Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-09-26
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Will Garry Out Unchanged the
Idsas
ON TIE LAMEurBD M'KINLEY,
He win Follow In the Lattcr's Foot
steps as 10 Policies, Friendships and


Business. ts-t
May God make your burden light
is said to be the message that Mrs.
Mckinley sent to Theodore Roosevelt
when he came to tho house. upon his
arrival at Buffalo after President Nc
Kinleys death TO pay his proper re-
spects. That touching prayer will
have echo in the heart of every truo
American, particularly SO since Presi-
dent Roosevelt himself, before he took
the oath of office, in solomn earnest
ness declared, 1T shall be my aim to
continue absolutely unbrokcn the poll
icy of President Mckinley for tho
peace land he emphasized that word), /,
prosperity and honor of the country
That short, simple sentence speaks for
the long hours of silent thought as
he struggled out of the Adirondack
forest, where he had gone to be away
from men, and as he speeded across
the Empire state to assume the great
trust thus tragically dcvolved upon
him.
Senator Depew, who was present at
the inauguration proceedings, says 1t
seemed to him the most impressive
ceremonial thathe ever witnessed in all
his ample experience in such matters.
He says Mr.. Roosevelt, with his youth
and his magnificent athletic PERSONAL
ity, and the terrible earnestness of his
little speech, seemed to personify the
indomitable vigor of that American
conquest and Industrial and CONNER
cial evolution, and it's continuance, OF
which Mckinley, in the public mind,
was largely the creator and wholly the
representative. In repeating the words
of the judge administering the oath
Roosevelt extended his hand over his
head to the full length of his arm. He
closely followed each sentence, and his
ending seemed almost as if it was a
Salvo of artillery: And SO l swear"
There is abundant evidences that
President Roosevelt is in the most alb
solute earnest in this declaration of
his purpose. His unqucstioned sim
cCrity and sturdy truthfulnoss arc
voucher enough for that, but other
facts in connection with it are of pc
culiar Importance at this time. First,
VIC have the stctoment of the special
correspondent at Buffalo of the Phila-
delphia Press, the newspaper of Post
master General Smith. This writer
says;
Il am in position to say that Pres
idcnt Roosevelt earnestly, forcibly,
soundly desires TO carry to completion
the plans and, policies of Mckinley.
He recognizes in them all the ele-
ments of safety, all the features of
conservative governmental functions
so necessary to the financial and busi-
ness interests of the country. Presi-
dent Roosevelt today met many men,
from cabinet ministers to plain citi-
zens with no political ambitions. To
all of them, so far as have been able
to learn, he has expressed his earnest
desire to follow in McKinley's foot
steps, both as to friendships and busi-
ness and governmental policies. The
first evidence of this determination
was the request that the members of
the Mckinley cabinet remain in Office
for some months at least"
To the same effect is a statement
cent out by the Associated Press from
Buffalo, undoubtedly upon full author
ity, in regard to conversations be-
tween President Roosevelt and mem
bors of the cabinet and other friends.
1t must be remembered right here that
McKinley's cabinet, now Roosevelt s
cabinetby his very urgent request, are
all personal friends of President
Roosevelt, and that there has never
been time when the relations between
the president and vice president have
been as intimate as in McKinley's ad-
ministrntion, both as to Hobart and
Roosevelt, and that President McKin-
ley and his successor have been in
close and constant confluence with
each other. This Associated Press re-
port says that President Roosevelt, in
talking with these friends, gave them
such ideas as he had already forInu-
lated for the conduct of public affairs
and his own policy. In no sense are
they divergent from what has been ,uu-
derstond has been McKinley'C policy.
The particulars given are of interest,
but we will not use space for them at
this point.
One thing mayb be uoted here as more
than a singular coincidence, because
it is the unconscious testimony of both
President Mckinley and President
Roosevelt to their harmony of thought
and purpose. That is, the close like
ness between Mr.. McKinley's farewell
address, as his Buffalo speech has
proved to be, and remarks made earlier
in that week by Mr.. Roosevelt at Min
neapolis. This particularly applies to
the central theme of President McKin-
leys thoughts-the matter of reciproc-
ity. Mr.. Roosevelt, after referring to
the improbability of any foreign war
though saying that there might be
Some strain, jar here and there, from
industrial competition" added
Here again we have got to remem-
Der that our first duty is to our own
people. We must continue the policy
that has been so brilliantly successful
IN the past, and so shape our econom-
ic system as to give every advantage