<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva  <response>: UMcKinley wabulawa ngo-September 1901, uLong washintsha umqondo, futhi wanikeza uMongameli uRoosevelt ukuhoxa kwakhe ngoMeyi 1, 1902. Izizathu eziqondile zalokhu azicaci, kodwa cishe kunezici eziningana eziye zaba nomthelela. Okokuqala, uRoosevelt wayenobudlelwano obuseduze nomphikisi kaLong wezombusazwe uLodge, wayaziwa ngokungavumelani noLong ezindabeni zasolwandle, futhi wayengamukeli ukuba khona kwakhe eWhite House. Okwesibili, uphenyo lwezenzo zika-Admiral Winfield Scott Schley ezungeze iMpi ka-Santiago de Cuba ngoJulayi 1898 lwaholela ekutheni kugxekwe kakhulu indima kaLong empini. Okwesithathu, enye yamadodakazi akhe yafa ngo-October 1901, esikhathini esingaphansi kwenyanga ngemva kokubulawa kukaMcKinley. Lezi zindaba zaholela uLong ekucindezelekeni, futhi isimo saba sibi kakhulu lapho uRoosevelt ephikisana naye ekuqaleni kwempi, wabe esekhipha ezinye zezinqumo zakhe. Isazi-mlando uWendell Garrett uphawula ukuthi uRoosevelt wayenesithakazelo esikhulu ku-Navy, futhi waba nobunzima ekusebenzeni nonobhala abalandela. 