Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-29

Roosevelt For A Second Term.
The beef trust, the oil trust, the
coal trust and all other combines
that have grown fat upon plumber
corruptly filched from the people, are
now secretly engineering a boom for
Hon. w. J.. Bryan, a man whom they
desp'sed and helped defeat twice
With them 1t Is anything to defeat
Roosevelt no matter what the cost.
The searchlight turned upon these
robbers and rotten meat dealers, by
direction of the President, has Great
ed a panic among them and now they
stand ready to spend millions to de-
feat the man or party responsible for
their exposure.
With millions taken unlaWfnlly
from the American people these trust
combines cal make MI. Bryan a very
formidable candidate, and the e"i-
dence Of Bryan strength from 'gold
standard stronghold makes it easy
to forecast the result OF the national
democratic convention in 1908.
The American people have
dence In Mr.. Bryan, but with his
elevation to the presidency it is not
certain that the trusts would fare any
better under his administration than
they do under the heroic Roosevelt,
still II the trusts could in any way
defeat or lnumiliate President Roose-
velt they would be willing to put up
a large corruption fund.
With all due respect to Mr.. Bryan's
great popularity and a solid south,
he nor any other man that the demo-
Gratis may nominate In 1908, can de-
feat Mr.. Roosevelt II he will accept a
second republican commission from
the people to continue the great work
he has begun So we'll. Those who
have w.-eched the struggle between
the President and a corporation own
cd body Of me in the Senate,
need not be told that MI. Roosevelt
will have to fight for every reform
every day up to the end Of his present
term, and then lie will only be half
through with the tremendous task
the American people desire him to
accomplish.
There can be no doubt OF a fixed
determination on the part OF the
trust combine to obstruct and defeat
the presidents reform program to
the end Of his term, and to this end
the trust leaders will fight with all
the cunning known to political cor
ruptionists.
This is a gigantic struggle. On the
one side stands the President backed
by the people, on the other side we
see arrayed against the square deal
champion the organized corruption
OF trust millions, salaried agents and
men who hold Office and place secured
through the secret manipulation OF
combined wealth and greed.
No one can doubt for a moment
President Roosevelt's sincere desire
to retire from Official life at the end
Of his present term, but the people
are now convinced that he can, bet
ter than any other man, carry out
the reforms needed on a square deal
basis, and In him they see their ma
tural leader, and through him they
hope to cur Justice and q national
publication. No man has ever faced
such a combined power Of selfish.
greed, and 1t rests with the people
whether he shall finish his great
work.
II the republican party shall unite
In a popular demand that President
Roosevelt accept y denomination we
have faith that he will heed the
voice of the party. His reelection Is
the hope OF the nation. He is the
idol Of the toiling millions and as
much y nation saver us was the Inn
mortal Lincoln who stood for a united
country In the midst OF internal
strife, while he stands for a social
and commercial fabric that means
the overthrow Of a corrupting power
no less dangerous and demoralizing
than human slavery.
No man believes that President
Roosevelt would accept another term
for the sake Of being President. II
he stands for a denomination it will
be because the voice OF the people de-
mand the sacrifice for the good Of the
country and a square deal for the
commercial interests Of the nation.
There Is no republican mentioned
as q possible successor Of President
Roosevelt In whom the people have
coincidence to carry out the reforms
needed, and II we take the sentiment
Of our own people BY which we may
Judge the people OF other states, It
may be stated frankly that President
Roosevelt Is the only man In sight
who can defeat William Jennings
Bryan In 1908.
This putting the matter blnntly
and honestly IS to recognize q we'll
defined sentiment among the people,
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