Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-31
PRESIDENT ENDS
BUSY YEAR.
Roosevelt Will Be 40 Years
Old Tomorrow.
His Words aud Deeds Have Kept Him
I Constantly in the Forefront of the
Worlds Observation.
Special to The ARGUS.

Special to The ARGUS.
Washington, C.,Oct. 26-President
Roosevelt will be 40 years old tomor-
row. The twelve months just closed
have been busy period for the CHIEF
executive. and during that time he has
accomplished many things for the pub
lie good. His words and deeds have
kept him constantly in the forefront of
the worlds observation, and during
recent weeks he has been more than
ever, if possible, conspicuous figure
on the stage of affairs. In variety of
ways he has claimed the atte ention of
the press and community at large, but
from many standpoints he has been
most prominent in relation to the rail-
roads and other great corporations.
Incidentally he has done much to
smooth away the i1-feeling between
the United States and Japan over the
disturbances in San Francisco, at the
same time preserving a firm attitud 9
by sending Or arranging to send great
fleet of American warships to the Pa
cifie Coast.
49th year was the delivery of his mes
sage to Congress last December. Later
the President sent special messages to
Congress on the discharge of the color
ed troops of the Twenty fifth Infantry,
urging ship-subsidy legislation, asking
for prompt action in regard to the
break in the Colorado River threa ten
rio1 VoI1 md IN rH
to several other matters of more or less
public interest and Importance.
Early in the year he sent Secretary
Root to Canada to confer with the Gov
ernor-General on questions of common
interest to the peoples of the United
States and Canada. In March he re-
organized his cabinet and in the same
month sent Secretary Taft to Panama
and Cuba to look into the condition of
affairs there. Later he arranged the
famous around the-world trip for the
Secretary of War, the results of which
are expected be OF great Importance
in cementing the friendly relations of
the United States and several foreign
countries.
BILE attention to the disturbed condi
ton of affairs in Central America and
finally made a successful Intervention
in behalf of arbitration to settle the
hostilities between Nicaragua and
Honduras.
In regard to the number and import
ance of his public addresses the year
even for the President. One of his
first addresses of the year was deliver
ed at the dedication of the Rough
Riders Monument in Arlington Gene
terry. Three addresses were delivered
at the Jamestown Exposition. The
President also spoke at the dedication
of the monument to Gen. George B.
Mcclellan in the capital. During the
latter part of May he took short trip
into the middle West and spoke at the
unveiling of the Lawton monument at
Indianapolis and at the semi centen-
nial celebration of the Michigan Agri-
cultural College at Lansing.
On June IL the President arrived at
Oyster Bay for his summer vacation,
which was broken only by his trip to
Provincetown, Mass, to speak at the
laying of tbs foundation stones for a
memorial to be erected there to the
Pilgrim Fathers. In this address,
which attracted much attention
throughout the country, the President
again defined the policy of the admin
istration regarding the prosecution of
law breakers.
In the last week of September the
President quilted Oyster Bay and after
q day or two in Washington started on
his memorable Mississippi River trip.
On the way he stopped at Canton to
speak at the dedication of the McKin-
ley memorial. In the course of his
journey down the Mississippi from
Keokuk to Memphis he delivered three
notable addresses dealing with various
subjects such as the governments re-
lation to railroad investments, the pol
icy Of the administration with regard
to the trusts. and the duties of latter
day American patriotism. At Mem
phis he was heard on the subject of
deep-waterways, a question in which
he had previously evidenced his deep