Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-12
GEO. UPHAn. BUILDER,
 48 South Willow Street
PARTY TROUBLES
The Question of Available Can didates Keeps BobbiDg Up.

New York, July 12.-Is President Roosevelt secretly seeking q renomina- ton for third term in spite of his repeated declaration that he stands on his statement given to the public on election night in 1904? One can hardly believe the president would do this thing, but the evidence is ac- cumulating that he may go back on his promise to the people and to the aspiring politicians in his own party. Nearly every prominent man that visits the president comes away im- pressed with the idea that President Roosevelt will try to succeed him. self. The general reason given is that it is necessary for him to again be candidate to save the party and to further carry out my policies"
 The most direct statement that has appeared is by former Circuit Judge Seldon P Spencer at Omaha after re- turning from Washington who said. He had been in conference with per- sons authorized to speak the presi- dents mind". "I think, said Judge Spencer, T am in a position to say that the president has decided he can not decline the nomination If tendered him unanimously. He realizes his position would be weakened should he at this time announce himself a canidate."
 If this is all true, and on it's face it | appears to be, 1t opens up serious question for the republican voters to again settle which was thought to have been previously settled when General Grant was refused nomin- atlon for a third term. Democrats are opposed to third terms and no democrt. however popular or able. would undertake to attain what Washington and Jefferson refused to consider. There is similarity be. tween this crisis in the history of the republican party and of the dem ocracy, for the proposal to renomin- ate Mir Bryan as the candidate for the | time, althougt he was twice defeated | at the polls, verges on the third term ! issue. There is, of course. this great difference that Mir Bryan cannot use the power of the presidential office l to further his ambition, while MT Roosevelt can and is apparently doing ! so.
 There is another parallel between ! the existing conditions In the two ! parties. for there Is a strong minority \ of the voters in each party opposed \ 10 these two leading candidates. In Al .N ATr Ae shows that the opposition in his own party Is enough to defeat his election and Mir Roosevelt may find similar conditions confront him if he runs for third term and the democratic candidate is one who can unite tho voters of that party.
 l As democrats we have on political influence with our republican friends They must submit to the Roosevelt
 domination or fight 1t. But we al
 have a voice in selecting the democra tic candidate. and the question oi availability Is a paramount one. Thos, of us who admire Mir Bryan would ht doing him a grieyous injury to aid ir
 nominating him for the third time. ii he Is again to he defeated. The
 would forever shelve him as far ai
 the presidency Is concerned But II
 the happy event of democratic sue
 cess his commanding position in th' party would probably result in hi
 being invited to a seat in the cahine 1 and he would then be in line for sue cession. Every democrat can iudg
 how little or much the opposition (
 Mir Bryan is In his state or section , hut he must consider that the cleo ton depends upon the close or doubt ful states. and there Is where q yer
 small siissfTection determines resuli' For instance. a change of one vote | hundred would have defeated .li
 democratic candidate for state otfiec- 1 m New York at the las. election. eI
 ccpt the candidate for governor. wh would perhaps have also been elected f if he had not been the candidate c
 the inIependent league. which turn esi many democrats from voting fC ] Mr Hearst. as the declarations If n teague were viewed hy many as Co , radical tn endorse. and the lragu
 was the creation of Mir Hearst. an
 he was either the author oT authorize it's declarations.