Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-08-11
But interesting and Non
Partisan In Discussion
OF Situations.
ROOSEVELT AND BRYAN. THE
Most Popular Men With the
People In Their Re.
spectlye Parties.
Special Correspondence.
nY ahaldon s. Cline.

special CORES NNnNNMfNt
By sheldon 8. Cline.
washington. d. c. Aug. CA fact
known 90 most everybody % that
President Roosevelt De- not popular
with the members 20 hiS own party
IN congress RE has hla friends there,
Of course. loyal and devoted friends.
like Senator lodge and others. only
slightly less known but she hvorago
Fun OF republican senators and rep
rosontatiyea 90 not enthuao when the
name of Roosevelt o. mctnionod. I'M
public uttorancos and formal inter
yiows they oxtoll the virtues of me
president. but In private conversation
thCy crlticizo most Of his odlg.al and
private acts.
GO would seem paradoxicai aiiua-
tlon. therefore. that Mr.. Rocnovoita
popularity with the people is the chief
Anlng upon which these republican
statesmen count 10 porpctuato their
majority On congress. Thoy already
have Get 90 work Co make President
Roosevelt the issue On thia years con.
grossional campaign, and from every
hustlngs IN the land TIE argument
will be- advanced that the return OF
q republican majority 10 the sixileth
congress will be- an endorsement or
Mr.. Roosevelt and his administration,
while the adverse verdict az the pcds
viii be q REPUTATION ~ his policies.
Here "a Senator Dick, head Of tho
republican organization iE UEfs. Jour
noying 20 Oyster bay TO secure from
L the president n message Of approval
10 be spread as Oh upon the troubled
water OF Ohio politics I'M The camp
OF Roosevelt. senator Dick Is not
counted among the faithful. He 10
not an open enemy, Il Is true, but his
svmpaihica, it is said. are not always
1 With tho administration. An attempt
by antl.uick republicans Ia Ohio 90
take advantage OF tnis fact threatened
TO cause trouble. 20 tho senator has
tens TO the summer capital 90 get &
certificate GA good character.
Nor Is the Ohio situation peculiar
one. Scores oi ether republican mem
hers OF congress, who dislike the
! president personally. are forced 20
trade upon hi popularity or face ne
! probability OF defeat at the polls
J They do not dare go home and tel
thOir constituents their real senti
monts toward Mr.. Roosevelt Prob
ably there never was another situa
ton like this IN the history of Amorl
can politics. Bur that IA not greatly
20 be marvelled a. Since Mr.. hOoae
veil became the leader W his party
numerous situations have bcen ere
ate1 that were without precedent
Republicans of secret hostility be
omen loyalty 10 the president are no
alone IN their embarrassment TIT
presidential boom which awaits tb'
coming OF Mr.. Bryan haa compelled /
large number Of democratic states
men 10 60 a-salling IN boats very Tx
those propelled BY tnelr republican
brethren. A good many voices tina
have bton hoard lately proclaiminI
the greatness OF the Nehraskan ar
but the ocnoos Of the voices Of IN
home folks,
And yet they can these senator
and representatives who at ia th
capitol In impressive grandeur IN
leaders OF the people and OF thei
parties. They are f0llowera, an
nothing more. hey stragRie Ia IN
wake OF public sentiment. instead O
riding az the heed Of the procession
They NO more COatroi the working o
the public mind than they control ih
wind or the riainRa and settings q
the sun. iney are, Ia truth, as i wa
Intended they should be. tho servant
OF the people; and lille they may nd
always execute the wida of their maj
tos. they always stand Ia dread q
their masters wrath.
the hold watch President Roosevelt
has up0n the confidence and afioc
Ions of the masses OF the people
tho marvel OF twentieth century poi
tics. Yet MF. Roosevelt q na vulno
b, able and impotont az any senator {
4 representative. Because ~ th
many vital things advocated by M
~ Roosevelt wnicn nave tho approval
\, the pubnc, tho public che1rfuliy Owe
" looks hts minor Shortcomings o.
doos the minor shortcomings Of I
ip other servants But let him go co
la trary 70 what the public has decide
le Is On imperative necessity or NOR
PC duty, and his greatness would va
le iah In night
Ie. o.
be Tho repetition mere o. these se
rs evident truths might seem out
place were Il not for the attempts
a many quarters 10 make the people D
". lieyo they no longer have ANY ~
voice IN the affairs ~ their COVER
~ ment SO long az men are athlrut (
pa fame and Rhunger for public ON,
- ana so long aH fame and public ON
are held at the disposal OF the p,
pie. Just so long will the people
all-pOwcriul in the government whe
20 ever they see ne 20 exercise th'
oh power.
no IN attempting 90 prove the cnar
en- that the people no longer have a
ior influences With their public aorvan
he the statement ia frequently made ~
Ell Speaker Cannon and other stand p
a terg III cOsEfu5s are doiying pub
no sentiment IA the matter Of rovi1i
ioa OF the tariff Speaker Cannon a
a the other sfand.patiorH are doing no
ldo lng OF the sort. They think they
n following public sentiment. Al Tea
or they thlnk they are following
led course calculated 90 secure che ~
are ton OF the largcsf possible numl
.or. ef republicans 90 the aiktioth g
leo eross. Instead OF being IA an attltr
en- of defiance. the haunting fear q
AK. they may have chofcn the wrong ID
ave causes them troubled days and Gle
ioy ness nights. They would laN 81
eui lone another in changing front WI
ass ihoy fully convinced they were in
one rlr. There Isn't q republican moml
OF congress who wouldn o. ramp