The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-09-20
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September E. l..t.
After the uo.- Il h..-...~ -
tie first ter days. -le news
President NekiuleE'> .ea- "a>
a shock almost az 4rea- as c.-
report OF his assassination. I-l>
hardly yet possible tur Tie people
OF Washington to realize tia, Ill
familiar and kindly presence j.
gone forever from the Wine
House. Although The emb.ea>
OF mourning are eveIywIeIe Vi.
ible. perhaps only the state .ua-
eral with its solemn and implies
sive ceremonies can wholly I'll.
face the vivid memory with almost
everyone here has OF the PreSi
dent as he lived. and make it
possible to think OF him as dead.
With the incoming OF the new
Executive there will inevitably
be many changes in the official
and social life of the city, \
hundred minor currents are dis
turbed and thwarjed by the great
event which has just taken place.
There will, of course. be no Off
cial gayetieS during the coming
season.; there may be a small
army of office seekers. but this
will depend largely on the course
which President Roosevelt takes
in regard TO the appointments
not under the civil service law.
There may also be sweeping
changes in the cabinet.
There has seldom been 50 great
a contrast i'll the characters of
two men closely associated in
official lie as that between Nc
kinley and Roosevelt Even as.
tute political prophets are some
what at sea i'll attempting to pre-
dict the Executives actions in
the next three year, Nobody
Seems to be quite sure what RooSe.
welt as President, will do about
anything. In his past career he
has too often been the apoIheosiS
OF the unexpected to make it safe
to risk TOO many prophecies on
his condnct now. Many people
/ expect that he will make radical
changes in the policy Of the adj
miuistra, ion, but this is by no
I means certain.
! Mckinley was careful. shrewd.
I persuasive. but he never made an
enemy if he could help it. Roo>e
/ welt is resOlute. fearless. aud en-
tirely careless OF appearances or
{ consequences. The anomaly of
the presence Of these two men
on the same ticket, supporting
the same policy. IS explained by
the fact that starting from oppo
site points, and with opposite
temperaments. they mad reached.
for widely different reasons. very
much the same conclusions. To
! take one among the many ques.
/ tionS Of the day. that Of eXpau
sion; President Mckinley favored
expansion because he believed it
4 to be wise from commercial
point of view; Roosevelt because
he saw "A chance for lot OF fight
ing aud strenuous life generally;
! but they both came out at the
same end Of the horn. 1t is not
necessary to anticipate II t
Roosevelt will depart radically
from the course OF the admins.
tration as now marked out, but
be will probably go over that
course in more of hurry than
some of his advisers think he
ought to, and he may take short
cuts which Will discommode peo-
! pie. 1t is pretty well-known
that Senator Hanna wanted
ROosevelt put on the ticket be-
cause he thought it would get the
strenuous young man out of the
way; but instead of being tucked
nicely away in the sleepy retire.
ment of the Senate, Roosevelt is
in the White House. 1t will be
interesting to see what Hanna
can find to do about it now.
Another person who may view
| the new deYelOpement with hor.