Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-12
TIE WAN ROOSEVELT.


Tho question. almost a. old as The
government Itself. what shall We a.
with our -prcsidents7" has presented
itself with Extraordinary insistnnce
during the past few weeks ana ems
this time TO demand more urgently
than ever before, definite answer.
Since the latest and only lViug ex-
president returued from the iung,es. ne
has been varlously compored t. Ma
poleon after Elba. the man on horse
hack. az well as 90 several other be-
ncGcent or destructive taccordInE 10
the point OF Wow heroic figures of tru-
diiion, myth or history
Tho great bulk " the people Re 1t
Understood. + not worried much over
what the redoubtsblc Colonel does or
doesn't do or what hc does or doesn't
say. lie has managed TO make for him
self fairly secure place In the affec-
tions and estimation OF the masscs
They take Il for granted that "hc's uI!
right" They are decidedly partial T.
him-many OF them love him most for
tho enemies he has made. He has the
habit OF calling things by their right
namcs--with him a spade is spade,
muck-rako goes by no other name more
sweet an economist OF the tru,h Is
defined IN the shortest and fewest Of
syiiablcs OF which good old Anglo Sax
on ia capable This may not be di-
plomacy. and Is certainly not always
good politics. II has the merit. how
ever. Of coming within the understand
ing and appealing 10 the human nature
of the yeomanry OF the nation. and
the courage OF conviction behind il all
appeals 10 the common people with
Irresistible force Nobody else's name
Is 80 frequently on mons lips. no other
public mans acts and words are so
generally applauded and considered the
brave right thing at the right time.
The people. therefore. are not puz-
2ling themselves as 20 what We shall
do with him" In their opinion, such
anxiety were useless, since he is him
self the only one able and ready 10
answer It.; he will do for himself, with
out aid or suggestion from the rest OF
as Those eminent gentlemen, how
ever. who occupy high places Of 70
lticai power and leadership are not ST.
easily satisfied They cannot ignore
him as great elemental force in
governmental affairs and are naturally
solicitous az TO the channels in which
his energy shall be directed II he
manifests a symptom Of coquetry with |
any particular faction. there Is much !
speculation among all the others as TO |
what II means. followed by explana-
ton and statements which only adver- |
tise the act the more widely. His list |
OF visitors at oyster Bay iy more close |
~ scanned than the roster OF guests |
at a court levee OF a shaky-crowned |
car Reporters and spondents lie |
IN walt for those who come and those |
who go 10 ask as TO what he had TO |
say and how he stands on this or that |
question; and their telegraphed stories |
are read within a few hours by hun |
dreds Of thousands
All this makes his position altogether |
uuique and extremely difficult II ne
would only 90 into Congress as John |
Quincy Adams ala. or take high pro- |
fcssorial position In a college as Cleve- |
land did or go around tho world again |
OF the bron ana turbulence Of Amer /
can politics-some political leaders |
would sleep better Of nights and have |
fewer restless days For with them /
the question. what shall we do with |
hn?" Is as yet as far from being salts. |
answered as over; indeed They |
cannot answer So without him and d. /
seems altogether Indifferent about help. |
ing them Co a solution. Meanwhile. 10
he were not known 10 be OF such rare
and approved courage his present ex-
,erience might be felt TO be more peril
Gus 10 him than facing wounded buffaln
bulls. enraged rogue elephants aud
ouble-horned pig-eyed rhinocerogos In
the cane brakes and on the brush
strewn plains OF African happy hunt
ing grounds