The Washington times., 1919-01-06

dented visor against the wrongdoers
OF the city.
Entered War a. Soldier.
His next post was that Of Assista mt
Secretary Of the Navy. Here he took !
strong stand for Intervention In re-
bellion-torn Cuba, and worked hard to |
prepare the navy for the encounter he
saw coming.
When war did come he remarked:
Il have no right to ask others to fight
while I stay at home" So he resigned
/ and orgaBized the famous Rough Rid
ers. mounted regiment OF cowboys.
sportsrnen and former soldiers. Roose-
| welt refused to become colonel, but in
sisted on putting DR.. Leonard Wood. a
remarkable young army surgeon, in
that place. and himself became lieu
| tenant colonel
He headed the much praised and by
some much derided charge In the
neighborhood Of San Juan Hill and
came back covered with military glory.
In the fall of 1898 he was nominated
for governor Of New York. and won
his fight at the polls easily.
His administration was vigorous,
and his franchise tax bill and other
measures so alarmed politicians that
| they determined to "bury" him by
| giving him the Vice Presidency.
| Roosevelt at first refused to take the
nomination, but finally accepted, and
| was elected. The assassination of
President Mckinley, September q, 1901,
made him President. In 1904 he was
! elected to the office.
stopped Big Coal Strike.
| Over events of his two Administra-
tiOns there is much dispute. ..ome
things stand out clearly. however. He
| stepped into the coal strike of 1907
and settled II by arbitration. The rail-
| road situation was somewhat clari-
| fled by the passage OF the Hepburn
rate law. A safety appliance law, an
employers liability law and law
limiting the hours of labor of rail-
road employees was also passed.
He ordered the prosecution OF the
! Northern Securities Company, and
the Supreme Court by a narrow mar
gin supported his attack on this great
combination OF railroads.
He encouraged the revolt of Pans-
ma and the establishment Of the little
republic, which made possible the
building of the Panama canal without
the payment Of the large sum de-
manded by the republic of Colombia.
Won Nobel Peace Prize.
He brought about the Russo-Jap-
anese peace conference at Portsmouth,
and for this received the Nobel peace
prize. He was also prominent in
bringing about q continuance of The
Hague conferences.
| The Department of Commerce and
| Labor came into being and the activi-
ties Of the Department Of Agriculture
were broadened. Conservation prof.
ects were established, the pure food
law was enacted. the Bureau of Cor
porations was established, and rural
fee mail delivery was extended
Many antitrust suits were pushed
| In 1908 Roosevelt labored success
fully to put his then friend, William
Howard Taft, in the White House, and
on leaving office he became CON
tributing editor" of a weekly maya
zine and went off on a hunting trip
through East Africa.
This was followed by n notable tour
OF the European capitals, where he
made speeches which were warmly
appiauded by some and thoroughly
disliked by others
His return to the Unieed States in
1910 was the signal for a welcome
such as was probably never accorded
10 any other American. New York
city was en- fete and a great parade
was held in his honor.
He continued to keep in touch with
| ali great PUBIC topics, wrote volumi.
nously and proved himself the leader
OF the Republican party In New York
state by forcing the nomination OF
Henry l.. Stimson for governor In
1910.
| He became dissatisfied with the
Tart Administration, broke with the
President. and attacked the proposed
reciprocity agreement with Canada
and the Taft peace treaties.
In l9l2 there was a widespread de.
mand for his nomination at the Re-
publican convention. Roosevelt went
to Chicago himself, and when Taft was