The Detroit times., 1909-01-01
ROOSEVELT IRON
HAND WILL Be
MISSED
He Is FEARED BY GRAFTERs
AGAINST WHOM HE HAS WAC
ed WARFARE TRIBUTE BY
WELL KNOWN WRITER.
BY ALFRED HENRY LEWIS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l.-Mr. ldil
descent upon Panama is due to a
Roosevelt, not Taft, suggestion. The
purpose Of the expedition Is not so
much 10 make discoveries as TO or
ganize corps OF witnesses ana ar
rapage for canal defense.
:. The canal foe is everywhere. Inc
house and senate woods are full OF
ihm--sly. furtive. incessant- lie VIII
attack the canal in every detail or It's
q construction Mr. Roosevelt has sent
Mr.. Taft with force of engineers to
STUDY the canal situation, so as to be
ready TO reply TO those attacks.
Mankind will never know the worth
and honest force of Mr.. Roosevelt I'M
I'll after he Is gone. II is way that
mankind has. IT'S appreciation always
waits till the last car, and sometimes
misses that and has to walk. In which
case il doesn't overtake its object un-
I'll century after he Is dead.
Mr.. Roosevelt would have made
great soldier He sees things cming,
and never acts too late. IL was ne
wbp 10 years ago. after the olympia
had been ordered home-by the enem'
les Of their country-caused That or
der TO be revoked and cabled Admiral
Dewey, Keep the Olympia, and keep
hea. full OF coal"
Now when every railroad wor %
congress. AZ we'll as The bos,bies there.
Of will be yelping and swapping about
the tanks of the canal, he intends the
TAFT administration shall be ready W
witnesses and facts to beat them OH.
Which Is the reason why those six en-
90 nf
and high standing. accompany Mr..
Taft.
nissppoints Enemies.
Now at the finish OF Mr.. Roosevelts
administration. cannot refrain from
considering how he has disappointed
HIS enemies, refuted the false pro-
phets. DO you recall the fears that
were expressed concerning himy Some
by good men, too: some by people not
80 rood. He was young !---headlong,
full of tempestuous inexpertence.
He was hungry for fight! He would
plunge us into war! And similar hy;s
terical claptrap. !,
II Is natural that a people shloniS
require Neadiness in a president rols'
and bala1ce are Everywhere ! wortf
while. peculiarly In tns White House
Any studest OF gpvernmensst VIII tel
you that the president Is Us NOS
powerful Officer preseuteN w ee'
scheme OF stste
The sultan, Tor exalnplc. is bride
less creature theory. me frontier
OF whose powe arc the frontiers o
his WILL. In y acticss, however, IN
sultan dwindiss 70 q moiehili mon
arch With potrs Hieiiities imagtnarl
rather han real pe may put slavi
TO death, snck and aink superhuoa
wife In the Bospe,r,1 y: but these. while
important 10 the y'ctims. are no
stric,ly speaking ana rs Of state.
In what matters CT taxa'ion am
war and peace tsear W. nrs whnle peo
pie he IS hanfSesS. 70 e'ess, compar
ed with an Am criean ~ Eden:
The latter has srati' N 40 and
down tho IA of nstuft Aare 400,
900 tofiee l,ohnrs all NEE less
docila to IDS ~ils Thef them
selves consbtitni. 8 trsment stand
ing army vhen 4 comes q ,ny con
qusrt Of public o,inion.
With ghch broadsst sweep oipower
II can bf seen Al 5 glance tint the
personal attrihutes OK Z .presidet for
.ctn1ge.l rresnpt'tpt~ integrity, AteI
~ Yea mAoy times sr NE near fuA-.
yfI,-fhfe pnbs,n regret sass white HON
absei &c OF Mr. Roosevnf Tr,Iv vS
TAFT : good man. Tut then he ha
yeriy Ioio me use for a chair tina
ar NoseFen nas~ Also the Whit
VI n ~ no place for tired peopI,
gfse, rest president Will be the nres
ska.t who spends the most tims nm y,
ror four years and more a co.o.
cs,mpossd 10 ecvAl parts or cn,'.s,
afn corrupiioni5s, have been go.
mf. hooseyeNf The Puiitzers -
lneI nfre hests feared him NY
hd0r ssrs With their Northern me-. IN
n Leasd him. lie had too much saser
n lat 'ouid drive US bows first on 49,
They weso either too mendac,,,.
10 ADMIT or not wise enough In thss
t'midlty to see that this very Roc.
ven lorce was the thing most uLa''
10 keep the peace. preserve a iustic.
Doth al home and abroad. II tx n ne
lions weakness. not It's strength tn
gets II into trouble. una
Tribute TO Roosevelt.
And. as has been seen. by tho vo..
fetdom wherewith we surround
president, this country ia strons =.
he president is strong. weak as =.
weak. Given a president OF ths
Roosevelt OF the Jackson stamn 49,
- have internal security. resnec,,,,,
, lsdco abroad. Given a president
I us2ish. weak. futile--of the Madi.
on leather Europe searches our ships,