NATION GREETS COLONEL ROOSEVELT. 



come back safe and sound from his voluntary yet most agreeable 

 exile. 



Now that his remarkable journey has come to an end, his coun- 

 trymen will inevitably turn their thoughts to the future. They 

 wonder what part he is to take in their affairs. The conjecture 

 that he himself is thinking of the future would not violently strain 

 the probabilities, we presume. It is one of Mr. Roosevelt's pecu- 

 liarities that he keeps thinking himself, and that he keeps others 

 thinking. 



He has said that he shall say nothing about politics for at least 

 two months. That resolution was wise and prudent, no doubt, 

 though he may find it hard to keep it to the letter. It is another of 

 Mr. Roosevelt's peculiarities that he is apt to give the country early 

 i.nformation of what is going on in his mind. It is doubtless safer 

 for him and for the country that this is so. It tends to the avoidance 

 of surprises and gives time for preparation. 



