The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14
SWEARING THEIR FEALTY.
Daily Procession of Statesmen to the
 White House.

White House.
 New York World Special.
 Washington. Swearing allegiance" Is the daily program of statesmen at the White House since the President made public his conspiracy" story. Every public man who comes hero must make the trip to the White House and again take the oath of fealty to the Roosevelt candidates and policies.
 Senator N. B. Scott, of West Vir- ginia, was the first man up this morn ing. He Is not a frequent caller at the White House. and he admitted that his visit this time was to talk poli ties"
 Every man who is not for me is against me-" the President has declared and as a result Senator Scott called and was sworn anew to support the President in all his aims. 'The Presi- dent and I are the best of friends" he said as he came away.
 Even Jacob Rtis, the lifelong friend of the President, had to renew his pledges at the White House to-day. After he had been put through the ceremony he came rushing out to tell everybody he could that the President would not take a third term.
 He positively won't have it." Mir. Riis fairly shouted as he came out. "The President stands by what he said on the nlBnt or HIS eloCdOH f1e VIII not again be a candidate. AHe has told me he will not serve another term That Is enough. He will not accept it under any conditions. The President meant what he said when he declared that night of the election, in 1904, that he would not accept another nomina- ton for the Presidency. He is deeply interested in the policies for which he stands, far more so than he Is in him. hn one nominated who Is heart and soul for those policies. There should be no difficulty in finding a man of this character, and if the President Is strong enough himself in the next national convention to bring about his own nomination, he will have the strength to dictate the nomination of some one favorable to his policies.
 T have been through the West. and the people there are back of the Presi- dent. They want him for another term and will try their best to make him accept another nomination. If the corporation men had joined together with the avowed purpose of booming Roosevelt and his policies. they could not have taken surer course than the one they have taken. The mere fact that MT. Hartman has expressed his displeasure with the President Is enough for the people in the West.
 '"The hints and insinuations that have been directed at the President all throughout his term have done him a great injustice. There is not that much (snapping his fingers) of egotism in his whole person. He is thinking only of his great policies. and if he can put them through for the good of the country he will leave the White House happy man."
 Others who have taken the oath of allegiance anew are Senators Hans brough and Bourne.
 The forthcoming visit of Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania. who Is said to have revealed the details of the Hartman Rockefeller conspiracy" at a private dinner. Is being anxiously awaited. Senator Penrose, his friends say, will insist upon being given a certificate of character by the Presi- dent. If he is given such certifi- cate the conspiracy" story will fail