Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-26
PRESIDENT CONFIDENT
Does Not Believe His Admin
istration Will Be Condemned.
WANTS ROOT TO RUN
BELIEVES THE EX-SECRETARY
CAN MAKE NEW YORK ASSURED.
Candidates for the National Nomina-
ton in 1oO8-Senator Millard on
the Outlook in the West

President Roosevelt is exceedingly san
guine of his election in November, accord
ing to friends who have talked with him In
the last few days. The President is conf
dent that the country does not desire
change in the parties in power at this time,
and he sees nothing to make him believe
that the voters manifest any particular dis
like for him. The Presidents long expe-
rience in New York politics has made him
acquainted with the varying possibilities
there, but it is declared that If a suitable
man is nominated by the republicans for
governor the President feels that the entire
republican ticket will be carried through in
November.
Newspaper stories represent the President
as earnestly desiring the nomination of ex-
Secretary Elihu Root as the republican can
didate for governor, and some Of these
stories go so far as to think that the Presi
dent is looking forward to four years from
now for Root believing that If the ex-Sec-
retary Of War is elected governor this year
he will be the logical candidate of the re-
publicans for President In 1908.
Candidates for 1908.
This. however. is probably speculative, as
the President would not offend various
republican leaders who are looking forward
to 1904 by apparently working plans so that
Mr.. Root would succeed him as President.
There many big men among the repub-
lican leaders who are looking toward the
nomination four years from now, and all
Of them are personal friends of the Presi-
dent. Secretary Taft. Senator Knox of
Pennsyl ylvania, Speaker Cannon, Secretary
Shaw who will have the backing of Iowa;
Senator Spooner of Wisconsin, Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts and others are
in the ambitious list. Anything that would
look like favoritsm for Mr.. Root might
make some of these men feel unkindly-
The President, realizing the prospects, is
most likely to keep his hands off in the
struggle that will precede his retirement
from the presidency.
The Presidents confidence as to his
election in November is based upon in
formation reaching him through the
party leaders in all the states. He has
had number of conferences with most
prominent republicans in the last few
weeks, and all of them think the election
is assured to the republicans without
question.
! The Western Outlook.
Senator Millard of Nebraska was in
Oyster Bay yesterday in conference with
the President, and he is in Washington.
He was at the Treasury and War depart
ments today. so far as I can see," he
said to a reporter for The Star, the re-
publicans will win by large majority in
the electoral college in November. read
a good deal of talk about democratic
hope in some of the western states, but
all see and hear convinces me that the
democrats have not the slightest chance
in a single state west of the Mississippi
except those that have belonged in the
democratic column for a number of years.
/ do not consider any of the middle west
ern states doubtful, and the republicans
have an equal chance with the democrats
in the so-called doubtful states of the
west"
The Presidents offices here will be
ready for his return to the city Thursday
afternoon. No changes are being made
except that screen doors are being hung
in the two doors opening to the room of
Secretary Loeb. The waiting room of the
offices is particularly hot when the breeze
in summer is from the south and the
screen doors will permit a draft through
the room from the offices of Mr.. Loeb