THEODORE ROOSEVELT
THE LOGIC OF HIS CAREER

THEODORE   ROOSEVELT,  THEODORE ROOSEVELT,   je AND THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 3D

THEODORE ROOSEVELT
THE   LOGIC   OF   HIS CAREER
BY
CHARLES G. WASHBURN

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON  AND  NEW YORK 1916

COFYRIOHT, 1916, BY CHARLES O. WASHBURN ALL KIOHTS RESERVED
Published February iqib

TO
The Wife, the Children, and the Grandchildren of
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

CONTENTS
I.   from the time of his going to college in 1876
to his accession to the presidency in 1901 .      I
Roosevelt in College — Service in the Legislature — Interest in Literature, Hunting, Travel — Republican Candidate for Mayor of New York — Civil Service Commissioner — Police Commissioner — Assistant Secretary of the Navy — Lieutenant-Colonel of the Rough Riders — Governor of New York — Vice-President of the United States — President.
II. changing social and industrial conditions . 43 Convention of 19 o 4 — N ew Leadership — The Trusts and the Railroads — Northern Securities Case — The Sherman Anti-Trust Act — The Negro Question — Booker Washington — Discharge of Negro Regiment at Brownsville — The Labor Question.
III.	roosevelt and the monroe doctrine ...    89
The Monroe Doctrine — Foreign Policy — The Army and Navy — Nobel Prize — Arbitration — Treaties — Preparedness — Merchant Marine — The Tariff—Conservation — Relations with Congress — Legislation during his Administration — Tennessee Coal and Iron Company — End of his Term.
IV.	the african and european trips     .     .     .     -144
The Vatican Incident — Return  to  New York —
Campaigns of 19111 — Recall of Judicial Decisions.
V.   roosevelt's personal characteristics — con
clusion     	196
appendix	217
The Carnegie Hall Address.

ILLUSTRATIONS
the three T. R.'s   ........ Frontispiece
Photograph by Walter Scott Shinn,
theodore roosevelt on his graduation from harvard college in 1880      ........      4
Photograph by Nottnan, Boston
facsimile of letter written by roosevelt after his election to the new york assembly in 1 88 1     .       8
roosevelt in 1897    ..........    22
Photograph by Rockmood, iSg'J roosevelt when president of the united states    .   1 i 8
Photograph ty E. S, Curtis, 1904
mr.  and   mrs.  roosevelt  with  their  grandson richard derby, jr ..........   196
Photograph by tht Campbell Studio, 1915 \

THEODORE   ROOSEVELT At the time of his Graduation in 1880

 

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FACSIMILE   OF   LETTER   FROM   THEODORE ROOSEVELT TO  CHARLES   G. WASHBURN

Copyright by Rockwood, 1897 THEODORE  ROOSEVELT,   1897

Copyright by B. S. Curtis THEODORE  ROOSEVELT,   1904

Copyright by Campbell Studio, 1915 MR.   AND   MRS. "ROOSEVELT   WITH   THEIR   GRANDSON RICHARD  DERBY, jr.