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Show r'i ; I.!..:, r.re cl;; :lr t. .' f i f o j:. .: V v,-Lr.t il i .1;. !. .'-'o :! ? : ; c! A: ;rl:. l ULtcr. v.!) r.ro. rr-r -i l.ia.tl." y Ti. :ti.. t,oj:,j nc'jLl :i--.J V-cr:' r.'.i?,. tcr.i-.trance, tcr.i-.trance, -Iconic, cci::rcl-l traveler-, -1 ctLcr CocLs cf citizcnsLip the cfT.ce cf IVc'Jcat is im-rres.ive im-rres.ive cf American Instit"utic-. Tlia 'Accricaa' may entirely disapprove- cfh!s Present an J L:3 policy; may even telieve the lies that aro toll concerning con-cerning Lis personal habits; may on the street, at his oSice, or in his shop, or even, at home, deride him, and expres3 contempt for hi3 political opinions; opin-ions; may go bo far as to look upon hio as an enemy of the country, for the American partisan is extravagant ex-travagant and even hysterical; but when he is in the presence of the President he seems tongue-tied, as if he were before what they call in monarchies "our august ruler." Thus we catch a glimpse of the true sentiment of the private American citizen for the impersonal President. , , . " - Ad Atcric. President, end th8 People. - atoosevelt's Western' .tour.has established one f axil that Teddy the bear hunter is the most popular popu-lar Tresidenjt.that. ever made a: trip this side of the Misiisippi." While the, fact that Roosevelt is the nation's ruler is the greatest factor attracting attention at-tention to him during his visit to the West, yet there is a sort of personal magnetismN that is responsible re-sponsible to an unusual extent for the honors Westerners are heaping on the Chief Magistrate. Booseyelt is closer to the people of the West than anyother President has been. But the President always is an object of curiosity,for he is also the mosV distinguished man in-the country. Crowds, it lOrue, flock at railway stations to see other jnerand there is a catholic and democratic indis- - crimtnatioH in the popular- eagerness to behold with the eye of sense, those who are in the newspapers, news-papers, says Henry Loomis Nelson, in the Century. The attraction may be a prize fighter, or a soldier, or a prince, or a jester, or an anarchist; but 'the President is something different. He is an idea. Hells the eidolon of the Government. ' The people go .to see him not only from curiosity, not only 'toHbe able to say that I've seen him," as the phrase gCKSH there is also'an element of patriotism in their ' feelSg for him; they want to pay him respect. As absence of the critical spirit or mood, usually so characteristic of the American, attitude .toward .individuals,' is noticeable among the .groups of peo-ple-who are waiting in the. White, nonse in antici-patH)ii;of antici-patH)ii;of seeing the1 President.. . There is.unntfti-gat&i, is.unntfti-gat&i, unqualified pleasure from .the anticipation. Th&a is absolute joy from the touch of .his right haadi the common property of the. nation. There is nearly always awkwardness in their greeting of him. . Troud as they have been in the thought of coming into actual personal contact with the head of fhe Government, and proud as they will after-warJ after-warJ be of the honor of their visit, many of the Present's callers shake his hand in visible trepi-ditin, trepi-ditin, and 'are eager to pass on, dreading apparently appar-ently lest he rpeak in such a way as to require a r:::zz2. Even the pert, who are determined to i |
