The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-01-15
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
His Personal characteristics and his Off
ID cial Proceedings

President Roosevelt has been ehiel
executive long enough for some Of hil
policies TO be outlined, irrespective o,
any official statement as to them
Much Of the presidents time since he
came to tho White House has been
occupied in disposipg of the innumer.
able applications for Office. He has
carried out the few promises which
were made by his predecessor. AS to
other appointments he has pursued an
independent and in some cases un-
usual course. It can be said without
reflection upo'. the heads Of the diff
ferent dtpartml ats that appointments
have been made in nearly all Of them
without consulting the cabinet officers.
The president wishes to be personally
responsible for his acts! He has
made his OWL inquiries and reached
his own conclusions except In judicial
appointments. In these he las taken
the recommendations Of Mr.. Knox,
the attorney general, as final. In
making appointments the president
has insisted that recommendations to
him be made in person by senator's
and representatives.. He has dis
couraged written recommendations,
realizing how easy it is for public men
to sign letter and relieve themselves
Of further responsibility toward their
ambitious constituents. The presi-
dent chooses to have recommendations
made in person, so that he can ques-
tion those making them and reach his
own conclusions. TIE president has
taken decidedly Independent course
in dealing with his party in the South
ern States. He has said that il max
ing appointments there his idea was to
build up respect and confidence among
the masses. He claima to have found
he could not do 30 ty following the re.
concentrations which he believed
were made to him by professional
place hunters. This has led him to
ignore the party organization in nearly
every Southern State and place it in
open opposition to him. The possi-
BILE exceptions to this are in North
Carolina and Virginia.
The president is the most persistent
horseback rider in Washington. Eve
ry afternoon at $50 o'clock his horse
is brought to the private entrance Of
the White House and in few mo-
meats the president appears. He
wears broad-brimmed "rough-rider'
hat, complete suit Of khaki, yellow
leggins, tall riding shoes and regula-
tion cavalry spurs. TIE afternoon.
rides of the president are the bane Of
secret service and police lifein the
capital. The subordinates Of both
services are charged with keeping the
president constantly in sight and pre-
venting possible assaults upon him.
1t has been found necessary to call
upon the war department for co.opera-
ton. A Acavalryman IS constantly de-
tailed s. the White House stables.
The president will countenance no
surveillance. When his horse is or
dered saddled the cavalryman rides
out and1ewatehes the exits from the
" mite House grounds. When the
president leaves the cavalryman fol-
lows at a respectful distance. The
soldiera who have this detail say
that the president is q hard rider to
follow. It has baen found that only
the best Of them can keep in sight.
For q time members Of the bicycle
squad Of the capital police tried to
guard the president on his rides, but
Found this impracticable. AS pc.
destrien, the president is Us strenuous
as he is as an equestrian. Only a few
days ago S.2oot secret service officer
who was assigned to follow him on
one Of his walks over the long bridge
into Virginia became exhausted after
The first hour and was forced to return
to the city on an electric car.
Since his succession to the presi-
dency Mr. Roosevelt has endsavored
to carry out some Of his civil service |
reform ideas. He has done 30 through |
. number Of executive orders. Thus |
far h;s moves relative to the service
asss been marked by conservatism
y nlch has been pleasing to his friends
and surprise to those who expressed
, fear that he would be nisled into
attempting to apply theories and se-
cure an ideal system through imprac-
ticable means. The president has
classified the rural free delivery en-
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