El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-03

ton. The activities of the departInlenl,r
/ of agriculture were greatly DroduettS6I
/ Conservation projects were a.
Ished. The pure food law was en-
acted. The bureau of corporations was
born to the new department o. -
merce and labor. The pOstoIilce ~
partment widened its range OF ser 80
through the extension of the TuIdL -
delivery, and the establishment OF wv
cent postage between the United SIates
and several foreign countries. 49,
Beside these important matIeIs, ~ ~
interstate commerce commission scope
was Widened through the enactment u
the Hepburn rate law. A UNIFORM sys
TEN of accounting, with great meas
ure of publicity was PROVIDED anu L.
posed on interstate carriers. ne 60
established many important coLIIHlS
s:ons to Investigate the mOneyed III
terests and instituted a NUMBER OF
suits against large business comDlnd-
lions for an alleged violation OF the
Sherman antitrust law.
It was following the announcement
of his reelection in 1904 that Col Roose-
welt made his famous statement re-
garding the third term.
The Third Term Announcement.
7 am deeply sensible of the honor
that has been done me-" he said, ana
1 shall try to show my qualification by
a wise and just administration On
March 4th next I shall have completed
three years and a half as president OF
the United States and shall regard
LndL three years ana a NAH dS my III -
term. The wise custom which Ilmlts
the president to two terms regards the
substance and not the form; and under
no circumstances will be a candidate
for or accept another nomination
It has been since said that Roosevelt
has broken this pledge in seeking the
present nomination, though there are
others who maintain that as he made
no definite reference to the time at
which he would accept or seek a third
nomination, his declaration had refer
ence to a third consecutive term.
In any event he accepted a position
as contributing editor of the Outlook,
after laboring manfully for the cleo
ton of his then friend and companion,
William Howard Taft. and set about
preparing for the African hunting eX-
petition which he had arranged to eX-
ecute for the Smithsonian institute at
Washington.
Becomes Mighty Hunter.
Roosevelt's hunting trip consumed
the greater portion of the years of
1909 and 1910, and was followed by
tour through the European countries,
during which he received the welcome
and homage of their rulers and peo-
pies.
His return to the United States in
1910 was the signal for a demonstra-
ton such as has not been accorded any
other American. OfficialdOm and pro-
letariat Joined in welcoming him home.
He could not have received a more
hearty greeting had he been a men,
Der of royalty.
Mr.. Roosevelt almost Immediately
took up his duties of contributing edi-
tor, vOicing his editorial views on cur
rent topics with an enthusiasm that
rivaIed his vigorous statements while
he was president. It was through these
editorials that he later attacked the
proposed reciprocity agreement and
peace treaties advocated by the Taft
administration
OverthrOyYs Machine.
The nomination of a governor for
the state Of New York came up for /
consideration in 1910. and Roosevelt, !
hardly grown accustomed to his daily T,
trip TO the Outlook offices, jourheyed |
to Saratoga. stampeded the Republican I
convention in favor of Henry l. Slim ]
son, and, for the time being, overthrow 4
the Republican machine controlled by I
boss William Barnes. jr. The state Re- /
publican machine had intended to nom I
mate vice president James SchOolcraft /
Sherman.
StlmSon was Overwhelmingly beaten I
IN the ensuing election and the jubilant (
machine men claimed that I
the popularity of the colonel was on I
the wane- StimsOn's defeat, they said 1
was solely due to his affiliation with .
Roosevelt The cOlOneIs friends how I
ever, maintained that the drubbing was /
because OF the Payne-AI- 4
drich tariff law, which had been passed /