The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-09

Lee.
In many respects rne man who was
~inaugurated today as the President
Of the United States is the most re.
markable product ever generated
from the heterogeneous elements OF
the population Of this country. He
has Dutch, Scotch and Irish blood in
his veins, and, being born of a North.
ern father and Southern mother, he
typifies in his person the union Of
North and South.
Through subtle but potent alchemy
there was instilled into his character
many of the virtues Of the varied
races from which he draws descent.
He has the Huguenot strength of con.
v~ictions and readiness to maintain
them at all hazards; the Dutch love
Of home and family;the Scotch thrift,
frugality, and steadfastness of pur.
pose; the Irish pugnacity, never dodg-
ing conflict; the North American
shrewdness in business and politics;
and the Southern Difference to the
weak, combined with the high spirit
which resents oppression from the
strong.
Eagerly jealous in any cause in
which he is interested, he is in fire.
quent conflict with other minds. 1t
is his nature to seek a struggle, In,
tellectual or physical, and in what.
ever capacity he has served the peo-
pie his stand for what he believed to
be right has always made him a
storm center. 1t is because of his
own supreme regard for the majesty
of the law and the necessity for its
just enforcement on high and low
alike that he has aggrandized the of.
flee of Chief Magistrate of the nation
until the more timid charge him with
imperial tendencies. Yet there is no
democratic %aristocrat in public
life today.
AS IA subordinate he was frequently
insubOrdinate. AS President he has
shocked the old fogies of the body
polite. In each instance, however,
his cutting loose from %precedents has
been with an object in view which
was obscured by red tape or tradi.
ton. When, in Cuba, he signed the
round robin which. demanded the
recall of the American troops before
Santiago because of threatened vel
low fever and imminent malaria, ne
was actuated by precisely the same
ideas which caused him recently re.
CARELESS of precedents, to enter into
a protocol with Santo Domingo with.
out consulting the senate. There
was in both cases urgent necessity
as colonel and president took what
seemed to him the most direct way OF
conserving the interests OF the Omit.
ed States regardless of conventional,
tiles.
President Roosevelt was born in
New York City, October .27, 1858, sc
that he is now hardly AZ years old
For nearly four years he has been
pl SSLuCLI VI liz oAllCu oIdLSS. "uCI
history comes to be written and the
record of his administration set
down, the one fact will appear pre-.
eminent, that during this term he has
occasioned an increased respect OF
the law Corporations of whatever
character are now more careful lest
they infringe upon the rights of the
public, and a wholesome knowledge
has been instilled into the minds OF
all that wrongdoing, whether by cor.
porations or individuals, will be
promptly punished.
The forty-two months since Roose-
welt became president have been
marked by many important events in
the history of the nation. Complet.
ing the work OF establishing Cuba as
a free and independent republic, the
troops Of the United States were
withdrawn from that island May 20
1902, and a long but successful fight
vas inaugurated by the president tc
give the new republic a market for
its products through reciprocity with
the United States. The great work
Of connecting the waters of the At
lantic and the Pacific was definitely
determined upon and actually start
ed. Civil government was establish
ed in the Philippines. At the presi
dents suggestion, the dispute be
tween Venezuela, on the one hand.
and Germany and Great Britain on
the other, was, after a display OF
force by the latter powers, referred
to The Hague our for arbitration
Roumania was persuaded to
give the Jews the rights of natural
~ization. Diplomatic steps were TAX,
en- to secure the territorial entity OF
China and to limit the theatre OF
hostilities during the Russo-Japanese
war.
Turning to internal affairs, the
presidents first message to congress
urged legislation to curb the trusts
and he has been steadfastly press
ing for action along mat line eyeI