The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
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with the people. Senators who do not
 like him, and who are glad of every op-
 portunity to put obstacles in ms way
 are gloating over their victory in the Cu-
 ban affair, but their vision Is narrow
 one. They think everything depends upon
 the little moves in the game here m
 Washington. They overlook the larger
 fact that the approval and the connoence
 of the people are the real obJectiyes.
 The Presidents friends say Senato-
 rial cabal has triumphed temporarily over
 him here at the Capitol. But they DOT.
 row a phrase from the editorial pase ol
 has triumpher over them out among the
 people in the actual source or poiticaI
 power. That Is because the Presioent ID
 right and the politicians are wrons' pc cause he has tried to carry out the na- tional obligation, while they have deieat-
 Some of the shrewdest advisers the President has about him tell nim that ne need not worry over the Cuban defeat They assure him that he has lost notnins of any value, and on the other hand, mas gained very much in popular esteem. ns men who are closest to the Presioen, and who are looking out for his poiticai interests believe he will be nominated n 1904 without opposition. They are conn- dent Senator Hanna will not be candi- date against him. friends On both points your correspond. ent reserves judgment. In his opinion u It
 is too early to reach conclusion as to either.
 How much opposition is there 10 Roosevelt among the Republican Sena- tors and Representatives? This queslion has been often asked. have iookea about, made inquiries, compared notes with other newspaper men, ana am uh, able to find any serious and determlneo opposition There are Senators and Rep resentatives who have felt Htsle PaIue over the manner in which the Pres.oese e,,e received them when he was new Tn .ne White House. They resented being com. peiIed to have their. talks in the presence of a crowd of callers. Meanwhile tns President has learned few trichs' ho aho every Senator and Representative wno goes to the White House now is accoroeo a private audience In the Cabinet room; Even at it's worst this was a pretty
 small matter. and the man aroit... %no CoH!a :.
 manner-and hold it-must be sour m
 deed. for a more democratic, frank, maI, a,l = ly sincere man never presided over ti.I
 White House He IS not ai"agS l,,, everV-
 one knows he is hohest-that ne IS no.
 playing tricks that he is not dissembiIns
 and deceiving, that he has not or tna'
 'smoothnes5' which may pc very pe5
 ant at the moment but which IS exceeu
 InRIy unsatisfactory in the end
 it is true that few Senators nave
 taken umbrage in the past. ana that sucn
 small considerations inIiiiuenCeu .io their actions on Cuban reciprocity. put tsts is a consideration of little ifnpo.
 tance It Is not big enough to be worth reckoning in looking in the future
 That there Is some dislike of the Presi- d=nt among the Republican leaders Is true It is due in part to the cause Just mentioned, to Mr. Rooseveits abrupt un- willingness to do everything public men ask him to do in the way of appointments, and-if the truth must be told-in paF' also to his youth and his luck.
 OId Senators who have for years dream ed of the Presidency md got nowhere near it have been heard breaking forth in hitter words over the luck of th!s yOung fellow or this upstart or this accidental youth" One veteran Senator l heard say: This youth who came to the White House on the funeral train will oo well to go slow. We won't stand mucn monkeying from him." Probably by thus time the Senator is ashamed Of havins uttered such words, and I am sure ne ] will not repeat them. Down In his heart f1e liked Roosevelt-the big boy. hearty, honest and wise, with way of doing
 things all his own, but strafghtforWaro and patriotic.
 There is one thing that everyone says of Theodore Roosevelt: Luck has not spoiled him. He has not got the big head. He is the same man he always was. | If there is any change 1t is for the bet | ter-he Is less imperious. more anxious | to avoid mistakes, more willing to seek | and to follow advice. Responsibility has | tempered an impetuous. intrepid nature | and made it almost cautious.'