The sun., 1910-06-03
ROOSEVELT AS PEGCEMAKEU
I,IJ HILL PJT MN ar THE
Uy(D OF I MISSION.
u, Ru,mr,s WnI Ne 10 see Ahou' Limit
tns NrmsmenIs and Gettlng the
>s,ie, sr the NsrId 10 Act as =
.rrc for herplng Ihs worlds Peace.


V,.mvuoN. June When thOss
--sr,..r. ug the House who admire
1r..t1-r Roosevelt at a distance and
,r.. wish that he would continue dis
r..rg tho pcCae II Europe Tor an
rtafrt. rerOd learned to-day that
prs.,dsrt Taft had announced that he
Intended 20 appoint Mr.. Roosevelt at the
ts,f Il tho commission Of Ave soon to
,. created by Congress TO assist in
r-pssrvrg worldwide peace they dis
pAysd emotion.
somehody told the news 10 Representa-
i've ravney of Minnesota, chairman Of
the HOUSE Appropriations Committee,
,rs, a. that oyerworhed member was
Ie,vns the hoor of the House after
.,rusrhng al day with the sundry civil
pU Mr. Tawney threw up both hands
inferred an emphatic What's thatP' and
d,ved INTO his committee room. where
hs refused himself TO all Newspaper men
rno did not first explain that they had
no intention oi discussing Col. Roosevelt
or the peace commission. Mr.. Tawney
only recently recovered damages against
q naper in 4 State which put him in the
Ananias club On Mr. Roosevelts au-
thoritv Ahn he still wears bumps on
IN. f-ad. put there by Mr.. Roosevelt
during the great row over the secret
service
other members oI the House displayed
great interest IN the announcement.
sneaker cannon when somebody told
hlm about Mr. Taft's announcement hit
cigar N half. scratched his head and
refused tp commit himself further. All
the insurgents. though, were tickled.
Representative Murdock Of Kansas uttered
A loud -Gr nd and the other Republicans
Who have cen fighting Speaker Cannon
and the House organization and who
seem ta think that Mr. Roosevelt Is with
them oppressed themselves IN about the
sam" way
The fact that Col Roosevelt was slated
,o hecoms the leading factor In the move
ment for worldwide peace became known
o., iav when the House COMMITTEES on
rrreIgn thairs authorized Representa-
two gennet NJ New York to combine q
as-.u'i1n introduced by him with one
raret bv Eey eyresentative Bartholdt Of
Vs.,ur. the real -friend OR the dove >
o.. 90 provide for the creation II a
ruumssion cr Ave members N ~ ap-
frntcd by the President TO consider
ths sypediercy oi dtilizing existing In.
'srnational agencies for the uurpoSe u
limiting the armaments OF the nations
uf the world bv international agreement
and ~ constituting tbs combined navies
rf the world an international force for
'ra r,-pzs-vsti1n ~ universal Deace
OF ouurse a. soon ~ this action bv the
COMMITTEES had been announced there
va lot oG speculation a. 10 the per
s1npel Of this commission, which will
10 cnarPed With the duty ot taking the
initiative in the movement 20 limit the
ava strength oT this and foreign Pow
e-. and Of using the whole a. an interna-
f.onal big stick 10 preserve the quiet
= all 'he countries ot the earth " Was
hen thai Chairman Foster ana other
members of the Foreign Ahairs Com
mitiee let .t be known that they hah called
m President Taft some days ago 10 dis
rl-s this proposition and that Mr. Taft
,ad nominated Cot Roosevelt for the
% According 20 these gentlemen the
rrssident never even mentioned another
anne IN coBugction With the chairman
ship and suggested no names Tor The
...r Other positions on the COMMISSION
he simply exclaimed according Ia on'
1is callers
Whv. Theodore Roosevelt - the one
nan for 'ha' job
The President addet. 10 his visitor
tar ,na' Mr Roosevelt wOuld have world
. TO- neace n hs had 20 lick every nation
r 1e' II The members of the ForeiEr
,sai-s COMMITTEES left the White Hou-s
'rn-rughly in aocori with this visN ~ the
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