The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-23
Cabinet Officer Explains.

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Cabinet Officer Explains.
Those who ask these questions are
not always enemies OF the president.
The same queries have occurred to men
Mr. Roosevelt, and it must be admitted
that not few have found themselves
puzzled. #M
But the answer was to be had by
any who cared to dig for it. Those of
ficers Of the administration who are
close enough to the president to share
with him his anxieties for the success
Of the policies which he has inaugur-
ated can tell all about it, end do SO
in a way the president himself would
not think Of doing, as he is not strong
on explanations or seeming apologies.
Thus a cabinet officer says:
"This matter can be explained in a
few words-the president is reformer
but not fool. That tells it all. It
is consistent with his whole career that
he has never wasted his energies in
knows as we'll as anyone that the
church cannot be better than the people
among whom it fourishes; that water
does not rise above its source; that
footraces are not won by men who stand
upon the corner and discuss the ethics
of the betting ring, but by those who
are off like a shot when the pistol
cracks.
"In Pennsylvania there Is a strong
movement for purity in public office,
organized by men who call themselves
Lincoln republicans, and these have
formed coalition with the democrats
and have named an estimable gentle
man named Emery for governor. So
far so good. If the people Of Pennsyl
x,opio boua inf b1a condition ~
public affairs, or if the people Of any
other state have, it Is their own priv
lege to do what they may to cure it
and in doing so they should have the
encouragement Of all right-minded men
But if, in their zeal, they undertake
to destroy another and more important
fabric, one which is accomplishing more
movement could ever think Of doing
then it is not best to lend them aid
That is sense, and that is the position
of the president.
Seeks to Save Congress.
"Those people in Pennsylvania hav,
not been content to try to obtain re
form of their state affairs, but hav,
carried their amalgamation with tn
democrats to the extent Of indorsin.
the democratic nominees for congress
publica an control Of the house Of repre-
sentatives in the next congress, and
as you know, if the democrats carr,
the house this time, it will necessaril;
result in hanging up all the policie
for the benefit of the nation at larg
inaugurated by Mr.. Roosevelt and nov
pending.
"Doesn It it strike you that the evil
from which the people of one stat
suffer cannot, in fairness, be permitte
to unfavorably affect the reforms ur
dertaken in behalf Of the entire cour
try7 Can we, as a party, with sue
leader as Mr.. Roosevelt, afford t
hand the house of representatives owe
to the democrats-or run the risk O
doing so-for the sake of helping til
Lincoln republicans and democrats Q
one. state do some local house-clea1
mo? You know we cannot. The Anne,
lean people would never forgive sue
blunder, especially since the regula
republicans of Pennsylvania have a
ready made good progress for reforl
inside their, own party lines and hay
Stuart to vote for for governor NJ
sir: the. president believes in the pril
ciple of conducting the party in til
nation as to give the greatest good I
the greatest number, and any NOV
ment which would risk wrecking sue
ID !e1oln " Gne aHalrS OF the who
nation as Mr.. Roosevelt has undertakes
for the sake of curing some cases {
state graft, ought not to be aided b
those who believe in what the prsside1
is doing. There is no question of tt
presidents sincere sympathy with a
reforms, but he has not lost his sens
Of proportion, and you will not find hi
blndly following anything and ever,
turning his back upon the greater evi
in the country at large, to the remed