Life — July 20, 1905 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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ninds of mc Hay had laid indispensable our citizens tind themselves nd to Mr. Root the avery tall tree, other man in Ilis brains, } reputation ¢ experience tural victim ¢ er he would turn back from practice in the United vote himself c ninsignificant salary tics, the interests of man- to world pol steed to do it countrymen nas reason to feel hir most flattere and waves and beckons to him to come have anything whenever he unremunerative needs the American people clamor to so obstreperously that he has to leave Agassiz—he *LIFE* time to get rich, But after all, that is, and always has been, rather a con condition. There are more scope than is appreciated who haven't time to get rich, and who s ay poor because don't the effo riches see nvever, getting rich would cident of 1 work been an in con- ssic treat in- crest and importance founc y satisfactory that he is willing State Department, where concerns of the highest’ moment to civilization require just now the most competent oversight procurable, Mr. Root will strengthen tt very much and very opportune > Cabi- nt has an amount of special work on | Our Goverr on and, and is apparently somewhat undersupplied We » go around with men capable of doing it have enough Roosevel It is unthinkable that there should be two Roosevelts. The world is not g cnough and the folks could not make room fast enough. But the ad- ministration needs several Roots and We hings zo better at Py ay b some ore Tafts would like to How usy to nam. adly they wr going is not ascertain, but there is deal of great talk and many headlines to the effect hat the great job of canal Judge Taft i ippines, where, we presum building ungs fire. on his w to the Ph he is urgently needed, yet the canal is under t control of his department nd would probably afford him active this summer if he could yment stay at home ypted cl family is distracting work, Nara who would be Sceretary This looking after the ren of national our instructive to. how notice space in the discussions of Hay's suc- his or that available man to take the Mr nd Mr. Root came to every: We heard Mr. considering whether could afford office Choate body's mind at once Choate’s name met with the sugges- tion that his service as Ambassador awn so heavily on his private un at he was disposed to replen- 1 his coffers by a little law practice. The like was Mr. Root. He was credited with a reasonable desire said of © earn some money after his long y service as a Cabinet officer Mr. Choate may be a Mr Root may in and losir rich man, and Jifferent to money- is certain that when Secretary of filled, this matter of making tit n office as that of State is to be such salary ought not to complicate the choice. he great ofticers of our Gov- emment m st be pa afford to as it ist Living wages have it at after a first- man of moderate fortune has served a We cannot nized recog- term as Ambassador or Cabinet officer, he must be released from public duties long enough to give him a chance to make up his losses remunerative and his family Our present this respect giously stupid. work, and save himse m the poorhouse methods in are prodi- us not director: they have not only been indicted, but have been convicted of something by a ju jury of their peers and sentenced by a qualified judge. At this writing there is a great deal of very loose talk in the newspapers about them, includ- in, sertions as to what District. Attorney Jerome i: do to them if h tremendous a going to gets certain evidence as to their malfeasances. Meanwhi Mr. Jerome has been out to K with Thomas nd it will he time cnough to ing speeches won discuss his intentions when they take shape in deeds. Mr. Middle West is a phenomenon fit to engage Lawson's r of the tical forecasters. In Kansas, lowa, Nebraska and Min- the attention of pol nesota he has been taking the people into his confidence under the patron of the Is * The System iors of those going to be the issue of the next Presidential cam- new Govern ates, paign, and Lawson a factor in it, and do our Mr. Jerome and William Bryan scent the battle afar off ? comicbooks.com