Teddy Roosevelt: “I will be through now in just two minutes more.”

The American people by a great plurality have conferred upon you the highest honor in their gift.

The fate of the leader for the time being is of little consequence, but the cause itself must in the end triumph, for its triumph is essential to the well-being of the American people.

I congratulate you thereon.

I don’t know anything about who the man was who shot me to-night.