<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:  <response>: McKinley akaurayiwa muna September 1901, Long akachinja mwoyo, uye akaendesa kurega kwake kuMutungamiri Roosevelt musi waMay 1, 1902. Zvikonzero chaizvo zveizvi hazvina kujeka, asi zvinhu zvinoverengeka zvichida zvakabatanidzwa. Chokutanga, Roosevelt aiva noukama hwepedyo nomukwikwidzi wezvematongerwe enyika waLong, Lodge, aizivikanwa nokusawirirana naLong panyaya dzezvikepe, uye akanga asingagamuchiri kuvapo kwake muWhite House. Chechipiri, kuferefetwa kwezviito zvaAdmiral Winfield Scott Schley munharaunda yaJuly 1898 Hondo yeSantiago de Cuba yakaguma nehuwandu hwakakosha hwekushoropodzwa kwebasa raLong muhondo. Chechitatu, mumwe wavanasikana vake akafa muna October 1901, pasati papera mwedzi pashure pokuurayiwa kwaMcKinley. Zvinhu izvi zvakaita kuti Long aore mwoyo, uye mamiriro acho ezvinhu akawedzera kuipa apo Roosevelt akapopotedzana naye pamusoro pokutanga kwehondo, uye akabva aita kuti dzimwe dzedzimwe sarudzo dzake dzive dzakakosha munhau. Munyori wenhau dzakaitika Wendell Garrett anotaura kuti Roosevelt akafarira zvikuru Navy, uye akaomerwa nekushanda nemanyori akazotevera. 