The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-21
Roosevelt,s Nemesis.

II When President Roosevelt undertook to
settle the coal strike In Pennsylvania he
was applauded BY many, but there were H
many others Including the owner and
editor Of The Richmond Times who de.
Eclared that 1t was an act OF ,neddleson1e-
ness scarcely less than an act Of high.
handed tisurpatiotl. and that d dangerous
precedent had been set It is true that
the president claimed that he was not
acting Iii an official capacity. but in A
matter OF this character It was ilnpossi-5
Bile for him to separate the man fromTtho
office. If he had been d private citizen
his suggestion would have received no
attention from the parties In Interest.
He was listened to and his suggestion
adopted, because ne was President Of
the United States. He called d confer.
Eence and the realil. Of the conference
was the settlement of the coal strike.
But IT was not settled to the satisfac.-
ton OF either, side, and there has been
more or less grnmblinE ever since.
we predicted at the time that the
President would again be called upon
to settle some great strike and the pre-
idiction has already been fulfilled. Re-
Gently d delegation Of miners from Colo
RADIO waited upon him and requested him
TO do something" to aid the strikers In
their fight against the authorities Of
the state. 1--WE know that the President
cannot Interfere In a conflict between
labor and capital, ~ said one OF the min
fers. but when the constitutional privi-
Eleges Of ali men are snatched away,
when trial by Jury has been "a q lied
them, when women have been arrested
and made to stand in the snow for hours,
when men have been deported without
a semblance OF American fair play, we
do think the President Of the United
States can do something 6. ~ IA 53$
There are those who believe that the
trouble IN Colorado is due indirectly to
the interference Of President Roosevelt
In the Pennsylvania strike Be that as
1t may. the strikers remember the Penn.
sylvania incident and have gone to the
President for relief B 8s
What is the President going to do
about 1t? What can he do? We are
told that he heard the pleas of the rnin-;
ers and read with care their petition,
then told them that ne was DESTROYS that
exact justice should X be apportioned 4 to
ali, and that he was doing III 4he could
to learn the exact situation In Colorado
with view to seeing what Ssrem NEEDLES
might be applied But what has the Pres:
ident to do with At 10y /; have already
expressed our horror 8 the situation in
Colorado. We have alread 1 81 pressed
our amazement that he operation Of the
writ of habeas corpus hould ahave beer,
suspended. and We have. expressed the
opium that citizens aggrieved could find
relief in the Federal courts. for manlfestly
this is sitaution for the courts and
not for the President to deal WITH.
Again we ask what is President Roose-
Welt going to- do? II he attempts TO
interfere he Will have 70 fight the State
government OF Colorado: II he does moth
Ing, he will not appease the miners Of
the State ana the probability is that
most of then, will cast their votes
against him in the coming election,
President Roosevelt has brought this
trouble upon himself, and there is doubt
less more of the same kind in store for
him. vi