Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1903 — The President. [ARTICLE]

The President.

At a dinner in New York in February, Secretary Shaw, responding to the toast, “The President,” put some wellknown facts in a new way. Speaking of the office, not of the incumbent, Mr. Shaw said: The President, while properly a most potent influence in the realm of legislation, Is the executive. No sovereign has greater authority, and few have an authority so extensive. No sovereign has greater responsibilities, i|nd few have responsibilities so heavy. Think what the President has done in the last six years!. The President has called an army into existence, officered it, clothed it, armed it, equipped it; he has collected a navy; then, as commander-in-chief of .both, he has prosecuted successfully a war with results perhaps as far-reaching and important as any ever waged on the globe. Then the President, through his Secretary of War, took possession of Cuba, pacified its people, stood guard and protected it from outside interference and from international contention while a government authorized by Congress was created, a constitution adopted, an insular congress elected, and / then the President, through his Secretary of War, said: ) “Are you ready?” And as the answer came, “Aye, aye, sir!” the President replied, “Hoist away!” and a new flag sprang forth.