East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-17
ROOSEVELT ACTS
TOLD BY MULKEY
GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS OF COL.
oNEL MADE CLEAR.
Question, Has TEDDY" "Made Good ~
Answered So That None Can
Doubt His Fitness for
Presidential Chair.
RY E wv MIrIEry

Oregon Roosevelt National Committeeman
II Theodore Roosevelt is the man
the people or Oregon want for Presi.
dent, they have right to know what
he has done.
While Roosevelt was President, did
he make good or bad record?
No one will question that ever an
executive left the White House who
was so thoroughly the idol of the Just
people" as Theodore Roosevelt.
What Roosevelt Did.
The Interests feared and hated him.
That was because he had curbed them.
They fear and hate him now.
But what did Roosevelt DO?
Here are some of the things he DID:
l. Panama Canal begun and vigor-
ously pushed, despite continual oppo-
sition of transcontinental railroads.
2. Dolliver-Hepburn Railroad Act
forced through fiercely hostile Con-
gress, thus giving the Interstate Com
merce Commission power to prescribe
and enforce railroad rates.
8. National Irrigation Act passed
and work on tremendous scale i'm
mediately commenced.
4. The Door of China opened and
kept open to American commerce.
5. Russo-Japanese War settled by
Portsmouth treaty.
6. Alaska Boundary Dispute with
Canada settled without loss of terri
tory.
7. Avoiding pitfalls caused by irri-
tation by reason of Japanese immigra-
ton and amicably arranging for re
striction.
s. Organization OF movement TO
conserve our natural resources, which,
if sensibly carried on, means the up
building forever of the West.
.. Withdrawal Of power sites on
public land from entry. Thus was
the great water Power Trust"
checked. (sites since restored to en-
try by Taft.) Improvement of water
ways for transportation.
10. Proper compensation to those
injured and to families of those killed
on railroads operating interstate-Em.
ployers' Liability Act
II. Safety Appliance Act to require
railroads to equip cars with safety ap-
pliances designed to protect employees
from injury.
IL. Settlement Of great Pennsyl-
vania coal strike. On Saturday the
people and workinsmer OF Pennsyl-
vania showed their appreciation.
IS. Regulation of railroad en-
ployes' hours of labor.
II. Department Of Commerce and
Labor established.
10. Pure Food and Drugs Act. CIV
ing us a chance for pure food
16. Federal meat inspection.
II. Conviction Of postcffice graft
ers and land thieves.
is. Corporations forbidden to do
nate campaign funds.
10. Reduction of the National debt
by $4,000. 900
20. lnaueJrdti7r Z. the annual con-
fercnces of governors.
21. Movement to improve the life
of the farmer.
% Twenty.tour arbitration treaties
negotiated.
%. Suits begun against Standard
OIL and Tobacco Trust.
"a. investigated Sugar Trust Gus
tens frauds.
Mat He VIII %.
Dozens Of other achievements could
be listed. But here are some of the
things he recommended and. ii elected
will carry through:
!. An inheritance Tax Law.
2. Postal Savings Banks.
g. An Income Tax.
4. Parcels Post.
5. new Employers Liability Law.
G. Banking system reformed and
currency system 10 break the power
of oWaIl Street.
Z. Revision af she Sherman anti
Trust Law to control aud regulate fur
ther trusts.
s. Legislation to prevent railroads
from watering their stock and from
over-capitalization
8. Legislation compelling corpora
tions engaged lr interstate business to
incorporate under Federal laws, that
they might be controlled.
ONLY TWO HAVE BEEN carried
by enactment. We need Roosevelt to
carry forward the splendid work he
has begun. For four years his great
policies have languished.
With Roosevelt, we can reawaken
them.