The man Roosevelt, a portrait sketch . through his regularroutine of duty, the next would see him as eageras a fighting-cock. Time-tried campaigner ashe was, the maker and destroyer of other menspolitical fortunes, he had a heart as tender asa womans in the presence of distress; and afresh discovery that some trusted employee hadbeen leading a double life would throw overhim a pall of depression of which he could notrelieve himself for a fortnight. Through the whole of this trying period thesingle prominent figure that stood always inone place, with face turned in one direction,was the Preside
The man Roosevelt, a portrait sketch . through his regularroutine of duty, the next would see him as eageras a fighting-cock. Time-tried campaigner ashe was, the maker and destroyer of other menspolitical fortunes, he had a heart as tender asa womans in the presence of distress; and afresh discovery that some trusted employee hadbeen leading a double life would throw overhim a pall of depression of which he could notrelieve himself for a fortnight. Through the whole of this trying period thesingle prominent figure that stood always inone place, with face turned in one direction,was the Presidents. His policy never wavered,his force of character overrode every the indefatigable Bristow, the special in-vestigator clothed with the powers of detective,judge, jury and executioner, seemed inclinedto pause now and then in his work and turnaside for a moment when the train of testi-mony bore too straight toward some publicofficer high in confidence; at once would comefresh orders from the White House, never fired ioo. fci<3a coi—i Oa H O o a H a i—i/. « pH THE PRESIDENTS FIRMNESS into the air for the benefit of the outside multi-tude, but shot right at the mark, like: Followup So-and-so; Do not let up on such-and-such a line of search; The enclosed news-paper paragraph suggests a new lead; get yourhands on everybody concerned. When the prosecution of the thieves andgrafters seemed to lag a little more than circum-stances justified, and the District Attorney ex-plained that the delay was due to the immenseburden of work thrown upon the law-officers ofthe Government, the President quietly reachedout and brought to their aid two of the bestlawyers he knew in private life: Charles , a sworn foe to spoilsmen everywhereand an unsparing critic of Federal administra-tions in the past, and Holmes Conrad, a stanchDemocrat of the old school, who could have nocompunctions of any sort in hunting down Re-publican rogues. All the politics of thesituation,
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