The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-08-31
REou2LIcAN POLITICS.
Desperate Struggle for Supremacy Is
Already lnaugurated.

Already lnaugurated.
II = rather early 20 talk abn.t the
iominaAon OF a president which will
cot 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 20 upset the plans
Of his opponents. and a glance at the
probable Republican nominee Is of i'm
portance 10 Democrats everywhere.
There are. az least nine receptive
Republican candidates for the presi-
Dental nomination. namely TAFT.
Fairbanks. Cannon. Root Foraker.
Cummins. La Toilette. Knox and
Spuoner Shaw was candidate. but
by this time must see that the renom-
nation of Cummlns for governor OF
Iowa over the shaw protest. has elm
mated him from the contest.
The repeated official denials that
President Roosevelt will be candl-
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 perpetnate his pol
icies viii perhaps urge him 10 use the
administration forces 10 that end. Ii
is possible. of course that events may
force the Republican national conven-
ton 10 nominate Mr.. Roosevelt for a
third term in spite of his protest and
| bA ~ ha
vice president in 1900. although he
had explicitly pledged numerous poll
ticians that he would not under any
circumstances be candidate" for the
vice presidency. Gen. GrOsvenor, who
was writing letters on the spot from
Philadelphia in 1900. 10 a New York
newspaper said: III he is nominated
it will very soon be understood that
the game has been one In which he
himself has participated. either as an
organizer or as conserving 10 the per
formance" And Grosyenor added.
1T will be said of him. either that no
is dishonest man. or else that he did
not want the place
Mr.. Roosevelt accepted the vice
presidential 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 AZ least want TO perpetuate his
| policies Under those circumstances
the two Administration candidates are
Taft and Root. and as the latter has a
I
inspection that always accompanies
the candidate for president. II would
appear that Taft would then be the
/ candidate pushed TO the front by the
administration. The reformers, La
| Toilette and Cummins. are either
through jealousy or from being too
strongly opposed to the railroads not
acceptable TO Mr. Roosevelt. judging
from the fact that he has allowed the
federal Official to oppose them.
The other Republican candidates.
/ Fairbanks. Cannon, Foraker Knox.
and Spooner are not in sympathy
with the presidents policies. and their
chances for the nomination are hand
! icapped by their well known corpora.
ton sympathies or either past or
/ present retention as trust attorneys.
The Republican nomination FOR
president therefore depends upon
which of the two groups-the ms or
the outs-can control the convention.
and a desperate struggle for suprem-
acy is already inaugurated. The ad-
ministration with its patronage and
horde OF officials in every state. has
4 vast leverage 70 raise the necessary
majority and that the lever will be
openly or secretly worked by the pres
ident is the general belief Of Republi-
can politicians.
The Democrats can watch the Re.
publican factional fight with interest,
knowing that however it determines
there will be sore spots that will work
to their advantage.