Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-20


 ''ie iiiah WHO was supposed to be poli- ucally buried, stepped into the chair oi tue Chef Executive of the United 1 States.
 triticiSm and Praise,
 Nilticlsm and pr&Ise Tor the two roosevelt administrations. But there can be no doubt of his cogent gener- alshlp Of difficult political situation
 Hardly had he taken his seat as president at the White House, when the coal strike threatened the well iafe Of the country. Roosevelt inau- 1 sufated an arbitration commission 'lat finally succeeded in settling that Industrial revolt on Oct b, 1902
 Another notable achievement of tho Roosevelt administration was the clari- licatlon of the railroad situation through the passage, in the Fifty-Sev- enth Congress, of the Hepburn rate law. Other railroad legislation under the Roosevelt regime was the safety appliance law, the employers liability law and the law limiting the hours of labor of railroad employees.
 Ills prosecution of the Northern Se- curltles Company was another act that brought wide publicity and attention to his administration. In this prose cutlon the bitterest vituperations were vented against Roosevelt bv men of wealth throughout the country. They claimed that his endeavor to dissolve the great holding company was a blow at the financial safety of the nation. y The Supreme Court upheld the Gov ernments action, however, and the fl prosecution of this case has since come to be viewed as one of the greatest achievements of the Roose- velt tenure of office.
 The ay-Herman Treaty, which made the Panama canal possible of construction by the United States, is another much attacked act of the Roosevelt administration. It has been claimed that without his cognizance and help, the revolution that result ed ill the independent of Panama could not have been engineered It is generally conceded, however, that Roosevelt was entirely innocent of this charge, and suspicion has even been extended toward the French Company who was also bidding for the honor of constructing the great ditch, as a pos sible instigator of the imbroglio.
 Doubled Water Forces.
 Roosevelt's attention to the army and navy resulted in the establish mcnt of a programme that practically doubled the strength of the water forces of the United States. He sup plemented this achievement by an ac- tive interest in the act that incorpor- ated the National Guard as a part of the national forces.
 Though President Mckinley had paved the way for the transfer of ad- ministrative power to the Philippines from the military to civilians, it was under the rule of Roosevelt that this change actually took place. In addi- tion to this move, Porto Rico became territory of the United States, and the government of Cuba was returned to the Cubans while he was in office.
 The presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 uncovers another act of pre-emlnent and world wide importance which was performed during his administration. The peace prize was awarded him be- cause of his activities in bringing to- qether the representatives of Japan and Russia at Portsmouth. This meet inc between the warning factions re- suited in the cessation of hostllltles in Manchuria.
 If was also at the instgation or Roosevelt that the European Powers 
 were goaded into action that lcd to the resumption of the Hague Confer ence in 1905. This body had fallen into disrepute through the Russo- Japanese struggle, but interest was renewed through invitations issued py tho United States for another meeting. These invitations were later recalleu and the conference convened at .le invitation of Russia. It was the ohlt- cd States tender, however, that se' the matter again before the lntefha- tional public.
 But if Rooscvclt's activities Tn mat tors relating to foreign nations were yrcat his activities ill regard to lh- ternal problems were still greater Thc department of Commerce ana La hor came into being during hls aam'h- istration. The activities of the De- nartment of Agriculture were greatly