Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 194, 19 June 1912 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND PAIXADIU3I AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1912.

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A Sketch of Col. Roosevelt's Career

Nummary of important legis-

I LATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ROOSEVELT ADMIN- ' I8TRATION8. Conservation of National Resource: Extension of Forest Reserves: National Irrigation Act next in importance to the Homestead Act Steps toward improvement of waterways, and reservation of water- . - powers for national benefit. C. Railroad and Industrial Legislation: ' Hepburn Rate Act. Employers' Liability Act. Safety Appliance Act. Regulation of the hours of labor of railroad employes. Establishment of a Department of Commerce and Labor. Pure Food and Drugs Act, Federal meat inspection of packing houses. tft, Enforcement of the Law: Northern Securities case. Conviction of public land thieves. Conviction of post-office grafters. Many successful suits, civil and criminal, against railroad rebaters, etc. k. Improvement of the National Defenses: The Navy doubled in strength and increased in efficiency. State Militia brought into coordination with the army. (6. Dependencies and Foreign Relations: Acquisition of the Canal Zone and active work on the Panama Canal. Development of Civil Government In the Philippines. Development of trade in the Philippines, Porto Rico and Hawaii. Second intervention in Cuba, and reestablishment of Cuban government. Reorganization of the finances of Santo Domingo. Establishment of the finances of Santo Domingo. Establishment of better relations with the republics of South America. Settlement of the Alaskan boundary dispute. The Root-Takahira agreement. Negotiation of several important arbitration treaties. Reorganization of the Consular - service. t. The Treaty of Portsmouth Between j Japan and Russia. 7. Settlement of the Coat Strike of 1902 by the President's interven- ; tion. SKETCH OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT. There has probably been no statesman of modern times who has been so criticised and praised as has Theodore Roosevelt. He has been called meddler, dictator, four-flusher and fool, and some critics have gone so far as to Question his sanity. His "character" las been dissected by others equally ecrious, and their findings, have proclaimed to the world that the hero of San Juan Hill is madeup of weird combinations of bombast, brilliancy,, egotism and common sense. On the other hand vast assemblages have gone mad with enthusiasm at a vpve of his hand. Politicians, grown cunning in every poltical trick known to the devotees of the game, have admitted reluctantly that he was their j master. He has been prayed for from the pulpit of every denomination, chil dren have been named after him, and he numbers In every quarter of the United States men who are his earnest J champions; who believe in him iml.Iicity, who worship at his shrine. To them he is the political Moses who is to lead the people , to the promised land.

These were some of the brickbats jnnd bouquets that have been accorded I Theodore Roosevelt since his girth in New York on October 27, 1858. The Roosevelts are of Holland stock, tbe earliest member of the family, one Clces Maartenzoon Von Roosevelt, Fettling in New York nearly 300 years ago. From Claes Von Roosevelt, the clan grew and prospered. They were farmers, ship builders and owners, and merchants of note. , Mr. Roosevelt's father, himself another Theodore, "was a retired merchant, wealthy and able to bring up his son in surroundings .not often accorded future great men. His mother v swas Martha Hulloch, a Georgian, of vhom it is said that she was surpass- ! lngly fit to shape the early destinies of iher children. , - The early years of Roosevelt's life were those of a weak, sickly child. He

CHARGESJBIG THEFT G. Fitzgerald Is Accused of Taking $173,000. (National News Association! CHICAGO, June 19. George W. Fitzgerald is to be placed on ral in the United States District Court this week on an indictment charging him 4 with the theft of 5173,000 from the i government more than five years ago. i The alleged theft was committed while . Fitzgerald was employed as teller of the subtreasury, in which position he was in the habit of handling tbout 51,- : 000,000 of government funds every 'day. , Fitzgerald himself was the first to i report the shortage of $173,000 in his accounts. The amount, wholly In $1,000 bills, had disappeared as if by . magic Suspicion at first was naturally directed towards Fitzgerald. A rigid Investigation into his private life failed to bring anything to light to substantiate the suspicion that he might .'Lave been uilty of the theft. Shortly after the disappearance of the money Fitzgerald quit his position. Although Jout of the service, however, the forjiuer teller was not lost sight of. ! An alleged discovery by secret serv- " :e men that Fitzgerald, though aparsntly without a? fixed lac one

was undersized and white and at one time his family travelled with him as far as Egypt in search of health. Because of his physical condition his parents sought to inculcate in him a love for outdoor life, and they succeeded so well that young Theodore, at the age of twelve, set his heart upon being a naturalist. This ambition led him to the fields and woods and regenerated his physical being to such an extent that when he entered Harvard in 1876, he was a robust younj man. By reason of his father's wealth every advantage was accorded Roosevelt during his college career. He was welcomed by the most select clubs; moved in the best society; maintained his own riding horses, and lived in comfortable, almost luxurious quarters. Sports, however, took the precedence over his studies and he failed to make an academic mark that could have led any observer at the time to predict a great future. He boxed, rowed, ran and swam with an enthusiasm that was the last work in "strenuosity." But he studied very little and always maintained a place of obscurity in the standing of his class. When he graduated in 1880 he stood 22nd on the commencement roster. At about this time Mr. Rooseveit gave voice to a trenchant principle that has guided his life in later days. "There is no where in the world a more ignoble character than the mere money-getting American, insensible to. every duty, bent only on amassing and putting his fortune only to the basest uses." With this precept in mind and his graduation over he set about filling the place occupied by the elder Roosevelt, who died in 1878, while he was at Harvard. He joined the Prison Reform association and became a member of various philanthropic movements with which Roosevelt the elder had been associated. In the fall of 1880 he married Miss Alice Hathaway Lee, a Boston girl with whom he had become acquainted during his student days. The couple spent their honeymoon abroad and returned to New York, where Roosevelt at once plunged into the arduous campaign he had mapped out for himself. Beside his social and philanthropical studies he became interested in the law, studying in the office of his uncle, Robert B. Roosevelt, and sometime later taking an active part in ward politics at the solicitation of some of his friends. This was the BSrst entry of the young man into the political field. He came to his ward studies with all the callow confidence in virtue and truth of one who has studied little of the ways of petty American politics. He was soon appraised of the "power behind the throne." A hot debate broke out in the 21st Assembly District Republican club which then stood in 59th street, New York. Roosevelt was one of the speakers and was opposed by a "machine" man. His speech received vociferous applause and the young man assumed that victory awaited him on the vote. At the ballot, however, a nod from the party boss decided the matter. He was beaten by a ballot of 95-3. It was Roosevelt's first taste of machine power. Here was where the Roosevelt push, confidence and determination came to the front. He decided that he would like to go to the state legislature, quite a natural ambition, and made his desires known to the bosses. Both he and his ambition were greeted with a hearty laugh. It was a good joke. The laugh, however, appeared upon the other side of the boss countenance when the result of the primary became known. Roosevelt had gone among his silk stocking friends, among the saloon keepers, among the voters and had won. This was during the summer of 1882. As" election day came around the fight waxed hot. In the same district was William Waldorf Astor, a candidate for congress on the same ticket that carried Roosevelt. Both men made strenuous campaigns. The wealthy residents of the district caught the infections. Millionaires solicited the votes of their servants. There were' fusions of all sorts and kinds of people, but such was the personal popularity of young Roosevelt that when the election counts were taken, it was found that he had ridden to victory while Astor fell far short of the goal.

LEO H. FIHE GUARANTEES RHEUMAFOR RHEUMATISM What chance does any sufferer take when RHEUMA is guaranteed to banish rheumatism, lumbago, gout and kidney ailments, or money back? Why not investigate this offer; talk to Leo H. Fihe about it. RHEUMA surely does drive rheumatic poison from the system, brings swollen joints back to normal and relieves agony in two days. People so crippled with rheumatism that they could not walk have been absolutely freed from the iron grasp of the demon, rheumatism, with less than half a dozen 50-cent bottles. A few hours after the first dose, RHEUMA begins to dissolve the uric acid and drive It from the body through the natural channels. Everybody can afford RHEUMA the price is only 50 cents a bottle, and the dose is small. . was spending money freely and had endeavored, it is said, to change a S 1,000 bill, led to his arrest about two years ago. At a preliminary hearing he was discharged for lack of evidence. The public supposed at that time that the famous case Was ended so far as Fitzgerald was concerned, but some months later the government sprung; a sarpri by securing

The election over and and his coveted seat in the assembly firmly in his possession, the bosses sought him out and sounded him as to his political creed. Would he observe the rule of the machine? Would he be amenable to orders. Mr. Roosevelt would not. "I do not number party loyalty among the ten commandments," said he, and his trouble wiii the bosses began. He was twenty-three when he took his seat in the state legislature at Albany. He was unknown and alone very much alone. Yet within a short time he was one of its most notable members. His first imbroglio of note arose around the report of a railroad bill by the railroad committee of which Roosevelt was a member. The orders from aboVe were to "bottle it up." The railroads did not like the measure and the majority of the machine men on the railroad committee showed signs of favoring their instructions. But Mr. Roosevelt intervened. He asked to see the bill and calmly placed it in his pocket, declaring his intention of making a minority report on the measure to the assembly. Hia action threatened a personal encounter, but in the end the machine men agreed to make a report, with the result that the bill was bottled up In the assembly instead of in the committee. The fame of the young legislator's daring won him many friends, however and though the measure was as effectually killed in open session as it would have been in committee, the fight he made showed plainly his calibre. Another instance of his early state legislative career was the fight he made upon the bosses in the matter of impeaching a corrupt judge. Roosevelt stood alone in the fight. The judge was a machine man a man to be shielded. But Roosevelt arose time after time and demanded that his judicial record be investigated. On the first vote the assembly was overwhelmingly against the investigation. Roosevelt kept on fighting. At the end of a week the papers took up the fight and then the people. The result was that on the eighth day publicity swayed the legislators and they reversed themselves, registering an overwhelming majority for the investigation. Mr. Roosevelt was two years in the state legislature, becoming the leader of his party and one of the most influential men of the assembly. He had thoroughly organized his district and succeeded in electing his delegates to the National Republican Convention of 1884. He himself, was elected a dele-gate-at-large from the Empire State and his fellows conferred upon him the office of chairman. At the convention Mr. Roosevelt's work, in view of his age, was phenomenal. He was twenty-five years old and perhaps the youngest member of the national body. Despite his youth, however, he entered the fight with vigor, and vim, opposing the National Committee's choice for temporary chairman and practically forcing the selection of a negro delegate for that position. He lost the great battle of the national meeting, however. Both he and his fellow delegates had made a strenuous fight against the nomination of James G. Blaine for President. Their grounds seemed to them to be beyond reproach, but in spite of their fight Blaine was nominated, both Roosevelt and his fellows capitulating and casting their votes for the popular choice rather than follow the action of other delegates who broke with the Republican party. With Blaine's defeat and the election of Grover Cleveland, Roosevelt sought a ranch, and retired from politics for the time being. The ranch was in North Dakota. He now entered upon a term of sorrow and disappointment. His party was in eclipse and he was forced into political oblivion. In October of 1884 his mother passed away, to be followed two days later by his wife. Ranching became Roosevelt's business rather than his pleasure. He bought a cattle farm and entered upon the rugged life of a plainsman, working and riding with his men. There are many stories told of this period of Roosevelt's career. From a tenderfoot, a recruit from the effete East he speedily won the respect and admiration of his fellows by his en

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thusiasm and feats of daring. He engaged in fist fights, chased horse thieves, punched cattle and lived to its fullest the rugged life then prevalent in the West. Roosevelt's recall from the West came In the fall of 1886. He read in a New York newspaper, long delayed in transmission, that he bad been chosen candidate for the mayoralty of New York by the Independents. His candidacy was seconded by the Republican party. The young rancher started at once for the scene of the political baUle. There was small chance of his election in a constituency so strongly Democratic, but he made a memorable fight and accepted hfs defeat with good grace. Following his defeat he sailed for Europe, where shortly after his arrival in England he married Miss Edith Kermit Carrow. Roosevelt had known Miss. Carrow from his early boyhood. She was twenty-five and he had just passed his twenty-eighth birthday at the time of the marriage. On his return from his honeymoon in 1888, Mr. Roosevelt took the stump for General Harrison. And when the newly elected President was forming his cabinet he offered his services. Roosevelt hoped to be appointed Secretary of State, but Mr. Blaine, wb had been appointed chief of that department remembered the strong fight made against him in the National Republican convention of 1884 and objected to his proposed helpmeet. Harrison offered Roosevelt a place in the Civil Service Commission In lieu of the State Department job and Roosevelt accepted. The Civil Service Commission was then a little known institution. His new duties, therefore, offered him almost a virgin field of endeavor and he performed them so well that .several important measures looking toward the firm establishment of the civil service were made during his six year tenure of office.

He next bobbed up as President of the New York Police Commission under Mayor Strong, who was elected by the Independents. He held this office from May, 1895 to April, 1897, and his administration was marked by a vigorous and well directed campaign that brought him more than ever before his neighbors and friends, the citizens of New York. After his two years service as police head, Roosevelt again turned to Washington. The Republican party was firmly entrenched there and he felt that his services could be used to greater advantage in the national field so he resigned his municipal position in New York for an appointment as Assistant Secretary of the' Navy. It has been said that this position was tendered the dynamic New Yorker because it offered little chance to "do harm." But fate in the shape of the Spanish American war, intervened and again gave him an opportunity to present himself in the forefront of the fray. Mr. Roosevelt, in fact, became a prophet and leader almost immediately after his appointment. He made no secret of his firm conviction that affairs in Cuba were in such a precarious state that intervention in the island by the United States would be necessary, and in order to forestall the emergency he set about advocating reforms in the navy. He organized a system of rank and promotion among naval officers; advocated vital changes in the target practice of United States war vessels, and sought in every way to cut the red tape that bound that slow going de partment. With the destruction of the Maine in Havana Harbor his duties and responsibilities increased a thousandfold. War was inevitable and he plunged into the work of preparing the navy for the expected encounter with vigor. His last assignment in the Navy Department was as a member of the War Board, charged with the duty of moving the ships and watching the enemy. When the war was formally declared he immediately resigned, saying, "There is nothing for me to do here. I must get into the fight myself. It is a just war, and the sooner we meet, the better. Now that it has come, I have no right to ask others to fight while I stay at home." The organization of th "Rough Ri FILE A COMPLAINT Complaint on note was filed in the county clerk's office yesterday by the Farmers and Merchants Trust company versus Clarence C. and Isaac F. Doddridge. The demand is $325. Sounded All Right. Patience Well, he told the truth, anyway. Patrice How so? "When he was buying the solitaire he told the jeweler it was for a sister." "Well, I'm sure that wasn't true." "Why. yes. When he offered it to the girl she promised to be a sister to him." Youkers Statesman. At Fountains & Elsewhere Ask for uoriick'S" The Original and Genuine MALTED MILK The Feed-drink fer HI Ages. At restaurants, hotels, and fountains. Delicious, invigorating and sustaining. Keep k on your sideboard at home. Don't travel without k. A qakk hack prepared ia a miaate. Takenaimitatwa. JaxtsayTCSUCTi" 47c la Aoy f.ltt Trezt

ders" (First Regiment of United States Volunteer Cavalry) Is a matter of history and is yet, fresh in the memory of the people. Plainsmen, mountaineers and millionaires were tfiatne over its organization and from the East to the West the flower of the country sought enlistment in its ranks. Though he was at first offered the command of this body of horse, he insisted that Leonard Wood be made Colonel and contented himself with tbe lieutenant-colonel's office. He was sworn in as lieutenant colonel on May 6 1893, and from May 9 to 19, the Rough Riders organized at San Antonio, Texas. They left San Antonio on May 29th, arriving at Tampa, Florida, on June 3. On June 22 they arrived on Cuban soil and on the 24th of that month their first engagement took place, the fight at La 8 Guiasimas. The Rough Riders were easily the most spectacular regiment in the Cuban field. Their doings and sayings lent themselves to the descriptive faculties of the war correspondents and in a short time their names was upon every lip and their fame had spread throughout the United States. Then came the battle of San Juan and Roosevelt's gallant leadership during that affray. There has been some little criticism of this affair but a great deal more praise. At the time of his charge, July 2, 1898, however, there were nothing but encomiums for the man who waited for orders that came rot and finally headed the advance that sewpt over Kettle Hill and then up the slope of San Juan, under a galling lire. The war over, the Rough Riders returned to the United States on August 15. 1898, landinat. Montauk Point. They were reted? the heroes of the campaiafa imd Roosevelt, their leader, was hailed as a popular idol. On September 27 ofthe same year ho was nominateTr governor of New York state oAthe Republican ticket, i ml In liw i li'i'l Inn in I in 1 1 mln' i he

nhis fight hands down. His tenure of office was one of the most memorable in the anna's of tWe state Republican party. Iisixwpk after his inauguration heV afe the recognized master of the political situation. During bis term of office he advocated the franchise tax bill a measure that won him much enmity among politicians and set afoot a plan to "bury" him in the vice presidency of the United States. Roosevelt saw through this ruse and time and again announced that "under no circumstances" would he accept the office. In the National convention hall in 1900, however, popular sentiment proved too strong and he was given the second position on the Republican ticket by acclamation. The assasination of President McKinley followed on September 6. 1901, rnd Roosevelt, the man who was supposed to be politically buried, stepped into the chair of the Chief Executive of the United States. There has been both criticism and praise for the two Roosevelt administrations. But there can be no doubt of hie cogent generalship of a difficult political situation. Hardly had he taken his seat as President at the White House, when the coal strike threatened the welfare of the countfy. Roosevelt inaugurated an arbitration commission that finally succeeded in settling that industrial revolt on October 15, 1902. Another notable achievent of the Roosevelt administration was tbe clarification of the railroad situation through the passage, in the Fifty-Seventh Congress, of the Hepburn rate law. Other railroad legislation under the Roosevelt regime was the safety appliance law, the employers' liability law and the law limiting the hours of labor of railroad employes. His prosecution of the Northern Securities Company was another act that brcnght wide publicity and attention to his administration. In this prosecution the bitterest vituperations were vented against Roosevelt by men of wealth throughout the country. They claimed that his endeavor to dissolve the great holding company was a blow at "financial Bafety of the nation." The Supreme Court upheld the governments' action, however, and the prosecution o fthis case has since come to be viewed as one of tiie greatest achievements of the Roosevelt tenure of office. The Hay-Herran Treaty, which made the, Panama canal possible of construeA Fair Opportunity. Tasso, being told that he had a fair opportunity of taking advantage of a very bitter enemy, replied. TI wish not to plunder him. but there are things which I wish to take from him not his honor or his life, but bis malice and HI wIlL" Well spoken a noble taking from sn enemy, "his malice and ill will!" How Is that done? Lore is the potent weapon. "Heap coals of fire on his head." Exchange.

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tion by the United States, is another much attacked act of the Roosevelt administration. It has been claimed that without his cognizance and help the revolution that resulted In the Independence of Panama could not have teen engineered. It is generally conceded, however, that Roosevelt was entirely innocent of this charge, and ruspieion has even been extended toward the French Company who was elso bidding for the honor of constructing the great ditch, as a possible Instigator of the imbroglio. Roosevelt's attention to the army and navy resulted in the establishment of a program that practically doubled the strength of the water forftR of the United States. He supplemented this achievement by an active interest in the act that incorporated tbe National Guard as a part of the uutional forces. Though President McKinley had I-r.ved the way for the transfer of administrative power in the Philippines from the 'military to civilians, it was under the rule of Roosevelt that this change actually took place. In addition to this move, Porto Rico became a territory of the United States, and the f-overnment of Cuba was returned to the Cubans while he was in office. The presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 uncovers another act of pre-eminent and world wide importance which w&6 performed during his administration. The peace prize was awarded him letause of his activities in bringing together the representatives of Japan end Russia at Portsmouth. This meeting between the warring factions resulted in the cessation of hostilities in Manchuria It was also at the instigation of Roosevelt that the European Powers were goaded into action that l?d to the resumption of the Hague Conference in 1905. This body had fallen into disrepute through the Russo-Japanese struggle, but interest was renewed through Invitations issued by the United States for another meeting. These invitations were later recalled and the conference convened at th invitation of Russia. It was th United States tender, however, that set the matter again because the international public. But if Roosevelt's activities in matters relating to foreign matters were great his activities in regard to internal problems were still greater. The Department of Commerce and Labor came into being during his administration The activities of the Department of Agriculture were greatly broadened. Conservation ' projects were 'established. The pure food law was enacted. The Bureau of Corporations was born to the new department of Commerce and Labor. The Post Office Department widened its range of service through the extension Of the rural free delivery, and the establishment of two-cent postage between the United States and several foreign countries. Beside these important matters, the Interstate Commerce Commission's scope was widened through the enactment of the Hepburn rate law. A uniform system of accounting, with a great measure of publicity was provided and imposed an interstate carriers. He also established many important commissions to investigate the moneyed interests and institnted a number of suits against large business combinations for an alleged violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. ' It was following the announcement of his re-election in 1904 that Colonel Roosevelt made his famous statement regarding the third term. "I am deeply sensible to the honor that has been done me," he said, "and I shall try to show my gratification by a wise and just administration. On March 4th next I shall have completed three years and a half as President of the United States and I ' shall regard that three years and a half as my first term. The wise custom which limits the President to two terms regards the substance and not the form; and under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination." It has been since said that Rposevelt has broken this pledge in seeking the present nomination, though there are others who maintain that as he made no definite preference to the time at which he would accept or seek a third nomination, his declaration had reference to a third Consecutive term.

ADMITS HIS GUILT "Yes I guess, hie, I'm guilty, all right." answered Joe Reddinghaus. to the prosecutor's question as to whether he was guilty of public intoxication as charged in the affidavit read him in police court yesterday. Reddinghaus started to explain, but the mayor said that he had beard The Washing Machine that Really Washes Clothes Clean THIS is the famous"Boss" the machine with the mechanical wash-board improved by the high speed, fly wheel attachment. Can be operated by Electric, Water or Engine Power as well as by

In any event he accepted a position as contributing editor of The Outlook, after laboring manfully for the election of his then friend and companion. William Howard Taft. and set about preparing for the African hunting expedition which he had arranged to execute for the Smithsonian Institute at Washington. Roosevelt's hunting trip consumed the greater portion of the years of 1909 and 1910. and was followed by a tour through the European countries, during which he received the welcome and homage of their rulers and peoples. His return to the United States in 1910 was the signal for a demonstration such as has not been accorded any other American. Officialdom and proletariat joined in welcoming him home. He could not have received a more hearty greeting had he been a member of royalty. Mr. Roosevelt almost immediately took up his duties of contributing editor, voicing his editorial Tlews on current topics with an enthusiasm that rivaled his vigorous statements while he was President. It was through these editorials that he later attacked the proposed agreement and peace treaties advocated by the Taft administration. The nomination of a governor for the state of New York came up for consideration in 1910 and Roosevelt, hardly grown accustomed to his daily trip to the Outlook offices. Journeyed to Saratoga, stampeded the Republican convention In favor of Henry I Stimson. and. for the time being, overthrew the Republican machine controlled by Boss William Barnes. Jr. The state Republican machine had intended to nominate Vice President James Schoolcraft Sherman. Stimson was overwhelmingly beaten in tbe ensuing election and the jubilant Republican machine men claimed that the popularity of the colonel was on the wane. Stimson's defeat, they said was solely due to his affiliation with Roosevelt. The Colonel's friends, however, maintained that the drubbing was administered because of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, which had been passed during the summer of 1909 and which placed the Democrats in power. Roosevelt then lapsed into political oblivion. He refused to discuss the political situation other than through his publication, and terminated his career speech-making tempora lily. As 1911 drew to a close, however, it became more and more evident that he was dissatisfied with the Taft administration. He attacked the reciprocity agreement and the peace treaties vigorously an action that resulted in a breech of the intimacy between himself and his erstwhile friend. President Taft. This breech led to much talk of his views on a renomination. His old statement positively stating that he would not be a candidate or accept another nomination was raked up and his position in the great fight to be staged in 1912 became a burning question. The first intimation of the landslide In favor of the Colonel came with tbe open declaration of seven Western governors that Roosevelt alone could be their candidate. Then followed rapidly an expression of popular opinion that led to his open announcement that he would again be a candidate. Mr. Roosevelt is the father of mchildren, two of whom are girls. The' family roster is as follows: Alice Lee: ; Theodore, Jr., Kermit; Ethel Carrow ; Archibald Bulloch and Quentin. . His home life has been particularly happy, those who have been visitors at bis home on Sagamore Hill, Oyster j Bay, N. Y., marveling at the ease andj felicity with which the household! moves along Us daily course. Andj these same visitors are warm in their, praise of the Colonel's wife describing her as a gracious, wholesouled Anseri-, can, an ideal hostess and a model of; domestic virtue. Colonel Roosevelt is the author oft The Winning of the West." -History! of the Naval War of 1812." Hunting Trinps of a' Ranchman." "Life of! Thomas Hart Beaton. "Life of oGuverneur Morris." "Ranch Life and Hunt-, ing Trail." "History of New York."' "The Wilderness Hunter." "American i Ideals and Other Essays." "The Rough i Riders." "Life of Oliver Cromwell,"! and "The 8trenuous Life." Beside these many volumes he has been proiiflc contributor to American magazines and periodicals.

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