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Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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un-try. It is unnecessary hereto review once more thefamiliar story of PresidentRoosevelts attempt to en-force the Sherman anti-trustlaw, and that other familiarstory of his successful effortsto break the deadlock in theanthracite-coal strike and se-cure at once two great boons,—first, that of providing thepublic with fuel in the deadof winter, and, second, theemployment of arbitrationas a means for settling themost serious labor trouble inthe history of the country.For his undertaking to en-force the anti-trust law, andfor his breaking the coal strike, the men who control the great corpora-tions were deeply offended, and were determinedto punish him by preventing his nominationin 1904. Their futile attempts to play anastute and winning game in politics, if narratedin full, would make a long and interesting chap-ter. Working hand-in-hand with them weremany Republican leaders who joined with ap-parent good-will in making Mr. Roosevelts no-mination unanimous at Chicago, a few daysago.
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SENATOR CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, OF INDIANA. (Republican candidate for Vice-President.) The very stars in their courses hadEnemies He fought for Roosevelts nomination. Had Made. Qne ftf fcer anotherj the props Qf the anti-Roosevelt movement had fallen away. Thelast of them had disappeared some months ago.The exposures and disasters that had overtakenmany Wall Street enterprises, with the discomfi-ture and loss of prestige of many so-called captainsof industry and leaders of finance, had greatlystrengthened the Roosevelt position and corre-spondingly weakened the attacks of his adver- 6 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REVIEWS. saries. Furthermore, there began to echo up anddown throughout the country, in ever-increas-ing volume, a chorus of which the retrain was•• We love him for the enemies he has made.It became plain enough that for every word andfor every dollar Wall Street could offer againstRoosevelts nomination, a new Roosevelt voterwas sure to step forward to resent Wall Streets

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