The Caucasian., 1907-02-24
In Earnest.


Evidently the Roosevelt third term
boomers are in dead earnest, and they
are going at it systematically and with
nerve. They are out in the open fight,
ing for their man against all eomers.
They are publishing Il magazine en-
titled Iimeiight in aid of their
movement. Certainly that paper is
correctly named. for if ever there was
a man who loved to battle himself in
the limelight it is the Hon T. r. 1t is
published in Chicago. the Windy
Cfty-another observance of the pro-
.prieties Limelight claims that its idol
is now filling his first term. If that be
true then the idol himself did not know
what lie was talking about when he
declared that the present term is his
second. Limelight seems to have a
corps of boomers judiciously located
about the land SO as to give to the
third term movement the appearance
of being widely diffused. geographical
ly speaking, and it fills its columns
with more or less heated communica-
tons from these boomers. OF course
most of them belong to the .sbread and
butter brigade''- that is. to those hold
ing Office under the administration or
those who hope to do so 1t ought to
be stated that there are some who are
whooping it up for Il third term for
Roosevelt under the delrsion that the
country would speedily so to what Mr.
Mantalini was wont to denominate as
.'thc demnition howwowss' if Roosevelt
should lose his grip on the helm. Poor
souls The governments life or prog
ress depends on no one man. thank
God! And If all the officeholders in
America We're to die today. in a week
or two their places would be filled
with men Just as capable. Whatever
else happens in this land of the free
and home of the brave, the breed of
officeholders will not run out
Ex-Governor Durhin Of Indiana. an
other statesman out of job and in
hopes of getting one, has been in Wash
ington lately throwing ice water on
the Fairbanks boom and screeching
for a third term for Roosevelt The
ex-governor thinks he knows that the
plain people are wild for Roosevelt
and that If he is not given third
term they will be in the condition of
Rachel mourning for her children and
refusing to be eomferted because they
were not They do say, however, that.
the reason why Durbin is against Fair
banks and for Roosevelt is that he is
ambitious to be V. T.. himself. Now
the gossips who say that may be
wrong, but folks have habit in this
world OF piecing two and two together
thereby making four. Another notable
feature of the situation seems to be
that Senator Beveridge. of Indiana is
not tearing his shirt for Fairbanks,
another case of green eyed monster
of presidential stature, and he doesn't
want Fairbanks to get it for fear II
would initiate against his own
chances. So far as l know. Beveridge
has not openly declared for third
term. but the chances are that he
would declare in favor Of third,
fourth and fifth If he supposed it would
kill off Fairbanks and let himself in
There is still another class screaming
for third term for Roosevelt consist
ing of people whose apnetites constant
ly crave sensations. They may not in
aptly be termed sensation topers. If a
man should happen to be elected rresi-
dent next time who would attend
strictly to his own business, pursuing
the even tenor of his way without
brass band accompaniment. these SEN