The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11

Washington, Oct 10-tSpecial.)--For tunateiy for President Roosevelt's seren- ity of mind. or rather for his immunity rom rude disturbance, the incursions of cranks at the White House this week
 s vision Dfsn eesn isanse ecsn he 70 was inc formed of his escape from possible dam ger after the daft visitor had peen hus- tied away. 1t is said that the Presid cns training just for emergencies with cranl<s. Besides keeping pistol handy, he has practiced all sorts of tricks of ofense and defense osiS se with hands and feet and 1t i; is From hired expert terrific Japanese wrestling trick by which he can break an ordinary mans neck who lays profane say he would not be ai all averss to try ing his accomplishments upon any be- nignted wretch that might by chance get at him; Consequently people who go about how they talk and behave, But It is hardly likely that a lunatic will ever get at Mir. Roosevelt. So thoroughly and carefully Is he guarded.
 MT. Roosevelt has been engaged in pro found cogitations since his return to the White House, and it is believed that If he is not permitted to be disturbed any more. he will evolve something Of great general interest by the time Con- gress meets. He Is busy as he never yet mas been playing his place for all it IS MOItA l0I xc~electl0n 0S EIeSlQeAt Ol tuG United States by choice of the people. He Is well aware that he was not an orig inal proposition when the people were last looking around for fit man for He cherished then an ambition to be Pres tdent, but McKinleys popularity caused him to defer launching his boom until the plsinsd MT. hooseveiss s fGHa aversion @ to taking the second place on the ticket in 1900 It Is well known that he would not have re. ceived the nomination for Yice-President but Boss Platt wanted to put Roosevelt where his strenuosity would least inter fere with the operations of the Platt ma chine in New York. The contingency that idency would have been viewed with con sS ossrs eS' of sSs anS oS T aaD EepuSiican ehief tains who have never been quite recon ciled nor won over to admiring loyalty to the President.
 No purpose he has harbored since he took the oath of office has equalled in in. s M tD. dasns tS he sss realized could be no result Of chance or accident He must be ghe architect Of his own fortune. He has lost no time in ture upon which he has been working constantly with utmost might and main He has had the rare satisfaction of sec ing the political ma aShinery of practically all the States running to suit his ambi- dearth of fervor for him of the old time bell-wethers of the Republican flock. It Is hardly likely that he does not know that in the estimation of many people m his own party he has made not & few biunders, but so thoroughly does he be- iieve in himself. in his own grit. in his own decency, in his own peerless stren. uosity, that the veteran pastmasters of Republican politics do not alright him by their coldness to his determination to win by election of the people. He has come to think himself greater than they
 Naturally in his travels, his comings and goings, he has heard little but plaud- its and fiatteries-more perhaps than any President for a iong time, because those who have been fawning upon him know how he dotes upon adulation. He has seen little but office-seekers and promot- CTS of ohice-seeking at the White House. The criticisms to which his administra- ton has been subjected he has set down