The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-15

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o would al'l,. have tho government turn
octopus. Bryan proposed that sf t,,s
|, vo.opus should get n national iicena,s
10 - do business, with tho stipulatio,s
liz tna N las rights and privileges should
conflscatcd IL II did more thar a. ,vns
it I'M OF tho aggregate business Il,
) l.s Mno; ROOSEVELT proposes q nm tinr',i
smar.er Tor tho octopus and Brvan
a ana.se, That that Is violativo OF
1a.u.es 81 r1snts though he favors the
nm annililation Of States rirhts as 10 ia
say nothing Of government ownorahIn,
which turns tho republic into n q 's,r.
pre-, ana the Initiative and roferar,.
uuH'' which Is radical revolution ne
our. governmental system.
But Blaine nominated GARFIELD, anf
Conkling elected 1iim-the Democratic
having accomplished the Impossible and
\ perpetrated the tinspeakable in retocts
ing the old ticket. Nc sooner was tho
erection over than Blaine lsidnappoI
GARFIELD. and kept him In Oriental
Ward, The political destruction OF
DO this the administration presented
llttlo Mahone's head to Bon Hill on
charger. Tho administration was going
straight to destruction when tho assas.
sins bullet did it's awful work.
i When tho Republican National Cons
vention OF 1880 adjourned 1t was sup-
1 posed that this country would not
again be agitatcd by the third term
spectre for century; but In 1907 the
most popular Suggestion In American
politics is third term for Theodore
Roosevelt and IL the Slxtieth Congress-
should vote on the Springer resolution
next December. II will be beaten overs
whclmingly.
These two men are the absolute
masters OF their respective parties No
wonder men marvel about what makes
Democrat. and no wonder men mar
vel about what makes n Republican,.
There are q dozen different answers
to both these speculations. no two st
all alike. and every one exactly cor
rect. II Cleveland is a Democrat. what
10 Bryan? IL Roosevelt 81 a. Republi-
can. what Ia Foraker? 1t la no further
| from Richard Olncy to Ben Tillman
than 1t is from Nelson w. Aldricli to
Robert NJ. La Toilette. Senator Knox
and Governor Cummins are no more
| In accord than are 1sidor Rayner and
Arkansaw jeff Davis. Jerry Simpson,
when Congressman from Kansas,
Joined the Democratic party because
| he was in accord with 1t. and William
a. PETER, formerly Senator from
Kansas, Joined the Republican party
because the G. O. r. had turned Pop.
The Republican party is going to
nominate for President in 1908 one OF
two men--Roosevelt or Taft. No other
administration of our history ever
dabbled more in party politics than
Roosevelts: no other ever played the
game SO skilfully. The convention Will
do whatever Roosevelt dictates. JuFt
as the Democratic convention Will
dance to whatever tune Bryan pipes.
ha PnOspvplf haH irrn-
vccably made up his mind not to ac-
ccpt the nomination under any circun,-
stances. but y his desire n. for IT ,, were
lass. or Blaine's. or even Fairbanks's;;
he could not play the game for himself
more adroitiy or more ,rh fort anreana
come from ali quarters, Tho average
man, whatever his. politics. believes
that Roosevelt will be renom.nated
and re-elected.
Only a while ago he had nothing but
ccmmendation for Roose4elt's states
MaW Dir 1rysa right
which he says are not safe IN Mr..
Roosevclts keeping. Can this be be-
cause Mr. Bryan has n come i, to s snn1 hsa
TO beat? Quite likely. do not believe
Mr.. BRYAN would run against Roosevelt.
=" mas ste ss. parted Win IN arr deal Of
his intrepidity. He tried to run away
from government ownership: II would
with wi he his shadow under the midday
beams of July's torrid sun. He even
attempted modification OF the initia-
tive and referendum and failed to get
away from Roosevelt, II Roosevelt is
the nominee. He is boss OF the Dem
ocratic party all right, but he Is not
there Is a chance, and reject It II there
rs no chance. That would be carpet
iknight-errantry.
Would Roosevelt be invIncihle1
Quite likely-against Bryan. But
whenever political party nominates
a candidate for third term in tho
White monss II VII be dantamepn5
contains but one man fit for the pres
idency. and whenever tho country elects
a man to third term in the White
laratton that our entire citizenship
can furnish but one man fit for Presi-
dent.
Presidents. Tho sober-thinklng. SCI
date. sagaeion,s; silent IT, I fox s, m make
tinveteratc prejudice against a third
term we all know, and there will ney-
er be a third term except as choice
men would like third term President !.
for the novelty OF it--these are noisy u
gents Tens OF thousands thinking in
men look upon third term with dread, 81
and these are the voters. who make
Presidents.
Mr.. Roosevelt is far into his second
term He has sailed with the current#
every moment. He Is the most popu-8
lar man OF our history; but a thirds
term would mean walking OF a tights
rope. as high from the earth as theH
moon for four years. 1T would beg
sending tho pitcher to the we'll un-S
him about 1t, Hannibal went to Capua.E
Napaleon to, Waterloo.