The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-06
ANOTHER Term
FOR ROOSEVELT? {
People May Ignore gIl the
Presidents DisinCli-
nation to Run.
ALL PARTIES ARE
CLAIMING HIM.
Colonel Sterrett, An Uncompro-
missing Democrat, Says That
Roosevelt Would Garry
Every County in
Texas Against
Mr.. Davis.

tFrom Our Regular corrcspondcnt)
WASHINGTON, d. G.. November s.
There is but one presidential possibility
for 1908. His name goes without say
Ing Theodore Roosevelt so completely
overshadows every other personality In
his own or any other party that there Is
no other name TO be mentioned In com +.
parison. without any argument as to
L the basis for the popularity OF Mr.. Roosc-
vclt and the validity Of the reasons for
the wonderful change In sentiment to-
wards him that has swept over the coun-
try In the past five years, nc less marked
In tho North and West than in the Dem q
ocratlc South. It Is perfectly safe to
say that 10 man who has loomcd into
public notice since the war between the
g States has been such a popular idol.
Nor Is It an cxaggeration to say that
there are Indications now that there VIII
be scramble between Democrats and
Republicans to see who can nominate
z President Roosevelt first
Doesn't Turn His Head.
4 II does not 90 too far to say that the
President himself has thought Of the
possibility OF receiving the Democratic
Endorsement for the presidency III l9Os.
J1o has gone so far as to Intimate to
3 close friends that such a thing. though
entirely unprecedented In the history OF
Is American politics. is Il possibility. y ms
was before his trip into the Southern
county a more extensive one than any
ever taken by a President OF the United
states. Il he thought then that It was
possible that the Democrats OF the coun =.
try would indorse his candidacy four
4 wears hence. what must he think now.
after he hos received at the hands ot
Southern people sachSa welcome az was was
never accorded any citizen OF the United
states IN the history OF the country.
4 not even excepting the ovatons General
Washington used to receive when he
4 Travelled through the county, or those
extended war heroes after the achieve-E
mont OF victories on land or sea. me
head OF a greater man than Theodore
1,ooseyclt might well be turned by the
& adulation OF such 1niultithdcs.s
Demand Irresistible
IN, President Roosevelt has said he
n,o,,ld not be a candidate for reelection,
4bat he would not seek q second $nomt-
d ton and would not accept II II offered.
Thcre is no disposition in any quarter
z a question tho sincerity OF his declara
i ion on this subject lie may very
easily escape tho odium OF violating me
i first clause OF his pledge by making ms
# nominations a necessity, by 1haklis ha nis
4 administration OF such a character that
* thc nop,lar demand for him to under
ta,,c another term will be irresistible
1Ic would not be a candidate Tor the
renomlna ton, he would only DC lne re-
"A ecinient without effort to capture me
nrize so eagerly coveted by lesser men
ii, his party.
President Roosevelt Is surrounuea g neeea rdlg ng
as the first American lawyer, the hehu
II Of the American bar heard mar. ..
distinction say recently that ne did hot
hold his own with Root in the argument
= OF {, purely legal question IN the oupIeiiin
Court Of the United States Secretary
Taft has demonstrated hinss, 70 10 o. pad Tad
in his official family IN MANY years. IN, IN
3 Attorney General Philander knoX;. nov, now
senntor from PENNSYLVANIA, IS a ! awe awe.
and statesman almost the equal oi Rooa' ,R,,o
Other Republicans OF national proll,.ie''c,s, e.,
officials OF the government. Wou.d, YOU ~, AZ
ordinary times. be regarded as rres,usi, s,sta,,,
dwarfs'in tho public estimation IN COM
nurison with Roosevelt. AND tne aSplrIh.
lions of men of the calibre OF rairpu,Rs e !,
and Shaw jbecome ridiculous WIN isoosc- ''p
welt on tho stage # tl
Unprecedented Popularity.
II the eye Of reader. skeptical (. con {,
cernng the n,y,d 15 the mi renoe en- theae
i1inns 1in o 'le, him but pause and consider.
x Who Is there to succeed MN wno. comes
anywhere. near being a popular 1901? And
d man Who is now In the White House,
lie OF whom history may SPEAK as tne
peacemaker. Of whom contemporary. y; his
s'sk speexst ss ' ters yet nenn
Ing tho Same thing in the end, mayhap.
81The object of the trip Of tho Presldent
into the Southern county was salh @ De
To obtain tho support OF the southern
congressman and senators TOR ~ nls PEI
loiices. the construction OF the Panama
Canal the regulation Of railway 1,,S ayes ays
strange that the public should nay nave ,a ac-
copied this explanation so readily. me
man who believes that campaign oI
South TO the doctrine nf tariff reform. or
10 governmental control of railway rates.
domonsrates himself to be unfammil!ar mi
ffor the Panama Canal enterprise, the
nrojcct is more popularat the South than
Il, any other section OF tho Unlon.
Strong Words From Texas.
1t looks like the real object OF the
Presidents Southern to'r vas e flnd out
OF the Potomac and Ohio, This ls the
belief of those best acquainted. with what
+ o So4s III y wtS eS Sa oyss Ws'a qha the
found out. Colonel "Bill" Sterrett, the
we'll known Texan newspaper man, TO
whom Alfred Henry Lewis Is Indebted
fhe Wolfville type said after tho Presl-
dent Visited the Lone Star state, that
II JEFF DAVIS were living and should run
~ Wonsavelt would carry every COUNTY II
Texas. And Colonel sterrett prides him-
self on nothing SO much as 4 upon his
TanocraCy. III 5ii3 f}s 5 n
How about the Presidents Democracy?
1ietara Mr. Bryan profess to have many
articles Of poltical faith N e eomi,no i,la the
most striking, features OF the lresdent's
/, Mr. Bryan long before they We're enunc-
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