The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-30
Western Senator Thinks
President Will Be
Drafted.
Taft Not Taken Very
Seriously by
Politicians.
La Toilette Looms Up
Larger Than
Hughes.

President Roosevelt is undoubtedly
thoroughly In earnest in his declaration
that he Will not permit himself 10 be
nominated TO succeed himself said a
Republican Senator from a Western
State who is on excellent terms az the
White House and recently he has said
things 10 some public men that have
gone farther 10 impress his earnestncss
than anything that has gone before"
The speaker has himself been az the
White House several times since the
adjournment Of Congress and is known
10 have the confidence OF the Presi-
dent. He continued.
In my State the people are for Roose-
velt. Nearly all of them believe that
he Will be nominated again. They have
paid no attention TO the statements that
he does not desire another nomination.
They simply feel a supreme confidence
that the party VIII draft him whether
or not he wants the nomination, and
that being drafted he viii NOT Jry 10
send a substitute.
Recently [ told him that was about
TO 90 home, and that my people wanted
10 knoW about the situation. i told
him the State was for him. and That il
didn't believe him out of the race Then
that L was entitled 10 know The exact
facts.
MIR. President 1 said, I have been
your supporter ever since YOU have been
here. ! am about 10 go home. and here
Is my situation. If 1 go back and tel
people that ~trey~ must decide on some
other man, because YOU cannot be CON
sidcred, some Of them VIII take my word
tor II, although wanting YOU Now. if
after that anything turns up THAI re-
suits IN your nomination and acceptance
you know what my opponents al home
Will say. They viii insist that I tried
10 mislead them. that I wasn't a Roosa-
velt man. didn't want YOU renominated.
and was trying TO lead them away from
you II might be the means Of defeat
Ing me for reelection. That is the rea-
son why it is important TO me to
know
And in the face OF that statement Of
the case the President still insisted. with
more vgor than ever before. that he
must not and would not permit himself
10 &c nominated again. I went away
fully believing that he meant il. Il
isn't possible that a, man should be so
nslncere as TO reIterate his statement
after what I had said"
And what do YOU think, Senator. will
De the outcome, 4 view OF all this9~
vas Esked
The Senator sc atched his chin and
looked at The ceiling.
4 think Roosevelt viii be nominated.
will accept, aud viii be elected. and
told him SO" was the reply.
that is fair statement of the feeling
in Senatorial and general political cir
cles at present. The politicians refuse
10 take Taft very seriously. They have
discounted his chances considerably
since the outbreak OF the feud In Ohio
ana il is almost universally insisted
among them that if Taft has any chance
IL consists iT the Presidents insistence
that his friends must be for the Ohio
man.
Hughes IS considered to be eliminated
now, By the fierce facti0naI fight IN
New York. The opposition TO MIN IN
his own party is said by New Workers
who come heTe-many Of them coming
10 beg the intercession of the White
House-to be so fierce that he has-sso
chance whatever of either reelection or
getting a delegation 20 the national con-
venton. La Toilette looms larger IN
the calculations Of the CoId-blooded noIf-
tiCians. # the Pres Idcnt should Weld 10
the insistenCe Of his advisers who want
him 10 give up making a valuation Of
the railroads, 1t would. in the opinion
OF many who have no possible use Tor
La Toilette, make the Wisconsin man
stand as the sole representative Of rad
lcal sentiment in the Republican party.