The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-14
BRYAN WRITES OF PRESIDENCY His Conception of Execu-
 tive's Duty. DICED WITH RESTRICTIONS ,elieyes Vice President Should Be
 in Cabinet. peeIares that The Presidents Most Im- portant Requisite is Tsat His sym-
 pathy Shall be With the 4 Whole People.
DICED WITH RESTRICTIONS

New York. July 1s.-william J. Bry-
 n. the democratic nominee for presi-
 ent, has written an article entitled
 My conception of the presidency" for
 1e July 18th issue of Golfers Weekly.
 r. Bryan says:
 The presidents power for good or
 arm is often oyer-estimated. Our
 overnment is a government of checks
 Id balances: power is distributed
 nong the different departments. and
 oh official works in cooperation with
 CTS. In the making of laws. for Nce,. the president joins with the ad the house. He may recom- senate an Is powerless to legislate. mend but Nsiority of the senate and except as maA,th him. The senate house concur also of each other. and the house ares ,.o over the oth- and each having vAl.s veto over CT; and the president Mte and house both, except that the senA2verride the can by a two-thirds vote zee of the presidents veto. The infiueiAt erefore president over legislation is t with limited; he shares responsibilityxare- a large number of the peoples rel, sentatives.
 .'Even Tn the enforcement of law, he is edged about with restrictions. He acts through an attorney general (whose appointment must be approved by the senate) and offenders against the law must be prosecuted in the courts 90 that here again the responsi- portant appointments too sonsult the senate and is of necessity compelled to exercise care and discretion.
 Sympathy With People.
 ''The most important requisite in & President, as in other officials, Is that his sympathy shall be with the whole people, rather than with any fraction of the population. He is constantly called upon to act in the capacity of judge, deciding between the importun- ities of those who seek favors and the rights and interests of the public. Un- less his sympathies are right the few are sure to have an advantage over the many, for the masses have no one to present their claims. They act only at elections and must trust to their rep- resentatives to protect them from all their foes.
 Second. the President must have 8 knowledge of public questions and the ability to discern between the true and the false; he must be able to analyze the conditions and to detect the sophis- tries that are always employed by those who seek unfair advantages.
 S1C UlubL pOe16n8 bAO AAAVh 0A SO0AG8 . to stand against the influences that are brought to bear in favor of special Interests. In fact the quality of moral courage is as essential in public of- icial as either right sympathies or a trained mind.
 "A President must have counselors. and to make wise use of counseiors. he must be open to conviction. The Pres ident is committed by his platform to certain policies and the platform Is binding: he Is also committed to cer- tain principles of government and these he Is in duty bound to apply in all mat ters that come beforA him. But there is a wide zone in which he must act upon his own judgment and here he ought to have the aid of intelligent, conscientious and faithful advisers. The law provides these to certain extent in giving him a cabinet and the Vice. President ought to be made a member of the cabinet ex-oflcio in order, hrst, that the President may have the bene- it of his wisdom and knowledge of af- fairs. and second, that the Vice-Presi- dent may be better prepared to take up the work of the President In case of vacancy In the presidential ofiice.
 VIII of The Voters.
 ''rhere ought to be cordial relations also between the President and those who occupy positions of influence in the co-Or0ln4uo Dfancne6 or the govern ment. for our government Is not a one man government but a government in which the chosen representatives of the people labor together to give express sion to the will of the voters.
 "But the presidency Is the highest position in the world and its occupant is an important factor in all national matters If he is q devout believer in our theory of government. recognizes the constitutional distribution or powers, trusts thoroughly in the people and fully sympathizes with them in their aspirations and hopes, he has an to do q splendid work; he occupies a vantage ground from which he can exert a wholesome in- fluence in favor of each forward move- ment.<
 "The responsibilities of the office are so great that the occupant ought to be relieved of every personal ambition save the ambition to prove worthy of the confidence of his countrymen; for this reason, he ought to enter the posi- ton without thought or prospect of a second term While the burdens or such an office are heavy. and while the labors of the office are exacting and exhausting. the field of service Ia large and measuring its greatness by service, a president, by consecrating himself to the public veal can make himself secure in the affections of his fellow citizens while he lives and create for himself a permanent place in the nations history"
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