The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
REPUBLICAN POLITICS.
Desperate Struggle for Supremacy 10
Already lnaugurated.

II is rather early TO talk about the
| nomination Of president which will
not take place until nearly t~u years
hence. for many things may happen in
that time Tho good political gen.
cral, however. keeps his eye on the
future and prepares to upset the plans
Of his opponents, and glance at the
probable Republican nominee Is Of i'm.
pprtance 10 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
Spooucr. Shaw was a candidate. but
by this time must see that the rcnOm.
nation OF Cummins for governor Of
Iowa over the Shaw protest has elm.
mated him from the contest.
The repeated official dcnia.s that
President Roosevelt will be candi.
date must no, be taken too seriously,
for although good faith with other Re.
publican candidates will require mat
he president keep his word. and his
notable ambition to perpctuatc his pol.
jcics will perhaps urge him TO use he
administration forces TO that end. It
is possible OF course. that cycuts may
'ulcc the Republican national cuny"n.
lion 10 nominate MI Roosevelt for a
Third term in rpi'c Of his protest ana
he may conscn, To run. a. he did I1r
vice president I'm 1900. although be-
had explicitly pledged numcruu, poll
'icians that he would not under any
circumstances be- candidate for 'Br
"a writing letters on the spot 0a1m
Philadelphia in 1900 10 a New York
newspaper said. If he Is nominated
IL viii very soon be Understood that
The game has been one In which he
himself has participated either %. an
organizer or as conserving TO "a, per.
furmanco." And GruaycuDr added
/, VIII be said Of him, either that he
is dishonest man OF else that be- did
not want the place"
Nj Roosevelt accepted 'hu vice
presidential nomination and ne mny
accept a third term. in fact D., may
now be- working ~ tina, end IN the
event that Mr. Roosevelt discovers
that a third term would be unpopular
he will al least want to porpcWra his
policies. Under those circumstances
The 'wo administration candidate arc
TAFT and Root. and as tHe latter hlz
record ina. will not bear the intense
inspection that always accompanies
the candidate for president IL would
appear that Taft would then he the
caudIdat" pushed 10 the front by the
administration. The rciormcrs, La
Toilette and Cnmmins. are either
through jealousy or from being TOO
strongly opposed to the railroads not
acceptable to Mr.. Roosevelt Judging
from III" fact that he has allowed the
federal official to oppose them.
The othor Republican candidates.
Cannon. Foraker. Knox.
and SpoOncr are not in sympathy
with the presidents policies. and their
chances for m" nomination are hand
icappcd by their wcll known corpora.
ton sympaihios or either past or
present retention as trust attorneys.
The Republican nomination for
president therefore depends upon
which Of the two groups-thc ms or
the outs-can control the convention.
and Il desperate struggle for suprcm-
lcy IL already inaugurated. The ad.
with It's patronage and
horde Of officials In every state. has
4 vast leverage to raise the necessary
aud that the lever will be
openly or secretly worked by the pres
dent is the general belief Of Rcpubli.
IAN politicians.
The Democrats can watch the Re. |
publican iactiOnaI fight with interest.
showing that however 1t determines
here will be sore spots that will work
o their advantage.