The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-11-06
MEH ABOVE FACTIONS IS
DOOSEVELT's STANDARD
he is DETERMINED TO ADHERE
TO THAT PLAN IN
ALL CASES.
His knowledge of Applicants and of
Local Conditions a Surprise to
POliticians-How He Gains His
information.

WASHINGTON, October 20.-Presi
dent Roosevelt is determined to con
! tinue his policy of securing for Fed
eral Offices only those men whose quail
ificauons give them a special fitness
for the work to which it proposed to
assign them. and whose moral char.
acter as well as their business integ
rity is and has been beyond reproach
Thus far the President has made a
personal investigation of the claims OF
every office-seeker who has presented
himself or been urged by his friends.
Some of the proposed candidates have
been rejected, particularly in the
Southern States. on a showing of facts
in relation to their characters which
have had no relation to the place
it is proposed they should fill.
Those who have been at the White
House to urge the names of favorites
have been surprised at the intimate
knowledge which the President al
ready has of local men and conditions
in the different States. 1t is freely
predicted that eventually, as the cares
of the Government increases. the Pres
ident will be forced to a less rigid
POoANAOh AZ ACAaNAOA " Ills dpDOluS-
ments.
Neither the President nor his per-
sOnal friends will admit this. The
President is a persistent interviewer
He asks questions of every caller
They come from all parts of the coun-
try, and are of all shades of political
life and of all minds, and with varied
prejudices. He expressed himself
freely and vigorously, and encourages
others TO do the same with him An
example of his method was given dur.
ing the past week when he received a
party of correspondents of who called
TO pay their respects While the eth
les of the corps of correspondents OF
the capital forbid an attempt to inter
view the President, there was not one
of the men but hoped he would say
something of significance during the
call. Before they could attempt to
draw the President out, he started a
crossfire of questions developing the
interests and leanings of each man
In few minutes he had them engaged
in heated discussion among them
selves, which he quietly watched. and
OF which he took mental notes until
AuC CaAACiS fCdlALtu the luS9
were occupying. The President then
consulted with one or two others in
relation to conditions in their respec-
tive parts of the country. and sought
their opinions as to the changes in
Federal offices which may come in his
administration. He talkh iswtETAOI
administration He talks with his
callers on all subjects. and by appar-
emily speaking boldly and forcibly
brings out expressions OF
opinion from them which prove of
value in the shaping of his own final
The Presidents democracy has been
marked from the time when he first
left the White House for lunch on the
first day he occupied it and cut across
the streets and through Lafayette
square. until yesterday. when he
glanced out of his Office and happen
ed to see a young man with whom he /
vas slightly acquainted. waiting to see |
him. and called out. Come in. come |
n. Glad to see you