Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-01-28
By the Siren Voice of
the Third Term.
POPULARITY OF EXECUTIVE
BIDS FAIR TO INCREASE
At Present He Utterly Repudiates
Being President Again--RoOt
Strong Man,
Correspondence Morning Journal.

Correspondence Morning Journal.
Washington, Jan. 27.--Presdenr
Eooseyclts close friends in Washing
ton win not admit there is even the
most remote thought in the presidents
mind at this time of permitting him
self to be a candidate for renomina-
ton in 1908.
At the same time Ii does not re-
uuire any great effort to convince a
large body Of the members Of con-
gress that the president not only may
he induced to take another term but
that he is actually laying plans to that
end. Many of the senators and rep
resentatives look askance on Theodore
Roosevelt and view him with the Geld
eye of 5uspicion.
For them the recent declaration OF
Jacob A. Ris that IF duty demanded
Roosevelt to continue the fight he
would do it," has most omnous sig
nihcanCe.
A view taken by many public men
here is not exactly the one set forth
by Mr. Ris, but is in large degree
in the line with IT, This is to the ef-
feet that Mr.. Roosevelt does not con-
template being a candidate for the
1903 nomination. but that he has an
eye on the nomination in 1912.
In support of this belief many
things are advanced. In the first
place II is pointed out that Mr.. Roose-
welt has declared in such unequivocal
language that he will not take the
next nomination that to do otherwise
would work TO his serious injury. To
succeed himself as president would
be in effect a breaking down of the
unwritten law that has been in force
since Washington's time. It would
be another matter entirely to go out
Of office in 1909 and then to take the
presidency again four years later.
VIII Likely BE Taft
IT Is known that certain of the can
didates who are looking for the 1905
nomination take this view and be-
lieve moreover that the president Is
planning to have the say in whom
shall succeed him. He does not want
Shaw and he does not want Fairbanks.
1t has come in pretty direct way
from the White House that he prefers
Taft.
Root would be acceptable to him.
although the presidents ideas ana
Roots on corporation control do not
entirely harmonlze. It is generally be-
Iicved that things are now being
shaped In New York so Root may GET
the nomination in 1908, and that the
president is helping things on in that
direction,
Cortelyou Is commonly RACED as a
man whom the president would be
willing to see nominated, but whiln
there was much Cortelyou talk for
several months last summer and fall.
Il Is now conceded that as Il practical
political proposition the nomination Is
Impossible. Speaker Cannon wants the
nomination but he would be no moro
acceptable to the president than Shaw
or Fairbanks. Foraker's health Is not
likely TO permit him TO run.
Il is not overlooked here, however.
that situation may arise that Will
lead the 1908 convention to turn to
Roosevelt because Of the difficulty IN
getting together on a candidate.
Labor Opposes Taft.
If the president lends his moral
support to Taft or to Root there will
even then be some obstacles In the
way OF a Taft or a Root nomination.
For instance. Taft has the relentless
opposition Of the labor leaders bee
cause OF decisions he made while on
the bench. In the west there Is
pronounced opposition to Root, who IS
of corporation leanings be-
cnuse Of the fact he mas performed 90
many services as counsel for big COR
porations. Mr.. Roots friends contend
there q no justice in opposition based
on such grounds, and that no man IN
public life has a higher sense Of pub
lie duty than Mr.. Root. still the fact
remains that politicians generally feel
that Mr.. Root or any eastern man
but Roosevelt would have hard time
convincing the west he was the sort
Of presidential material II wanted.
la Toilette Possibility.
II Is realized that many radicals. ea-
pecIally In the west, will show streng