Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-06
Circulation Every SOOnO
Evening Saturday 4 GOO6
-
MONDAY. JANUARY 6, 1919
Theodore Roosevelt.

While the country knew that Mr.
Roosevelt had not been in good physical
condition for a year or more, the news OF
hrs death NJ his home in Oyster Bay,
\. Y, this morning. came as surprise
and a shock Nothing had been heard
from i'm recently that even remotely
Indicated 20 the public that his condition
was such as 70 create apprehension.
Mr. Roosevelt viii 80 into history as
one OF the most notable public mon of our
,ountry. lie WAS at once student, a
writer, puhlicist and a politician Of
commanding and at times surprising in
fuence 'le had the faculty Of holding .
large following Of enthusiastic citizens
who were devoted 20 his cause even when
il led them outside their party ranks And
he bad that audacity and personal a.
traciiveness which enabled hum after hc
had left he Republican part and defeated
N Presidential election to rcciothc
llulsci ia the garh q party regularity
That he would have been q leading rand,-
ls'c ior the Republican nomination for
President. next year, had hic and strength
been spared hun, i not doubted
Mr. Roo>cvelts pohticrl career vil.,
or time orratir. ua~ notable anD
brilliant IIc entered iron i ID an early
~, as q candidate ior the House ot
Representatives oi the New York Lcri,la-
'urr and Was elected Ntcrw ards he
.arved term rs pohce COMMISSIONS ~
New York City Later he was hc Re
= hlican candidate for msyor bu' was
defeated ndor the iirsr Mckinley adj
ministration he was appointed Assistant
secretary oi the Navy under Secretary
lohn II Long and ia hl. position MADE
himself ,ouspiclou> Ia ll- rc>t'o>- a,-
tlvt, Then came 10 war WITH SPAIN
and Immediately ao 'r-irnci '- ofhc
nd formed lis tsmou, ofgam1aluA ul
Rough Riders oi which ~ was lieutenant
,olonel, and his friend Leonard Wool
colonel Tins organization made i Ic,
ord durlne be briei war and also served
20 make Mr. Roosevelt i military hero 81
'ome consequence
Immediately aitc II, WI Mi looso-
yelts notable ioll'Icel career lcgan
Senator II or.ae Pl,,'' al Nev YORK
bos> Of tie Rcpll.h lsltz offh. state.
looking around fof promising can lIuaie
for govcrnor. selected Roosevelt Luck
attended IA, batter Ncv lork /, that
time Vas pauorafit -tat. ana Rich
ard Croker lp.~ 81 .lsulaauy iialI select
q tua r4tlpaIea Is tic 'iu : ior mai inr
tius.F roI'icallv oInu,lol- ,c man,
democrats - orrd > aul - ular
nof.8uiior tor governor iug,~'r, Van
Nla /, iorecd hc nomination OF ur-
popa lai .pdiclal cardidafo ia Ncv York
{ IL. vfen The peor.c d,-lrcd Tie re-
non lua'iou u Ne h, dccs iien scrv-
ina Al>r. worse har ~ ~ acpaited
ron -. regulation custom - silence
through out campaigns and indliieed II
lot Of tall for pnbbratiol nos, oi which
~, very foolish Al ,hie fc,ped Roo.c-
who va> erected l., ma.ori'v Of
8 rout $500
y e,vernor Alr Roosevelt ild no
N boss Plat being TOO indcp.udcn' 10 !
taFc orders - Pla,i cooked around for /
~ opportunity 10 avoid hi- denomination I
That opr,or1 unity came al IN, Republican I
Convention Of 1900. when Pres
dent Mckinley was renominatcd Platt
= ho had [ ht convention under his control
decided 10 shellc Roosevelt by nomi-
hating him loi Nice-Pr,sldent Mr. Roose-
relt protested. but IN VAIN Hc was
at Platts orders and rc-
uctantly consented 10 accept The clec-
ion resulted III 5 Republican triumph.
md thea came thut tramc event, the
Of President Mckinley al
Buffalo, IN September, 1901 which placed
Mr. Roosevelt IN the Presidential chair.
n 1901 be was nominated for full term
nd elected
Even after he expiration of his ser
ice Of seven yean as President AIr.
Roosevelt continued politically active ,
Ie dictated the nomination Of his Trend
Taft for President N 1905, and after
Yards quaHeDed with hlin ln 1912 hc
ndeavored 70 defeat Taft denomination
ailing only By a narrow margin Then
e had himself nominated a. tie candidate
{ the Progressive party and thus opened
he way 70 the election OF President vii
On. But even this revoli did not close
0 him the dooH Of Republican party lea
ership, and lie was one 81 the strong
ossibilities for the Republican nomina-
ION for President next car II
Time and thorough consideration Of
he country's history during the seven
ears that Theodore Roosevelt sat IL
be White House arc necessary to fair
Judgment Of tic character Of lis admins
ration and IS results II may bc said,