Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-13

10y the men VINO are IN the closest
confidence of the president. In fact.
! a very considerable number OF the
men to7whom Mr.. Roosevelt looks for
advice on political questions as vel
as affairs of state are suspected Of
harboring ambitions Of their own own
! First in the confidence Of the presi.
dent Is Secretary Root, and Mr.. Root
tis generally credited with regarding
himself as the logical choice for
1908. The same is true of Secretary
Taft, and, though not In SO pro.
nounced degree. Of Postmaster Gen
eral Cortelyou. Senator Lodge, il,
fact, Is about the only one %pf Mr..
| Rotosevelt's close friends in public
life who is not charged with harborinr
g presidential bee. And Lodge is the
man who is put forward on every
possible occasion to declare that the
president has no wish to succeed
himself s. ---s-j s.,fy BE-
There are men who have attained
to the stature Of leadership in the
republican party who confess to
looking with more or less OF awe upon
Theodore Roosevelt. Il am " con-
WINGED" said senator the other day.
that either President Roosevelt Is
one Of the very greatest men the
world has ever produced, a man of
destiny, or else he Is greater and
more consummate actor than the
histronic stage ever has known. 4
used to hold the latter as more prob
able, but am beginning to weaken
and to wonder L the first Is not true,
+ wish / could live hundred years.
to see what place history assigns
him." 81 g.sSiss;
e On the subject Of Roosevelt as a.
man of destiny, one Of the keenest
OF observers Of men and affairs re-
Gently had this to say:
Roosevelt is child Of, destiny; not
so conspicuous and not nearly 50
great in that line as Cromwell or
Napoleon, but manifestly he lis a
child OF destiny. Had there been no
Spanish war, he would have stood
nearly as good chance to be pope of:
Rome as he did to be president Of the
United Y States. The reputation he
got In Cuba made him governor in
spite OF the bosses, and, in 1900, the,
bosses made him vice president in
spite OF himself. Destiny made him
president in 1861 ], and We may say
without offense that he has shown
himself to be the ahlest and the most
brilliant grand-stand player than has
ever appeared on the field Of the.
great American game Of politics. He.
takes the most reckless chances he
makes "a the most impossible steps: he
throws with the most marvellous ac-
curacy, and when he goes to the bat
ne knocks the ball clear over the.
fence. 5s5s $l &. =s /.
Neverthe less, Theodore Roosevelt
is mortal -Aehilles had a vulnerable
heel. Throughout his administration.
the president has been attended by,
one ally that IS inyincib BILE prosperity
The people have been at work.
harvest has rewarded the husband
man the wage OF labor has been am
pie and satisfactory the bay Is white:
! with ships; the market is busy with
traf1ic; the banks, the counting-rooms,
the factories, the lines Of transporta.
ton are all reyeling In unprecedented
prosperity The country is making
money That Is what makes Theo-.
dore Roosevelt the most popular presi.
dent since Andrew jackson. Isl sSs.
s But let financial disaster and in.
dustrial depression supplant present
conditions, let Coxey's army take the.
field, let the souphouse be re.estab.
lished. and the presidents popularity
Will vanish even as the Icy touch 81
winters herald withers the most
delicate foliage Of the tenderest vine.
Of the vegetable king dom (,
Much discussion has been excited
IN Washington by the action 81 the.
fohio legislature ii adopting d frlesolu-l
ton fayoring the election 81 United
States senators by popular vote IT.
| Is true the Ohio legislature failed to.
make formal demand that congress
call constitutional convention,
which would be the only form ii
which congress could recognize its
expression Of views: but the event,
neverth eless, Is full Of interest, as
showing the popular opinion.
Year after year the house Of repre-.
sentatiyea has gone on record as fay.
foring 4 constitutional amendment pro-.
yiding for the election oS senators 81
popular vote; and year after year the
senate has rendered the ATTEMPT
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