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Show Thinks President Is 0. K. Park City Itccoid: President Roosevelt Is not only a statesman whoso name will figure for all lime In American history as tho dominant domi-nant figure of a great epoch, but along with it all he is a politician of consummate skill. ' He believes that the adoption by the congress of tho main features of tils legislative program as outlined in his several messages is not only essential to the wcltars of the country, but that It is well nigh essential to republican success at the polls In November. While he is not wielding "tho big stick" with his old-time vigor in tho effort to get congress to act, it Is known that he is exhausting every resource In the effort to move congress to action. If the present congress expires without having added to the Important record of this administration several important reform measures, It will not bo tho fault of President hoosevelt. While littlo lias been accomplished up to tills time, congress lias been known to do some important things in pretty quick order, when the spirit moved and necessity became the mother of action. ac-tion. Whoever may bo the nominee of the republican re-publican party for president, whether It be Uoosovelt, Taft, Fairbanks, Cannon, Hughes, or any of the others mentioned, tho record of the administration must of necessity be the issue, and in his,cffort to make tils administration administra-tion more notable for measures of popular relief, re-lief, President Hooseelt seems to be not only using good statesmenshlp, but playing good politics. |
