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right to be consulted about the appointments in his 

 own State, if he is of the President's political party. 

 Often the opponents of the Senator in his State do 

 not agree with him in the matter of appointments, 

 and sometimes the President, in the exercise of his 

 judgment, finds it right and desirable to disregard 

 the Senator. But the President and the Senators 

 must work together, if they desire to secure the best 

 results. 



But although many men must share with the 

 President the responsibility for different individual 

 actions, and although Congress must of course also 

 very largely condition his usefulness, yet the fact 

 remains that in his hands is infinitely more power 

 than in the hands of any other man in our country 

 during the time that he holds the office; that there 

 is upon him always a heavy burden of responsi 

 bility; and that in certain crises this burden may 

 become so great as to bear down any but the strong 

 est and bravest man. 



It is easy enough to give a bad administration; 

 but to give a good administration demands the 

 most anxious thought, the most wearing endeavor, 

 no less than very unusual powers of mind. The 

 chances for error are limitless, and in minor mat 

 ters, where from the nature of the case it is abso 

 lutely inevitable that the President should rely upon 

 the judgment of others, it is certain that under the 

 best Presidents some errors will be committed. 

 The severest critics of a President's .policy are apt 

 to be, not those who know most about what is to 



