Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-25
Observation-Disclosures.

In 1S43 when Daniel Webster, then
in the plenitude of his great powers,
and in the full and vigorous exercise
OF them, was asked to allow his name
to be printed as a candidate for the
presidency, he said:
81 am private citizen, and that
condition will never be changed by
any movement or effort made for that
purpose by myself or at my sugges-
ton. In my opinion, nominations
for the high offices of the country
should come, If they come at all, from
the free and spontaneous exercise of
that respect and confidence which the
people themselves may feel. All So
llcitations Of such nominations, and
all canvassing for such high trusts, 1
regard as equally inconsistent with
personal dignity and derogatory to the
character of the institutions of the
country"
There spoke a lofty soul. Knowing
well that no one had better served the
country than he, that no one was
more capable of bringing it benefit
and distinction as it's Chief Magis-
trate than he, and we'll aware of his
paramount claims on his party for rec
ignition, he said that If the nominal
tiOn came to him at all it must come
spontaneously from the people and
that any canvassing for it would be
abhOrrent to his sense of personal
dignity and harmful to the county's
institu tions. He repudiated all pos
sibility of effort or even suggestion on
his part.
1t now appears that Mr.. Roosevelt
has secured the Endorsement Of a SUI
ticient number of states to secure
him the next republican nomination.
1t is matter of history that when
Theodore Roosevelt was nominated
for vice president it was the scheme
of politicians to get rid of him in
New York, where he was disturb
ing and inharmonous element. No
one whatever thought Of him in con-
nection with the presidency, and the
fact he was given second place was
calculated and intended to terminate
his political career. Had Mr.. Nc
Kinley lived out his term, Mr.. Roose-
welt would not have been further
heard Of. Fate, however, had decreed
otherwise and he succeeded to the
first place. 1t is no eXaggeratiOn to
say that from the hour he took his
seat up to now his controlling pur-
pos e-Jhe one thing to which more
than any other he has bent his re-
markable and untiring energy-has
been his nomination to succeed him
self. TO this end he has shaped his
policies in dealing with the coal
strike and the corporations. Every
appointment, even high judicial ones,
has been made with reference to it's
bearing on the control of delegates in
the next convention. For this pur-
pose he has abandoned the duties of
his Office and gone regularly upon tie
stump up and down the country for
two months, advocating his own can
didacy with all the arts of the prac-
tical politician, throwing off all dis
guise at the last, when he was COM
PEELED to ask Mr.. Hanna for the in
dorsement of the Ohio republican
convention.
Mr. Roosevelt has not only brought
to bear for the purpose all the per-
sonal influence and ability he could
exert, but he has made use to it's full
est extent of the prestige and COM
polling influence of the office he holds,
which is deplorable departure from
the standards observed 10y all his pre-
decessorS.
Mr.. Webster, when a private citi-