The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-04
PEOPLE FLOCK To THE
SIDE OF THE PRESIDENT
Fight With Congress Sti-s Country To
Pen Endorsement.


hand, not to mention it's typewriter, to
indite few lines of cheer and consola-
ton to the Preside. Epistles of en-
enlargement from tn common peo-
pie, y as they are still SON, lines called,
continue to flow into the v te House
about as fast as Uncle Sans mail car
riers can keep them moving.
These letters, as a rule, are COM
mandatory of the Presidents course on
many subjects and condemnatory as re-
spects Congress. All manner of verbal
bricks are thrown at the Senate and
| House in these missives from the pub
lie. Under the circumstances, it is not
to be wondered at that the President
never losses sleep or flesh or suffers
even impairment of appetite when he
has a fight on with Congress. 1t
heightens his popularity too rapidly for
him to suffer keenly from it, if one can
judge by the letters he gets. These
letters are distinct indication to the
President that the masses of the people
are with him in the differences he has
with Congress, or in the great majority
of those differences.
The controversy over the Secret Ser
vice brought forth hundreds of letters
to the President from all parts of the
| land But this is n, the only subject
on which his constituents write him, up
holding him and sc bring Congress.
Representative Willett's attack has re
suited in many letters. The Panama
canal libel case has wrought up many of
the Presidents admirers. They are
writing him to take drastic action with
| the persons who have been guilty of
any slanderous criticism. The Presi-
dents stand on the question of water
rights has brought forth much approval.
Many other similar cases might be
cited, illustrative of the fact that when
the President takes stand for anything
the disposition of the country is to rally
to his support. Some of the members
of Congress would better understand
the extent of the Presidents popularity
if they could look over the files con-
tanning the letter he gets. At the same
time that the President is getting let
ters of approval there is lombard
ment of letters against the Capitol, as
sailing Congress for Its course in various
matters.
Travelling men are among those who
write many letters to the President.
They come in touch with many people,
and if their letters are based on the
facts. they find that popular sentiment
is with Roosevelt. One Boston Il avel-
ing man wrote to the President asking
him to read certain verse of Corin-
hans, which ran: Therefore, my
beloved brethren. be We steadfast, I'M
movable, always Astounding IN the work
of the Lord, for as much as We know
that your labor is not in vain in the
Lord "
Columbia is proud of you, is the
word from man in the Missouri
Pacific Railway Company office in St.
Louis. God forbid that we eyer for
get the great principles you taught US
to stand for, " is the message that comes
from a home for dependent children
in Indiana. These letters begin "Our
Dear President. An Illinois alderman
writes that he has asked his member of
the House of Representatives "to
break away from the bunch that is
fighting the President, the only friend
the people have in Washington.
A great many of the letters received
by the President are from people who
have little accomplishment in the way
either of writing or spelling. Some of
these letters, however, are the most
pleasing to the President, because of
their earnestness and evident sincerity.
Resolutions in considerable numbers
have been adopted by meetings of citi-
zens and various organizations indors-
ing the President. Until this winter
there has been little of this, but when
the President got into collision with
Congress over the issue of the Secret
Service, then the resolutions began to
break out.
Illustrating this, the plain people up
at Holland Patent, New York, the old
home of Grover Cleveland, met and
prepared letter, signed by the officials
of the village, members of the board Of
education, bankers, preachers, business
men, laborers and others. These resolu-
tions commended the President for the
stand he had taken 'for honesty and
the detection OF crime.
Evidence that the common people are
with the President is seen in this letter
from man in country town in West
Virginia:
"The common people rule this country
and the common people alone. The