Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-23
Roosevelt Assures His Intimate
Friends That Nothing What
ever Could Induce Him to Ac-
cept Another Nomination,
.S0N-IN-LAW LONGWORTH
MERELY MISIMFORMED
Unauthorized Statement Given
to Press Keeps Executive Of
ice Busy Issuing DeniaISi
Washington Gossip,
Especial Correspondence Morning JournnI.I ]

Especial Correspondence Morning Journal
Washington. Sept IA report Is
going the rounds of the press whicn
deserves prompt denial. 1t Is to tn,
effect that the president said to some
of his visitors, among them the Hon
Luke Wright. quite recently, that his
enemies" might force him to take an
other nomination. 1t was added thai
the president felt that rather than
permit the nomination of reaction
ary candidate he would accept the
nomination, and it was said further
that the president declared his belle
that Secretary Taft was today the
strongest candidate, but that he ap'
preciated the Hughes strength wa:
rapidly assuming large proportions
The most important feature of tha
dispatch is that each of the three
statements contained therein is abso'
lutely false and without foundation
Representative Longworth, when n,
landed recently in San Francisco, sale
that nothing but the possibility o
the animation of a reactlonarl
would make his distinguished father
inlaw take a third term nomination
but even Mr.. Longworth was misiu
formed.
Within the past few dpys the prcsl
dent has assured several intimate
friends that nothing whatever woul,
induce him 10 accept another nonlt
nation and that his son-n-law's state
ment was purely an expression of In
dividual opinion and without founda
tion in fact The president has said
moreover, that he is quite cunfldcn
that Secretary Taft will be nominated
on the first ballot, and that lie doe
not regard the Hughes pr"3idealia
boom as likely to amount to anythloe
although he does expect to see GOV
ernor Hughes renomnated aud c
elected governor Of New York. Their
are certain skilfully devised state
ments given to the press from time Il
time which 1t is practically impossi
BILE for the president to deny, although
1t win be noted that in every INSANE
where such a statement finds its wa
into the press 1t is anonymous. Hha
is to say there is no one who Is quoted
It Is merely the statement of some un
named friend of the president.
An instance of the manner Il
which the president is so quoted tina
he cannot well publish a denial niue
as he would like to, occurred yea
or more ago. Speaker Cannon an
several other statesmen visited tn
president at Oyster Bay. When the
came away they were approached b
| the newspaper men and asked 70
news. Mr.. Cannon would give none
/ but one of the visitors drew the scribe
aside and told them that the presiden
/ had greeted the speaker as "our mex
/ president" The statement was aceepte
! in good faith by the newspaper me
and has been published from time t
( time ever since. The next day tn
president saw the story and told tn
newspaper correspondents that he ha
never said anything Of the kind, an
Mad not even dreamed of such
| thing. on the other hand Mr.. Roose
welt told them they had better not un
dertake to deny It. as that would loo
| like a lack Of friendliness to Mr.. Can
non on his part--a lack of friendlines
which he did not feel. Mr.. CannC
was not personally responsible for IN
story and 1t was hardly importar
enough to make II the occasion of
denial, despite the fact that In effeC
It was unquestlonably misleading an
was intended to be so.
The treasury department is consld
erably concerned regarding the diff
culties II will have In getting back il
money from the jamestown expos
tlon. The exposition Is now complete
and is a remarkably good show. Re
tween $4,000 and 10000 people ar
visiting It daily and everyone VIII
comes away from there seems to b
well pleased. But the exposition Is
close on the 31st Of October, an
even If attendance doubles within
short time, as now seems probable
the gate receipts, which are all that
pledged the government, are not likel
to be enough 10 meet the exposition
! Indebtedness to the treasury whlc
amounts to 100000, of which Oni
500, 600 has been paid over. Tn
trouble with the exposition Is that
was opened too soon. Determined tina
they would not follow the example O
lChicago and ST. Louis, the official
lopened the exposition on the day orig
finally set. despite the fact that con
Qress had long delayed making th
necessary appropriations and that
/ largely as consequence, when tn
opening day arrived only about one
third OF the work was done. For in
stance, the roads were not completed
There had been much rain and tn
people and the newspaper men an
dignltaries who went there wer
obllged to walk through grea
stretches Of deep mud. Then the
went home and said things about IN
exposition which resulted In keepln
their friends and neighbors at home
And now that the exposition is en-
tlrely completed, that beautiful walk
and drives lead everywhere throug
the grounds and that the electrica
illumination excels that Of any othe
exposition yet held. while the natura
situation excels all others. there
not time for all the people who woul
like to 90 there to do 20. and az
lconsequence. from financial stand