Republican farmer., 1909-04-02
TAFT ANTITHESIS
 OF THE VIRILE
 MIR. ROOSEVELT
Former is Fat, Deliberate and Consider.
 ate of Senators.

Ieody was Hard FleShed, Active and Went Over Heads of State Delegations to Make Appoinlmsnts..One is Mighty
 Hunter; Other Never Killed Anything l How They Differ
 Roosevelt-Preached against race
 suicide. Disposed of fifty callers a
 minute. Wrote longest and most nu-. i merous messages on record. Used i referee system in appointments. Likes ! to kill big game. Favorite pastime- | Tennis. FavOrite means of transpor- l tation-horses. Favorite adjective strenuous.
 Taft-Praises .Old Maids When | rushed, gets rid of twenty-five callers ] minute. Has written only one naes-5 sage thus far-340 words. Abandoned the referee system of appointments | Never even shot squirrel. Favor1te pastime-golf. Favorite means of ransportation-automo Favorite adjective-peaceful.
 (NOTE.-The following article waa written by a staff correspondent of the United Press who has enjoyed excep- t1onal opportunities of observing ttnr two Presidents, having been detail to cover the White House news for thl, association almost continuously for theI past eight years.) By Robert H. Hazzardo Washington. March 30.-Althou the Taft administration is not yet 1AouCl Olo us COnIfaSCS4E9 Roosevelt administration are alrezd sticking out like burrs on chestnu In everything that President
 does, at work or play. politics or
 tine, exercise of the brain or of
 body. he is the absolute antithesis
 the man now on the high seas bound
 for Africa The very trip MT. Roose-
 welt is making is typical of the differ
 ences between the two men. Not by
 the widest stretch of the imag1natiou
 could anyone see President Taft for
 saking commerce or civilization for an
 invasion of the African jungle More
 over. it is doubtful if MT. Taft ever
 killed living creature knowingly.
 The Roosevelt goods were hardly
 out of the White House before at faches Of the establishment realized
 that the "old Home isn't like it used s
 to be- Blue coated police officers at
 the front door of the mansion disap-
 peared and were supplanted by two
 tall chocolate colored negro buffers in
 expansive white shirt bosoms and gray
 vests. The white man at the door of the secretary to the President likewise vanished and made way for a colored man. The stable housingi the jump CTS, ponies and coupes of the Roosevelt regime was suddenly transformed into a garage.
 In the matter of handling visitors at
 the White House the very first day marked the change. The strenuous way succumbed before the peacefui- Callers on Roosevelt were ushered out
 
 dispOses of twenty or twenty-fives One of the Roosevelt methods of conduc< ing agility on the part Of .his V5EzEoz
 was to Invite half doxen cff1zen8 fnfoE his office and then in a loud tone of voice, discuss the matter of some ap- pointment which had been brought to- his attention. Statesmen who indf< vidual1y intended quiet tete-a-ter6* with the Executive were only too glad to conclude the conversation in jiff9 and disperse, none desiring the inneE secrets of their district megaphoned about so promiscuously. That's one reason why some New York statesmen carried ill-concealed brick-bats for tha late Executive.
 Now when President Taft makes an engagement to meet a Senator or . Congressman or any other person, he gives them the time that his business seems to justify and does not invite a crowd in to participate in the conver- SatiOn. In diSniSSing visitor he jumps up and says, I'm so glad you called. Come and see me again."
 Of course the Taft method has it's drawbacks. It means more hours Of hard work for the President It meano that scores of callers at the White House do not get to see the President at all. However, those who do get In entertain warm regard for the Chief
 Taft has announced that he will eliminate the referee system of ap- pointments in the south and allow Con- a. C1OlcG the selection of Federal officials, even though they be of the opposite poIitf- cal party Roosevelt'S~ appointments were based upon the report of small were often obnoxious. Personal ap- pointments,' will be reduced to a nin- imum. The reverse was the rule during the Roosevelt administration.
 Already it has been demonstrated that in matters of messages to Con- gress no two men could be more widely different. Roosevelt wrote them, ap parently morning. noon and night and mentary matter. From the White House to Capitol Hill ran a perfect stream of words upon every subject under the sun. Matrimony, art, war, science, simplif1ed spelling, In-God- We Trust, the raising of babies, and the raising of divorcif1ed troubles, all these were meat for the something -doing-ey- President He kept the world busy thinking and working about him for seven and a half years. If present indications may be taken as a promise of the future the mes sages during the Taft regime will be the shortest and most seldom. The only message from President Taft so far was that sent to the extraordin- ary session of Congress It made just $40 words. While Roosevelt in the language of the day, "butted into, every line of human endeavor. Taft is not inclined to worry with problems which do not concern him.
 Roosevelt gloried in fierce physical notwithstanding, single stick, wrest- ling and horses. Taft plays an occa- sional game of golf and exercises a little to make his blood flow freely Roosevelt selected certain administra- ton newspapers in which he put out ''fee1ers'' to test the pulse of the coun- try Taft treats all newspapermen alike. There are no favorites, Roose- welt preached against "race-suicide,, and praised the parents of numerous ia miles Taft believes there is some thing better than mere numerical pro- pagation of the race and not very long ago emphasized his views by pointing out the good that <'old maids may ao- complish in this world.
 But after all, both are great big ful1-blooded, viriIe Amer cans Each meets the problems be- fore him in his own way. Roosevelt made good with the pc ople. Taft givek