The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-04-23
RooSEvEIT-NEw PROJECT
THIRD TERM.

DuF Washington CORES pOndt NJ
says there is as yet no let up In the
great stir caused By President Roose-
yeit's assertion that this country must
consider the enactment OF laws that
will place progressive tax IN al
fortunes beyond a certain amoun',
either given in life or bequcathed up.
on death 20 an individual 50 as to pre-.
vent the transmission in their en-.
,irety Of fortunes swollen beyond all
healthy limits
The average senator Or represen.
tive will not go near the subject for
anything They eyade questions upon
it the same a. an African does .
graveyard a. midnight Others. how
ever talk frankly and there Is a wide
spread difference % opinion A. a rule
the proposition receives more favor
among Democrats than among Repub
llglns Senator Tiliman and other Al
yanced Democrats having somewhat
heartily Backed u up a. a good thinr
Eastern Democrats and Republicans,
though. oppose 30 strongly either pri-
yateiy or for publication In the sec.
ton where the great fortunes are
made the disposition To- oppose any.
thing that will limit an immensely
rich mans freedom to do with his
money as hc desires. either In life or
az death
President Roosevelt is enjoying the
commotion that is being caused He
has not the loas, idea OF pushing the
proposition forward at this time
There are too many other great ques.
tions before congress 20 be- handicap.
ped with q new one. The president
has not succeeded In his rate legisla
tion program. In his statehood recon.
mcndations or In his desire FOR low
cr tarin for goods from the Philip.
pines These mus, be gotten ont OF IN"
way before he can devote his time
20 this new and deeply Interesting
subject oi virtually limiting the for
tune a man may reach before q be.
comes a subject 20 such legal imposi.
tions as will make Il advisable for
him 90 share II with others not be.
longing to his immediate family
Those who continue 20 see In every
move the president makes a third
term purpose take this new project
OF his as the strongest evidence yet
OF his Inclination to lead another fight
for the presidency The principal ar
gument put forward is that the pres
ident has less than three years more
to serve OF his present term. that at
least another year OF that time will
be- taken up in pushing pending mat
ters he has strongly urged for mum
Der OF years. and that he could no,
hope TO put this new proposition b.
fore the people In sufficient time 20
have IL carried TO success before he
goes out OF ONCE. II Is figured out
that the president will have this H.
herltancc tax scheme red hot befoi'
the country in 1908. when there will
be a whoop for Roosevelt to lead the
hght for H. There Is unquesiionahly
much suspicion IN Republican and
Democratic CIRCLES that the president
has designs on another term, but his
nearest friends continue to deny this.
and the latest thing from a friendly
source is that he wants TO be- senator
from New York after he goes out &
the white house. The Term OF Senator
Platt will expire March I, 1909 the
day tina, the presidents term expires,
and that the intmation Is that he
could step right into the senate This
might be all right in the event that
Senator Plat lives that long, but he
has been 10 feeble health so long that
his retirement from the senate before
his term Is concluded Is generally
forecas,ed
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