Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-12-01
TELeeRAPHic NEWS.

the people" as President Roosevelt.
He has great respect for public opin-
ion. and while he does not go SO far
as to accept the theory that the voice
OF the people is the voice OF God, he
realizes that this is representative
government and that he is and should
be merely the selected instrument for
expressing the popular will. McKin-
ley had good deal of the same feel
ing. but had more confidence in his
own ability to judge public sentiment
than Roosevelt has. Lincoln's great
strength as a politician lay in the
same belief He knew the value OF
popular support and his lowly birth
and early experience were of great
advantage to him in understanding
human nature. He loked to the mass
es OF the plain people" as he called
them. for guidance. with full faith in
their honesty and capacity. He took
steps without admitting the nation to
his confidence. Before he acted on
any important question he felt the
public pulse, and when he thought the
people were ready he acted, and not
before. While he was great leader
and shrewd manipulation of public
opinion, he often asserted that while
1t was possible to fool a part of the
people all the time and all of the peo-
pie a part OF the time, no man could
fool all of the people all the time.
With his great common sense and all
comprehending sympathy he endeav-
ored to discover what was in the pub
lie mind. and how the public con
science would regard them before he
assumed any great responsibilities.
President Roosevelt has been criti-
cised for using a hair-trigger, and is
trying to correct that fault. He has
very positive views on every subject
and is never afraid to express them as
an individual, but as president of the
whole United States and both political
parties he feels that he ought to know
what is wanted as well as what is
needed by the people before he draws
a bead upon it, He has changed very
much during the last year in his hab-
it's of thought and methods of work.
He is growing into the practice of col
lecting data from all points OF view
upon important subjects before he
forms his own conclusions. and while
he was not as deliberate as Mckinley
was he does not propose to give occa-
sion for people to charge him with
going off half-cocked."
If everybody were as disinterested
and as patriotic as the president, it
would be better for the country, and
he is having good many illustrations
of human selfishness and provincialism.
He discovers that everybody is in IA
vor of reciprocity provided 1t does not
unfavorably affect their own personal
interests. They do not care rap for
the interests of anybody else. And
scarcely anybody could object to the
revision of the tariff if they could Sc
lect the paragraphs TO be revised.
With this divergence of views and
conflict of interests the president is
own path of duty. For example, Sen
tor Lodge told him Saturday that he
would fight the Newfoundland treaty,
but would give Cuban reciprocity his
earnest support, while Senator Bur
rows promised to use his best efforts
TO secure the ratification of the New
foundland treaty, but he would have
to look over the Cuban very carefully
before he could agree to support it.
CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 27.-James
Gormley. president of the Masonic
Temple association. was today acquit-
ted by jury after trial on the charge
of completely in tax fixing.
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-It is stated
here that the steel trust has ordered
foreign agents to reduce quotations
an average of five dollars a ton on
many finished products. Five weeks
ago a similar reduction was made In
this country. 1t is said the reductions
were made for the purpose of fighting
Independent steel plants.
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 27.-The larg-
est storehouse in the Union Pacific
wards. and also 2S freight cars, were
restroyed by fire this morning by fire
OF incendiary origin. The loss will
reach $4,000. Labor trouble is sup
posed to have caused incendiarism.
WASHINGTON. d. c., Nov. 27.-
Thanksgiving day at the White House
brought rest and good cheer to the
president. Traditions Of the day are
being followed by the family. All Of
fetal cares have been laid aside.
The White House chef prepared
32-pound turkey from Rhode Island
which will be served at O'Clock to
night With the president and family
will dine all the relatives In the city
and also the Baron and BARONESS Won
Sterbedein. Mr., and Mrs. Strechey
Miss Helen Roosevelt and Mrs. La
atrge. who are house guests OF the
president. Secretary Root will be
the only member of the official family
TO share the White House dinner.
Following the dinner an informal re
cepton will be held for few friends
HOUSTON, Tex. Nov. 27.-Hous
ton detectives who have shadowet
Valet Jones on whose testimony AL
bert Patrick. the lawyer sentenced tt
death in New York upon conviction o
the murder of William Rice, the mil
lionaire say they have secured iron
friends of Jones afiidavits changing