Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-01-08 | Page 19 | An Overlooked Distinction

AN OVERLOOKED DISTINCTION ot only President noo Roosevelt elt e s 's s but ever r friend of popular r con go mu must t deplore the im un fortunate controversies in which the president has allowed Il elf to b conic como embroiled during his hib tenure of ClO o I The trouble with Mr 1 Roosevelt Jt all along along- has been iwen his apparent inability to differentiate between his bis p personal au and 1 official positions He lie has seemed scented to regard the presidential as his p per personal r soual oual property and to consider that I whatever b he might do tin with propriety as asa asa I a private at citizen he lie may do dl a as president dent hut but thoughtful people w will ll not a with him in agree ree that respect pet President failure to c this tins he between tween his pei p honor and dignity nn and th the honor and of his official l' l a position has bus led ll hint m into info deplorable extremes which are unprecedented in time tho conduct of tIme tile theoffice office office- ho hit holds and which in ill tim the fober light of ll history stor cannot ann t fail nil to east cat a d upon his administration lu lii hort th the president president- of th the States has no ri right ht to call all anybody m bod a liar although a n private At citizen enma max ml do ilo to W with in impunity If if his legs lech ar are long I enough I h. Kansas City Journal I