Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-11-15

/ Whether Roosevelt wants "44NNA
try al the job Of President IS one OF Inc
things nobody can brand as dead
certaintv.u said a man from New Jer'
ses, " here politics grows when every
thing else fails.
"But there is this, you must admit,
he added, "he has dene more TO start
Nm the Presidential fever iii his own
Cabinet and circle than any other
President, except one, L know any
thing about ever did with respect 10
his official family and associates-and
I've seen every inauguration from
Buchanan down to Roosevelt.
Chase and Jerry Black were convales-
eats before they went into Buck s
Ccabinet, but there wasn't case in the
ouucil chamber by the time BUCK
quiz The job.
Sin Lincoln's first official fami ly
Salmon 2. Chase got the fever; Seward
had mad il before LlRcoln's election
But Chase never WAS carried OF by
the contagion.
I'm the johnson Cabinet there was
Grant aione. Ihere had been some talk
OF llaflan ana Eyarts, out Ii maze no
b AWAY, ana neither attempted any
combinations to keep 1t up.
"Iu Graut's hrst Cabinet the Presi-
denial lever had run OF, except Ia the
case Of sherman, before Grant came
I IN. NiiAu Waanburne had 1t before
Grant, uut it didn't take strong hold
| on hila. sherman ha>. been on the list,
/ but it was believed at The time he
would never have IL seriously; Ia the
second Cabinet, there wasn't case
worth consid ering.
..Jonn Sherman had it before he
went into Hayes Cabinet, and after
ward, and as l~Lg as he lived, But he
W as the only one in that auminlstra-
ton.
at was different in the Garfield
Cabinet. There were more casesln that
administration than any previous. In
fact, most Of Garneld's couhselors had
the foyer when they were called.
Blaine, Window, Lincoln, Wayne
MacVeagh, and Brewster had all be-
come inoculated before Garfleld's elec.
ton, and some of them never got over
| it as long as Icy lived.
"When Arthur was finishing cut
the term there were several cases until
the end. Gresham aud Teller took II
early in the administration, and Ores
ham never got over 1t.
SIN the first Cleveland Cabinet was
Bsyard, who had the fever long be-
fore Cleveland was ever heard OF. 1t
ran Its course before Cleveland went
out. But In the Cabinet there were
several cases. Gresham, Carlisle ana
Olney / think Olney Is still victim.
"BIaIne and Window mad il when
they were called by Harrison, ana
they had it long before.
sherman still had 1t when he was
chosen by Mckinley, and Alser al
ways thought he had IL.
"Evel since Roosevelt was inaugu-
rated the RIssluentiai fever las Tageu
at the Wht,e House. While many be |
l.eye tAat Roosevelt can't gel euous1 |
of it, it is rather singular, if that be
true, that he has had so many about !
him similarly affected.
"Ihere was Shaw, before he quit the |
Cabinet. He had as bad case as John |
Sherman. After him John Hay had |
Lae 1ever ia mild form as long as he |
lived.
"iaft, Root and Cortelyou are be-
lieved TO have caught the contagion |
from Their chief. Ro5t's case is not vie-
lent, Dut if Taft should suddenly de- |
eide to get over his attack, you'd see
Root break out with it all over again.
So, counting all the cases since Roose.
welt came in, you will see that they
foot up i've. That's good many In
one family. More than have sver been
in any previous administration, ex-
capt Garfeld's, Three of the cases have
occurred since Roosevelt took the