Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-26
President and Cabinet Mem
bers to Make Speeches.
ADVERSE CRITICISM
CONTRAST BETWEEN METHOD
IN ENGLAND AND HERE.
British System of Interpolation Dis
ministration Will Be Welcomed.

The stated intention of the President and
some of the ms mbers of his cabinet to de-
liver speeches before the country this
summer and fall. and the comment of a sec
tion of the opposition press thereon brings
in striking and interesting contrast the diff
ference in certain Of the forms of the re-
spective governments Of the United States
and Great Britain, the two countries In
which individual liberty has reached rs
highest phase iE this era of civilization"
said a Washington gentleman of political
prominence to Star representative this
morning in an uptown hotel.
The speeches it is understood are not
to be delivered for political reasons, are
not intended at political speeches. nor for
the purpose Of stump speaking and spell
Hdtng, yet these motives are at. once at
trlbUted by the opposition to the adminis-
trauon- The talks must necessarily be
along lines of republican policy, but the op-
position press makes. as much fuss over
them as though a hostile foreign fleet had
suddenly appeared off the eastern seaboard.
To my mind the English system of inter
peIIatiou Of the government by members of
parIlamen by which procedure direct ques-
tiOns may be put to representatives of the
crown and direct answers insisted upon or
satisfactory reasons advanced as to the in
adyisability Of public Inference at the time
Possesses advantages II this regard over
some of our own privileges in that it brings
the governing power IN absolute and close
relation with the parliamentary representa-
tives Of the people. In the United States
this relation largely exists through the
medium Of an energetic press.
The People and Executive Confidence.
Again. as corrollary to this point the
hab-t English statesmen have of making
their famous speeches at public functions
announcing therein the policy of their gov
erHment IN certain quarters, or upon some
particularly important question pending. or
crisis arising. thus practically taking their
people INTO their confidence, and at the
sane lfhe serving notice upon the world
al large as what 10 or not to expect. brings
the people, the government and its states
men into very close and friendly relation
The President is to be- commended for
Il "pen~hended, liberal policy and its gen
eraI and widespread popl,Iarfty- is 3oro
than assured our own people have n rieht
70 oe taken into the confidence of those
VINO govern them. and 10 be talked to rn,Icb
more, 1t would seem than A peonIe Tbn
i've under a limited mOnarchical form Of
- - i.HieIil- et 50 free is speech in Eng
- tna' no ministry is SO great that the
NE HloeF CT parliament from the smallest
Ehd humblest baiIiwick cannot interneIIate
Ihe under secretary OF that branch of the
government which has in charge the sub
1ect Of the Interpolation
III the United States the executive bae
70 repre- sentative upon the floor of either
IouseS OF Congress to respond to interneI-
Ia "a rs and no senator or r7ernbar ts -
i-iS4tF mat he can unwillingiv wiring n
"1Fi oficially from any administrative ae
- - P''.nS or acts in any but an indirect
dl,LLHeF- Ihe proposed plan Of the Prssi-
''HL ana Suca of his cabinet who mo- A.
h.". IN talking u the peOnle brinos ~, =,
tCIt4'e ana the masses into the closest nos
S!H-t touch. and il is an irnGvatior, tn he -,
49, -, IL VIII establish a precedent
Wei "-IlSl WI! in al probability be followed to
Eft6Ser or lesser CCgree by ali succeedir|
p.Cxion. '''''ea' com
hearty Response From the PubJio
IL mas always appeared odd 70 me !, ,
country like our own where ever,- No.,
s''hoS upon the same political and legal
FOOTING; where liberty Of speech and -
- Is encouraged and constitutes two ~
tt,ra '.p'-sTS' aSs5' Il"s OF the body polite that
mere should exist feeling in some GO &c
NIs INA II is 'undignifed' upon m -
Liie chlet executive 10 speak 10 his fsI
lows upon subjects of government yybior
must necessarily be more or less iDta,Tali
VIZ WI P"iilcs- In public affairs noIitirs
enter at all times and at every noGIr 80
t'fItF ef the structure of our jns,i,r.;C,,
ana IL is the friction of the difference ~
ayi,.s a. orInICh which may be said TO keep
awe the republic. The chief executive ~
any administration, and his immediata 80
HSIdL family. are in better uosition to
oI9ah 70 the people regarding the policies
tad
any one else. and there are none VIII 49,.
Steak more authoritatively arf positiveIy
Ine unparalleled crush of interested hu-
TahitE "hlcn greeted the President AZ
i4ttsburS and later at Sea Girt vae AZ 60
a strong and vociferous testinoDiaI of ~
peoples quick and ready appreciation Of
Ihe fresidents liberal intention not Ia sb,,t
himself up in his shell in the White Ho,,ra
ePHIik IKE ana silent, when the people de-
sire his presence among them The steaJ,.
now Of invitations which have for rnontbs
poured into the White House from all nuar
ttfS OF the Union, earnest and sincara
greetings from the communities renrasorttI
Tor the President to visit them and to
SPEAK, snow how great and IInfyerssI is tba
interest manifested in securing his attend
hhce' and the enthusiasm which his pres
el.ce inspires. They testify in positive terms
the usslTe OF the people to be thus brought
in closer contact with the man whom tbev
nave placed at the helm OF the government
Splendid Manifestations of Faith.
The splendid manifestations of popular
spproval at Pittsburg and at Sea Girt are
destined TO be repeated al other points in
The different states during the Presidents
1o'thcoming visits Nor is it mere curiosity
MAlch liApeIs the people to congregate by
'he tens or thousands around his stand
The government has triumnban.l,
emerged from the thickets and brambles of
ADVERSE aolitical. diplomatic, racial, reli-
glouS and military complica tions The neo
PIE nave been asked to be patient Tha,,
are OF right properly entitled TO be told Of
the sweeping beneficial results which bar.
accrued from the steadfast adherence to
the solid principles OF the republican partv
and TO those policies which have made the
nation stronger today than ever before in
its virile young life. "
Who then. is better qualified to speak of
these great results; of the results of the
future by reason OF the firm maintenance
OF these policies. than the men under whose
guidance the ship of the administration has
easily and gracefully breasted the angry
seas OF the opposition?
The whole people will warmly welcome
the President and his leaders who Will
speak. and adverse criticism will tend only
te intensity and TO strengthen this well
come
Named Camp Roosevelt.
The camp of the United States marines
established at Culebra, Porto Rico. has