The sun., 1916-10-24
Not Josephus hut Woodrow wilson
Is Responsible to the People.

The President If the. United States
Is the commander In chief IF the
navy. The Secretary Of the Navy l.
not it, commander In chirf III" i
only the agent Of the President. ""
carries uut the policy of the President
and ln> ~" authority independent "f
the President. Tive President nr-
points him. The President may call
for his resignation when hc Nanis It.
Presidents have frequently got rid of
Incompetent cabinet officers.
The President j. responsible Ia the
people Tor the condition ot the navy.
The Secretary If the Navy l. not re-
slon>ihlc To the Inoplr directly. Ia
u sense. it IL no business of the PEG.
plr's what amy Cabinet officer does ar
does not 'l". The people look I" The
President. not 10 Cabinet officers.
They expect III" President I" appoint
good Cabinet officers. They expect
him 4" ct ril Of M, Cabinet officer
Who. after trial. l. found wanting.
For n ycnr and n half JostPurs
n>>ItI> has been condemned and ridi.
rul'd throughout IN" United States.
TIL" serious periodicals anl news.
papers have pointed out IN" danger
To- the country cniail"l 10y his foolish
acts and foolish failures to act. The
humorous publications have made the
public laugh ~ him. 10y amusing ear.
tOuns. m aud duggcrcl verse.
JosErui : DANIELS deserves all the
condemnation AMI ridicul" that he has
incurrcl-and more: yet the fact re-
mains that he is only nm agent. not
the chief.
Perhaps il might an %cNugg"ra.
ton To- say that the course of Mr..
DANIELS has been correct if II has
been satisfactory tn his chief: but
logically. providing tn" course of Mr..
DANIELS has been satisfactory To him
self AMI in accordance with his con
virrions. That IL has been saii>fur-
l"TN " hll~"Il W. InI'T from many
of his remarks. hut from 10 certain
means Of Knowing. That II has been
satisfactory tn The President We know
because the President In, said 81.
We must assume that Mr.. bNNIrIS's
performances are still satisfactory to
the President, because no President
U-hn us..S nN.nn .,., nam ..., comedian
tiOus would retain n Cabinet officer
who did not give him satisfaction.
1t Is hard 10 imagine any President
of the United States :" d~errlict to
duty as To- retain II man in chnrg. If
the first line of defence If the nation
unless he believed Thoroughly that the
man was equal 10 the immense respOu.
sibility. and unless he approved his
conduct IT affairs.
For two wears it has been the opin.
ion Of army and navy Officers IN W,Hh.
ing,on that Mr.. DANIELS WIS merely
carrying ont the policy If the Presi.
dent That the President came into
oilic" determined To- ,Iis"r"dit the
army ana navy that u" was aud i
II "pn"iii>t': that h" knew Mr.. DAN
IlIs We'll enough before he came into
office f." know exactly Whit kind ~
II man Mr.. DNNIEIN wn.. and IN
know that h" was exactly the Kind
"f man he wanted us Secretary Of the
Navy, We mean that he wanted a
man who would use the navy as Mr..
DANIELS has used II.
Army and navy officers without the
slightest has of political opinion point
In Mr.. WILSON'S continuous neglect
Of army and navy matters. They
point to his scnthing pronunciation Of
the Carabao Society for singing u,
their annual dinner some camp song,
that they had been singing for iificrI
years. They point Ia the fact that
the President has praised Mr.. DAN,
IELs more highly than he has pralsc'
any other ''nbinet officer ~ warrant
ing their belief that Mr.. bNNItIs In,
markahlc and disastrous official GA
reer, hut merely III" agent the viii
ing, suhServlcnt and compliment agent
of his chief.
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