The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . McKinley was hold-ing a public reception withinthe grounds of the Pan-American Exposition at Buf-falo, he was shot down by ananarchist who approached himas if to shake hands. As hesank to the ground he said, It is Gods will. The Pres-ident lingered for severaldays, and then his life wentout. To his great statesman-ship there was added a mostbeautiful character. Vice-President Rooseveltimmediately took Rooseveltthe oath of office, becomesand his adminis- P^^esidenttration was continued underrvaetically the same cabinet, follo
The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . McKinley was hold-ing a public reception withinthe grounds of the Pan-American Exposition at Buf-falo, he was shot down by ananarchist who approached himas if to shake hands. As hesank to the ground he said, It is Gods will. The Pres-ident lingered for severaldays, and then his life wentout. To his great statesman-ship there was added a mostbeautiful character. Vice-President Rooseveltimmediately took Rooseveltthe oath of office, becomesand his adminis- P^^esidenttration was continued underrvaetically the same cabinet, following the policy of Department of Commerce. — A new executive department, theneed of which had long been felt, was established by the Congressin 1903 — the Department of Commerce and Labor. The secre-tary of the new department became a member of the Presidents President, and on the death of President McKinley, in September, 15101, he suc-ceeded to the presidency. He was nominated for a second term, and in 1904 waselected the twenty-sixth Copyright, :;, by , \.Y. PREsroENT Roosevelt. BECENT EVENTS 415 cabinet. The various existing bureaus that pertained to com-merce and labor were placed in the control of the department, andthe Bureau of Corporations was created. To the latter bureauwas given the power to investigate the workings of great cor-porations doing an interstate business, the railways excepted. The Reclamation of Arid Lands. — About twenty years beforethe close of the century, the government had undertaken thereclamation of certain arid lands in the Western are about one hundred million acres of waste lands thatcan be reclaimed and made productive by storing and distributingthe waters of stream and storm. In years past the building ofreservoirs and ditches depended upon the uncertain action of theCongress, and the work, though well J^^^.,^,^^^ /Zcr^r^-^^^^^^ planned, was not * ii • T , T The Autograph of Roo
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