Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-30
While He Was Governor OF New
York.
PERSONAL FACTOR OF INCUMBENT.
always Question of Vital conse.
quence-senators as Constitutional
Advi.er.-They Have No Right to
Dictate Who Shall Be appointed,
But Have Right to Say Who Shalt
Not BE Appointed.

BOSTON, MASS. October 29.-ln an
article written for the Youths Companion
which will be issued next week. Theodor.
Roosevelt gives his ideas of the duties and
responsibilities of the President of the
United States. Mr.. Roosevelt wrote ths
article in 1900. while he was Governor o,
New York. and previous to the Republican
National Convention. which nominated
him for vice-President. In 1t Mr.. Roose-
Welt says:
None to Compare with Him.
THE President Of the United States oc-
cupies position Of peculiar Importance
In the whole world there is no other ruler,
certainly no other under free institutions.
whose power compares with his. OF course
there is the enormous personal factor OF
the incumbent himself to be considered
entirely apart from the power of The Office
itself. This is merely another way OF
stating that In any office the persona,
question is always of vital consequence
The Senator's ux Advisers.
"The Senators are the constitutional adj
visers Of the President. The secretaries
who form the Cabinet advise him on
matters Of general policy. when he 50 de-
sires it. With the Senate the advice and
consultation is obligatory under the con,
stituton. The Senate has no right to die
tate to the President who shall be ap-
pointed. but they have an entire right TO
say who shall not be appointed. for. under
the constitution, this has been made their
duty.
His Responsibility.
Although many men must share with
the President the responsibility, there is
upon him always q heavy burden Of re-
sponsibility. but to give a good admin
istration demands the most anxious
thought. no less than very unusual pow
ers of mind.
His Accountability.
There is every reason why the Presi.
| dent should be held to strict accounta.
! bility, alike for what he does. and 10,
what he leaves undone. But we injure
| ourselves and the nation IL we fall tc
| treat with proper respect the man who
| In the highest Office In our land. is striv-
I ing to do his duty. We have had Presi-
dents who have acted weakly or unwisely
+; in particular crises. but we have never
| had one concerning whose personal IN
tegrity there was so much as shadow OF
| a suspicion. Appointments and policies
| which are normally routine and uniIn-
| portant may suddenly become of aoso-
| lutely vital consequence. The War De-
| partment was utterly neglected for ovei
| thirty years after the civil war. Neither
| the regular officer nor the regular sol
| dier takes any part in politics. as ruls
/ SO that the demagoSue and bread-and
| butter politician have no fear OF his vots
and to both of them, and also to tn.
cheap sensational newspapers. the army
| officers are a favorite subject for at.
| tack.
| Grent World Task.
| Altogether there are few harder tasks
1 than that of filing well and ably the
! office Of President of the United States.
| but if the man at the close of his term
is abe to feel that he has done his duty
| we'll, he has the satisfaction OF feeling
| that he has performed one OF the great
| world tasks. and that the mere perform
ance is in itself the greatest of all, possi-
Bile rewards