The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-22
Some of the Presidents
Have Seen.
Theodore Roo,sv.lt

theodore kooteNeit.
These sketchc. began with Lin
coin and viii terminate with this one
on Roosevelt. as both 81 the other
Presidents, Taft and Wilson, are still
living
The fret time ever saw Theodore
Roosevelt vas 10 Elizabcihtown
lie was then n candidate for Vice
President on the ticket with Mckn-
ley. lie came here 90 make speech
on platform erected for that pur-
pose on the Cour, House Square.
A. be came up from the depot "a lot
Of boys escorted him with Bryan ban
ners and with shouts. "Hurrah for
Bryan" This put Teddy in a rage.
When he got w 20 speak he shook
his fist AZ the crowd showed his teeth
and his frs, words were YES, shout
Tor Bryan Aguinaldo or any other
half-breed" His utter contempt, o.
| the crowd came near breaking up the
meeting and Judge James Montgom-
cry and Scott Branch wanted 20
take him OF the platform.
got a very unfavorable impress
sion 81 Roosevelt from his display
% temper and u recalled 20 my mind
what Mark Hanna said in the Ph.lg
delphia convention when Roosevelt
was proposed for Vice President.
"Rcmember. gentlemen, while sou
are nominating q Vice President you
may be naming a President Il
took a long time for me 20 get out
Of my mind the first impression !
got 81 the Rough Rider" ! thought
II would be calamity for such a man
90 become President. but II was far
from il.
| Theodore Roosevelt was many
sided man and one Of the most re-
markable characters in American his
tory. He made a great President.
A. he was able 20 put things over
his Big Stick" became well known
TO all the American people, a. he
psssud u nun sssIsuoD 10 a. pssu
the bill giving the Government con-
troll Of the railroads. The other no
table event was the Panama Canal.
which he made certain by his action.
and he lived to see il completed
He was a good soldier in the Span
| ish.American war and he was a man
both Of indomiiable will and indomit-
able courage. Next TO the building
Of the Panama Canal in point Of
great achievements was his offices in
making peace between Russia and
Japan. No other man in the world
could have done il but Roosevelt at
that particular time.
lie was reelected for the second
term and then put forward William
Howard Taft. whom he succeeded
in having nominated. He under
took TO control Taft after he became
President and because he could not
do 80 fell out with him and became
a candidate against him. IL will be
remembered that failing to secure
the nomination for a third term that
he bolted the Chicago convention and
organized a third party known as the
Progressive party. He did a most re-
markable thing in that race. receive
ing more electoral votes than Taft
and more Of the popular vote. No
other man in the United States could
have accomplished such feat. and II
the Democrats az Baltimore had no
minated Champ Clark the chances
are that Roosevelt; would have been
elected President.
When the real war broke out he
sent his sons TO France and would
have gone himself IL he had been
allowed TO command an army He
was Jealous Of Wilson and his criti-
cism Of the President Of the United
States when the war was going on
was about the smallest thing this
man ever did.
! His death came a. great shock
TO the country. a. he was a man who
enjoyed the personal attachment Of
hundreds Of thousands of our citi-
zens. He stands out conspicuous
~ as one Of the greatest Americans
u the century. He was a great hun
ter, great traveller, great soldier,
great writer. a great American,