New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-16
TRUST IN ROOSEVELT.
REPUBLICAN, LEADERS REL J
ON HIS PRINCIPLES.
NO FEAR THAT HE WILL FAIL II
CARRY OUT THE OBLIGATIONS OF
HIS PREDECESSOR.

y CARRY OUT THE OBLIGATIONS OF
81 HIS PREDECESSOR.
A GBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIsUNE.1
"a Washington Sept. 15.--Among public men In
XWashngton there is fear that President
I3ioosevelt Will signalize his succession to the
chief office in the republic by any act that does
2snot comrort with the dignity and high honor of
&the great position, or that he will deviate in the
}aeast from the course mapped out by his prede-
Escessor Republican leaders absolutely rely upon
#his serct and rigid adherence to well matured
Sparty policies. and feel that the clearly defined
&purposes of the party will be quite much his
Eguide as they were TO the large soued and far
&sighted statesman whose death all the world is
i &mourning to-day. Even the few Democratic
Z Smembers of Congress now in Washington ex-
press the confident belief that the new President
Hin every essential detail will follow the lines
s1marked out by the nearly five years of the Nc
4Kinley administration.
So confident is everybody capable of Judging
= the situation that President Roosevelt will in
produce no important changes into his admin !
3istration that little speculation is being INDUCED
Gin on the subject of his Cabinet 1t is pertinent
Ito observe that many Of the persons best ac-
6quainted with the new President believe that he
will induce every member of the existing Cab
: met to continue in the discharge Of the duties
entrusted by the martyred Mckinley for in
E5defnite period. Some we'll informed persons
sSeven go further. and say that the new President
4will not call special session OF the Senate
ITO advise with him on appointments. foreign af-
C&fairs, etc. done by both the Vice Presi-
4sdents who succeeded to the first place under
4f conditions similar 10 those which have thrown
S.the White House doors open to Mr.. Roosevelt.
&This feeling of security in Washington is so
&strong and widespread that men Of large affairs
.Hare not discussing the probability Of any change
Poi policy administration that will affect either
8the country's business its International rela- :
fStions.
z GOOD MAN UNDER FIRE
"A In support Of this view of the matter IL is
Mpointed out that. while President Roosevelt. like
Eall masterful and dominating men, has many
Snotable and strong characteristics still he dis
Wplays these only in his private acts. and that in
Anone of the various public stations he has filed
Hin the last twenty years has he disclosed the
SEslightest disposition TO be erratic or self-wiled
Ssexcept on the side of honesty. cleanliness and
u the obvious welfare of the people
"a Moreover. it is also pointed out as fact of
III vast significance. that during the last campaign
&he was the chosen and trusted spokesman of
#the Republican party. He made three hundred
Nor more speeches in all parts of the country
"a and though the visilant Bryanite managers ex
Epected he would make a break" not once did
zhe say anything out Of which his political oppo-
&nents could make capital, that was not heart
Hily apprcved by Mr.. Mckinley and the Republi
Ncau managers. 1t was evident that the cam
81 aien was to be so shaped as to demand the
S"efvces in the field of a skilled orator and safe
#advocate who could meet the opposition argu-
KS ouId he convincing doubtcrs and satisfactory
N q these firmly grounded in the faith In this
q 2itally important work he acquitted himself in
Ss:- manner that was surprising even to his most
Rardent admirers. In his speeches everywhere he
:4pitched the political issues upon a high plane
Sthat discounted the opposition and inspired
81 Republicans with renewed loyalty and energy.
s FIRST EXPONENT OF EXPANSION
" 1t is known in Washington that Mr. Roose-
Xvelt the first officer of the administra ton
&who, when it was evident that with SPAIN
Hwas inevitable, conceived the bold and wide
esswee ping plan of striking the enemy a death
Nbow in the Orient. and a necessary and
illogical result of that act of assuming In the
sSname of this nation full responsibility before the
Tsworld for the destiny of the Philippine Islands,
Has well as of Porto Rico and Cuba Thus. in a
&broad and important sense, the President
us the original expansionist. that term is EN-
Gployed to define the present character of the Re
Mpublcan party. 1t he who. while Assistant
2Secretary of the Navy. sent to Dewey at Hong
EKong the first instructions as to how to proceed
&to destroy Spans prestige and power in Asia,
Hand II was he who carefully and cautiously pro-
divided Dewey with the means whereby this oh
Meet was attained with such complete and brill
liant success.
M UNWILLING TO BE VICE PRESIDENT.
That Mr. Roosevelt did not desire the nomna-
tItion for Vice President the Philadelphia Con-
vention needs proof. On the contrary, he ex
larted himself to the utmost to prevent the nom-
Nnation from coming to him. 1t that he
Sundervalued the high honor and responsibility
TO of the ce-Presdency The chief reason he
wished the nomination to be conferred upon
somebody else was his strong desire to continue
8the great work he had begun as Governor OF the
Estate of New-York. But the remarkable and
.5unprecedented spectacle afforded Of the ma 4
8tional convention of the dominant party in the
yJJnited States making him Mr.. McKiney's run
CONTINUED fourth paEeD
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