The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-21
ROOSEVELT
HAS PLANS
LOOKS FAR AHEAD 10 a GA.
BEER AS A REFoRMER AND
WILLING TO TAKE
OFFICE.
washlngt0n pIspateh q az Ney

'ena'on VI congress Is draw
ing TO lin close without having recei,.
ed n White House bombs to spea;.
OF This rs not due to any dlmunition
Of ammunition nc the white Hopse
put simply to tho faet chat i.
session nothing Of any consequence
can be done. and II is useless 70 make
recommendation. A short session.
actually does not begin its work, unti,
January. two months before Its, legal
termination. and practically does all
it's Important work within the las,
month OF six weeks.
Hence a President wos wants any.
thing done might as wen save his an.
m'nition Until the real session, rh,s
Is n fact what President Roosevelt
Is doing he has been not al ali secss.
liYe ABOUT sae general nature os III.
eampaisn aext Winter, and sne friends
OF The railroads IN the Senate are / /
parfns fon a battle over q deemn,aaa sor
ans 'nqas'y into matters y Valuation
ana cost Of operation Of faaS6ads as
" Tor rate regulation.
n Is possible that hih viii not ,be
the only important Recommendation
Of tne kind which na President viii
make At the mes session, although hls
usual course s embark on only one
big night az time. He has only one
more long session in which to fight
for his fsSorite reform II he quits the
White House in 1909. but this fact
does not raske IT necessary for him
osagnt for all his reforms at once, for
hls Greer viii not close when he
naita the White House.
This Is. in fact, a phase of the sit.
,iation which the President has often
considered and is not reticent about.
His idea Is that he has entered on n
wal Tor economic reforms, and tthat
his Presidential term Is merely incil
dental 10 that war. He does not In.
tend to end Il as long as he fives.
What win be the arena in which he
viii carry on the war after his term
ends Is q question about Witch he ID
more rcticent. ms repeatedian earn.
est declarations that he Ssoaidinot run
In 1908 have been: acceptef attheir face
value In washington at least. He
has not said, however, that he would
never run for President again, and
In 1919 he would he only Fnfty.sis
veare oId kttbat M ,,,py,tls ihnu6t rsa.s,,,s
an election % the Senate to sacceed
Mr.. Plat Is common Knowledge.
The Pressdent, willie shethasra high
idea ofstnegdiglityoofAhis Office. has nc
false pridepabod.t III. Sandtaoes. moi con.
slider. tAat tthe, dignity of the ONCE
would seliowefediny taking a less ok
.aited once after his term expires
John Quincy Adams bbecame "a Con
lgressnan a~fbernhe1had left theSWhit.
House, Andrew Johnson went to tth.
Isenate, ana ii was generally nnder
stood that, President Arthur wou,d
have acceItsa ia senatorsbip II FAC
New York legislature had shown .aps
disposition 10 give II tn him |
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