Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-06
COLONEL ROOSEVELT'S CAREER SIGNALIZED B

generations his forbears have been prom.
- fnent In the councils OF New York city.
d The founder Of the family. Claes Marian.
4 zoon van Roosevelt. as the name then
4 was spelled. came TO this country in
n 100. His son, Nicholas. was n New
YYork alderman of the Leislerian party
4 John Roosevelt, Cornelius C. Roosevelt
and James Roosevelt also served as AL
4 dermen. and James ]. Roosevelt was in
turn Alderman Assemblyman. Congress
man and Supreme Court Justice.
But although his name is Dutch. in his
veins were mingled Irish, Scotch and
nuguenot blood, and his mother was a
Sootnerner. She was Martha Buloch,
daughter OF James Stevens Buloch. a
4 major In ShathanI's battalion. and a
granudaughter of General Daniel Stew
art, OF Revolutionary fame His father.
theodore Roosevelt Sr.. organized a
number of New York regiments in the
4 Civil War. ard was one Of the leaders in
/. Organizing the Sanitary Commission and
other work for the soldiers. He was a
Z practical pnilanthropist and the works
R ne accomplished for the poor were le-
, gion. When he died. in 1873, flags flew
AZ half-mast all over the city and rich
ana poor followed him to the grave
born in New York in 1888
The late President was born in New
} York city October 81. 1858. He was
, graduated from Harvard in 1880, and
siter year spent in travel and study IN
Europe he plunged al once into that feld
ofactivity which he never afterward for.
sook--polltics. He was an ofilceholder
almost continuously from 1882 until n,
retired from the presidency in 1909 The
only intermission came during his life
as rancher after he retired from the
Legislature.
As boy he was puny and sickly;
put WIN that indomttable determination
which chara cterized him in every act of
his life, he entered upon the task OF
transforming his feeble body not merely
INTO strong one. but into one of the
strongest. How well he succeeded every
body knows This physical fcobleness
bred in him nervousness and seif-dis.
trust. and In the same indonitable way
ne set himself TO change his character
as he changed his body and to make
nnlseIr n man of self-conhdence and
courage. He has told the story himself
II, his autobiography:
When boy read a passage In ono
OF Marryats books which always i'm
pressed me. In the passage the can
,fin OF some small British man-of-war
- eNpialnlng 10 the hero how to ac
quire the quality of fearlessness He
says that at the outset almost every
man Is frightened when he goes into
action, but that the course 10 follow
x = Ior me man to keep such a grip on
a
was not frightened. After This is kent
UP long enough IT changes from pre-
tense to reality and the man does in
very fact become fearless by sheer
Glnt Oh practicinG fearlessness when he
does not feel 1t. II am using rny own
language not Marryat's) This was
the theory upon which | went Tbera
were all kinds OF things which I was
hsars assa.d 20 OF .r1a nrst ranging from grizzly
ers but by acting as If wss no.
AFRAID gradually ceased to be afraid
Nost men can have the same exnari.
ence u they choose. They will FIRST
ssi, n 10 pe:r themselves we'll in trials,
wnIcn they anticipate. and school
themselves in advance TO meet ,f,ar
= while the habl'eswilI grow on ia,
and they will behave well in s,Iddsn
sna unexpected emergencies which
come upon them unawares.
Assembly leader AT ?,
After graduation he took up the study
OF law. but did not remain ar II ionsS
twent,.',r eterea politics, and at the age of
,WeIt!-tnree was elected to the Teeis.
iature. WITHIN year he was sDen,bu.
can leader In the lower house Wj,b a
ftue oand of men like himself, he fn,,phi
% ttn, reform lesisiation which al that
TINE was generally regarded as lii,
s.Vcking freak, His biggest achieve.
uleht was FORCING an investigation %
me crooked machine government of New
S.y ~ Wnlch he acted as chair-
niah oI tne investigating committee. and
,,,,i mnk ng q recalcitrant Legislature naSs
~Alls reforming some OF Tho ,nro
nagTent abuses uncovered by the con-
it,i.iee h,s.e lie secured. for instance. The
erted by the Board Of Aldermen 80 IN
Mayors appointments e' TIE
he served three terms in the ragi..
lature' and in his third year came 2be
party over the nomination of Blaine for
President Roosevelt fought Riii,v Riaima 'or o.,
the last ditch. and, young as he was
~as staisra elected one of the four Delegates
where he fought with his usual i'm.
petuosity. side by side with C;ecrDn WI
liam Curtis and Carl Schurz, for Tho
homlnatlon mh OF George F. Fdmunds
When Blaine was nominated rur,is
and most of the Edmunds mon hoItad
ana Drought into existence that class Of
noliticN Factors called Murwumps,
HooseVet and his chum. Henry Cabot
Lodge. stayed nCminally ,d tie rartv.
out Roosevelt took no part i'm Tho ,,iI,
patgn and went off to become a rauchn,
on the Little Missouri where II. stayed
" ms nomination for Mayor in 1885,
AZ nrst the ranchers were Gisposed r.,
laugh at the "four-eyed dude" bur they
changed their opinion when thcv roiird
that no work was too hard Tor hin, NO
From that day to this the .coWnunrbs-c
and ranchnen have sworn by ThnnInr,
Roosevelt. and Il was due To- This til
he was able to get such IA fine class ~
frontiersmen in his regiment Of Rough
In 1886 the labor outbreaE IN N,w
York had frightened the old rartirs
thoroughly. Henry George had been
nominated Tor Mayor aud was running
nike race horse. The danger forced
the two. Democratic factions t. couhifIe
and nominated thram ). Hewitt Tnr
Hepublicans named Roosevelt Tho
fear of Georges election drove many
Republicans into the Democratic rtTnH
and the vote stood Hewitt 9O.555.
George. 6S, 10; Roosevelt, G0.435
Hunted BiE Gnme
Mr. Roosevelt u"xt attracted notice as
a hunter OF big game ChsractcriStical-
ly enough. small game had no attraction
for him, and it ~ doubtful whether he
ever shot rabbit only when the beast
had some chanc" against the hunter did
sport appeal to him and, naturally
"erCugh, the game that seemed most 70
bis taste was the grizzly bear OF the
l'ockieS, that incarnation Of strength.
fury and cunning. When Mr.. Roosevelt
arrived in the Rocky Mountain country
and announced his Intention Of Tracking
tile grizzly bear the toughs 0i the region
declared their intention Of doing him
VI" He was tenderfog.. one Of them
went so far as to send message 10
Roosevelt to the effect that If he pro-
ceeded to track the grizzlies there would
be shooting. Upon receipt Of the mes.
sage Roosevelt inquired where this per-
son win the propensity Tor shooting
nonsh I'D rode AT once into his camp
ioPs' sAn, however had forgotten why
ind wanted to shoot. Tha' incident nut
-, end to any inclination to treat Roose-
,nting campaign was ended ne had
on the respect Of all those rough men
OF the plains, and when the time came
iHny OF those who had been ready to