The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-09-01
REPUBLICAN POLITICS.
Desperate Struggle for Supremacy 10
Already l~naugurated.

1t Is rather early to talk about the
nomination Of a president which will
not take place until nearly two years
hence, for many things may happen in
that time. The good political gen.
eral, however, keeps his eye on the
future and prepares to upset the plans
of his opponents, and a glance at the
%portance to Democrats everywhere.
There are, at least, nine receptive
Republican candidates for the presi-
Dental nomination, namely: Taft,
Fairbanks, Cannon, Root, Foraker,
Cummins, La Toilette, Knox and
SpoOner. Shaw was a candidate, but
by this time must see that the renom-
nation of Cummins for governor of
Iowa over the Shaw protest, has elm
mated him from the contest.
The repeated official denials that
President Roosevelt will be a candi-
date must not be taken too seriously,
for although good faith with other Re-
publican candidates will require that
the president keep his word, and his
notable ambition to p%erpetuate his pol
icies will perhaps urge him to use the
administration forces to that end. 1t
is possible, of course, that events may
force the Republican national CONVEX
ton to nominate Mr.. Roosevelt for a
third term in spite of his protest and
he may consent to run, as he did for
vice president in 1900, although he
had explicitly pledged numerous poll
ticians that "he would not under any
circumstances be a candidate" for the
vice presidency. Gen. Grosvenor, who
was writing letters on the spot from
Philadelphia in 1900, to a New York
newspaper said: IF he is nominated
it will very soon be understood hat
the game has been one in which he
himself has participated, either as an
organizer or as c%onsenting to the per-
Torrance" And G%rosvenor added:
will be said of him, either that he
is a dishonest man, or else that he did
want the place"
Mr.. Roosevelt accepted the vice
nomination and he may
accept a third term, in fact he may
now be working to that end. In the
event that Mr.. Roosevelt discovers
that a third term would be unpopular
he will at least want to perpetuate his
policies. Under those circumstances
the two. Administration candidates are
Taft and Root, and as the latter has a
record that will not bear the intense
N CnaNtiOn thof o1UaUc onnnnanoninC |
candidate for president, it would
appear that Taft would hen be the
candidate pushed to the front by the
I'D ADMINISTRATION. The refOrmers, La
Toilette and Cummins, are either
jealousy or from being too
opposed to the railroads not
acceptable to Mr.. Roosevelt, judging
rom the fact that he has allowed the
'ederal official to oppose them.
The other Republican candidates,
fairbanks, Cannon, Foraker, Knox,
SpOOner are not in sympathy
With the presidents policies, and their
for the nomination are hand
capped by their well known corpora
ion sympathies or either past or
retention as trust attorneys.
The Republican nomination for
resident therefore depends upon
which of the two groups-the ms or
he Outs-can control the convention,
nd a desperate struggle for suprem-
cy is already inaugurated., The ad,
Illustration with its patronage and
of officials in every state, has
vast leverage to raise the necessary
majority and that the lever will be
penly or secretly worked by the pres
dent is the general belief of Republi.
an politicians. F.,
The Democrats can watch the Re, 4,
ublican factional fight with interest, 4,
moving that however it determines
here will be sore spots that will work
their advantage. ,