The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
wHERr THE BLA,rE REsrs.

Speaking of '"The Presidency and the People" The Boston Globe says:
 Recent unpleasant recriminatien be. | tween the President of the United States and certain newspapers sug- gest the necessity for code of ethics | to prevent occurrences so depiorable. Statutes regulating the department of citizens toward the; chief executive of the nation but manifesiy there issneed VI on 'hSs first thought one misA suppose that respect for the office of President was waning. On the contrary. 1t is iIncrsasing. TS De s sure the present walking not long ago was hit by the wheel of careless bicycle rider, and on another occasion was spattered Yet n wRo he would dare Isn Eo Sp O1Si to hirn on the street and ask him for a govern | mont tob,g as buzzinG ofiice-seeke CT once did to Abraham Lincoln on Penn
 And if little respect is shown to the Presidential ofice at theg present time is any one to blame but the incumbent? He has set a bad example and has no right to complain if others Hollow it. We are firmly of the opinion that the ofies of President > would command more respect from the American peo- pie in this day than it; has at any time in the past if Roosevelt himself had not lowered the dignity of the of- fire by virtually assuming the posi- tion of the bully and the prlze- fighter. However much we may regret that the hiKh ofice Is not regarded with proper respect Mr. Roosevelt has no right to ind fault with others And along this line we are going to copy at some length from an editorial in The St. Louis Dispatch. as foi- iows:
 Prssidsnt of the united u States v uses la.n,guage in eontroyersy which Is usu- consider two things; |. To what ex- and 2 Is he q hero or is ho not?
 Under the laws of the United Stateg, passed when Presidents were supposed ePii1s s ssssmse ts msnaes or to aSn assSnls tSe Chjcf Magistrate than 1t is to menace or to assault an ordinary American Presidenfs who has been protected by
 How has. he carried himself under them?. Unlike any other President, hs has sought occasion to engage in per. sonal quarrels with people who were offensive to him. ranging all the way from the Governors of States, railroad presidents, admirals of the, navy and generals of the array dawn to common defendants in trials for murder or theft. The language that he has held toward these people has been of the lighting variety. If he had been any: body but the President of the United states 1t is probable that be would have had a hundred fights on his hands before this.
 In Determining the personal valor of this man. let us consider the fact that for twenty years before be became President he was a fnssy egotist, hold ing many small positions and congen- itaHy crazy for public notice Mho an undesirable eltixeng Who q male factor? Who man of eNil eminence? Where shall we look in the records of his unprotected days for an account of his personal dsfamafton and denun-
 Americans who are seandalized and shocked one day by G0vernors at- tack upon the President and the next man or an editor should examine first causes. 1nciyility in the White House leads ineyitably to fnoiyility on the egteide otfenaiye speech on the part echoes everywhere. A deaperado in of- flee naturally gtirs up all the violence that is latent in those who support the
 A really brave and honorable man in the Presidency would be exceedingly circumspect in department and lam guage. A natural bully and coward. P%Seh R0RR R the onS caaTy hm i%s self toward his opponents about as Theodore Roosevelt has done.