The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-09-27
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks il
General About Wash
lngtOn.
Couuun Gated
W ASHINGTON,
September 23rd. 1901.

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The news that President Roose
Welt will retain the present Cabi-
net intact came as something Of a
surprise to the country in general.
Perhaps no change which he conld
have made would have surprised
the public a. much as this unlock
ed-for conservatism. But it is an
old story, a regards Roosevelt.
that the only thing you can really
expect Of him is the unexpected.
II is no secret that Plat aud
Hanna were doing considerable
Squirming for a few days after
they realized that the man whom
they had >helved as Vice Pre>i-
dent was really headed for the
White House. They did not like
it, They Were afraid OF him. and
they are still. but in a modified
way. They realize that Roose
welt is going TO do what he SAYS
he will. and they have that much
to build on, but whether lie will
do it in the way in which they
want him 10 is another question.
When he says he is going head
first through plate glass window
the window better be insured. aud
some OF the enterprises in which
these two Sapieut gentleman are
engaged are Of the nature of a
conservatory They are raising
infant industries under glass. and
that sort Of thing. 1t would not
be nice if he Rough Rider should
put his boot through the shelter of
the shipping subsidies. Hanna
says he will not but maybe the
wish is father to the thought.
1t is known that Roosevelt is very
much interested in the unbuilding
OF the Merchant Marine. and par
ticularly that of the Navy. He
wishes to unite the countries of
the two Americans by commercial
links. The question is whether
he can JON the two wigs OF his
own party so that they will flap
in unison and take him were he
wants to go President Mckinley
never exactly said anything in
favor of subsidies, but then, he
never said anything against them.
Roosevelt never was neutral in
his life. He reminds one Of re-
mark Of one of the characters in
Tourgee'S once famous novel. "A
FOOLS Errand". cold men gen
orally get the credit for all the
conservatism in he world. but it
is a mistake. A young man backs
just as hard as he pulls. If he is
opposed to a thing he fights it
tooth and NALL RooSeveltS is
only forty two, and that is the
kind Of conservative he will be
when he is one at all.
The very eXuberance of the ut
terances of various Republican
Senators as to the confidence they
have in Roosevelt, since his de,
cision to retain the memb ers of
the present Cabinet, is a little
suspicious. Itindicates that they
have been scared and now are re
assured.
Another thing which should not
he overlooked is that Roosevelt's
principal friends and supporters
have not yet come on the scene.
1t is thought that when Senator
Lodge comes back from Europe
they may be change in the exist
ing situation.
There is no doubt that Roose
welt will be strenuous in some di-
rection. 1t is said that he will
favor not only a large navy bnt a
standing army of a strenth equal
to that provided under the re-
organization act of last winter.
Whether the army can he enlarg
ed Indefinitely without interfering
with the welfare Of the people as
whole is one of the question not
yet settled. We are not ready
for any such ideals of militray SER
vice as those which prevail in
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