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Show . - . PRESIDENTIAL LUCK . , J c " That whether Presidents Presidentsare Presidents are esteemed successes or orfaIlures orfailures orfailures faIlures ' ' is 1S 'is largely a matter of luck or Cll en cucumstance cumstance is isilIustrate isillustrated isillustratecTby'a isillustratecTbya ilIustrate illustrated 16 soy soya ' a recen recent article by former Congressm Congressman CongressmanCollier CongressmanCollier isI n nCo1lier I Co1lier Collier of 01 : Mississippi , now a member of the TariffCommission TarIffCommission Tariff TariffCommission Commission . Mr . Collier Colher entered Congress with the advent of the theTaft theTaft Taft administration in 111 1909 . Being a Southern Democrat Demo Demo- Democrat Democrat - crat , he was not especially especialIy enthusiastic enthusia8bIc about PresidentI Presidenti President I , i ' + [ Taft , but he has the candor to say a good word for thatdistinguished that thatdistinguished distinguIshed but unfortunate executive . He says : I . " Tew "Few Few " * of our Presidents by training trainmg , environmentand environment environmentand environmentand and experience were better equipped for chief magIstrate magIstrateI magIstratethan magistratethan magistratethan I than Taft . He had been secretary of war , governor general gen gen- general general - eral of the Philhppines PhIllIppmes Philhp ones pnd 2nd and a Federal judge fudge . . The faIlure failureof failureof of his administration was brought about through no faultof fault faultof faultof of President Taft . . It , was sras , as inevitable mevItable , and was the result resultof resultof resultof of circumstances C1rcumstances too powerful for anyone any one man to circumvent cir- cir circumvent cir circumvent - cumvent . . . Unfortunately Unfoi UnfOl tunately it began at a time bme when the thecountry thecountry thecountry country countryas \ was \\as as as still stIlI suffering suffermg fiom flom from the panic pamc of 1907 . " Diffeient DIffelent Different circumstances attend the administratIon administrationof of the late PI Piesident President esident Coohdge CoolIdge , who was privileged pnvlleged toserve to toserve toserve serve during durmg a penod pe11.od pe11od period . of unusual prosperity , and who whoenJoyed whoenjoyed whoenjoyed enJoyed unusual popularity as a result . But President PresidentHoover PresidentHoover PresidentHoover Hoover came into mto office just dust as the boom balloon baBoon wasabout was wasabout wasabout about to buist bUlst burst , and he was blamed for the depressionwhich depressionwhich depression depressionwhich which neither he nor any oth other othr r executive on earth could couldhave couldhave couldhave have prevented . . . : * Now President Roosevelt has taken office with econ econ- econon economic economic - on omic c conditions at the lowest ebb in m many years ypars . . Ifthese If Ifthese Ifthese these conditions impiove Implove improve greatly during durmg his administra admImstra- admImstra administra- admImstratIOn administration administration - tion , , as everyone everj-one everj one - hopes and believes beheves they will , he will behailed be behmled behailed hmled hailed as a great President . If his policies do not wOlk work woikout I I out veIl : well he wd.l wdl will . be condemned by the public and his adminitratimr ad- ad admmI ad administration - mmI ministration minitratimr ; trahon will be considered a failure . UmtedStates UnitedStates It is 18 a gicat gleat great honor to be President o of the Umted United UnitedStates I States at any time , but it is infinitely mfmitely more comfortable , ' ' to tobe be President when the thejsountry country is prosperous . . |
