Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-10-13
LEw1sTOwN, MONT, OCT. 10, 1905
ROOSEVELT FOR THE SENATE.

If President Roosevelt insists on
taking himself out of the presidential
field in 1908, Leslies Weekly suggests
that New York should send him to
the senate as soon as his term ends.
When he steps down out of the
presidency on March 4th, 1905. Mr..
Platt's term in the senate will close.
and as he will be seventy-siX years
of age at that time he will refuse
another election. Let President ROOse-
welt be chosen to succeed Senator
Platt. Leslies points out some not
able instances where ex-president's
services in other branches of the gov
eminent services.
After Andrew Johnson left the
White House he made several attempts
to enter congress. both the house and
senate. He was at last chosen to the
senate. but, unhappily, he died shortly
after his election. John Quincy Ad-
ans served seventeen years in the
house of Representatives after he left
the presidency, and they were the
most brilliant years of all his public
career. Adams held many public sta
ipl6matic. Legislative. eXecu-
tive-during his political service,
which stretched over half a century:
but his best work-the work by which
he will be the longest remembered
was done in the house after he had
been president. His presidential ser
vice gave him an influence in con-
gress such as no other member of
either branch commanded He belong
ed to no party. Neither the Wings nor
the Democrats claimed him. He was
bigger than any party. Congress has
seen many socalled independents from
the time when John Randolph seced-
ed from Jefferson's party, and deter
mined to go it alone" down to the
days of David Davis. Immeasurably
the most independent man of them
all however, and UNNECESSARILY the
most potent of all of them was eS-
President Adams.
Other eX-presidents held public sta
ton outside of congress. The first
President Adams. long after he lett
the white house, became a member
of the convention which framed a con-
stitution for Massachusetts. EXPIRES
ident Tyler was chosen a pathmaster,
and also president of the peace con.
gress of 1861. One or two others of
them held other posts, and all of them
did this very acceptably and credit
ably.
Mr.. Roosevelt, who is the youngest
of all the presidents. will be only "a
few months over fifty years of age
when he leaves office in 1909. Physi-
cally he is more robust than any of
the presidents were during their SER
vice. Intellectually he has more in
dustry, originality. and versatility
than any of them. AS compared with
those of all his predecessors, his ac-
tivities are far more multifarious. from
shooting bobcats to settling coal
strikes and bringing peace between
great nations and continents.
With his great ability, his trench
GOus energy and his boundless and
endless many-sidedness Mr.. Roose-
welt, especially after the prestige and
the potency which his presidential
service will give him, will be the first
man in any community, in any sphere
in any activity. with which he identi
fies himself. where McGregor sits
there is the head of the table" In
the senate Mr. ROosevelts talents
his acquaintance with public men all
over the world, and his comprehensive
knowledge of every issue. information
al as well as national, with which the
United States has any concern, would
be of incalculable value to his STATE
and his country.
And in 1912 the white house would
be open to him again, if he felt like
entering it.
IN THE SWEET BYE AND BYE.
II evident DrnciJapt II;1 ,f