationaI-
"hildhood animals. cxpioration. the he
! worm war and Americas particiDa ,iou
n IN II and his obioeraphy. His n hu mt:
,hn TOOK took him into the American Wes,
, ne, hcaTt OF Africa and the wilder
upon his return from his African
1ouGri'ey y return during which he
capitals and was received by nations
many-he arrived in New York to ' ex.
rerience what was generally conceded
70 be the greatest ovation an America n
| pl Natc c!N!"cn was ever accorded by the
h,.on ~ h,s country. This was in 1910
south american in 1914 he discovsretd
ana followed for 500 miles a Madeira
government subsequently, named in n his
honor Rec Theodore: This was the
whether Roosevelt was tho f first mam
! Journey the pr"siden, contracted :, inn.
gasnd feyHr which was held indirectly
d deSpTInnsH'e toT the assesses which,
Hospital in New Torls; c ins in nG ISIS
EARNED FAME AS LECTURER
AS WELL AS AN AUTHOR
! Theodore Roosevelt. besides being y
! promo writer. iccturcd and made puh-
lie speeches extensively. not only in
ms own country but in England. SDain
South America and other parts of the
World The facility with which he
| made political enemies and followers
made him a marked man for both The
bitter and friendly attention Of car.
toonists and paraEraphers Quaint anf
picturesque phrases were coined III.
orally by him and by others concern.
| ing MN. Speak softly and use the
/ big stick. weasel words" .'nuss,.
foot" "mollycoddle" and my hat is ir
the ring We're some of the Roosevelt