Governors of Kansas and of Oklahoma met him on the train some distance east of the city, and escorted him there. The centre of interest was reached just a few minutes before 12 o'clock Monday night, and the reception at the station was a rousing one. The Westerners shouted out their sentiments of welcome and good cheer in phrases in which they did not study to be polite so much as to be hearty and to the point, and the hero of the occasion was equal to it. After making a short speech at the station, the Governor was escorted to the Lee Hotel, headquarters of those who had his reception in charge. His body guard consisted of a big troop of Rough Riders and cow punchers, and they "whooped it up to beat the band," as they termed it. At the hotel another reception was held, where the Governor was introduced to many. On Tuesday morning he was up early and led the parade, astride a jet black stallion. All along the line of march he was cheered most heartily by the throngs which lined the streets. Returning to his car for luncheon, the Governor drove with his escort of Rough Riders to the fair grounds, where an exhibition of Wild West sports was given. The Governor took a keen interest in the sports, and the accurate technical knowledge of them all which he displayed, as well as the deep interest he evidently took in them, endeared him more than ever to the people, who, when he left them on Tuesday night by train for St. Joe, were exceedingly loath to lose him. They told him he was in many ways all right to be Vice-President. He returned home by way of Chicago and Indianapolis. This dispatch was sent from the capital of Indiana: "Indianapolis, July 7. It was as Chairman of the National Civil Service Commission that Theodore Roosevelt first became known to the people of this city. When Mr. Harrison was inducted into the Presidential office, he made Roosevelt a member of the Commission, and his colleagues selected him for Chairman."

July 12th it was announced President McKinley would not make speeches during the campaign, and there was increased interest in what the candidate ior Vice-President would do.

July 13 Governor Roosevelt was at home, and officially notified of his nomination for Vice-President. The Governor received the news on the porch of his house, while standing upon the spot where he stood two years before, when he learned that he had been nominated for the chief executive office of the State. Senator Wolcott was Chairman of the Committee of Notification. The formalities were few. The speech of the Chairman was relieved of perfunctory flavor by the wit and cleverness of the speaker, who maintained the conversational tone. There was real business and a pleasant humor that brightened the few minutes he spoke, saying:

"Governor Roosevelt: The pleasant duty has devolved upon this committee, appointed by the National Republican Convention and representing every State in the Union, to make known to you officially the action of the Conven

tion, and to hand to you a copy of the platform it adopted, which embodies the principles of the party. The representatives of the Republican party, in convention assembled, unanimously and spontaneously selected you as the candidate of the party at the next election for the high and dignified office of VicePresident of the United States. You were so selected and named through no wish of your own, but because the Convention believed that you, among all the Republicans in the land, were best fitted and adapted to be the associate of our President in the important and stirring campaign upon which we were entering. The Convention realized that you were needed in the great Empire State, whose Executive you now are, and whose people would delight still further to honor you, but it believed that your path of duty lay for the future in the field of National usefulness. You are still a young man, as years are counted; but the country knows more of you than of the most of its citizens. You were identified, and will ever be associated, with those efforts toward reform in the Civil Service which command the approval of intelligent men of all political parties. Your stirring love of adventure has made you a more familiar figure in Western camps and on Western plains than on the avenues of your native city. Your sterling Americanism has led you to the mastery of our earlier history, and you have told us of the winning of the West with a charm and a spirit that have made us all better lovers of our country; while your tales of Western hunting and adventure have filled the breast of every lad in the land with envy and emulation; and whatever doubts may have existed in the past, now that you are our candidate, they will be true, or believed to be true, by every good Republican. There is no man whose privilege it was to know you and to associate with you while you were Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President McKinley's appointment, who is not eager to testify to the great ability and fidelity which characterized your incumbency of that office. Of your service to our country during the late war with Spain, it is not necessary for me to speak. Your name will be ever identified with the heroic achievements of our Army, and your warmest friends and most devoted admirers are the gallant band of Rough Riders whom you led to victory. This bright and glorious record, however, did not lead that great Convention at Philadelphia to insist upon you as its candidate, although it fills with pride the heart of every true American. The Republican party has chosen you because, from your earliest manhood until to-day, in whatever post you have been called upon to fill, and notably during your two years of splendid service as Chief Executive of the State of New York, you have everywhere and at all times stood for that which was clean and uplifting, and against everything that was sordid and base. You have shown the people of this country that a political career and good citizenship could go hand in hand, and that devotion to the public welfare was consistent with party membership

and party organization. There is not a young man in these United States who has not found in your life and influence an incentive to better things and higher ideals. With President McKinley you will lead our ticket to victory; for you have both been tested, and in your honor, your patriotism, and your civic virtues, the American people have pride and confidence."

Senator Wolcott's address and the candidate's reply of acceptance were of like brevity, and did not dwell upon party questions or matters political. The ceremony occupied less than fifteen minutes. In accepting the nomination, the Governor said:

"Mr. Chairman: I accept the honor conferred upon me, with the keenest and deepest appreciation of what it means, and above all, of the responsibility that goes with it. Everything that it is in my power to do will be done to secure the re-election of President McKinley, to whom it has been given in this crisis of the National history to stand for and embody the principles which lie closest to the heart of every American worthy of the name. This is much more than a mere party contest. We stand at the parting of the ways, and the people have now to decide whether they shall go forward along the path of prosperity and high honor abroad or whether they will turn their backs upon what has been done during the last three years and a quarter; whether they will plunge this country into an abyss of misery, or, what is worse than even misery and disaster, of shame."

As Governor Roosevelt ended his speech he was loudly applauded, and while bowing his acknowledgments, he recollected that he had something else to say. "Here, 'Ned!'" he cried to Senator Wolcott, as he held up his hand for silence, "I want to say one word more. It is not to the National Committee, but to my friends-friends of my own State, who are here. I want to say to them how I appreciate seeing so many of them here to-day. I want to say I am more than honored and pleased at having been made a candidate for VicePresident on the National ticket, but you can not imagine how badly I feel at leaving the men with whom I have endeavored and worked for civic decency and righteousness and honesty in New York."

The next appearance of Governor Roosevelt was at St. Paul, Minnesota, July 18th, 1900. The Governor was greeted with heartfelt enthusiasm by Republican clubs. His speech set forth the fallacies of the Democratic platform; anti-expansion a purely Chinese policy. We quote:

"St. Paul, Minn., July 17. Prominent Republican leaders from all over the country filled the spacious Auditorium to-day, and signaled the opening of the twelfth National Convention of the League of Republican Clubs by giving free vent to Republican sentiments and Republican enthusiasm. The fact that it is a Presidential year has served to attract large delegations from nearly every State and Territory of the Union, and the attendance is the largest in the his

tory of the league conventions. As Roosevelt was named the speaker of the evening, the great crowd came to its feet, and six minutes of cheers and applause swept the hall. When finally he was able to make himself heard he returned thanks for the reception that had been tendered him here to-day. Especially, he thanked the Roosevelt Club for its choice of name and a uniform. He was pleased at the honor, he said, for it was a club of young men, and young men stood for much. He spoke then for decency and efficiency in public life, for courage in carrying out what one believed. He had no use for timid persons. Public officials should be honest, brave and be endowed with the saving grace of common sense. These were needed in public just as much as in private life. He took pleasure and pride in addressing such a gathering, as it 'stands for just such honesty, courage and common sense.'

"Governor Roosevelt continued: 'Mr. President and Gentlemen: We have come here to begin the work of a campaign more vital to American interests than any that has taken place since the close of the Civil War. We appeal not only to Republicans, but to all good citizens who are Americans in fact as well as in name, to help us in re-electing President McKinley. It was, indeed, of infinite importance to elect him four years ago. Yet the need is even greater now. Every reason then obtained in his favor obtains now, and many more have been added. Four years ago the success of the Populistic Democracy would have meant fearful misery, fearful disaster at home; it would have meant the shame that is worse even than misery and disaster. To-day it would mean all this, and, in addition, the immeasurable disgrace of abandoning the proud position we have taken, of flinching from the great work we have begun. President McKinley has more than made good all that he has promised, or that was promised on his behalf, and as the smoke clears away, we see how utterly trivial are the matters because of which his Administration has been criticized, when compared with the immense substantial gains for American honor and interest which under the Administration have been brought about. We appealed for President McKinley before, asserting what he would do if President from our knowledge of what he had done in lesser positions. Now we appeal for him, asking that the promise of a second term be judged by the performance of his first, and pledging that the wonderful work so triumphantly begun in his first term, shall in his second be carried to an even more triumphant conclusion.""

July 13th, the Governor saw Senator Hanna at Cleveland and made arrangements for the special train speech-making tour. He and Senator Platt went to the Republican National headquarters to have talks with Senator Hanna about the work of the campaign. They did not go or leave there together, having had no arrangements to meet. The Governor wanted to know when he was to begin making speeches in the campaign. He arrived

at the headquarters about 11 A. M., and went away a few minutes after noon, having been told that he would not be asked to begin a speechmaking trip until September. Senator. Platt appeared at the headquarters soon after the Governor had departed, and talked with Senator Hanna and other leaders there more than an hour.

Senator Hanna arrived at the National headquarters, accompanied from Elberon by Cornelius N. Bliss, the treasurer of the National Committee, and conferred with Senator N. B. Scott, Joseph H. Manley, Frederick S. Gibbs, and other members of the committee in charge of campaign work. Governor Roosevelt entered the headquarters in company with Colonel Youngs, his Secretary, and was greeted by many politicians, but he was in a hurry, and was soon shown into Senator Hanna's room where the session was continued.

After luncheon the Governor went up to the County Headquarters, to see General Francis V. Greene. Asked about a report that he had come to the city to consult a throat specialist, the Governor said: "I did not see a doctor to-day, but I am going to see Dr. H. Holbrook Curtis later in the week. I am as well as can be, and as strong as a bull moose, but my voice gets ridiculously husky when I make a speech, and I need some treatment of the throat. I think I injured my voice making speeches in the campaign two years ago."

Governor Roosevelt left the city soon after 4 P. M., returning to his home. in Oyster Bay. "I don't expect to be anything but a private citizen during the month of August," he said; and rational advantage was taken of the intermission, but close watch kept for the month with the letter R in it-a consideration certainly for a citizen of Oyster Bay.

There was, however, something arranged in the way of recreation for the Governor, presumably that he might not be stale, as the sportsmen say, when he entered upon the regular work laid out for him. The Chicago engagement was to meet William J. Bryan and attend the Labor Day picnic. It was lucky this was a pleasure party. The date was September 3rd, and it was agreeable to know that Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan, under a flag of truce and non-partizanship, spoke to the laboring men of Chicago that day of the progress of labor, of its relation to citizenship, and the duties in connection with liberty and good government. Fifteen thousand men and women gathered in Electric Park, listened and applauded with personal respect and divided allegiance.

Neither of the leaders missed the inspiration of fiery American political enthusiasm, and the cheering was all the louder, the applause all the more vigorous, and the free and easy tributes all the more exciting, because given in the open air, with nothing but a board fence in the distance, and an awning slung between trees and tent poles to keep the rest of the world away. It was "Hurrah for Teddy!" and "Hello, Teddy, old boy!" the first part of the after