The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-31
By Julius Chambers.

Washington, Dec. 30.-"What does
 President Roosevelt and his political advisors intend to do with the Repub- lican party?
 This is the question that every thoughtful man in the dominant organ ization is asking himself. Senators ana Representatives who have remained al the capital during the holiday recess are more mystified than people of other sections of the land because Of ther nearness and accessibility to the Chlet
 Executive. They cannot ascertain thH next move at the White House; and
 they have to look afar into Illinois
 and New York in order to study the
 working out of the Presidential plans
 Strictly speaking. there IS no longer
 any mystery regarding the Presidents
 intentions His Is an ambition of new
 and interesting sort. Althought 1t
 aims at political dictatorship. he is not
 aspiring to personal beneht there
 from. He wants to be Warwick, not
 a Caesar. He would make Presidents
 in the future, but he would not accept
 the sceptre for himself. He would
 select our rulers, but would disclain all
 intention to direct their policies. He
 would name the candidates and only
 ask the American people to endorse his
 choice! That is all he proposed to ac-
 complish He asks the rank and tile
 of his own party to believe that he IS
 without personal ambition, further than
 an addition of the title of United states
 Senator to his life's history.
 Seriously, such proposition must give anxious pause to many of his warmest friends and supporters, espe- cIally such as have no favors to ask at
 his hand Most of us have been chant Ing his praises so long and so loudly
 that 1t sounds like a reversal of tudg- ment to speak candidly upon subject that can be treated only with silence or frankness. Silence implies indi0- erence or a hope of sharing in the pa tronage of the present or The future. Speech may be mistaken for disappoint- ed aspirations. It is a difficult task of a friend to offer cautionary warn ing at the risk of giving offense, even though he seeks not favors from the mightiest man in America
 Therefore, approaching so important theme we feel bounden to repeat: What does President Roosevelt and his advisors intend to do with the Re- publican party"
 The overwhelming plurality with which the American people indorsed
 President Roosevelt's three years ad- n1inistration has caused him to take to himself unwise counsellors who advise the formation of a new party within the Republican ranks The President ap- hears to be sincerely intent upon ere ating a political organization of his own, having as it's requisite for eligi-
 bility educational and social status. But. in his scheme, the rank and file of his party have no place. Ills is neither good business nor political poll icy. He has recently been told in Con gress that he lacked business ability, | because large estate committed to his care as an eXecutor deteriorated while in his hands. Must the Republi- can party submit to the same misman- agement?
 He prefers his college chums to men of recognized ability. He prefers
 sissy men 10 organization workers impracticables to statesmen! Take the Department of State, for example. What possihle qualifications has Mir. Robert | Racon for the post into which he has been thrust, straight from a banking l house? Look also at the appoint | ments to important consular posts dic- | lated by Senator Kean of New Jersey. i They are all nice, little college boys. | Tn the State of New York, at this mo- l ynAut, the spectacle is much the same. I Little Jimmie Wadsworth, serving | hts second session in the Assembly, is l to be it's Speaker. In the County of l New york, the interests of the party have been committed to a young man I vith a drawl named Parsons. who gets | his directions from the City Club and