The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-10-23

Though Good NutUrcd uud Nordtnt.
lie Docs Not Attempt to Conceal
That tie l. Borcd bS Persistent Ap-
pIicnuts For rutrunuge-No Time
For Long speeches.
Theodore Roosevelt has been prosi-
dent of the United states long enough
to have made a distinct impression on
vaguely termed Washington sentiment.
writes the Washington correspondent
OF the New York Evening Post The
question on cvcryhody's lips is, what
Kind of a president is Roosevelt going
TO makef' Enough persons have been
60 see him. from senator's ana other
party leaders down to the most trivial
callers, aud he has said enough in re-
spouse 60 their varied requests 20 fur
nish the data by which all Interested
observers may make their own predic-
tions. according to their individual
standards Of political cNpedicucy aud
public duty.
That the presidency is an office 10
which man must submit TO endless
importantly is the experience OF every
recent occupant. General Harrison told
the friends who inquired concerning
his willingness TO be candidate in
1896 that he should dread 10 have to go
through again the terrible ordeal OF
graphing entanglcments and listening
10 the appeals for patronage. President
Cleveland In his second term issued a
notice 10 the effect that he would not
receive opportunities for office, but
that all the preliminary discussion
must be had with the cabinet officers
I'm whose'departments the positions re-
spectively came. President Mckinley.
as was often noted, possessed an al
most magical faculty for passing peo-
pie along" and yet doing II graclously.
still the Office wore heavily on him and
left his constitution somewhat weak
ened.
President Roosevelt, il is acknowl-
edged, has not yet acquired the Nc
Kinley art of taking these troubles
easily. While perfectly good natured
and cordial to all his visitors. he bears
quiet evidence OF being frightfully
bored by the Office brokers and tells
those who come 10 see him on matters
of public policy how glad he is to have
the patronage harangue occasionally
interrupted. OF course everything that
president says TO his callers is re-i
peated TO somebody and tends TO travel
rapidly When he tells the bearer of a
statesmanlike message that he well
comes such an oasis. the virtuous man
loses no time in letting IL get around
TO the place hunters that their visits
are less welcomed than his own. Al
ready there Is some feeling among the
politicians that they are suffering a
slight when their crrands relate To
Office. Some of the presidents iocular
remarks at such times have been quot
ed afterward as coming little too
near the truth TO be wholly enjoyed.
Two senators were pressing him close
ly I'm regard To patronage the other day
and thought they had about made their
point when the president. with n wave
of the hand. invited into the conversa-
tion third man. before whom they
could not talk. saying in testing way
that he wanted to get little respite
from their opportunities. His humor
for some reason they did not wholly
like, and they went away questioning
whether he would be real success as
president.
Another thing with which the poll
ticlans find fault Is that Mr.. Roosevelt
talks too loud and does not give them
much opportunity for privacy. He re-
ceives a great many callers I'm his large
room at one time. listening 10 them In
groups or one 10y one as they get
around him. In this sort OF conference
much that he says can he overheard
by the others present. There Is also
a disposition In some quarters 10 resent
the notion that the president should
himself personally ascertain the ft-
ness OF candidates presented for places
by the senators. These dignltaries
maintain that no president can do this
without reducing greatly the time at
his disposal for-listening To further
appeals.
The presidents callers. however
while saying that he lacks something
OF Mr.. McKinley's skill in handling
people expcditiously and smoothly, ac-
knowledge that he possesses n wonder
ful faculty Of knowing in advance
what they are going 10 say. He has al
ways been noted for this. His mind
habitually leaps ahead OF the conversa-
tion, and those who start out on a sub
ject with platltudes and prelminaries
are suddenly interrupted by some preg-
nant remark containing the gist of the
whole matter. An important visitor the
other day, known 10 be long winded
and painfully precise In his presenta-
tion OF n case, was coached by his ad-
vlsers beforehand as TO the necessity
of bringing his remarks within spall
compass lie wanted twenty minutes.
hut his advisers toll him that he had
better get his story into ten, as that
would be as long an audience as he
could expect Reluctantly he composed
ten minute speech and went TO the
White House where. although having
n very successful interview, he did not