New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-17
Salary Is Sufficient.

whose patronage formed the motive TOT
Its beginning and rise
Salary Is Sufficient.
The Presidency is a great office to hold;
II is a great honor, and II is surrouhueu
with much that makes IL full OF pieasui,,e
and enjoyment for the occupant, III spi.e
Of its heavy responsibilities ana the shIn-
ing mark that il presents for misrepIe-
stntation and false attack. Consluel
that the President OF the United Sta,oS
IS we'll paid, The salary by no Iie ea,S
measures the contribution TO his means
of living which the generosity OF congress
has AFFORDED ard unless il is the polloy
of Congress- to enable him in nus louI
years TO save money enough 10 nv ~
adequate dignity and comfort theItdLl o''
then the salary is all that IL ought TO be,
or course the great and really the ohiy
lasting satisfaction that one can nav ~
1.-THE administration OF the great oInce o os
President Is the thought that one mas
done something permanently useIul 10
his fellow cOuntrymen. The mere en-
ioyncnt Of the tinsel OF Office IS ephclht-
raj, and unless one can flx one 5 h'eLi, .'n,
on real progress made through the eker-
else Of Presidential power there IS niue
real pleasure in the contemplated OF the
holding OF II. IL. o., ,bo
very emphatic verdict by which | leaVe
tie Office / cherish only the deepest graft
tude 10 tho American people TOT haEins
given me the honor Of having held once me-
and / sincerely hope, in looking back over
what has been done, that there ~ enough
OF urOgTess made TO warrant me IN the
belief that real good has been accom-
plished even though ! regret that 1t has
not been greater
Hope for World Peace.
Ny chief regret Is my failure 10 secure
from the Senate the ratification OF me
general arbitration treaties with FRANCS
and Great Rrtain' am sure ,Tar rhey general %
! world peace what has actually been
| done hope has helped the cause OF
peace. / do not despair OF ultimate sue
cess We must hope and work on.
/ observe that the question or now
receptions are TO be accorded 10 those
who have business at the Whlte rouse
is now under conslderauoh' anu s',go
been considerably amused at the sug
geStlOn that II would be possible 10 90
the public business IN the presence OF
everybody so that all who are interested
might draw near to the executive onlce
and stand and see and hear the commu-
nications from those who enjoy appointed
consultations with the head OF the nation.
This always settles down TO an arrange
meut which satisfies few people but when
allows those who have the most impor-
| tant business generally TO nave the
easiest and longest access TO the Presl-
| dent. A President has Just so much une
| to sec people. No matter what is zone. ~
will be certain that somebody's toes are
What are we to do with our ex-Presi-
dents? ] am not sure DIR. Oslers method
Of dealing with elderly men would not
properly usefully apply TO the treatment
| Of ex-PTeSidents. The proper and scien-
tifc administration Of dose OF chloro-
! form or OF the fruit of. the lotus tree
! might make fitting end 10 the life OF one
! who had held the highest office and at the
same time would secure the country from
| the troublesome fear that the occupant
| could ever come back II would relieve
the country from the burden OF thinking
! how he Is to support himself and his fam
| lily, would fix his place in history ana en-
able the public TO pass on to new men
| and new measures | commend this meth
| cd for consideration.
Gentle Rap for MIR. Bryan.
I observe that our friend, Mr. Bryan.
proposes another method Of disposing OF
our ex-Presidents. Mr.. Bryan has not
| had exactly the experience OF being a
President. He has been near FreM-
| dent" three times, and possibly that quail
| fes him as an expert to speak OF what
| we ought TO do with our ex-Presidents
| He has been very vigorous in this cam
paign I'm helping to make me an eX-Prcsi-
dent. and If have followed with accuracy
his public declarations and his private
| opinions he is anxious 10 perform the
office Of making my successor an ex-
| President after one term.
AS a Warwick and az maker OF ex-
| Presidents / think we should give great
| and respectful consideration TO his sug-
| gestion. Instead Of ending the Presiden-
| fial life bv chlOrofOrn or lotus eating, he
! proposes that It should expire under the
| angsthetic effect Of the debates OF the
| Senate. He proposes mat ex-TTeslGeIts
should be confined 10 the business or sn-
| ting in the Senate and listening 10 tho
discussions I'm that body. Why Mr. Bryan
should think It necessary TO add 70 the
| discussion IN the Senate the DECLARATIONS
Of ex-Presidents' ! am at a loss to say;
| If must go and disappear into OBLIVION,
prefer to so by the chloroform or lotus
| method. It's pIeasanter and It's less
drawn out
With the President at the guests
table were Major T. L. Rhoades, ".
s. A., his military secretary; Carmi A.
Thompson, his private secretary; Ches-
ter s. Lord, the Rev. DR.. Ernest M.
| Stires, Mahlon H. Pitney, associate
Justice OF the Supreme Court Of the
United states; Elihu Root, United
States Senator from New York; Frank
r. Lawrence, Andrew Carnegie, DR..
| Arthur T. Hadley. president Of Yale;
Henry w. Taft, franklin Murphy, for
| roer Governor of New Jersey; Frank
III. Hitchcock, Postmaster General; Mel
VILE L. Stone and Charles w. Price.
Tribute to the President.
The speakers were President Law
renee, President Taft Senator Root,
Mr.. Carnegie DR.. Hadley, Justice Pit
ney DR.. Stjres. Colonel George Harvey
and DIR, Minot J. Savage.
In introducing President Taft, Frank
r. Laurence. president Of the club
paid glowing tribute to the nations
| Executive, saying; .
Whatever our political briefs or prefer.
ences, We must all regard our present
| Chief Magistrate az one who mas held
| his great Office at rs highest level ne
! has stood for constitutional government
without self-seeking or self-glorlhcatlen.
RE has stood, for peace where oppor-
| tunities for its disturbance have not been
I wanting, and whore one AMBITIOUS o,
military glory might well have inyOlyed
our country In serious trouble. lie mas
worked. without ostentation for the pup,
| lie good. His achievements, FAR TOO Ilaily
| 10 be enumerated here, have Vindlcated
his right to stand at the head Oh thls
nd his Win 4nln6