The Washington times., 1919-01-06

dented vlgor against the wrongdoers
OF the city.
Entered War a. Soldier.
His next post was that OF Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy. Here he took I
A strong stand for intervention in re-
beIlion-torn Cuba, and worked hard to 1
prepare the navy for the encounter he /
saw coming.
When war did come he remarked:
81 have no right 10 ask others to hght
while stay at home" So he resigned
/ and organized the famous Rough Rid
ers." a mounted regiment OF cowboys.
| spOrtsrnen and former soldiers. Roose-
welt refused to become colonel, but In
sisted on putting DR.. Leonard Wood.
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.
1 IN the fall Of 1928 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 90 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
a. nd ntaN rIa arlys II .
stepped into the coal strike OF 1907
and settled IL 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 q law
/ limiting the hours OF labor of rail-
/ road employees was also passed.
lie 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.
ne Drought ABOUT the huSSO-J
Rnese peace conference at Portsmouth,
and for this received the Nobel peace
prize. He was also prominent in
| bringing about a 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
free mail delivery was extended.
Many antitrust suits were pushed.
In 1905 Roosevelt Iabored 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
applauded by some and thoroughly
disliked by others.
His return to the United 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
all great public 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
Taft Administration, broke with the
President, and attacked the proposed
reciprocity agreement with Canada
and the Taft peace treaties.
In 1872 there was a widespread de-
mand for his nomination at the Re-
publican convention. Roosevelt went
to Chicago himself, and when Taft was