The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-12
Over President ROoSeyelt's
Letter OF DeclInatlOn
ISSUED AGAIN LAST NIGHT
Managers Of other Presidential Booma
In the Republican Party Are Over
joyed ana Are Getting 10
Work Actively.


Just what We were hoping he would say
now 40 will 20 ahead and win" Thi
is the chorus Of the managers Of Ia
presidential boom oi Taft, Hughes, Can
non, Corsclyou. Knox, Foraker. and pos
sibly few others, when they. heard thai
the president had repeated bic decllna
tion Of election night, Nos. 8, 1904, ans
had put himself out Of The race for zoos
II such statement was expected bclor,
the convention. Il came now az a blr
surprise TO politicians in general. The
general belief Il that the president ha.
been smoked ont" but opinions differ
as to who Is responsible for the smudsc.
The Democrats assert that Il was a vic.
tory Of John sharp Williams, the mi.
nority leader Of thc House. Many Re.
puhlicans guess "old Uncle joe Cannon.
They cannot seem TO agree that the Taft
boom viii probably be more injured than
benefited, since, a. long A. the president
might run, many Republicans would
have been kept from aocking 70 the other
standards. Then AZ the eleventh hour.
koosevelt's hand might have led them
into Taft's corral.
IL appears that the president had been
IL appears that the president had been
awaiting the call for the Republican ma
tional convention TO afford the proper
opportunity for making his position clear
and unmistakable, thus leaving the field
clear for the others.
The presidents statement follows:
In view Of the issuance OF the call
Of the Republican committee for the
convention, the president makes the fol.
lowing statement:
"0n the night after the election l made
the following announcements
am deeply sensible of the honor
done me by the American people in thus
expressing their confidence IN what /
have done and have tried to do. I an.
preciate to the full the solemn responsi. |
bility this confidence imposes upon me. |
and shall do all that in my power
lies not TO forfeit t. On the fourth OF
next March ! shall have served three aud
a half years, and this three and q half /
years constitute my first term. The
wise custom which limits the president
TO two terms regards the substance and
not the FORM and under no circums
stances will be candidate for or seek
another nomination.
II have not changed and shall not
change the decision thus announced
Some Opinions on the Letter.
Speaker Cannon, when shown the pres.
ident's statement said:
The president speaks for himself. II
would be useless and inappropriate for
me TO attempt to interpret the presi.
dents words"
Senator Foraker, himself a candidate,
said:
That has been his position all the
while, ! suppose, but don't care to dis.
cuss the matter, thank YOU
Senator Hopkins of Illinois said,
1T IS in keeping with his character
and what he has said from the start
II shows him to he a patriot as well as
: statesman, following as he ii the ira.
iitions of Washington and Jefferson in l
limiting himself to two terms.D
Senator LaFollette said 7
while such an announcement could q
,e expected it was not expected to come
10 soon. have no other comment "a c
make at this time" :
Senator Richardson of Delaware said.
fancy this announcement will be
pleasant news to several persons. /
iced not name themi they are too nu.
N
Senator Long Of Kansas:
The Taft boom will be the only one
vorth considering after this announce
nent."
Senator Dick of Ohio;
Nothing else was to be expected. G
Among the Democrats who commented al
n the presidents statement was Senator n,
'illman, who said: \
This is by way of documentary eyi. q
ence that the president has seen tina Of
on the wall Ii means that fe
ryan will be the next president of tha III
nited States. Roosevelt is the only
ossibIe Republican candidate who could ne
} considered formidable r,
John Sharp Williams, leader Of the th
inority in the House, said: lRt
I'll believe / am one of the few Demo- Isl.
ats in public life in the country. who fb
is been saying all along that the presi- OH
mt would not run for third tprin
.lieved he had too much knowledue of Ia
story to run the risk Of threateninc se,
spublican institutions with perpetuity ri
tenure in the presidency. / also ge
ought that he was man of SO mnch M
idc that even If he had come to regret or,
s after-election ntterance he would an
in stand to his word. think the All
ird-term issue would have made Mr.. ha,
,osevelt the weakest man the Republi MI
h party could have nominated. not ma
the fact that be is person. AZ
" the most popular Republican in the Tao
untry to-day" c;a
Representative 0. c. James Of Ken. far m
cky: ifv
ut is a complete surrender on Roose !
It's part to the corporation element Of ear
. Republican party. and an announce. ia
mt in advance of surrender and the she
Of the defeat in the national 40
lvention of the policies for which he
Inds. This will make Bryan stronger
IN ever.a
Chairman Taggart of the national {
committees: ean
i think the public made a mistake tbe
compelling Roosevelt TO speak twice ma
ore he could make himself believed Re-
shows that he is the kind Of man / b.