Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-09
BIG ENOUGH FOR ALL.

BIG ENOUGH FOR ALL.
Before we know it we shall be in
the midst of preliminaries for the next
republican national convention and
the selection of republican candidate
for the presidency. The publication
of the letter of Mr.. Hartman and the
subsequent reports of the million
aires dinner at which plans for the
defeat of the policies are said to have
been outlined, may precipitate the
contest in the various states, and
bring the issue of the presidency to
such focus that it may be decided
long in advance of the convention.
President Roosevelt, so we are in
formed, adheres to his original
declaration that he will not again be a
candidate for the presidency. Never
theless. he takes a pardonable and
justifiable interest in the republican
candidate who will be chosen, and he
would without doubt prefer one who
! will carry out the RooseNelt policies,
I to a reactionary candidate, whose
nomination might with some show of
truth be made to indicate dissatis-i
faction with the political and business
policies of the president. With regard
to the alleged "millionaires' dinner,
and the fund of five millions for the
nomination of candidate not in
sympathy with the president, it may
be said that it was splendid newspaper
copy and interesting reading, without
admitting that such a dinner ever
took place. Issues of such moment
are rarely discussed at dinners, where.
there is a necessarily mixed company,
and from which reports might and
would in all probability transpire, to
the defeat OF whatever plans it was
sought to carry out.
The facts in the case may be, and
it would not be at all strange that
they should be, that the democratic
opposition is seeking as far as possible
to foment and fan discord in the
republican ranks, believing that in a
divided republican party there is the
only hope of democracy While it is
8 not entirely tempest in a teapot,
this preliminary skirmishing between
the president and those who are said
to be his enemies, it is not necessary
to bring about any serious breach that
shall be reflected in the next republic
can convention. The policies of the
president are pretty generally in
dorsed through the country, and 1t is
not at all unlikely that he could 60
before the people and obtain an in
dorsement that would be thoroughly
satisfactory.
No candidate for president will go
before the people on any platform that
shall threaten destruction to the
country's business interests, in whose
ever hands they may be- Neither will
any candidate for the presidency 60
before the people with the under
standing that violations Of plain laws
will be overlooked and that special
fayors will be granted any business
interests The people Of the country
will express themselves pretty clearly,
before the time for the next conyen-,
ton, as to the kind of candidate they,
want, and possibly as to his identity.
i We do not believe the president need
worry at all as to the kind OF indorse-
& ment he viii receive at the hands Of
the next national republican conven-
ton, nor do we believe the next re-
publican candidate for the presidency
Will be any one but one whom he can
honestly and sincerely indorse. Nor
do we believe he will be disposed to-
4 interfere with the choice Of the dele
gates Of the party when the time for
that choice shall come. We shall
probably need the best timber In the
80 q 20 eaiS 49, piSSiueHtidI cduuI-
date and when he shall be chosen. it
will be found the party is big enough
1 for all Of Its elements.
There is no installing the sentiment
In North Dakota. and the west gener-
ally in favor Of President Roosevelt
for denomination. His first term was
not elective. He has been before the
people but once for election to he
presidency. His defamation If fol-
lowed by the nomination OF one ont
of touch with the people and lacking
in personal magnetism would give a
dangerous impetus to Bryan and
therein lies the danger President