The Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt edited by J. Martin Miller

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366 SPEECHES OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT In Honor of the Birthday of President McKinley Canton, Ohio, January 27, 1903 Mr. Toastmaster, Ladies and Gentlemen: Throughout our history, and indeed throughout history generally, it has been given to only a very few thrice-favored men to take so marked a lead in the crises faced by their several generations that thereafter each stands as the embodiment of the triumphant efifort of his generation. President McKinley was one of these men. If during the lifetime of a generation no crisis occurs sufficient to call out in marked manner the energies of the strongest leader, then, of course, the world does not and cannot know of the existence of such a leader ; and in consequence there are long periods in the history of every nation during which no man appears wlio leaves an indelible mark in history. If, on the other hand, the crisis is one so manysided as to call for the development and exercise of many distinct attributes, it may be that more than one man will appear in order that the requirements shall be fully met. In the Revolution and in the period of constructive statesmanship imme- diately following it, for our good fortune it befell us that the highest military and the highest civic attributes were embodied in Washington, and so in him we have one of the undying men of historj-—a great soldier, if possible an even greater states- man, and above all a public servant whose lofty and disinterested patriotism ren- dered his power and ability—alike on fought fields and in council chambers—of the most far-reaching service to the republic. In the Civil War the two functions were divided, and Lincoln and Grant will stand forevermore with their names inscribed on the honor roll of those who have deserved well of mankind by saving to humanity a precious heritage. In similar fashion Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson stand each as the foremost representative of the great movement of his generation, and their names symbolize to us their times and the hopes and aspirations of their times. THE FOREMOST PLACE IN POLITICAL LIFE It was given to President McKinley to take the foremost place in our political life at a time when our country ^was brought face to face with problems more momentous than any whose solution we have ever attempted, save only in the Revolu- tion and in the Civil War ; and it was under his leadership that the nation solved these mighty problems aright. Therefore he .shall stand in the eyes of history not merely as the first man of his generation, but as among the greatest figures in our national life, coming second only to the men of the two great crises in which the Union was founded and preserved. No man could carry through successfully such a task as President McKinley undertook, unless trained by long years of eflfort for its performance. Knowledge of
SPEECHES OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT 367 his fellow-citizens, ability to understand them, keen sympathy with even their inner- most feelings, and yet power to lead them, together with far-sighted sagacity and resolute belief both in the people and in their future—all these were needed in the man who headed the march of our people during the eventful years from i8g6 to igoi. These were the qualities possessed by McKinley and developed by him throughout his whole history previous to assuming the presidency. As a lad he had the inestimable privilege of serving, first in the ranks, and then as a commissioned officer, in the great war for national union, righteousness, and grandeur; he was one of those whom a kindly Providence permitted to take part in a struggle which ennobled every man who fought therein. He who when little more than a boy had seen the grim steadfastness which after four years of giant struggle restored the Union and freed the slave was not thereafter to be daunted by danger or frightened out of his belief in the great destiny of our people. McKINLEY'S RISE TO GREATNESS Some years after the war was closed McKinley came to Congress, and rose, during a succession of terms, to leadership in his party in the lower House. He al.so became governor of his native State—Ohio. During this varied service he received practical training of the kind most valuable to him when he became chief executive of the nation. To the high faith of his early years was added the capacity to realize his ideals, to work with his fellow-man at the same time that he led them. President McKinley's rise to greatness had in it nothing of the sudden, nothing of the unexpected or seemingly accidental. Throughout his long term of service in Congress there was a steady increase alike in his power of leadership and in the recognition of that power both by his associates in public life and by the public itself. Session after session his influence in the House grew greater ; his party antagonists grew to look upon him with constantly increasing respect, his party friends with constantly increasing faith and admiration. Eight years before he was nominated for president he was already considered a presidential possibility. Four j-ears before he was nominated only his high sense of honor prevented his being made a formi- dable competitor of the chief upon whom the choice of the convention then actually fell. In 1S96 he was chosen because the great mass of his party knew him and believed in him and regarded him as symbolizing their ideals, as representing their aspirations. In estimating the forces which brought about his nomination and elec- tion I do not undervalue that devoted personal friendship which he had the faculty to inspire in so marked a degree among the ablest and most influential leaders; this leadership was of immense consequence in bringing about the result but, after all, the prime factor was the trust in and devotion to him felt by the great mass of men who had come to accept him as their recognized spokesman. In his nomination the
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Introduction
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CONTENTS 9 CHAPTER XII THE MERGER D
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Portrait of T
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT WHAT HE HAS ACCO
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BIOGRAPHY OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT Roo
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CHAPTER I ROOSEVELT THE PRESIDENT G
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ROOSEVELT THE PRESIDENT 37 very men
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GETTING CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE 43 ous
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GETTING CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE 45 At e
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THE HERO OF SAN JUAN HILL Cninrigli
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GETTING CLOSE TO THE I'EOPLIC 49 pa
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GETTING CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE 51 and
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THE LAUNCHING OF A MAN 63 later fan
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THE HOME OE THE PRESIDENT 65 April
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THE HOME OF THE PRESIDENT 67 secret
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THE HOME OF THE PRESIDENT 69 Boston
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THE HOME OF THE PRESIDENT 75 PUBLIC
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CHAPTER V DAILY LIFE AT THE WHITE H
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130 HOW ROOSEVELT BECAME PRESIDENT
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SWINGING AROUND THE CIRCLE 209 Army
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CHAPTER XVII THE SECOND DAY Chairma
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THE SECOND DAY 249 heartily indorse
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THE SECOND DAY 251 OEOWTH OF THE PO
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THE SECOND DAY 253 Theodore Rooseve
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THE SECOND DAY 255 How much? Ob, a
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THE CANDIDATES NOMINATED 269 mounte
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THE CANDIDATES NOMINATED 283 best y
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THROUGH ONE ADMINISTRATION 295 spok
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CHAPTER XXII LETTERS OF PRESIDENT R
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