The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-06-06
SOME BRAIN LEAKS
A few IDEAS PefUIte thr0reh the Bran
Of TIE Editor while In q Somnambu-
IiStk State.

In many respects we will all have
TO concede that President Roosevelt
has come as near carrying out the
popular will Of the people as any pres
ident we have had for the past quar-
ter OF century. He has apparently
made an effort 10 curb those inter
ests which are detriment to the
republic. When we come To consider
that the detrimental interests, as
represented by the trusts and corpor-
ations, are within bis own party we
must overlook the fact that many OF
| the reforms he has sought To inaug-
urate has string attached to them /;
and In many ways he has failed OF
the object sought. II is not surpris-
ing, In view OF the conditions, that
many Of his party are very much IN
favor OF him again being candidate.
In many ways he would be the
strongest candidate the republican
party could nominate. Where he has
failed to accomplish what he has
started out to perform would be an
element of weakness. 1t seems to be
human nature to ignore the ninety
nine cases Of success and hold the
one hundredth failure up against a
man. 1t is evident that the farther
a man Is from the city of Washing
ton the stronger is the sentiment for
third term, but the feeling through
the Eastern states would indicate
that most any man whose name has
been mentioned as presidential NOM
inee would be preferable.
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| A correspondent for one OF the
middle West metropolitan journals,
after swinging around the circle con-
cludes that an overwhelming weight
OF republican sentiment Is for the
third term for Roosevelt. A North
Dakota farm paper goes this senti-
men one better and suggests the
man with the big stick be the occu-
pant Of the presidential chair for
life. The editor Of this paper takes
himself seriously when he says,
"Why not call an extra session Of
congress and amend the constitution
to permit Of the election Of presi
dent for life?' II this was to be done
1t might be well to suggest that con-
gress, the senate and the supreme
court, and every elective function Of
absolute monarchy. or course to
have an absolute monarchy it would
be necessary TO also repeal the con-
stitution, and give possible King
Roosevelt the appointive power of
the governors of states and mayors of
cities. AS long as the Dakota editor
desires to have Roosevelt king
there Is no reason why he should be
hampered In any particular This is
supposed to be free government and
we all should have the privilege Of
exercising the right OF saying who
shall occupy the presidential chair,
but 1t does seem as III some men are
going stark staring mad.
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To many IL might be question as
to whether this Dakota editor is tit
person TO exercise preference for
president of the United States. A
man who would suggest that the
constitution should be so amended
that any man could be elected for
life Is surely not accountable for his
acts and should be confined In an in.
sane asylum. 1t is true this sug.
gested amendment to the constitu-
tion may sound little extreme just
now, but so did the Declaration of
independence In its time. 1t should
not be hard matter to educate the
people up to this point. Twenty
dive years ago IL an editor would have
suggested that the time would ever
come when this government would
have colonial dependencies it would
have been taken with greater horror
than the suggestion of the North Da.
kota editor that a president be elect
cd for life. The executive of the ma. |
tion has been usurpine the rights
and privileges OF the legislative and |
judicial functions to such an extent
during the past two years that it
would net be going hut little far.
ther TO elect president for life.
Give the idea time to simmer. give
Roosevelt third term; and at the
end OF bis third term the sentiment
Tor monarchical form of govern
ment may be so crystalized that there
may be no serious objection to his
election for life.
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1t Is trite saying that "When
you take the milk away from calf
IL will bawl. There seems to be
hurting the editor OF the
other paper. II must be that the
shecsles are not con ing into the cof.
fers of the concern quite so rapidly
as they did year ago. Mr.. Abbott