The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-26

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Cannot Consistently Refuse.
WASHINGTON. June &c. - The
statement Of John Temple Graves that
at jamestown the President assured
him that III he we're assured Of me
electoral vote Of single Southern
State he would withdraw his declara.
tion not to be canitdate for the pres.
ldency again. does not invite espe.
clai confidence here among those per.
sons who remember the emphasis with
which President Roosevelt, on the
night of the election declared ina,
under no circumstances would ~.
again accept the nomination.
1t is believed in Washington that
sooner or later President Roosevelt
mus. recognize that, against his win
he must accept another aominauol.
To believe the words OF Nr. Graves
would be to regard Mr.. Roosevelt as
an lnsincere politician who Is nov
simply casting about for some reason
to break his promise since 1t seems
entirely safe to do so.
There Is little likelihood that the
electoral vote OF a single. Southern
State will be cast for Mr.. Roosevelt.
1t Is entirely certain that Mr. Roose.
welt is more popular in the South
than any Republican president has
ever been, and that, personally, he
Is the choice Of a majority Of the
Democrats in many States.
Popular In the South.
Last Winter, when Congress was In
session, quite a number of congress.
men from Southern States were frank
10 say that they knew Mr.. Roosevelt
TO be more popular in their own dis.
trict than was Nj. Bryan or than any
other Democratic candidate would be.
Some even went so far as to express
ioabs as to their ability to hold their
States in line for the Democratic can.
lIdate II Mr. Roosevelt were nominal.
ed. All this Is doatiess true, but It
still does not occur TO any reasonable
observer that the statement In charge
Of the counting OF the ballots on cleo.
tlon day will permit a single Southern
Slate to elect the Republican electors.
1t has been charged In some quar-.
tiers that Mr.. Roosevelt Is Unwilling
to test his fortune at the polls again,
because he is not certain that he will
be reelected by the unprecedented
majority that showed he was the most
popular president ever elected. but
that, like great singer or a popular
actor, he prefers to Withdraw from
his exalted position while yet In the
full blaze and glory of his popularity.
May be Compelled to Yield.
But even assuming that slch self.
lsh view could animate Mr.. Roose.
welt, tits believed here that he will
still be compelled to yield to the de.
mand Of his party as expressed at the
next Republican convention. None Of
the present booms show any ylrlllty.
They will fuctuate In strength. Mr..
Taft will be far in the lead at one
time; Mr. Knox wifi apparently out.
strip him at another. Mr., Fairbanks
will loom up strong, and then there
will be an uprising fro Uncle Joe Can
non.
But after all the people know that
Secretary Tafts heart Is not In this
race, and that he longs for the dlgul.
fed rest Of chief Justice OF the Su-
preme Court. So, too, the people will
never regard seriously In their pres.
ent temper and feeling against the
corporations the candidacy Of the rich.
est corporation lawyer In the United
States. In the end all Of the blooms
will fade and the next convention will
turn to Mr.. Roosevelt as its sole hope.
Aud 1t Is the conviction OF most oh.
servers here that Mr.. Roosevelt can.
not refuse the nomination.
catarrh Cannot be Cured