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1920, began to consider the problem Of
selecting a presidential candidate, Mr..
Roosevelt favored the remaining Of Mr.:
Wilson But his chief was i'll and the
| tide Of public opinion was running
against him, and 1t became increasingly
evident that ell-intentioned efforts in
his behalf were doomed to failure. Mr
Roosevelt was loyal to the end. and
when Gov Cox was accepted as COM
promise candidate at the convention.
the Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
consented to seek the second Office on
the ticket. He resigned August T. 1920,
! and at once threw himself into the
campaign.
He fought to win. Starting out
with the blessing of President Wilson,
William Gibbs McAdoo. John W. Davis
Champ Clark, Henry Morgenthsu, Col
Edward Mandell House and other lead
ers of his party, he made his first
speech at Chicago August IL, pleading
for progressive and Independent sup
port The next day he spoke at Mil
waukee, defending the idealism OF the
League Of Nations. On August ID. he
was at st. Paul, denouncing the Re-
publican party's attitude toward pub
| lie questions, and at Minneapolis, talk
ing on the food situation. From the
latter city he moved on to Sioux Fails,
August Is, jamestown and Fargo, N.
D., August II; Butte, Mont. August
l9; Missoula and Helena, August 20;
Yakima. August 21; Portland. Ore, Au-
! gust 23s San Francisco. August "a:
Fresno and Bakersfield, Calf, August
Is; Salt Lake City, August 27; Grand
| Island and North Platte, August 20;
! indianapolis, August 81, and back TO
New York It was on this tour that he
first made the public claim to have
written the new constitution of Haiti.
His next venture was in New Eng
land. At Portland, Maine, on Septem-
Der 81: Augusta, September 4. and East
port, September 10, he argued for the
States conversion to Democracy. 1t was
characteristic OF him as q campaigner
that he broke his trip to hurry to
Brooklyn. N. Y, for a single speech,
September 7. returning to the firing
line as speedily as he could travel He
delivered addresses at Portsmouth. N.
H.. September IA; Boston, September
l6, New Bedford. Mass, and Provi-
dence. r. l., September IT: Hartford
and Bridgeport, Conn, September 10;
Schenectady, September 2l; Syracuse,
September %, and Rochester. Sep
tember a.
in the West. appearing at Wheeling,
w. Va. September 80; in Kentucky, Oc-
tober 3; at Salina. Kans.. October s;
Limon. Colo, october Z, Kansas City,
October To-, Canton, Ohio, october IA;
Vincennes Ind, October Is, Marion.
Ind. October Is. Grand Rapids, Mich,
October l9, and Cleveland, October II.
He made 19 speeches in New YORK and
vicinity, October 26 to 80. and one
speech at Baltimore october IS. Al
Madison Square Garden, New York, he
/ 0oto oknv q
campaign at Hudson, N. Y, on NO
vember 2
When the country chose Warren G.
Harding and Calvin Coolidge, it ex-
pressed its desire for a thoroughgoing
change rather than any particular
antipathy to the Democratic standard
| bearers. Mr.. Roosevelt certainly sui
fered no permanent damage by his de-
feat. On the contrary, his Nationwide
speaking tour had added to his popu-
larity He was national figure. IN the
full meaning of that term, at last.
But it may be that, following 50
closely on his tireless labors OF the
war period. the 1920 campaign weak
and prepared the way for the crushing
blow which struck his personal for
tunes in August, 1921. Thirty nine
years Of age, tall, robust, sturdily
healthy in appearance, but sadly tired,
he fell a victim to poliomyelitls or IN
! fantile paralysis. It all but killed him.
He emerged from the disease helpless
| cripple, his legs useless, his feet leaden
weights to be dragged through the re-
mainder OF his life. But his spirit was
untouched. III beat this thing!" he
swore, and from that day to the present
hour he has been fighting his way back
70 vorr,a1 oaca of increment
Fights winning Battle
| At Warm Springs.
He began the winning phase Of his
battle at Warm Springs. Ga. The
| course OF treatment was strenuous in
the extreme, but he was not discour-
aged. His muscular atrOphy gradually
Yielded, becoming less rigid and nxed.
His general health increased. AS the
months passed he made complete ad-
| justment to his handicapped condition.
He developed the theory that person
who has had infantile paralysis actual
! ly is healthier than a person who has
escaped its ravages He might have
to 20 through the years on crutcheS
or in braces, but he would not al
low that fact to terminate his pros
| fess!onal or political career. BY the
Fall of 1922 he was back in his Office,
taking up again the practice OF law,
preparing cases and giving counsel as
Of old.
In 1924 he undertook the general
management Of the pre-conventlon cam
paign of his friend, Gov. Alfred E.
| Smith. Perhaps there is no more dra-
matte memory in the minds of Demo-
| Gratis than that OF his appearance at
| the Madison Square Garden conven-
| ton, June 81, to place in nomination
/ the name of the Happy Warrior" He
dragged himself into the hall. swinging
| his body slowly and painfully forward.
! a few feet at time, his fists wrapped
white around the handle pieces OF MS
| crutches, his face strained, mere
ghost OF the athlete who had played
! foot ball and base ball at Groton and
striven for the official eight at Harvard.
The crowded auditorium echoed with
| applause and the delegates sprang to
| their feet in homage and respect as
he made his way to the speakers plat
form. Many present thought Of him at
that moment as dying man. But
such was not the case On the con-
trary, he was man strong enough OF
body, mind and spirit to defy his fate
He had willed to get well. Possibly his
enthusiasms, his ambitions, helped him,
Mr. Roosevelt's speech for Gov.
smith was claSSlC IL WAS oSH'eiou
to an audience which had far greater
regard for hin. than for the man he was
nominating 1t marked the opening OF
battle which ended only with the
nomination Of John w. Davis and
Charles W. Bryan. When the verdict
had been reached, Mr.. Roosevelt gave
1t his sincere approval. He spoke for
Mr.. Davis over the radio and enter
tanned the candidate at his Hyde Park
residence. When the Democratic lead
ers were defeated by Calvin Coolidge
and Charles g. Dawes, he began to
plan for the campaign four years dis
tant. when Gov Smith should be nomi-
mated again and with greater success.
Smith Asks Him to Take
The Governorship.
BY 1928 he had regained . large