The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-14
President Should Work fol-
Country Without Thought
ofWhat Future Holds.
KERN. PAYS VISIT TO
CANDIDATE AT HOME.
Gompers Also Turns Up at Fair
view and Announces That He
Will Support Democrats
Ticket-Ohio and Indiana M M
Regarded as Doubtful
Now. ss

Ew YORK, July 1s.-w1l1iam,, =,


= = Ew YORK, July 1s.-williamrI
AN Jennings Bryan. Democratios
IlsN nominee for President, has
written for the July 18th issue
Of Golfers Weekly an article
entitled My Conception OF the Presi-
dency" Mr.. Bryan says: ~ ;Si
"The Presidents power for good or
for harm is often overestimatcd. our
government IL a government OF Oh ecke
and balances, power Is. distributed
among different departments, and eacls {
Official works in corporation WITH
others. i33
"In making the laws, for insta nee,
the President Joins with the Senate ana Z
House. He may recommend, but he sfsII
potverless to legislate, except as q ma
tority OF the Senate and House con-
cur with him. The Senate and House
are also independent of each other,
each having veto over the othsty
and the President hns q veto over
both, except that the Senate and House
can, by two-thirlls vote, override the
Prcsident's veto. sss
Division OF fResponslblity.
"The Influence of the President over
lcgfslatiOn Is therefore limited; he
shares responsibility with a large
number OF the peoples Representatives..
Even in the enforcement Of law, he ~
hedged about by restrictions. He acts
through nm attorney-Eeneral (whose
appointment must be approved by the
Scnate), and offenders against the law
must be prosccntcd In the courts, 10 sSg
TINT here again the responsibility is5
divided.
"In the making OF Important appoInt-S
inents, too, he must consult the Senate,
and Ii of necessity compelled to exer-
else care anL discretion. The moat
important requisite In President, as
In other officials, Is that ls1 sympathy
;xhnll he with the whole PIE ople, rnthers
than with any fraction OF the popu-S
tlntton. He Is constantly called upon
to act In the capacity OF a Judge sde-I
Gliding between the opportunities OF
those who seek favors md the rights
and interests of the public. Unlesss
his sympnthies are right, the few are
sure to have M. advantage over the
many, for the masses have NO one to-
present their claims. They net only at
clcctions, and must trust to their rep-s
resentativcs to protect them from all
their foes.
"secondly, the President must have
knowledge of Enbltc qilsstl0na nnd he
ability to discern between the true and
fn1sej he must be able to annlyxe the
to detect the sophIstrieskth that
are always employed by those who seek
un fair advHntnges.E He must pOsscsaS the
moral courage to stand against the in-s
flucnces that nre brought to bear In fo-8
yor of special interests. In fact, the
quality of moral courage II M 8essentialS
in n public official ms either right sym-
pnlhics 0r4n trained mini. VI
PreAident's sCouns elOra.
IA President must have counselorss
and to make wise nse OF councillors he
must be open to conviction. The Pres
tlent is committed by his platform to-
binding; he is also committed to cer-
tain principles OF government, and
these he is In duty bound to apply In
all matters thnt come before him. but
there Is wide zone In which he must
net upon his own Judgment, and here
he ought to have the aid = of intelli-5S
gent, conscientious and faithful ad-5
yisers. The law provides these, to- q +
certain extent, In giving him a Cabi-
net, ana the Yice-PresiGcntsou ought to
be madc member OF the Cabinet ex-
|OfficiO, In order, first, TINT the Presl- 4.
dent may have the benefit OF his wis-s
don, aud knowledge of affairs, nnd,s
second, TINT the Vicc.Presidentn may be-
of the President In ease Of3a8yncancytnss of M
the presidential office. "A ssg sS
"rlcre ought to he cordial rclatioasA
#nlso4 between the President and those
the co-Ordinntc5 branches of the govsg
8ernmcnt, for our government II not
n One-MAn government, but II coyeFn-SS
5mcnt In which the chosen repreaenta
ttfycs of the people labor together to
give expression to the will & OF the
voters. ls4
"nut the presidency Is the highest
position In the world, and Its occupant y
is IN important factor In NIL national
matters. II he Is u 8dpvOuta believer In y
our theory of government, recOgnl1es
the constitutional lllstrIbutIOnsO OF pOyv-i@
ers, trusts thoroughly In the pc Oplc
mud fully sympnthizcs with them In
opportunity to do a splendid work HI NJ
occupies advantage ground from which
he can exert "a who lcsO me In fluence In
favor OF each forward moyen,e MT. n S sfst
One Term Enough. ss-$S
''The renponsibillticsgo OF the Office npe Sj
relieved ss0f every personal ambition
save the ambition to prove worthy OF
the con fidcnce of his cOuntrynien for
this reason lie ought to enter the posi-
tton ithOut thought or prospect / OF n
n second term. While the burdens of |,
{lnbors oe the office are cxacting and
sexhnuHting,$ the field of service Ia large s
Rnil, ,n.cnsurins grentnesa by services8a q 4.
#FrcNIdcnt, by cOnscGrntinER himself sstO Il
the public wcnl, can make himself Sc
5cure Iii the affections of his fcllow-2
3cltlzcnsf while he liyes aud can create
for himself u permanent place In the
5nati0n's histOry.n t3s 8 rs
5G0MPERs TO Supp 0RT BR YAM
May Not Speak, but Will Work for the i
85illgsN2 ,rlcfx at In III 0hnr,s Infara ~