The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-11

Getting Quite Collection.
Bile is one Of regret that both of them /
have been lost to the public service since /
Mr.. Roosevelt was reelected.
"As TO Mr.. Root the press IN 1871 was 4
full of statements that he might not be 1
able to remain in the cabinet on account /
OF health and would be succeeded by Ten
eral Porter. which would leave Paris va /
II give in full letter from the presi- |
dent in answer to what he said was writ I
ten by my wife / do this both because 1t is
a letter for him to be proud of from its
full appreciation of eminent public men [
apart from any reference 70 myselD ana
also to show that my wire letter, 10
which this was an answer. now spoken Oh
only with a sneer. was considered differ-
| entity by Mr.. Roosevelt at the time it was
/ received:
/ Dear Maria" Letter.
/ Executive Mansion. Washington. Oct
/ l. 1901-My Dear Maria: You need never
/ be afraid of writing me or asking any
/ thing. IL il is in my power 10 grant IL
shall do so. If for any reasons, Whether
/ political in the narrow, or in the larger
/ sense cannot l shall tell you so frank
/ ". Personal reasons can never exist
/ when | DO not do anything you say. Bel
! lamy was right about its being needless
! to write me in order to keep him in Ma
drid. l think of both of you all the time
] ana nave gone over several IitlltS DcSSlDiC
I plans. First. as to the cabinet II Is very
| unlikely now that / shall change any
member of the present cabinet. You nave
! probably seen that / have asked them all
/ to stay. Secretary Root is one of the
/ very strongest men before the people in
! our whole party. His Canton speech was
/ the most effective delivered in the cam
| paign last year. His advice IS invaluable,
not merely in reference to his department,
but in reference to all branches OF the
/ service. As for his department II Is at
the present time the most important IN
the entire government. 1t would De a
public calamity to have him leave the
I cabinet now, and / use the words public
calamity advisedy. He is a stick man,
condition which gives me great uneasiness
not because there is any fear of his death.
but lest he may have to give up his work
here. If he went out | should have TO
consider nothing whatever but the ques-
ton of getting the best man the entire
country afforded for the work necessary
10 be done.
6elIamy Might Do.
1t may be that after carefully looking
over the matter / should conclude that
Bcllamy was the man for the purpose. 1t
may be that / should have to conclude
that some one else OF whom | have no
thought a present would be the best man,
and if so ! should be in honor bound to
take him and not to consult any personal
preference of mine in matter so vital
to the country. I do not believe that Sec
rotary Long intends to laeve the navy.
In this department / am sure without fur
Their thought that Bellamy would be adj
mira BILE, but in filling any vacancy in the
cabinet | would have to take note of all
kinds of considerations. I should count
Bellamy's religion in his favor for cab
met place. Other things being equal. /
should like to have a Catholic I'm the cab
met. | am sure that in the navy depart
ment he would do exceedingly well as
| secretary. / do not know whether geo.
graphically he would be the right man.
| EQr I 10 IN not q
Pacific slope man in the cabinet. and par
ticularly in the navy department. and l
do not wish 10 leave New England I'M
! | represented. At present / see no Pacific
slope man who would be competent to
fill the position. Moreover, if possible, I
would like to get one or more members of
the people, carrying weight when they eX-
; plain the policies, purposes and acts of
my administration.
! Where Cabinet Was Weak.
This is the one point in which the
[ present cabinet is not as strong as ii
/ should be. / do not believe that finer,
abler. more high minded body of public
, | servants was ever got together around
a president; but there is no ore of them.
with the possible exception of Root (whO
is so busy that he can hardly ever speak,.
who can appear before the country with
| the prestige of a great political leader
TO explain and champion my administra-
ton. If | could at amy time fill this
want | should most aTdentiy desire to
do so In other words, for cabinet
place the man should. il possible be not
, only eminently fit for the adniinistra ton
: OF his department. but also. IL possible.
d party leader of weight, and. further
: more. IL is rarely that one can fill caD-
: iBet position with reference only to it.
self; all surrounding conditions must be
taken into account Now as TO foreign
affairs. my inquiries speedily develop the
fact that Catholic just at present would
[ not be a man whom it would be wise
to send to Germany. For wholly differ
ent reasons it would not be wise to send
him to Italy I had not thought of on
known either of these facts when / adj
vOcated Belamy going to italy. AS soon
as [ made inquiries to the effect. boil
2 here and abroad, of appointments to Ger
many and Italy, | found what the facts
. were In no other country would the
question of Catholicism cause any serious
: trouble; but | have not the slightest
idea whether any man intends at present
} to leave his position
{ '''Of Porter in France. / hear nothing
but the strongest praise. lie seems &c
= have done peculiarly well. 1t would bC
r an Injustice of a fragrant kind to turr
I him out at the present time IL Is OF
course always possible that | may MAKE
e a shift. and If in doing so France should
become vacant / should offer II TO Bel
fanny at once. unless it happened thai
/ was able to offer him CABINET DO
e sition; but as things are just at at this
[ time ! do not see the likelihood OF such
I condition arising. ! have written VIII
: derstand exactly how the thing nov
4 stands Faithfully yours.
: THEODORE ROOSEVELT
2 Ireland as Authority.
The president says: The assertion
Jim, 10, ok c1rnh !