Histoire des États-Unis à partir de la première découverte de l'Amérique à la fin de 1902 . e-prom était inently joué un rôle déterminant dans l'adoption de nouvelles York Franchise Tax Law. La partie supérieurs de la conven-tion 1900 espère en lui faisant de la concurrence lui toremove Vice-président pour le presi-dency en 1904. Mais les plus inattendues de la swift de nombreuses transitions dans sa carrière foiledtheir et calculs l'amenèrent au amoment au sommet d'une ambition. Le nouveau juge en chef était pas lesshonest, intrépide, ou qu'un therecent ; il restait à être seenwhether il wa

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History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . nd was prom-inently instrumental in the enactment of theNew York Franchise Tax Law. The party managers in the 1900 conven-tion hoped by making him Vice-President toremove him from competition for the presi-dency in 1904. But the most unexpected ofthe many swift transitions in his career foiledtheir calculations and brought him in amoment to the summit of a citizens ambition. The new chief magistrate was no lesshonest, fearless, or public-spirited than therecent one; it only remained to be seenwhether he was not less astute and cautious.Coming to the office as he did, he was abso-lutely unfettered, which, in one of so franka temperament, might prove a danger. Hewas more popular with the people than withpoliticians. Though highly educated andused to the best associations, he was more ap- VOL. v.—85 386 EXPANSION [1902 proachable than any of his predecessors. Ata public dinner which he attended one roundof cheers was given him as the President ofthe United States, another as Roosevelt, . Theodore Roosevelt, as Lieut.-Colonel of the Rough Riders. and a third as Teddy. Had McKinleybeen in his place a corresponding variationwould have been unthinkable. President Roosevelts temper and methodwere in pointed contrast to McKinleys. I902] THE RISE OF ROOSEVELT 387 Whereas McKinley seemed simply to holdthe tiller, availing himself of currents thatto the eye deviously, yet easily and inevita-bly, bore him to his objective, Rooseveltstrenuously plied the oar, recking little ofcross currents or head winds, if, indeed, hedid not delight in them. Chauncey Depewaptly styled McKinley a Western man withEastern ideas ; Roosevelt, an Eastern manwith Western ideas. This aspect of the newPresidents character gave him hold on bothWest and East. Roosevelt was the firstPresident since William Henry Harrison tobring to his office the vigor and freshness ofthe frontier, as he was, anomalously, the firstcit

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