The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-30
Senators Are His Constitutional
Advisers.
DUTIES OF CABINET MEM BERS
In an Article for the Youths Companion
to Be Published Next Week, but
Written When Governor off
York, the President Dis
cusses His Office and
its Functions.
its Functions.
(By Associated Press.)

| (By Associated @1EeSS.) Ss~H&fe4
EOSTON, MASS, October 29-In an ar-
licle written for the Youths Companion.
which will be issued next week, Theodore
| Roosevelt gives his ideas of the duties
ard responsibilities of the President Of
the United States. Mr.. Roosevelt wrote
| the article in 1869, while he was Governor
q Rev York, and previous to the Eepuh-
| lean National Convention. which no1ni-
mated him for Vice-President. In it Mr..
| Roosevelt says:
| THE President of the United States oc-
c1pies a position of peculiar Importance.
In the whole world there is no other ruler.
| certuinly no other ruler under free insti-
tutions. whose power compares with his
| OF course. there is the enormous personal
factor of the incumbent nlnlself to be con-
s,dered entirely apart from the power of
| tie Office itself. This is merely another
way oI sIaIlns that any ounce the per
soial question is always of vital conse-
Quence.
~ ne Senators are the constitutional a1-
vscrs OF the President. me secl erari Is
Who form the CABINET advise MIN on mat
ters OF general poilcy wnen he SO desires
IT. WITH the Senate the advice and con-
sultation are hlSniy obligatory under the
CONSTITUTION. Inc Senate has no right 70
uctate to the President who shall be ip-
sayWno small not be appointed, Tor uu-
der the Constitution this has been made
their duly.
HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY.
| although many men must share with
tho President the responsibility, there is
upon him always heavy burden Of re-
sponsibility.z 1t is easy enough to give a
bad administration, but TO give a good
administration demands the most anxious
thought, no less than very unusual pow
erS of mind.
There is every reason why the Pres
ident should be held to a sharp account
ability alike for what he Goes and Tor.
wnat he leaves undone. But we injure
ON selves and the nation If we fail to
tre;lt with proper.respect the man who.
i'll the highest oflicesin our land. is striS-
ing 10 do his duty. We have had Pres
sents who have acted weakly or ,ln-
wisely in some particular crisis, but we
have never had one concerning whose
personal integrity there was so much
as a shadow of a suspicion.
LONG NEGLECTED.
Appointments and policies which are
formally routine and unimportant. may
suddenly become of absolutely vital con
sequence. The War Department was ut
terlv neglected for over thirty Years after
the Civil War. Neither the regular ot.;-
Ger nor the regular soldier takes any
part in politics as arule, so that the
dcmaGogue and bread-and-butter politi-#
Clans have no fear of his vote. and to
both Of them and also to the cheap SEN.
saticntl newspaper the army offers
farcrite subject for attack.
altogether there are few harder tasks
than that OF filing Well and ably the
oe,ce of President of the United States,
5,t if the man at the close of his term
is able to feel that he has done his duty
well. he has the satisfaction of feeling
that he has performed one of the great
world tasks. and that the .aere per-
fcimance is in itself the greatest OF all
possible rewards