Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
REACHES PINNACLE
OF HIS AMBITION

Audit
at that early date some of the states began
to indorSe him for the nomination and
pledged their support to him. Pennsylva-
mia was among the great states of the
country to act far in advance in this re-
spect, Senator Quay bringing about an in
dorSement that was regarded as significant
throughout the country. This act of the
Pennsylvania senator was much apprecia ted
by the President. There were no strong
signs of opposition at the opening of the
presidential year, and the state conven-
tons fell rapidly into line, sending to Chi
cago men who unanimously put him in
nomination. The only talk of opposition
had been as to The name of Senator Hanna.
Many men had importuned the Ohio states
man to enter the fight, and some of the
mighty financial interests of the country
urged him to run for the nomination. He
gave no encouragement, seeing the hand
writing on the wall and being a warm
friend of the President. While he lay i'll al
the Arlington Hotel, shortly before his
death. he bore testimony to his high per-
sonal regard for the chief executive.
Action in Coal Strike.
President Roosevelt's action in the great
coal strike of 1902 restored order and Sc
cured return of the miners to their work,
at The same time making the workingmen
feel that their cause had not suffered from
his counsel. The country applauded his
work at this time. although some of the big
corporations again showed hostility. This
was the most important internal question of
his first administra tion-that is, it vitality
affected more people than any other. There
was no law by which he could interfere
TO end the strike. and he proceeded to use
his great moral influence to bring the in
terested parties together. He brought about
a resumption of work pending a settlement
by a commission appointed by him. His
counsel during this critical period was given
Wnile he was suffering from a badly
wounded leg. He was unable to walk, and
sat in his temporary office on Jackson place
and conferred with the representa- tives of
the miners and the coal magnates In the
same year and the next he handled care
IuiIy the complications growing out of the
Venezuelan troubles. He maintained the
Monroe doctrine in all negotiations with the
european powers Interested, and was hon
ofed by Venezuela in being named as an
acveptapIe arbiter which duty he grace
fully avoided by proposing The Hague tri-
bunal as the proper means for arriving at
a peaceful solution
In the matter of the uprising of Panama
anu me recognition of that country by the
United States the President was both an
plauded and criticised. The great ma ioritv
OF the people upheld his treaty with pan
anna, by which the Panama canal passed
ITO tl me hands OF the United States SO that
me beginning of work on that giant in
sutu'lon should not be any longer DELAYED
His Many Attachments.
President Roosevelt enjoyed high social
literary and academic distinction before he
became Pr ;sident, having been elected a
member of the Columbia Historical So
ciety, to which he contributed papers On
the Dutch colonies of New Amsterdam. the
National Geographical Society. the Union
League Club and the Century Association
OF New York ritU no
clety of Washington, the American Museum
of Natural History, of which he was a
trustee, as he was of the State Charities
Association and of the Newsboys' Lodging
Rouse, OF Which his father was the or
ganizer and liberal patron He organized
IN 1887 and was the first president of the
Boone and Crockett Club whose objects
are the hunting of big game. exploration
ana preservation of game and forests hold
ing the office until 1896 He instituted
February 2. 1899 and was the first com
mander of the Naval and Military Order of
the Spanlsh-American War. and became a
member of the Rough Riders Association
organized in Cuba before the DISARMAMENT
OF the LIST Regiment. United States Voun-
teer Cavalry, and of the National Associa-
ton of Spanish-American War Veterans
incorporated December IA 1899
lie was made an honorary member, Of the
Union League Club of Chicago in 1902. and
of the Alpine Club of London. He re-
Columbia in 1899; from Yale in October
1901, and from Harvard in 1902. having
been elected member of the Harvard Uni
Versity board of Overseers in 1880 He is
the author of History of the Naval War
of 1872" QSSD; Hunting Trips OF Ranch
man" 0sS5}; Life of Thomas II. Benton
QSS0 and life of Governor Morris
0sSO, in the American Statesmen Saries;;'
Ranch Life and Hunting Trail QS8S)
Essays on Practical Politics" 0SSs); The
Winning of the West-The Founding of the
Allegheny Commonwealths, 1IS4-'90" Vol
1 and II, 1850: History of New York
City" $500; The Wilderness Hunter"
ds9;9; The Boone and Crockett Club
Series edited by Roosevelt and George
Bird Grinnell; American Big Game Hunt
ing dS!J3); Hunting in Many Lands"
0s95) and THE Trail and Campfire QS90;
Hero Tales from American History" four
teen tales by Theodore Roosevelt and
twelve by Henry Cabot Lodge QS95); THE
Winning OF the West-Lousiana and the
Northwest Wols. III and ", 1S93'96);
American Ideals 0S9O; THE Rough
Riders $500; "Oliver Cromwell $500;
THE Strenuous Life" $500; part author
The Deer Family Q902).