Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

the ghest figure men rush forward to seek his favor
Your power Enmties spring up and grow
your term goes along, and, as this hostility ceners
itself and finds its most powerful expression in mem
bers of Congress, the power you have Congress is
impaired. These enmties from various things
from disgruntled office seekers who stir up trouble,
from local conditions in States, from
ambitious men, and sometimes from honest differences
of opinion.
But they all things with which you have to deal
1t is impossible to be in politics and at the same time
peace with the world If you President, you know
in advance what will be offended and what inter
will be alenated by this that act. by posi-
tive course or negative course. And in this way the
presidency is continuous performance of doing that
which is right with the consciousness that people
will be offended.
But, unless man has the courage to ceave always
to that which he believes right and just he should be
removed from the high office | have made Mistakes
every President being mere man, has made mistakes,
but can and can comfort myself with the thought
that have never lacked courage, that | have never
failed to do what thought right
For the first time he laughed heartily. He has great
sense of humor And anybody who is familiar with poll
tics knows that without humOr the holder OF public
office has dreary life.
"Some like particular act, and some do not he
said evidently much amused. at would surprise you
to know the contradictions and dvergences of opinion
brought to every day. l might do this afternoon
thing that would be hailed by the radicals
tive and condemned by the conservatives radical,
and similar act week hence might with either
the approval of both sides the condemnation of both
However, that is all in the days work And Presi-
There is continuously something to do something to be
investigated, situation that must be
studied as to its merit or demer1t.
MR.. PRESIDENT, what is the hardest work you
A'A have done in the White House?"
"Unquestonably,' he said instantly, "the appoint.
ment of to the judiciary. have always regarded
this of my most sacred and difficult duties. And
am proud of the characters and nobility OF the men
have put upon the bench Nothing could ever make me
regret the hours, nights and days have spent in decd
ing upon the to be intrusted with guarding the
rights of the people under the Cons tuition and the law
The Importance of the judiciary S gigantic.
There was in his manner of speaking note OF ire
mendous hint of his realization that hard
work his portion which it would have been practi-
cally impossible to explain to the party of several hun
dred tourists who were at that moment waiting IN the
executive offices fifty yards away for the privilege OF
seeing him smile and of taking up his time by shaking
his hand As matter of fact, few people really know
a Presidents inability escape fully any time from
the of his heavy responsibility and necessity for
hard work
President has to hold with the of all poit
cal parties take up the most time. The trainers of the
Constitution wrote it so that the President comes in
close contact with phase of the peoples interest
with every viewpoint of every class and with all the
unhappness of the population. The Cabinet meetings
held twice week, but fraction Of the time have
to devote to comforting with party leaders. In fact
think IS safe to say that spend more time in consua
ton with members of my Cabinet outside of the regular
Cabinet meetings than | do in them.
politics and the enactment of legislation have come
to such stage of development that the White House
be in closest touch with leaders of the House and
Senate at all stages of each sessions work And again
the executive must be in touch with the leaders
of thought and action in every State My secretaries of
course, find it matter of the greatest difficulty to
arrange for enough time for receive those people
whom it is compulsory for to consult from day to
day. In addition to the conferences in regular office
hours there the talks have with various people at
luncheon at dinner, and in the evenings
who are these people you at odd hours?7
asked.
"Oh," he generazed, "the overflow from the days
crowds. Sometimes it is a member of the Cabinet