item: #1 of 12 id: 13891 author: Roosevelt, Theodore title: A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Section 2 (of 2) of Supplemental Volume: Theodore Roosevelt, Supplement date: None words: 48710 flesch: 52 summary: In the case of Cuba, however, there are weighty reasons of morality and of national interest why the policy should be held to have a peculiar application, and I most earnestly ask your attention to the wisdom, indeed to the vital need, of providing for a substantial reduction in the tariff duties on Cuban imports into the United States. Both from the industrial and the artistic standpoint this Exposition has been in a high degree creditable and useful, not merely to Buffalo but to the United States. keywords: act; american; congress; corner; day; entry; forest; good; government; lands; law; laws; nation; navy; north; northeast; people; point; power; president; proclamation; public; quarter; range; range line; reserve; roosevelt; secretary; section; section lines; service; settlement; south; theodore; time; township; township line; united states; war; west cache: 13891.txt plain text: 13891.txt item: #2 of 12 id: 21261 author: Cochems, Henry F. (Henry Frederick) title: The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt date: None words: 48794 flesch: 78 summary: Mr. Bloodgood: Q. Mr. Schrank, you remember I examined you at some length on Monday evening Whose office? Q. Col. Roosevelt. keywords: bullet; chapter; chicago; colonel; country; court; good; hospital; hotel; john; left; life; long; man; men; milwaukee; new; party; people; police; president; right; roosevelt; schrank; shot; sir; state; term; thought; time; tradition; way; years; york cache: 21261.txt plain text: 21261.txt item: #3 of 12 id: 22352 author: Stratemeyer, Edward title: American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt date: None words: 59742 flesch: 77 summary: Maine_--Dewey's Victory--Theodore Roosevelt becomes a Soldier--Organizing the Rough Riders--Various Men in the Command 112 CHAPTER XIII In Camp at Tampa--To Port Tampa in Coal Cars--Theodore Roosevelt's Quick Move to obtain a Transport--The Wait in the Harbor--Off for Cuba at Last 122 CHAPTER XIV Life on the Transport--The Landing at Daiquiri--The March to Siboney--The Trail through the Jungle--The Skirmish at La Guasima 132 CHAPTER XV Along the Jungle Trail--Fording the River--Opening of the Battle of San Juan Hill--Bravery of the Rough Riders--Personal Experiences of Theodore Roosevelt during the Battle 142 CHAPTER XVI Results of the Fight--Life in the Trenches--The Spanish Fleet in Santiago Harbor--Another Great Naval Victory--The Rough Riders and the Spanish Guerillas 154 CHAPTER XVII Devotion of the Rough Riders to Theodore Roosevelt--His Kindness to his Men--Last of the Fighting--The Truce and Treaty of Peace 163 CHAPTER XVIII Last Days in Cuba--The Departure for Home--Arrival at Montauk--Caring for the Sick and Wounded--Presentation to Theodore Roosevelt by his Men--Mustering out of the Rough Riders 171 CHAPTER XIX Nominated for Governor of New York--A Rough Rider Way of Campaigning--Elected Governor--Important Work at Albany--The Homestead at Oyster Bay--Chopping down a Tree for Exercise 183 CHAPTER XX Great Reception to Admiral Dewey--Governor Roosevelt's Increased Popularity--Last Annual Message as Governor--Visit to Chicago--Remarkable Speech on the Strenuous Life 193 CHAPTER XXI The Convention at Philadelphia--Theodore Roosevelt seconds the Nomination of William McKinley--Becomes Candidate for the Vice-Presidency--Remarkable Tours through Many States 203 CHAPTER XXII Elected Vice-President of the United States--Presides over the Senate--Tax upon Theodore Roosevelt's Strength--Starts on Another Grand Hunting Tour 214 CHAPTER XXIII The Roosevelt Family in the Adirondacks--The Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo--Shooting of President McKinley--The Vice-President's Visit--Death of the President 223 CHAPTER XXIV Theodore Roosevelt's Tramp up Mount Marcy--A Message of Importance--Wild Midnight Ride through the Mountains--On the Special Trains from North Creek to Buffalo 233 CHAPTER XXV Takes the Oath as President--The New Chief Magistrate at the Funeral of President McKinley--At the White House--How the First Real Working Day was Spent 241 CHAPTER XXVI Continuing the Work begun by President McKinley--The Panama Canal Agitation--Visit of Prince Henry of Prussia--The President at the Charleston Exposition 251 CHAPTER XXVII Destruction at St. Pierre--American Aid--The Great Coal Strike--President Roosevelt ends the Difficulty--Tour through New England--The Trolley Accident in the Berkshires--A Providential Escape from Death 260 CHAPTER XXVIII New Offices at the White House-- Mr. Theodore Roosevelt the elder was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, and the religious teaching of his children was not neglected. keywords: american; boys; camp; chapter; city; colonel roosevelt; country; cuba; day; days; department; end; family; friends; game; general; good; governor roosevelt; hand; house; hunters; hunting; life; long; man; mckinley; men; new; office; people; place; president mckinley; president roosevelt; riders; secretary; service; spanish; states; theodore roosevelt; time; trip; united; war; washington; way; west; work; years; york; young cache: 22352.txt plain text: 22352.txt item: #4 of 12 id: 2724 author: Howland, Harold title: Theodore Roosevelt and His Times: A Chronicle of the Progressive Movement date: None words: 58404 flesch: 63 summary: President Roosevelt was not only ready and glad to consult with Senators but he sought and often took the advice of party leaders outside of Congress, and even took into consideration the opinions of bosses. At the direction of President Roosevelt, suit was brought by the Government to prevent the merger. keywords: action; american; bill; business; case; commission; congress; convention; country; course; days; delegates; force; good; government; governor; interests; justice; labor; law; life; man; matter; men; national; new; office; party; people; platt; power; president; president roosevelt; progressive; public; republican; right; roosevelt; service; states; taft; theodore roosevelt; things; time; united; united states; war; way; work; world; years; york; young cache: 2724.txt plain text: 2724.txt item: #5 of 12 id: 29312 author: Burroughs, John title: Camping with President Roosevelt date: None words: 11471 flesch: 79 summary: I once heard him say that all he cared about being President was just the big work. The spirit of the boy was in the air that day about the Cañon of the Yellowstone, and the biggest boy of us all was President Roosevelt. keywords: bird; camp; day; elk; feet; ground; life; man; men; new; park; president; snow; time; way; yellowstone cache: 29312.txt plain text: 29312.txt item: #6 of 12 id: 33053 author: Burroughs, John title: Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt date: None words: 18546 flesch: 78 summary: The spirit of the boy was in the air that day about the Cañon of the Yellowstone, and the biggest boy of us all was President Roosevelt. President Roosevelt comes as near fulfilling this ideal as any man I have known. keywords: bird; black; camp; day; elk; game; ground; history; life; man; men; nature; new; park; president; roosevelt; snow; song; thought; time; underwood; way; wild; woods; york cache: 33053.txt plain text: 33053.txt item: #7 of 12 id: 3335 author: Roosevelt, Theodore title: Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography date: None words: 219687 flesch: 61 summary: A man can of course hold public office, and many a man does hold public office, and lead a public career of a sort, even if there are other men who possess secrets about him which he cannot afford to have divulged. Respectable men, who I suppose lack the imagination thoroughly to realize what they are doing, try to make money out of the Nation's necessities in war at the very time that other men are making every sacrifice, financial and personal, for the cause. keywords: action; administration; american; army; believe; big; bill; books; business men; canal; case; cavalry; charge; chief; children; city; civil; class; colonel; come; commission; company; conditions; congress; control; corporations; country; course; day; days; deal; department; duty; efficiency; effort; end; fact; fighting; following; force; friends; general; good; government; governor; half; hand; hill; house; industrial; interest; justice; kind; labor; land; law; laws; leaders; left; legislature; letter; life; line; long; making; man; matter; means; men; mind; money; national; navy; need; new; number; office; officers; open; order; panama; party; people; place; platt; point; police; politics; position; power; president; private; proper; public; question; regards; regiment; right; roosevelt; round; secretary; senator; service; states; strong; success; things; thought; time; trust; type; united; view; war; washington; way; white; wilson; women; wood; work; world; wrong; years; york; young cache: 3335.txt plain text: 3335.txt item: #8 of 12 id: 39657 author: Strunsky, Simeon title: Through the Outlooking Glass date: None words: 9277 flesch: 91 summary: Red Knight _in his quest of the_ Third Cup, _of his faithful companion_ Alice divided her attention between the grapefruit and the landscape, but the Red Knight was completely absorbed with his own thoughts. keywords: alice; candidate; chapter; course; good; knight; man; new; people; trust; way cache: 39657.txt plain text: 39657.txt item: #9 of 12 id: 4252 author: Pearson, Edmund Lester title: Theodore Roosevelt date: None words: 34279 flesch: 76 summary: Mr. Roosevelt writes: The Judge, who knew nothing--of the constitution, except that it was continually being quoted against all of his favorite projects, fidgetted about for some time, and at last jumped up to know if he might ask the gentleman a question. There was in the Assembly a man whom Mr. Roosevelt calls Brogan. He looked like a serious elderly frog. keywords: american; boy; colonel; country; day; fight; good; government; house; law; life; long; man; men; new; office; party; people; politics; president; president roosevelt; public; republican; roosevelt; state; taft; theodore; things; time; war; washington; way; white; work; years; york cache: 4252.txt plain text: 4252.txt item: #10 of 12 id: 45421 author: Lodge, Henry Cabot title: Theodore Roosevelt An Address Delivered by Henry Cabot Lodge Before the Congress of the United States date: None words: 12275 flesch: 64 summary: There have been many men who have held the highest offices in our history by the votes of their fellow countrymen who have never had anything more than a very small personal following. Good men were appointed and meritorious men promoted as never before, while the corrupt and dangerous officers were punished in a number of instances sufficient, at least, to check and discourage evildoers. keywords: american; country; good; history; life; man; men; new; people; president; public; roosevelt; service; theodore; war; work; york cache: 45421.txt plain text: 45421.txt item: #11 of 12 id: 6467 author: Roosevelt, Theodore title: Letters to His Children date: None words: 42647 flesch: 79 summary: White House, Nov. 3d, 1901. To Joel Chandler Harris) White House, June 9, 1902. keywords: afternoon; archie; bay; bear; boys; children; course; day; days; deal; dear; dogs; end; ethel; evening; good; half; home; hours; house; kermit; letter; life; little; man; men; morning; mother; night; play; president; quentin; ride; saw; skip; ted; think; time; trip; way; white; white house; work; years; yesterday cache: 6467.txt plain text: 6467.txt item: #12 of 12 id: 9193 author: Landis, Frederick title: The Angel of Lonesome Hill; A Story of a President date: None words: 4993 flesch: 84 summary: A nervous voice inquired, Where is Mr. John Dale? This is a trying office, Mr. Dale. keywords: dale; face; hand; john; judge; long; man; night; president cache: 9193.txt plain text: 9193.txt