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Show THE CLOSING ADMINISTRATION. In nil the history of the nation, there probably is no parallel to the fight on between the congress i ,! and the chief executive at the present time. TheTe : is no gainsaying the fact that the president has ' '. hit straight from the shoulder in what he believed ' ' to be wrong during all his term. He has not been ' ; i the oily diplomat to seek political advantage by , ? ; toadying to the "interests"; rather has he been a ; ' . f champion of the common people against in- trenched capitalism. His administration has been ! marked by an almost constant turmoil, and the ' : ! good that has been accomplished is largely due to ? his efforts. It is most natural, therefore, that his , ', ! recommendations in recent messages, in which I i there were covert charges that the congress feared Ii ? an investigation by the secret service of the gov- j eminent, should array against him not only all his M l political opponents, but a good sprinkling of con- l ; grcssmen and senators of his own political faith. ; j. :' He lias stirred up the congress, and a good . many members of that body have come to the con- ' ; elusion that the president is lacking in sincerity; that there is a large element of hypocrisy in the ; makeup of the chief executive; that the truthful ness of which he has openly boasted is merely a cloak for the perpetuation of untruthfulness and : . j ; double-dealing. Understand, we do not say that congress is right in its attitude toward the president. presi-dent. It may be entirely Avrong in its conception of llr. Roosevelt, but the members of that honor-' honor-' able body have not been backward in expressing I j their opinion, and they have appealed to the eoun- ; ; ; try for justification. . The president-elect is pledged to carry out the policies of the present administration, and itwill ; be interesting to note the outcome of the present unfortunate incident of the president going out s f of office villi a scrap as a legacy for his suc- l ccssor. |