Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-29
WILL ROOT RUN FOR
& THE PRESIDENCY

Is Mr.. Root to be the next presi-
dent? 1t is possible,-even probable
Despite his own belief th:t the prcs-
idShcy is not for him, the coSntr.
nay be wiser III ap az Nothing
Z, more likely t!1,a & q; he mav he
made the Republican, no n'nee. J.. az,
depends upon whether !,!s Republican
IL Ity concludes to be radical or cor.
Sc. ;'tive. Most obs 'rvers thick the
lrl.tita al future Of tho Unita,l States
Will disclose two we'll differentiated
u1;1ies. no matter Wha, nan.rs they
bea: IA conservative n"rty and a
radical party. Last Year re Rcpnb-
licans were the cons ArVatives. with 4
radical candidate. ard he Democrats
were tie radicals, VIII a conservative
figure head OF course the radical
candidate Won. Wnai will happen the
f.:s' time the two parties name lead
e.; in harmony WI h theil tendencies.
no one knows. AS S;lrew.' guess as
one could AXE, n"rhi)'. won!o DC
that, as the presiden;iai compaisn
rolls along, it will be foan | that there
is something like alte"I,s ion or ro l.
tion between the two general IDEAS
radicalism triumphing now. conservat-
Ism then If the forces of conservat-
o.; -;,l
lican party. it will name man un-
like Theodore Roosevelt and more
like Elihu Root. Many think that Root
Is the coming man. He is likely TO have
. the support of the business element,
the solid people" the men of sub
stance who are weary of experiment.
alton. If 'he corporations plump too
enthusastically for him. on the theory
that he made them a good lawyer.
and may make them a good president,
they will kill all his prospects. On
the other hand. the progressive ele
after all, NUS; form {. large part of
the constituency of any political or
Ganization III a country like ours may
obtain The mastery. If they can be in
duced to take Roosevelt at his word
when he says he will not accept an
other nominalion,-wh which they may
hot be willing to do under the circum-
stances.-then they will demand an
other Roosevelt, if another Roosevelt
can be found--a La Toilette, for eX-
y ample
Since Nh Root accepted the secre-
taryship of state it had been a favor
i1e theory with many Observers that
he would not have returoe'' 10 public
l;fe without sAGie sort Of under stand-
ing with President Roosevelt as TO
1908. Men who guess at things, and,
of course. often guess wildly, We're
sure that Root was to be the ad
minstration candidates" three years
hence. They were as sure of this as
they were a few DAYS earlier. that
Id1t Wits 10 rHJOH tHt SdHit WI
The fact is--and I know VIII reof |
speak.-that there was neither an un-
derstanding between President Roose.
welt and Mr.. Root as TO the latter's
Political future, beyond the state de-
partment nor even the thought OF
such a thing. Moreover. 1t is almost
an insult to President Roosevelt to
say that he would set out 10 dictate
to his party whom his successor shouls'
be. The president said blunty to
one of his visitors. not long ago. that
he hoped people know him well
enough TO know that h was incaoahle
of such thing He added. with his
usual frankaess. that he should keep
his hands off. al lutClv. as to the
next presidency The field is open
It is the party's business. ana 'h'
party's alone. not his.-Walter Well
man in Success Magazine.