Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-06
TROOPS To GOLDF|ELD' HE WILL NOT RUN
Detachment Starts From San Presidents Declaration to Mr.
Francisco This Morning. Watts Today.
FUNSTON MAY Go ALSOALL DOUBT SET AT REST
Mine Owners Angry Somebody Else Must Carry the
Publicity
SHERIFF is MORTIFIED, TOO WILL SUPPORT sEcx TAFT
Mines Going to to Bring
WILL SUPPORT SEC'Y TAFT
Mr.. Roosevelt Will Give Every As
sistance to Bring About Secre-
tary's Nomination.

That cannot be. / cannot
serve beyond my present term.
am grateful to the American peo-
pie for their kindly feeling toward
me, but somebody else must carry
on the work"
These were the plain unmstakabe
words of President Roosevelt today when
he was told by a prominent Pennsylvania
banker that the people of that state
wanted him for another term. 1t is the
plainest. most direct statement he has
made in a number of months, and is con-
sidered to permanently settle any doubt
that may exist as to his intention.
The declaration of the President was
made to Samuel Watts of Lewiston, Pa.
president of four national banks. and still
active in business at eighty-six years of
age. He was presented at the White
House by b. H. Warner of this city. Mr..
Watts told the President that he had
made such a good executive the people
wanted him again and could not afford
to dispense with his services. The Presi-
dents answer, quoted above, was quickly
and decisively made.
His Final Decision.
There are many circumstantial events of
the last few days to indicate that the de-
cision of the President this time is final.
and that at the proper time his announce
ment will be made officially to the people
of the country. For reasons of his own
he prefers to withhold an announcement
for some time.
Will Heartily Support Taft.
Now that the decision has been reached
there are ample evidences that the Presi-
dent proposes to give every assistance in
his power to bringing about the nomina-
ton of Secretary Taft. That will be seen
in the moves he will make from now on
To begin with President Roosevelt is
showing decided impatience with Frank
II. Hitchcock and other federal Office
holders who are alleged to be conveying
the impression that the administration Is
winking one eye at the Cortelyou candi-
dacy for the republican presidential nomi-
nation.
The President realizes, from informa-
ton he has received that he is fast being
placed in the position of disl0yalty to Sec
retary Taft and connivance at the Cortel-
that this shall not continue, and in the
last few days he has spoken unmistaka-
bly,. Federal officeholders who are sup
porting Cortelyou and talking against
Taft now understand that they cannot any
longer do this at the expense of the
Presidents strong regard for and loyalty
to Taft. If they do not cease attacks
upon Secretary Taft the President strong
ly intimates that there will be trouble.
The information taken to the President
l., hat Mr. hn iS be
knowledged manager of the Cortelyou
campaign, has been telling various re-
publ!cans. especially those from the south,
that the bottom has been knocked out of
the Taft boom and that the President is
perfectly willing that southern republi-
cans shall give their backing to Mr.. Cor
telyou. The straight facts are that the
President is by no means satisfied that
Secretary Taft has lost any strength;
has no idea of deserting him for Mr.. Cor
telyou or any one else; believes that he
will be nominated and elected, and will
stand by him to the last.
Not for Cortelyou Now.
Because of his personal relations with
Secretary Cortelyou and his regard for
him the President has thrown nothing in
the way of the movement for the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. He has let it run
along, automatically sidestepping matters
that would place him in the position of
deliberately sitting down on the whole
thing. But he did not mean that his
diplomacy and his regard for Mr.. Cortel-
you should be miStakenu by the e'ortelyou
boomers holding federal offices and used
by them to do harm to Secretary Taft.
That is just what has fol owed however
Some of the Cortelyou people have told
the President that they can do nothing for
Secretary Taft in the south. and that
Cortelyou is the only man who can carry
the delegations of certain states. But
the President is dubious about all that. He
has an idea that the whole thing is done
to secure delegations that may later be
thrown to Hughes, Foraker or Fairbanks
He will not attempt to put the screws
on the offceholders who are, outspoken
against Taft, unless he reaches the con-
clusion that their whole aim is to take
delegations to the national convention
ostensibly for one man, but really ready
to spring to another in whom the Presi-
dent does not have confidence. The
President knows that he cannot afford
to give instructions that federal Office
holders anywhere shall support Secretary
Taft, but he does know that he has the
power to prevent them using what he
considers unfair and improper means to
injure his friend and political favorite.
That he has now passed down the line
his determination that his appointees
shall not go out of their way to injure
Taft, especially by misrepresenting his
own position. is expected tn create some
thing of a sensation politically. To many
minds it further foreshadows possible
unfriendly relations between the Presi-
dent and his Secretary of the Treasury,
who is cognizant of the latest stand
taken by the chief executive. That there
will be ill-feeling between Secretary Taft
and Mr.. Cortelyou when the former re-
turns and has reported to him some of
the manipulations of the Cortelyou
boomers. is also predicted in well-in-