The Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt edited by J. Martin Miller

GETTING CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE 51
and the railroad officials vie with the citizens in makinfj tlie
entertainment of the Chief Executive of the very best kind.
FEELING THE PULSE OF THE PEOPLE
The President does not know of any better way to feel the
pulse and ascertain the sentiments of the men and women of
the United States than coming in contact with them and
talking with them face to face on the issues and questions of
the day. In this way he sounds the pulse of the public and
keeps in close touch with the desires of the voters. He has
always been of the belief that the president or any other
public official should not be unmindful of what the people
think, and in the next four years he will go about much among
his constituents. There will be no fear of political criticism
and the President can go as often as he pleases and spend as
much time as his duties will permit among those who have so
often desired his presence with them, and who feel that their
confidence in him has not been misplaced.