The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
RooseveIt's Return.

President Roosevelt has returned from his western self advertising trip wearing
 'The Smile that Won't Come Off
 After walking along primrose paths, hearing the terrific gunpowder salutes Of cowboys battling in the teeth or a snowstorm, delivering hundred or so campaign speeches in his own behalf
 passing through storm-torn Kansas, chid- ing a small boy for calling him Teddy after all these truly Rooseveltian sketches the President is feeling good Dangling to his chariot are few popu- lists with spinach-chin growths, while he carries the Ohio republican convention un- der his arm. It is expected that the Kentucky republican convention will be
 Forakerized, and the ball once started rolling is expected to gather enough poh-
 tical moss to make an easy bed for the
 bronco-buster.
 All these things are calculated to make Roosevelt smile and feel good all over.
 Things have been coming his way, so far as the nomination is concerned,
 The Presidents extensive trip through the west has called to mind his former attitude on the question of office-holders taking an active part in politics. Not so long ago President Roosevelt started a crusade against office-holders, who were over-active in politics. Collector Bing- ham of Alabama and District Attorney Vaughan of the same state were made horrible examples by the President for
 meddling with politics, while holding
 Federal offices. Other office holders were
 made to feel the steel on this same ac-
 count in the interest of high moral standard" politics The country was given to understand that an ofnce-holder must attend to his business and not at- tempt to stir the political pot with his own hands.
 The ink had barely dried on the order dischareing Collector Bingham for 'ac- tivity in politics" when the members or the Presidents cabinet went howling over the country preaching the gospel or poll ties. The President caught the infection and took a gigantic swing around the
 western circle in an effort to secure re- creation on the side with the main view towards sweeping delegates to the next rennhUcan convention to nominate him. In the meantime the White House has been taking care of itself in great shape. Ar fairs have been running along smoothly If Is true that Mrs. Roosevelt has been engaged in tearing up and changing some of the historic walks. but such things are not noticed now in Washington be- cause the people have long ago settled on the idea that if the Roosevelts are to con tinue to occupy the mansion, 1t VIII not be long DetOTe II Will De tOhNtA eNN tt-NO three-rinR circus with side shows for the younger members of the family. The President is now going to run things here for a few weeks. 1t Is understood | that he will do some Kishenefing In the postoffce department. In about week he will assume the full credit of inves- tigatng these scandals.
 The President Is being greeted by many politicians and heartily congratulated on his success in the west Quite number , of congressman have flocked to the nn- tional capital to see him and talk things over. The President will be able to tell his callers that he passed through the Iowa idea" which he helped to start and it never touched him. The-Iowa Idea has gone up into thin smoke and all the re- publicans are standing pat. Sereno Payne, the chairman of the ways and means com- mittee is so enthusiastic that he makes the statement that he knows of not a ] single trust that has been aided and built up by the tariff. So far as the tariff Is concerned the republicans are united and for once 1t is a kind of union the demo- | crats are glad to see.