The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-02
Tn "OutloOk'>" Idea Of a CHpStt.
tuiional Ruler

Tho s''nograph." report of Colonel
ROOSEVELT : speech IN IN" tent at Min
cola ON saturday might contains this
jocos. reference To the king business:
nave been apparently /, So~I deal the
minds 81 ~, opponcn, during INC last few weeks
nEGghirr should >sy - much on their minds
that % amounts 10 almost = nightmare Win some
of,hcr Laughter Md they have con Irbu,ed
. perfectly srtnciAl creature whom they think Is
M Laughter some ~ them profess 20 think
] want Ia be King Laughter wish they
could re RiLL COCEs and me having together
IIaueh'"r
Bill toCks doesn't quite settle il.
What are the views NJ the estImable
ARBOrTs and the excellent HOwLANDs'
On Nav a. l9lO. Colonel RoosEvELT's
organ. the Oubook. speaking Of the
powers Of the Office of President. said:
ne has the executive powers of = con su,u.
.:c,al kiac except they are limited by the
express terms ~ necessary implications OF IN.
Constitution Itself W are N look to history
md what his powers arr, are to Look IN the
Constitution to md u hat powers denied him
Monstrous doctrine The Consritu-
ton merely limits an otherwise unre-
s1ricted power: and then only when it
prohibits IN express terms. and va must
turn TO the pages of history to find what
the President : powers are.
On July =. about two weeks after Col
onel RoOsFVELT'S return, his organ. the
oJuook, was arguing that the President
has the power 10 do whatever is neces-
sary-that IL TO SAY. whatever he con-
siders necessary for the public welfare
without waiting for legislation by Con-
gress, and thai such power is not peril
ois 70 'he liberties of tha people and the
stability of the republic.
ON August Z. 1914. Colonel Roosr-
vELT's organ, the Outlook. progressively
insisted that, in vesting the executive
power III the President.
:, Is clear that the con, ention meant, and
fh- Constitution mean. hat in tn. President are
vested those powers which \ England At that tim.
were vested In Tho English chief executive namely
6EoEnE ~
Good old King GEORGE tho Third,
This Is the monarch whose exercise Of
executive power was described. with
the vigor NJ an Indictment. IN twenty
seven CONSECUTIVE" paragraphs Of tho
sornew hat memorable document called
SThe Declaration If Independence.
ENecutiv" power unlimited except
when prohibited IN express terms by
the Constitution! This kingIy doctrine
J., part "f n" New Naiionalism. In all
candor 1t strike Us IL "A momentously
more important ASPECT of tho New Ma
tionalism than the happiness feature
which Colonel ROOSEVELT is now exhib-
ting from the stump a. the whole bust
ness. In his speech AZ Palm Garden,
also on SATURDAY. night. the leader of the
New Nationalists said 10 his audience
(as stenographically reported
We think that grcst deal can be done hy law
70 make conditions i,tle better I,tle fAirsr
Ca give better chance 20 the average man and
The average Woman 10 give better chance for
brtnginE up The children who are Ia come 10 W.
under conditions that viii enable them 20 lead
hsppy and .eIf respecting and us-rgIilyes Wow.
friends thSt Il all that the New Satlonai.n. ~
trey call ~ means
Happiness, sclf-respect and usefulness
for American citizens under "A ruler who
gets his powers from nonarchcal his
tory and his few limitations only from
the written constitution. That all the
New Naiionaiism means