The other candidate was Henry George, a man of high character,
nominated by the United Labor Party. Mr. Hewitt was elected, with
Mr. George second and Mr. Roosevelt third.
About a month after the election, Mr. Roosevelt went to England,
where he married Miss Edith Kermit Carow, of New York. She had
been his friend and playmate when he was a boy, and was his
sister's friend. The groomsman was a young Englishman, Mr. Cecil
Spring-Rice. Years later the groom and his "best man" came
together again in Washington, when the American was President
Roosevelt, and the Englishman was Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the
British Ambassador to the United States.
CHAPTER VI
FIGHTING OFFICE-SEEKERS
To tell the story of Roosevelt's life it is necessary to talk much
about politics, and that to some people is a dull subject. But he
was in political office over twenty years of his life, always
interested and active in politics, and the vigor which he brought
to his duties made public affairs attractive to thousands of
Americans who had felt little concern about them.
This alone was a great service. If a man is going the wrong way in
political life, if he is trying to do unwise or evil things, he is
a danger, but a danger which may be corrected. He may be made to
turn his efforts in useful directions. But the man who takes no
interest at all in the government of his city, state or nation,
who is so feeble that he cannot even take the time to vote on
election day, but goes hunting or fishing instead,--this man is a
hopeless nuisance, who does not deserve the liberty which he
enjoys, nor the protection which his government gives him.
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