New Britain herald., 1919-01-06

he IS SAID first to have earned the hos
tility OF corporations. When the re-
publican national convention was
held in Philadelphia in 1900 his party
in New York state demanded and at
tanned his nomination for vice prcsi-
dent on the ticket with William Nc
kinlcy. In November Of that year
this ticket was elected.
Tho policies Of Mckinley. Ro0sc-
welt endcavOred to carry out after he
succeeded the former upOn the prcsi-
dents tragic death at the hands Of an
assassin Roosevelt retained his
predecessors cabinet as his own and
he kept in Office the mhassador and
ministers whom Mckinley had ap-
pointed. AS much as two years be
fore the presidential campaign of
1904 republican organizations in Vali-
Gus statcq BEGAN endorsing him as
their next candidate.
Regarded rs Man Of Destiny.
It was thus that the rnan Of dcs-
tiny" idea became associated with his
life. Ostensrlv, Roosevelt. leaving
the govcrnorship Of New York to be
come vice president, was moving for
ward from state politics into national
politics, SO mis- political opponents
profeaSed publicly to believe; but 1t
was their secret desire to "SEe'Ve
the man and eliminate hir from
prominence in their own community
it was said that prompted these po-
litical foes to obtain for him tho vice
presidential nomination, which ne
personally did not desire.
At the height Of his public and po-
Ntical career, during the four years
of the term for which he had been
TpnncnNc1t
achievements which historians Will
rank high in the International and III
dustiial progress Of the country. They
included his influential negotiations
which, conducted at Portsmouth, n.
r., effected peace between Russia and
japan; maintenance OF the Monroe
Doctrine at period when European
Powers were interested in the affairs
Of Venezuela; the recognition OF Pan-
anna as q republic and his treaty WITH
Panama by which the tnter-oceanlc
canal through that country was put
under way; and the settlement,
through his moral influence in the
face of a situation in which there was
no adequate Federal legislation, or
the Pennsylvania coal mine strike
For his part in terminating the Rus
so-Japaneso conflict he was awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905. tour
years later once more private cltl-
zen. he was special anhassador from
the United States at the funeral Of
: King Edward VII. of England.
Taft and Roosevelt Break.
A rift in the friendship between
Roosevelt and his successor as Pres
ident William Howard Taft, led to the
formers announcement Of his opposl-
c4r-. ian
cx-presidents influence had been
large in placing Mr.. TAFT in the White
House. Now his influence was equal
" strong in preventing MI, Taft from
remaining there. Men who had
clashed with the Taft policies quickly
rallied to Roosevelt's support. f pose
, Welt Assem- bled what he termed as
! constructive ideas as opposed to the
conservative ones OF the sO-Called re-
publican old Guard, characterized
them with the description 'Progres-
sivo" and OF g0nzcd the Progressive
party by withdrawing with his fol-
lowers from the Chicago convention
Of 1912 He became the new party
candidate for president. This spit IN
the republican ranks resulted IN
Woodrow Wilson'S election.
Es< apes ASA ssinat>on.
One of the m OSL uItlila'r-'~ 'iiC+~
! dents in Roosevelts life occurred our
ing this campaign AS he was le2F-
ing q hotel, in Milwaukee, to so to
@ meeting hall to make political
address, a man standing among the
spectators in the street fired a shot
which struck the Colonel a9d
smashed q rib. Roosevelt insisted ne
was not seriously hurt and his auto
l.; NC 1EI
There he spoke to an audience which
had knowledge Of what had hapDend
--aObbing women and grave-taced
men shaken with emotion by his APP
pearance under such circumstances.
discrimination of the wound showed
it was serious and the candidate was
hurried by special train to Chicago
for treatment. Though ne sDeodj'y
recovered the bullet was never re-
moved. TIC assassin Was sent to an
aslum for the insane.
Roosevelt after leaving the White
House devoted his lie largely to
literary work, bunting and cXplOra-
ton He become contributing editor
to The Outlook in 1909, continuing
this Tor live years, and later held
editorial positions with The Metro
politan and the Kansas City Star.
From 1882 to 1917 he published
about fifty volumes of works cover
ing the wide range Of naval history,
hunting. biography, the Rongh
Riders, -Americanisn, Nationalism,
conservation OF WOm1nhOod ard
childhood, animals, exploration, the
world war and Americas participa-
ton in it, and his autobiography. His
hunts for big games ana his zest for
exploration took him into the Ameri-
can west, the heart Of Africa and the
wilderness of Brazil.
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