The Washington times., 1905-04-03
The Presidents Trip.

Washington has today bid the
President good-by until the middle
or May. In the month or more Of
his absence from the National Capt.
tai he will seek an absolute rest from
all cares of state, feeling confident
that in Secretary Taft he can repose
the fullest confidence for masterful
handling of any problems which re-
quire immediate attention.
Work hard, play hard, is one of
tie Presidents strongest maxims. He
not only breaches it, but he practices
it. Throughout session of Congress
he assimilates and passes Judgment
upon quantity and variety of in
formation which would craze a less
robust, less resolute, less ready in
dividual. He is able to continue at
the top notch of working ability be-
cause he takes time for a continual
and methodical physical recupera-
ton. building up the nerve and tissue
which hard work has worn down.
Now, after all the strain not only
OF a hard session. but of an inaugu-
ration as well, the President intends
to lose himself in the Colorado
mountains as soon as he has greeted
his old Rough Rider comrades at
their reunion in Texas. A half dozen
speeches are contemplated in this
weeks portion of the itinerary. and
some interesting comments are an
ucipated. What the President will
say to his Texas auditors will be re-
ceiVed by the people of the whole
South as an earnest of his attitude
toward them, and consequently a
dozen States await his greeting to
the citizens of the Lone Star State.
Southern sentiment is impetuous.
it is deep, it is sincere. It is quick
to resent what seems like an imposi-
tion upon Its good nature, or an at
tack upon its traditions. Rumors of
such antagonism fly to the remotest
hamlets. while denials of the false
hood crawl lazily after, just as the
personal affront between individuals
attracts more attention than the SUBJ
seQuent apology.
But Southern resentment of fhe
president for his course toward sll
that great section is steadily being
swept away, as its people appreciate
better the Presidents courage in
meeting any issue. Like Lincoln he
is sure that if. irrespective of local
prejudices, he is manly enough to as
sert what seems to him to be the
right course, the great body of the
people will in the end support him
with all the intensity of their ma
lures. Instead Of following the poll
ticians' favorite plan of "keeping
ones ear to the ground" to catch the
rumblfngs of popular clamor, the
President seeks to inform himself of
actual conditions. analyze them fair
~, ana proclaim his views without
fear or favor.
AS he goes into the great empire
OF the Lone Star State the President
is followed by the people of the
whole South. Three hundred and
fifty North Carolinians recently. at
the Tar Heel Club banquet to Vice
President Fairbanks, at Greensboro
N. c., cheered his name with an en-
thusiasm which would have been a
credit to Pennsylvania or his own
State of New York. The news of
that demonstration filtered through
the other Southern States. Now
comes Texas, with the Southern af-
hliations Of its sturdy population
tinged with Western breeziness. The
PRESIDENT approaches assemblages of
receptive mood and if predictions
count for anything he Will come away
With their hearts in his kea,,;no