The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-06
TO-
SUPPORT TAFT
POLITICIANS MERELY GUESSING
ON THE THIRD TERM
PROPOSITION.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 6.-Upon All.
thority that cannot be questioned it
ran be stated that Immediately upon
Secretary Taft's return from his tour
around the world, President Roosevelt
will write to him letter for publlca.
ton in which the President will set
fol th plainly his attitude toward the
third term movement. Washington Is
considerably divided In opinion as to
whether or not the President in this
letter will announce unmistakably his
determination not to accept the rorii.
nation. Politicians here, of all gtadcs
are looking forward to this letter. with
as keen interest as they, do the re
sLits Of elections. While the majority.
| OF them are strongly of the belief that
the President will leave the third term
question open in his letter to .Tulge
TAFT, still they have learned that the
President will earnestly support the
Taft candidacy.
That Mr.. Roosevelt desires the CAIN
raisn of next year to be conducted
strictly along party lines In spite OF
the non.partisan spirit he has hecn
displaying for the past few months,
is shown by his vehement reputation
diffusion effected between the 4eIub.
llcons in New York city and the Hearst
Independence League on the coWIty
Ticket. This is interesting as throw.
irs an Illuminating sidelight upon the
Tresident's purposes and attitude to.
ward isNs. 1t has been favor.te
theory oil the third term boomers thut
tile President would accept renomina.
tion IN order to fuse into militant
following all OF the independent ele.
ments in the country.
"A corollary OF this theory has been
that by such a fusion he would smash
the solid south, and thus effectually
wipe out the last vestlges of section.
alism. But his violent
Denunciatlon Of Fusion
in the local New York campaign that
has Just been brought to close dem.
onstrates that his mind is strongly set
against the non.partisan currents
which his course may have stimulated
His intimate. personal and political
friend, Herbert Parsons. a member Of
congress from one OF the silk stocking
districts Of New York, Is chairman OF
the Republican committee OF New
York county. 1t was the Presidents In.
fluence that put the inexperienced Mr.
Parsons in the position. When Mr..
Parsons effected fusion with the
Hearst elements on the county ticket,
he gave 1t out that he had done so at
the Presidents behest. At that time
President Roosevelt was in the cane.
brakes OF Louisiana, hunting bear. AS
soon as the President emerged from
the canebrakes and learned what had
happened In New York he violently re.
pudiated the Parkers sshrdluirhcul.lcr
pudiated the Parsons fusion movement.
This action on his part has quite up.
set the calculations Of the politicians
here as to the Presidents ultimate
purpose because It convinces them
that Mr.. Roosevelt iss till. a robust
partisan. BY the same processes OF
reasoning, they. have reached the con.
clusion that he will turn q deaf ear
to all opportunities to accept renoml.
nation as a non.partisan, for that IS
what It would amount to should he.
consent to lead his party: next year.
Bryan and chanler.
The news has reached Washington
from New York that after William
Jennings Bryan has made a. complete
tour o. the State week before last, he,
gave his friends there and elsewhere
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