Show L 4 I I 4 I I II I II 4 4 4 4 4 4 II 4 t I I 4 4 I t A SENSIBLE PRECEDENT PRECEDE T. T l J MM I. I M t M t MM M M MM M M M t When en he returned Prince Henrys Henry's call entering entering entering enter enter- ing th the German Embassy in Washington yesterday foi fOl that hat purpose President Roosevelt elt kicked to death a lot lpt pt of idiotic old precedents and established a new Dew and sensible one For Foi several generations it has been the practice of American Presidents to refrain from stepping inside of embassy embassy em em- bassy or legation precincts because of ot the fiction tb that t they are arc foreign soil With almost equal nonsense nonsense non- non been afraid to sense our Chief Magistrates have ha cross the su suspension pension bridge at 1 for for fear that hat in so doing they might jeopardize their right to the office of Pres President This tradition has become becom a Presidential fetich and like other it js s without the slightest reason f for r existing It is a reasonable deduction from the Constitution that during his term of offic the President shall reside within the United States But there is not a word woid in the fundamental law of the country to forbid his taking a trip abroad if he choose to do so The fhe idea then that he could imperil imperil imperil im im- im- im peril his right to the Executive office by visiting an Ambassador in an ambassadorial residence at atthe atthe atthe the Nations Nation's capital is too paretic for serious dis- dis dis Yet Presidents McKinley McKinle Cleveland Harrison Hat Hal rison risen Arthur Garfield and a long list of predecessors from the pseudo-foreign pseudo sors carefully kept kept away way away a ground of the diplomatic premises We Ve are heartily heartily ly glad that President nt Roosevelt has been independent inde inde- independent independent pendent enough not n t to follow their example but butto butto to establish a new rule which will do much to improve improve improve im im- im- im prove the relations between the White Ho House se and the corps and wh which ch has knocked on the head a most miserable old pumpkin n and candle b bogey ge |