The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-06

Spanish American War broke out.
The Roosevelt temperament did not
allow the man to retain deputy Cab
met position with war offering some.
thing more exciting, Leonard Wood.
now Major-General was then Presi-
dent McKinley's physician and one
Of Roosevelts staunchest friends.
The famous Rough, Riders were or.
ganized by Wood and Roosevelt--a
band of fighting men the mention of
whose name today suggests immedi
ately the word Roosevelt They
came out OF the west-painsmen, min
ers. rough and ready fighters who
were natural marksmen, and WOOD
became their Colonel and TEDDY"
as he had become familiarly called BY
the public. their Lieutenant-Colonel.
On company with the regulars OF the
Army they took transports to Cuba
landed at Santiago aud were soon en-
gagged in the thick of battle. Among
the promotions which this hardy regi-
ments gallantry brought about were
those OF Wood to BrlgadierNeneral
and Roosevelt to Colonel-and this
title Theodore Roosevelt cherished
until the end Some of the Rough
Riders formed the military escort
when he was elected President a few
years later.
When Cuba had been liberated
Roosevelt returned to New York. A
gubernatorial campaign was in swing
with the Republican Party in need OF
capable candidate. Roosevelt was
nominated. Van Wyck. his Democra
tic opponent, was defeated The re
forms Roosevelt had favored as AS
semblyman he now had the oppor
tunity to consumate, together with
others OF more Importance. and II was
during this Administration that he Is
said first 10 have earned the hOstilit,
of corporations When the Republi
can national convention was held In
Philadelphia in 1900 his party in New
York State demanded and attained MS
nomination for Vice President on tn,
ticket with William Mckinley II
November Of that year this ticket wa'
elected
The policies OF Mckinley. Roose
welt endeavored TO carry out after h.
succeeded the former upon the Presl
dents tagic death at the hands of al
assassin Roosevelt retained his pre-
/ decessor's Cabinet as his own ant
his own and he kept in office the Am
bassadors an ministers whom Nc
Kinley had appointed. As much a
two years before the Presidential can
paign of 1904 Republican organiza
tions in various States began endorS
ing him as their next candidate.
IL was thus that "the man of des
tiny idea became associated with hi
life. Ostensibly, Roosevelt. leavin
the Governorship OF New York to b'
come Vice President. was moving fol
ward from State politics into nationa
politics, so his political opponent
professed publicly to believe; but
. was their secret desire to "shelve" th
, man and eliminate him from prom
nence in their own community. 1t wa
! said, that prompted these politics
foes to obtain for him the Vice Pres
. dental nomination, which he persol
, ally did not desire.
., At the height of his public and p
{ litical career, during the four years
4 the term for which he had been elec
! cd, Roosevelt accomplished achlev
{ ments which historians will rank his
). in the international and industri
e progress of the country. They
, cluded his influential negotiation
s which. conducted al Portsmouth.
e H. effected peace between Russia al
1 Japan; maintenance of the Monr,
T. Doctrine at period when Europei
5. Powers were interested In the anal
;. of Venezuela; the recognition of Pan
2. ma as a Republic and his treaty wi
Il Panama by which the inter-ocear
t. canal through that country was y
l. under way; and the settlemel
n through his moral influence In {
e. face of situation In which there "
n no adequate Federal legislation, of {
Ie Pennsylvania coal mine strike I
al his part in terminating the RussoJi
a anese conflict he was awarded I
10 Nobel Peace Prize IN 1906 Fo
C. years later, once more a private C
le zen. he was Special Ambassador frI
ie The United Sintes ai the funeral