Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-09-26

1 TAese needs shc uld be mat win out Ir:thef dil!y-daliying or delay. t'ands should be Droy.ded from ctl rent revenues il t is deemed " ee otherwise fl om the sale of bonds. The | essential thing is hat he work should s2 forward under the best possible p!aA, and W. .th me least possible de lay. The time fer playing with suF waterways is past The country de- mands results,
 There $ of course no poli ics i'll tn s conven ion or occasion. Politics, how and fer a time, the pF nclpal De- cupation of American citizens, i. temporiarly abandoned, and we, Dem clat, Republican and Bull Moose" or Pre5wessives are all de ligh,ed and eXtend every possible courtesy to a great Amfr-can univeF- sally recognized as a leader n public events and private affairs.
 "The boast has oi'e en been justified, n American his ory that tn coun- try oilers unlimited opportunities to The amhit ous and deserving.
 Universal history records few careers more remal kable than thaf of our guest, Ar Roosevelt, Still in the full Igor of manhood, he has fam liar- Zed himself Win social and political co-dtions preva ling in foreign lands; witnessed and perhaps accelerated, tae transformation of empires into Republ cs and championed the cause Of humanity where tver Reform has sounded cry or freedom raised flag.
 "Hcw may Thr Hing incidents, what varied experiences have been crowded 'nto his sho1t life; In earlsl manhood be learned the vernaculs' and acqu ed he spirit that an mates life in the west. This fitted h III to 1mganze and lead that dashng, dare dev band, The Rough Riders, in the Spanish War. They fellow h m with unabated Hash and fury in his poli tical combats.
 "Mr. Roosevelts serv ces as Pres dent, his support of Civil Service Re- form. of he Policy of Conservation and clean administration are famil- far to he pubic mind.
 GAS a recognized leader of Irogres- sive principles and methcd3 of gov ernment te denounced by his enc mics as a Soc 'alist, and hailed by his friends as a political Redeemer.
 "His latest achievement is the ab- scrbtion of the progressive elements of ;he Republican party in new political organization.
 "Do not be shocked. Those events are familiar current story. His frieaos declare that the nominatiSn at Chicago was den ed him through ! the petit cal larceny of two hundred delegates.
 "Those who defend the action of the convent en have produced on some mind the effect of a speech maae years ago by member of the Afh- ansas legislature. He denouhcea as 1 a malic ous 'slarder a current chais3 that nine ballot boxes were stolen in the preceding cleo ion this coah- i tv and declared that only seven were sto,e,. The defenders Of the chica- 90 convention have convinced some that two hundred delegates were hot stolen that there were only one hundred! :,
 "put neither the organizat on or q new political party, his general ser vices as chief executive nor h s eN- nore;,ce as a military hero constitute Mir goosevelt's chief title to ehoo'- inc fame. Two events of world W os' l ond age long gnificance, the a"'ho' ;1ot;on of the Panama Canal ana 'Ae nea, ,eirl terminal on of the War 'e twee, Russia and Japan are ms hae- ter achievements. .oa
 .seot' ment in the United States na' come to afvor unanimously an 1, is.a, @ eo eanal It was equally divided between Nicaragua and fahaS S.,aod Ds ,,raoedure. Mir. Roosevelt discharges 1ne iurv W tn reprimand and eh'etea .A. .,,ont in favcr of Panama anu .s1 .f nrcceeafng at once. The manner n II, .ho r obt to construct the cahal