This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... was not pleased with Kelley's independence and he was not renominated. He had given so much attention to his legislative duties that his law practice suffered and he could not get it back again. As time went on he fell ill, and his landlord threatened to evict him for nonpayment of rent. Mr. Roosevelt heard ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... was not pleased with Kelley's independence and he was not renominated. He had given so much attention to his legislative duties that his law practice suffered and he could not get it back again. As time went on he fell ill, and his landlord threatened to evict him for nonpayment of rent. Mr. Roosevelt heard of the matter, and sent a cheque for several hundred dollars to Kelley, with a message telling him to consider it as a loan to be repaid at his eonvenience. Kelley accepted it in the spirit in which it was offered. Then Mr. Roosevelt was asked to speak at a meeting in Brooklyn, held some time after the mayoralty election in 1887. He said as he arose, "You wish me to talk about civic reform and good citizenship, I suppose." Some voices were heard saying "Yes," and "That is what we came for." "Then," said lie, "I will tell you about one of your own neighbours, my friend Peter Kelley. He is a Democrat, while I am a Republican, but honesty in public service knows no party lines. The first duty of decent citizenship is to stand by a good man when you have found him; that is the only way you can keep popular government respectable, and the people of Brooklyn have not stood by Peter Kelley." Then he told the story of Kelley's record in the Legislature and of the treatment which he had received from his party at home, and aroused so much admiration and sympathy for the man that it began to look as if he would have clients enough in the future. And Alfred C. Chapin, who had just been elected mayor, offered to appoint Kelley to a city office. Mr. Roosevelt's appeal to the humanity of his audience came too late, as Kelley died that night. Probably the finest illustration of Mr. Roosevelt's admiration for the splendid human traits in the men with whom he...
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