The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-17
Many Believe President.
Is Now Seeking Third q
Term.
WHAT HAY AND ..s...
MARTIN THINK.
Virginia Senator Declares Bryan
is Less Radical Than Roose-.ssSs
velt-Republicans Almost
Unanimous Against
Inheritance Tax
Proposition. .S$f &

from our Regular correspondent

(rrom our Regular Corrcspondent.) }sssS8s
WASHINGTON. d. CT, April 49, The $y
comment excited by tho President's$s
muck rakn' speech Saturday is general. sts
1t is hard to find II Den,ocrat$or Hcpubli-,
can who has not something 10 say con Ss -S8:ss
cerninE the PerslGents s declaration for q ss5
tax OIL lnhcritnnccs. levied by tho gems
crnl government. There is. little liking sS5
for publication. and so5yfnr&5ns KNOWN 3SfS
Senator 'rillman IL the only 91oelnocrAttcSSE 81
senator who has indorsed the prOposis
ton. which Eis quite different from tlla$3S
proposal to tax Incomes. Tic Democratic g}ss
passed the income taS. and the Supreme;
Court decided the! law.sto be unconstl tn -8s
ltiunu. st S q! !sf Isl:
II wish The President were q lawyer
remarked Representative James IIay,&,ot BSS
Virginia. '1fs lie We're llt wouldp n make
10 many foolish speeches. The Simprac -af$R
ttcabilty Of taxing inhcritances III the
}nannor he suggested must}Sbe apparent
and Eits 4 Sriiiconstitutlonalt lty is plain II 5s3
cvcrS lawyer. I@fccl confident tile SUI
prcnlc. Court would decide that such 3i
law. requiring thatall$ tho. proper rtyS above
Il certain a mount that Il linil night own w
Mt tho time of ibis death should l,e for-s
Ing private property for publicNusc with
out ust@co,nrensation. I t isn't worth n!
while 80 discuss he wisdom OF suCh q M
lnw;a the courts would declare It null SHi
llccausc&it t would bo I'M nbrognt ton Of&t the "a
Constitution. 5aS n n i5 ,SS
Sentiment Of Republicans. us
.rl,e sentiment Of tho Republicans Of
1 the two 5houses$is thought to be prnc- si
Sticaily unanimous nguinstSt tho Einheritance $f
tux proposition. The Mas acllusettsg "a 81 -5sa
legation. for Instance 8nktliit tin ollpos- s
Ing such a.Slnx, ,,ss though the epubl icarlS
tlelogution from this Static lns6 III beetIss
ranno,ins MI session FOR re visio,. OF tnriff
schedules. ssr
Tl,e prcsident is going to fseild 5;eS tariff;
revision Sinessa 81 u Congress @iiiEn Ss,ll
tine. This fact rs pregnart Il WI i cans
ling. Following l,s declaration q ~ favor
#otg the inheritance taS. q Ss doctrine tt5@
Swhch8tllc 8Repuhllcan purt, q ms great
opposed 8ns TO tariff reform Itself tl,gafa
message Is going to come dnngerousN8S
near to splitting the party outright. and
as ncnrlyMto the bot ton, as tho loerlp-$}8$ss
cratic party was cleft by President VI
Cleveland during lis last tern, in RI thn3
White House. when the free coinage OF 8f
silver was forced To the front ms the.fg
Issue. The most ultra-rudlcal,H whetller8 ri
Democrat or Republican,, has not gone
as far beyond tile outposts Of his own K;
party as Mr.. Roosevelt has gone. ssQ33
"Alr. Bryan Is less of IL rad ical than sS
4 President Roosevelt Isl said Senator III
Martin to-day. MIR Bryan is honest,S
clean and patriotic, no matter whether II
everybody agrees with his views or not. 8gs
+ do not know whom | shall favor for i8S
the Democratic nomination for the press
&idcncysin 1908. bnt $whet ther we be Il for 8
Bryan ms the conservative candidate 3pr5ssS5
not, We must all admit lie Is a high, Il
To
his Views than the present occupant Of 5S
the White Housc4'
Seeking Third Term?
Tho only3reusonable construction which #
I have heard placed upon tho deliveranca
OF the President Is that lle is seeking q 853
third term. Flo realizes In the opinion BS
of the majority, that the candidate In
1905 must stand on n radical platform or
be defea ted. He wants to be III tim3,5@
and forestall tho most rndlcallE-inclinetl1 1%
in his own party AMI that wing Of tho ~
Democracy which wants Hearst nominat-
cd two years hence. Tho opinion that
&thc President was only trying to sCarca
the multl-mllionalrcs into supporting him 8#
either for another nomination or in carr
rying out present policies. Is also express
cd. His sincerity in advocating q law
limiting the amount which u man may n
inherit or dispose OF by Will Is nucs-&t
toned {t
Senator Warner. Of Missouri. is the
only senator on tho Republican sidc Who
openly ndorses the Inheritance tax propo-5
sitlon. Plenty of Republican senators and
members may be found who express rho 5lt
opinion that the proposition of the Pres b
ident Is purely Socinlstic, The conven-5s}'
ton Of the Socialist Party which nominate y
Eugone Dehs 10 the presidency IN 1901 A.
Chicago, pledged Socialists to work for 81
5"thn graduated taxation of incomes and 3$s
nherltanccs. 10 The end that aggregated W.
wealth shall bear It's just proportion oe
taxation" n,
a minority faction Of the Socialists.
known MS tho Socialist Labor unrtN. nj Il #
convention In New York In 1906. adopted A
resolutions in which they demanded 80
progressive income taN and d tax on n-
horitancc, the small incomes To be eN-ssS
empt." ~
Bryan Less Radical,
The middle of tho road Popuists, al "A
their convention In Cincinnati In 1900,
adopted n platform which contained q
plank demant7ing "the lavy and collec-
lion of a graduated tax on incomes and III
'inhcritances, and a constitutional amends y
mont TO secure the same II liecessary.'Ns5 vt
There is speculation as to how many
Of the members of the cabinet hold tho Z
Presidents views as 70 u tax on inherl-
,ances, The Muck Rake speech was pres
pared with great deal OF care, and Il IS
known that at least one member of tha ~
cabinet won't over H.. Whether no ap-
proved the Inheritance tax proposition is ~
not known,
The declaration of the President and tho
comments thereon. only servo 20 Cor }a
.roborato the iruth<of tho statement tuada55
IN this correspondence soine days ago8S
that ,hr heller that AIR. BrSen representa-
the most conservative sentiment OF this
Democratic Marty, and is less radical IN l