Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12
OF ALL THE PEOPLE
Mr.. Roosevelt Will Not Rep
resent Partisan Faction.
A FRIENDS STATEMENT
HE rs IMPnEsSED WITH MARK oF
CONFIDENCE IN HIM.
A FRIENDS STATEMENT
CONFIDENCE IN HIM.
No Startling Change in Administration
Policies Nor Recommendations
Of Radical Legislation.

More than ever, henceforth. he will be
| the President of all the people of the
United States and not the President of a
| partisan faction
This was the statement made today by
one of President Roosevelt's friends to a
Star reporter. 1t was drawn out In the
course of a conversation upon that subject
which Is uppermost, since election day, in
all gatherings Of politicians and statesmen
| of both parties, to wit, Will the phenomenal
victory of November affect the President s
course disposition?
There is no denying" this friend of the
President went on to say, that Mr. Roose-
| Welt is profoundly touched by the vote of
last Tuesday. He does not lose sight of the
fact that 1t was, vote for the republican
party and its principles. but he would be
hypocrite If he tried to dissemble the fur
ther fact that his personality and character
entered into. the equation alse.
SThe result Is to impress the President
with sense of responsibility to all the
people. and it would only be natural, per-
haps that he should be impressed to a
degree greater than ever before. by the
spontaneous outburst of the peoples con-
fidence in him. Now, the unfriends of the
President-if may coin the word, for after
election day presidential candidate in the
United States has no enemieS-but I mean
those who have professed to entertain fears
of exhibitions of reckleSsnesS on his part in
the administration of the government, have
in the last few days added to their list of
tremors the further apprehension that his
phenomenal victory at the polls may serve
to make him self-centered and arbitrary.
Apprehension is Baseless.
Those who know the President. and es-
pecially those who have talked with him
since the election. and in whose presence
the fullness of his manly and open heart
has overfowed, know that such an appre-
hension is baseless. This great victory
will steady him, If more steadiness is
needed. narrow margin of victory might
have aroused the stubborn spirit in Theo-
dore Roosevelt, might have stirred his
fighting blood and put him in an aggressive
mood.
But this great victory, coming upon
attacks made upon him in the closing
days of the campaign, shows him that the
people believe in him and trust him. and
mark my words, he will be more careful
than ever of that trust more cautious in
his trusteeship, more considerate of the de-
sires and needs of all the parties over
whose interests he has been made guar
dian"
This friend of the President went on to
say further that he was moved to make
these predictions from the fact. that while
no whisper probably had come to the Pres
idents ears, piled high as he Is in the
midst of congratulations and showered
with praises, the Presidents critics were
shaking their heads and predicting dire
things, and he deemed it expedient as well
as fair and just to speak, as one who
knew his ground, and to assure those who
wanted to like Theodore Roosevelt, yet
still harbored old misgivings, that there
was nothing in them. -.
Still further, in the same line of COM
ment,. this friend said that the President
would be seen consulting freely the rep
resentatives of the people from all sections
of the country, and not only asking but
needing their advice. New sections Of the
country will be represented next year in
the councils of the republican party, and
the executive will want to know of their
feelings and desires and needs. Constitu-
encies that have been democratic hereto
fore, now awakened to republican policies,
will be welcomed and recognized.
No Change in Policies.
1t is absurd. this friend continued, to in
innate that the President intends to inau-
gurate any startling changes in admins
trative policies or to recommend radical
legislation. He would not think of urg-
ing material changes in the tariff policy Of
the dominant party until such changes had
been canvassed and approved by the peo-
pies representatives from all the sections.
The suggestion that the President might
be moved to spectacular attacks upon cor
porate combinations, through the argument
that he felt 1t incumbent upon him to re-
flute the campaign charges that he was the
creature of the trusts. was declared the
most offensive of all The policy of deal
Ing with the Illegal trusts was fixed upon
long ago, when the Northern Securities
and the beef trust were attacked, and the
campaign will not affect the policy
Whatever action against Illegal corpora
tions is to be taken in the next few months
will in no wise be affected one way or the
other by the campaign or the election.
And having delivered these oracular re-
marks" concluded the speaker Il desire
to add that am not the spokesman of the
President and do not speak with authority,
but as friend who knows the President
and wishes to see him get his square
deal"