The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-30
MR.. ROOSEVELT AND THE PRESl'
DENCY.

into an actiN or even d pass {
| didacy have so far failed. He is
positive character and a man Of fe"
words who heretofore has always
meant exactly what he said. 1t is
not to be supposed now. when he with
drew at the Ohio convention all oppo-
| sition 70 the endorsement of our siren
uous but careful President, that his
emphatic and repeated destinations are
not the expressions OF his mature de-
termination.
Theodore Roosevelt has been endors-
ed by so many conventions and is
backed by so powerful an appreciation
of rhe success of his administration,
that the deep indications are strongly
in his favor. Throughout the country,
there is an intense feeling that the law
must be unfinchingly enforced, with
out regard to special interests, and
with this sentiment, President Roose-
Welt is nobIy identified. He has acted
with exceptional vigor, but with abso-
lutte inpartiality. taking our political
system as his guide. In no respect
has he used the machinery of the gov
eminent with any reference to polit1-
cal consequences, but he has disregard
ed party, class and individual faV-
oritisrn. in his administration OF the
fundamental law, the statutes ana
n
heritor of the policy of the murdered
Mckinley, the influence of that great
and good man has largely affected his
course but he has also individually
evinced an Intellectual perception OF
great questions, a regard for the moral
element in personal, civic and offlclaI
life. and a strength of will, tempered
bv sound discretion. which have pro-
duced that best kind of popularity un-
restricted by party lines, that rests
upon esteem and faith.
He has been aided by great men, VINO
are not to be deprived of the credit or
their achievements in their several de-
partments. But they have acted IN
harmony with him, and under his adj
vice as the Executive Head of the ma
ton. His foreign policy has been
remarkably successful and, without
sacrificing any of our distinctive prin-
ciples. has elevated the Republic. In
Asia. our conmercia1 advancement has
surpassed expectations and, in the
present controversy between Japan and
Russia, while avoiding even the sem
bIance of political interference, the
attitude of the United States, in the
direction of free intercourse between
nations and the development of the
Pacific, has commanded solicitous re-
spect Our prompt, just and effective
action in clinching the treaty with
Panama, which ensures tie construc-
ton of the Isthmian canal. has won
the encomiums of foreign. statesmen
and diplonatists and has been endorsed
throughout the world. These are mere
examples that could be multiplied in
definitely by references to Cuba, to
Venezuela, and to the minor phases of
our foreign relations.
The internal administration of public
affairs has been equally successful,
and, in it's rigid adherence to law and
in it's enforcement of official integrity,
has fully met the demands of the pub
1ioE r,1,a oo,,oJ -, o.so,r. ,,f Toro.;,7er,+
Roosevelt, which has been commented
upon in these columns, has been forti-
fed in every particular by the depart
mental reports. Secretary Cortelyous
report from the Department of Com
merce and Labor, which includes the
Bureau of Labor, under the Immediate
management of Carroll D. Wright, the
permanent Census Bureau, under DR..
North, the Immigration Bureau, under
Mr.. Sargent. the Corporations Bureau,
under Mr.. Garfield, the Statistical Bu-
reau, under Mr.. Austin, and the Light
house Board and other subsidiary bod
les. clearly and impressively attests
the accuracy of the message in empha-
sizing the vast Importance of this ad-
dition to our governmental machinery.
The Department of Justice, in which
the treatment of naturalization frauds.
of Illegal trusts and of corporations en-
gagged in Interstate Commerce, is elab-
GRATED, is another confirmation of the
systematic energy and successful
handling of great issues and of intri-
cate details by the present Admins
tration. All the reports are in line
with those specifically mentioned and.
severally combined, attest the unprece-
denied advancement of our national
interests and of Americanism as a ris-
ing factor in modern civilization. The
stupendous operations of our govern
ment may be illustrated nv the sioola