The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-08
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1908.
MAY THROW HIM OVER.

Is Roosevelt in danger of losing the nomination next year. Do not recent events very strongly indicate that the mil crobes of political elimination are al- ready at work in the Republican organisa- tion? The indications certainly point in that direction, not only as a result of the elections just held, but for various other reasons.
 To say that Roosevelt is in any man. ner the universal favorite or choice of his party is absurd. He is regarded by num- erous Republicans with antagonism, and by numerous others with profound indif. ference.- Among the Southern Republi- cans the sentiment for him is less thar skin deep" as Tho Mobile Register ex presses it. The South has no electora votes for the Republican ticket, it is true venton that are not to be despised He has soured the best men of his Party ir the South by his course on the race ques- ton, and they would be glad to play fol even by casting their votes for some oth- CT man. On the other hand those oi his party in this section who are Repub. licans for what there is in 1t are sour be- cause he has given some good offices tc Democrats. This Is the unpardonable sin with pie hunters,
 It is well known that there Is genuine dissatisfaction in the West on the tariff the middle West. The Iowa idea," ot which so much has been said. is not an irridescent' dream, by any means. Some of the strongest Republians in that sec- ton are committed to tariff revision and they are not at all pleased with the ad- ministration's attitude. If some strong Republican should be announced as a can- didate on the issue of the revision of the tarif. he would not be a factor to be de- spised by any means.
 The results in Ohio, Rhode Island, Maryland and New York are distinctly comfort from the big majority in Ohio, because for that majoriay Hanna gets the credit and Hanna Is 8 Presidential possibility, if not probability. In Mary land aud New York the result is certainly a rebuke to tho President. for his inter- ference as well as for his attitude. A re- volt against him would not lack for coun- tenance in the East, where he thinks him. self secure, for he has given offense in more than one instance where he ought to be strongest. Whether his Party can af- ford to throw him over and thus jeopar- AtuE. oIa E- AAIf4 but it seems to be plain enough that he lacks a g1eat deal of being the idol of Republicans. They may at last decide that his nomination is the best policy, but 1t will not be done entirely through love for him or because they agree with him in all things. All the same, successful revolt Is not at all impossible.
 So far as Democrats themselves are concerned, perhaps they would not be far wrong if they should prefer that Roose- welt be nominated, for We doubt if any man they can put up would be more cas- fly beaten. If he gets the nomination, the genuine Republicans would doubtless stick to him, but if the Democrats should nominate a man like Cleveland, and on a suitable platform, the thousands of Dem ccrats wno refused to follow Bryan would come back and vote the ticket, and other thousands of independent voters would vote it because they would look on CIeve- land as a better and safer man than Roosevelt. So. while we do not consider the nomination of Roosevelt a certainty, 1t will probably be the best thing for De- mocracy.