Show ROn ROOSEVELT U SEVELT AND FAIRBANKS THE STANDARD BEARERS As is forecasted by the messenger mes seng er last week president theodore theodo co roosevelt and charles IV fairbanks fa ir were nominated for president and vice president by the republic can national convention the nominations were by acclamation all other candidates for vice dent lent withdrew before the nominations wore were named it it it st rit it A it st V tit it vv it atit v im it vit it it it v 96 X X SE gsg s s V X ja X ie at 3 0 J 4 J 16 it 0 ix aw it X tf ie se ft e tf 9 ft jf sa V it J sa SS 0 ie ja IS 96 01 0 X ft it X is 96 0 19 SS 4 0 0 vs it a V ae 0 V sf 0 se 9 V ss SS sf theodore roosevelt president was born in new york city on oil oct 27 1858 entered harvar college in 1876 and an graduated in 1889 took up the study of law but in 1881 was elected to the now york legislature and was twice elected reelected re was a delegate to the state convention in 1884 to choose delegates to the republican national convention and was selected as one of the four dele dole gates at large from now york to the national convention later in the same year he be went to north dakota and spent most of his time there for several years on oil a ranch engaged in raising cattle in 1886 was the tile republican nominee for mayor of new york city was appointed a member of the united states civil service commission in ill may 1889 by president harrison resigned this position in 1895 in order to accept the presidency of the tile police coni commission missiOn of new york city andor mayor strong in april 1897 was appointed by president mckinley as assistant secretary of the navy upon the outbreak of the war with spain in 1898 resigned this post and became lieutenant colonel of the first united states volunteer cavalry was promoted to the colonelcy of the regiment was in the fights at las guasimas Gu asimas and san juan was mustered out with his regiment at montauk long island in september 1898 1899 was nominated shortly afterwards as the republican candidate for governor of new york and elected in november 1898 1899 was ivas unanimously nominated for vice president of the united stites st ites by the republican national convention of 1000 1900 and elected succeeded to the presidency upon tile death of president mckinley sept chaales warren fairbanks ec publican ican of indianapolis was wits born on oil a farm near union ille center union county 0 may 11 1852 was educated in the tile common schools of the nei neighborhood all and at tile omo olio wes We wesleyan eyan university dela ware 0 graduating from that institution ution in 1872 in the classical course was admitted to tile bar by the supreme court of ohio in 1874 removed to indianapolis India in the same year where he has since practised practiced his profession never held public office prior to his election to the senate was a delegate at large to the republican national convention at st louis in 1896 and was temporary tom chairman of the convention was a delegate at large to the republican national convention at tit philadelphia in 1900 1000 and as chairman of the committee on resolutions reported the platform was appointed a member of ahe united states and british joint high commission which met in qa quebec 1 in 1898 for the adjustment of canadian questions and was chairman of the united states high commissioners was elected to the united states senate jan 20 1897 to sue succeed daniel IV voorhees cs democrat and took his seat I 1 march 4 1897 was elected reelected re in 1903 his term of service will expire march 3 IWO 1900 I 1 |