The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-09
CONSERVING AGAINST ROOSi-
WELT.

MI fANIEAi4Ns3 ~ >F'''-
WELT.
II i unnecessary 10 dwell on the CUES
ton OF verify between f. II Hartman
the railroad magnate, and heodore
Roosevelt, President of the United
States. as individuals have and will draw
their own conclusions over the merits OF
the controversy. Perhaps Roosevelt was
not aware that Hartman and others
had contributed literally to the Repub-
Gcan campaign fund through which ms
election as President was assured, but
il there be any doubt as TO this political
fund. let there be an honest and an
earnest call for an investigation and tor
the proofs, by an insistance, If neces-
sary, with results more definite than III
the indulgence of words winch are moi
creditable 10 the gentlemen in this con
troversy.
Immediately following Hartman
statement that he did contribute fifty
thousand dollars to the Republican cam
paign fund, there was sprung on the
nation the discovery of an alleged plot,
or rather a conspiracy, headed by Harrl-
man, Rockefeller and other Republican
Plutocrats in which Hearst (Dcmocrab
is connected as being the guiding spirit
and whose purpose is to raise fund OF
five millions of dollars 10 defeat Roose-
yel,'s nomination for President for "A
third term.
II appears that the discovery of this
conspiracy, which is lacking in clever
ness, is credited to Secretary Loeb, who
attended banquet about month ago.
at which all the participants were pre-
sumed to be the loyal friends of the
President, but il has since developed
that, then and there, foul conspiracy
was Matched to ovefwhelm Roosevelt,
which on its face is simply ridiculous.
II is perfectly natural that the Harri-
mans and the Rockefellers should desire
and may have determined on the defeat
OF Roosevelt's aspiration and nomination
for third term, but il does not follow
that the Harrimans and the Rockefel-
lers would direct their influence to Bry-
an, as In the Republican party are men
ready and willing to become President,
in opposition to Roosevelt, if encouraged
to that end
A calm and deliberate review of the
situation leads to the reasonable con-
clusion that the exposure of this vile and
dire conspiracy is suggested TO relieve
the President from embarrassment in
his controversy with Hartman and to
draw to him an endorsement from par
tisans who admire him, regardless of his
political eccentricity. and from tele-
graphic reports the enthusiasm for
Roosevelt is strong; SO strong that PEG
pie are crying for him, and in the words
OF Congressman Townsend. Il don't see
very well how President Roosevelt can
avoid a denomination. The demand for
him is so great that he can not refuse to
accept, although he has announced that
he will not. He is in the midst of some
tremendous undertakings that need his
direction. There il the Panama Canal,
for one thing Ii he were reelected, the
work would go ON toward completion by
the end of another term, which in s,tb-
stance is the milk in the Roosevelt polit-
ical cocoanut.
However. whether Roosevelt is fg,ir-
ing for third term, notwithstanding
past declarations, his nomination must
sidctraek Taft aud other luminaries of
the Grand Old Parry, who are aspirants
for the presidency, and if nominated he
viii have to meet an all-powerful influ-
eiice of opposition in his party as well
as the solid front of the Democracy, and
therefore his nomination for third term
would lead to his defeat and the triumph
of the Democratic party--but this view
of the situation can not detract from the
fact that the alleged conspiracy is not only
tempest in teapot but is discredited
by its absurdity. At any rate, the rihgt
Of the Harrimans and the Rockefellers
to combine in opposition TO the nomina-
ton Of Roosevelt is a prerequisite of
American citizenship and can not be con-
strued as conspiracy or an act illegal
or in contravention Of law
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