Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-02-09
ROOSEVELT PARTY.
THAT is THE TALK At THE PO-
liTlCAL HUB,

Under Certain Conditions - Mr.. Jacob Ri
Seems to Be the Political lnstigator il No
Party Prophet - His Statement, at Least
Stirs Up a Lively Ebution in the Caudron
A special dispatch to the St. Loui.
Republic, dated on the oath ult., con
firms the intimation of our Washing
ton correspondent in bis last letter
regarding the shaping of political
events at the National Capital. lie
writes:
Jacob \. Riiss interview declaring
that President Roosevelt would run
for third term if it became necessary
in order to achieve defeat of the
money power" which he believes is
engaged in obstructing the Presidents
reforms, attracted considerable atten-
ton here.
In fact, everything printed bearing
on the Presidents political ambitions
attracts much attention, and especial
Importance is attached to Mr.. Rii.'s
statement that "party lines will be
wiped out in 1905" This, it is de.
clared, foreshadows the formation OF q
Roosevelt party" that will sweep the
President in for third term.
Representatives here point out sig.
nifcant things, both North and South,
in justification OF their belief.
They say that the President already
has laid the ground for a " Roosevelt
party" in the North. He can either
boss the Republican party in New
York and New England, or create a
Roosevelt party, just as he chooses.
In the South me is working to ap.
pease the Southern Democrats. His
appointment OF General Luke Wright
to be Ambassador to Toxic is regarded
bere as purely political. His selection
of Judge Rose, of Arkansas. to be one
Of the American delegates to the Sec
ond peace conference at The Hague. is
on the same lines. His determination
to retire negroes in the South as Office
holders, 80 that they can make way
for white men, ia in the same line.
There is a very general feeling that
the President expects great things
from the South, and he is seeking to
hold enough Southern men in Con.
gress to carry through measures de.
spite Republican opposition. The
Southern Democrats saved the Philip
pine tariff bill this week.
Senator Tillmau, when asked about
the statement of Mr.. Riis, said be was
not surprised At it. Many members OF
Congress, however, Immediately froze
up." They resent the idea that the
President is only representative ol
the American people in Washington,
and that they are controlled by the
money power, except when the Presi'
dent spurs them into action, but they
don't want to talk about it.
They are growing to resent bitterly
10 private conversation the declara.
tions made by Mr.. Riis and other mag
azine writers and lecturers that, un.
less they vote for the remedies pre-
seuted by the President, they are un'
der the control of the Standard Oil
Company. The clothing of the Presi'
dent with superior virtue and superior
Intelligence at the expense OF mem
bers of Congress, has had quite al
much TO do with tbs existing revolt ir
Congress as anything else. II has be-
come the fashion for the admirers ol
the President to denounce Senators
and Representatives who do not agree
with this and that legislation as being
in the pay Of corporations, and as be
ing corrupt and sordid.
In consequence, many OF them weIt
angry to-day. Some of them, wher
asked about Mr.. Riis's announcement
wanted to know when the Presiden
was going to have consistent policy
90 they might follow it.
It was related how the Presiden
had advocated publicity as the cure o
the trust evils of overcapitalizatiol
and fraud. He held out for this for
long time. Mr.. Littlefeld, of Maine
and some others took the President
seriously and introduced bills to pro
cure publicity. But at the last min
ute it was said compromise wa
made by the President under whicl
he abandoned publicity and consented
to compromise, which left Mr.. Lit
tlefeld and others hung up high ant
dry. Mr.. Little6eld has since beel
denounced as being opposed to the re
forms favored by the President.
Caustic illusions we're made to th'
action OF the President in stepping il
between the Sante Fe Railroad ant
the criminal laws in connection will
the rebates given to the Colorado Goa
and Iron Co., and it was said tina
every man who is skeptical about th
sincerity of the administration in it
efforts to deal out "even. handed jus
tice" to the rebate.givers is labeled b.
the magazine writer's and lecturers a
being in the pay of the railroads an,
opposed to the President.
The fellow with the dash does no
lalways have the cash.