Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1907 — MAY BECOME AMBASSADOR. [ARTICLE]

MAY BECOME AMBASSADOR.

Court of St. James Said to Bo to Roosevelt’s Likina. The latest of many suggestions for the benefit of Theodore Roosevelt, as an ex-President, comes from London. where it is to have been discussed In the fashionable clubs. It attributes to Mr. Roosevelt a desire to round out an extended tour of the world by a considerable residence in the British capital as ambassador to the court of St. James. Very likely the President has mentloned this as something that would be to his liking, although it is doubted In Washington whether he has ever seriously considered It. He does contemplate quite a trip abroad, after March 4, 1909. At times he has dwelt with no little anticipation upon the things he would find pleasifre In doing after official oares have -been lifted from his shoulders. He and Mrs. Roosevelt have planned more than one trip they want tcc-take when he has become a private citizen again. Possibly foremost in these plans is the visit to the capitals of the old world. They were married in London, *Bd both have traveled-extensively in Europe. They are very desirous of gotag again, of revisiting old scenes and »ld friends and .of making new friends. They will hardly make such a triumphal tour as ex-President Grant made, but Mr. Roosevelt would like to meet a few of the European rulers with whom he has been in communication more or less since he entered the White House. He would enjoy that probably quite as much as some of the big hunting trips for large game that he has In mind. However, the President up to a few months ago was known to cherish strong hope of an election to the United States Senate from New York. He likes residence iu Washington a porDon Of the year. As a Senator he would continue to have oflicial prominence, and could divide his time between Washington and New York or any city that might Interest him. He will undoubtedly do a great amount of literary work in the few years following his retirement from the Presidency, and Washington is a very congenial city for such efforts.