The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-10-19

President Roosevelt is notably strong
Several of its members have served
their chief and their country with rare
ability and fidelity. says Charles NJ.
Harvey in the st. Louis Globe-Dem"-
crat of the 18th inst.
Three or four Of them have played
roles which have brought them into
especial prominence, not only In their
own country, but throughout the
world. This is particularly true of the
present heads Of the departments of
at the council table Of the present ex-
ecutive than were in the official family
Of any other president. Not only are
there more posts in Mr.. Roosevelt S
cabinet than were in those of former
heads Of the government, the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor having
been created IN this administration,
but the heads Of the other cabinet posts
have changed oftener in the present
presidents six years of service than
they did in the eight years of any of
the executives Who filled out two
terms
Neither Mr.. Root nor Mr. Taft was
the first head Of his present post in the
Roosevelt administration. Mr.. Root. In
fact, was at the head of the War De
| To%x L.,
Root. indeed. was the best secretary Of
war which the country saw since Stan
ton. Taft has been equally successful,
but he has, In the performance Of his
duties. been intrusted by the president
with larger tasks Of a. spectacular
character than Root attempted while
at the head Of the war office.
Both Root and Taft have done work,
and are now doing work, such as no
essayed. Secretary Root was the fist
head of tho State Department who over
went outside of the United States In
the performance Of his duties. In 1905
he attended the Pam American Con-
gress in Rio de Janeiro as a special
representative Of President Roosevelt,
and before the congress finished it's
work he started on mission which
took him to the capitals Of most Of The
South American nations. He consulted
with the Official heads of those coun-
tries. talked over matters in which
those nations and the United States
have common interests, and did mucl,
to remove the distrust Of the United
States, which some of our European
rivals had been sowing in Latin Amer
ica.
| A Delicate Task.
This was a largo and delicate task.
and Mr.. Root, it is believed. performed
it with tact and success. Later on ne
went to Canada on matters in dispute
between the Dominion and the United
States. and more recently he has been
in Mexico on a sort Of continuation of
his swing round the circle in South
America of 1906. On the Mexican mis-
sion, however, it is believed that par
! ticular attention was given to the CON-
ditions in Central America. where dis.
turbances have been frequent in The
past year or two.
But Secretary Taft's journeyings
round the world have been even more
spectacular than Mr.. Roots have been
While Root was on his tour Of South
America the collapse. Of Palma's Cow
ernnlent took Taft to Cuba as a. peace
maker. and he did this work so ef-
fectively that no resistance has bean
offered to the provisional government
which the United States has set up in
the island under the obligations inn
posed on us by the Platt amendment
to the army bill of 1901. which was in
corporated in the constitution which
the Cuban delegates framed in Havana
and which ths- Cuban people accepted