Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-25
Mr.. Roosevelt and Next Year.

I
Inc PRESIDENTS deliverance on the sub
'ect OF FEDERAL officials and the third term
movement does not touch the larger as
P0e's vi the case. 1t will not even &C
eo'hphsn the limited ends 1t would appear
u cover. Federal officials, eager for the
Iiesioents denomination and anxious to
pioiiiote IL. need not openly advocate the
cause or ask for instructions in his favor
as oeiegates to the republican national
'on'entlon- If he does not take himself
out OF the calculation before convention
ti'ie' all they will have to do to aid In
eie contamination of the third term
project Is TO get themselves elected dele
sa.es 10 that body The rest will be easy.
win the President at that time a pos
sioiiity' shout In his behalf in the con-
vention hall will give them their cue. and
~ the convention can be stampeded for
niln they Will be on hand to help 1t along.
MI. Roosevelt owes 1t to himself, to
MS party and to the country to 20 far
beyond this. He should make 1t abso-
iu'eiy impossible for any man, in office or
out-a perfervid republican. or democrat
olsgruntled by Bryanism-to make further
mention of his name in connection with
next years republican leadership He
should speak SO as all men would under
stand, and no man dare dsobey Instead
OF putting the matter on the easy eleva-
lion of improperly and discourtesy" he
should put it on the sheer height of an
arfront to him. For that is what the
matter. In its proper analysis, amounts to-
But more than this. Mr.. Roosevelt
should, definitely and at once, disconnect
his name and the influence of his office
from all booms. He can as little afford
to undertake to name his successor as to
run again himself. His party is fully able
to choose It's leader. and Is impatient of
White House direction in the premises.
Look at the manifestation at Cleveland,
where Mr.. Burton. wearing an admins
tration tag, met Waterloo. Look at
the Taft boom, sagging because of the
administrations weight. Look at the sit
nation in New York, where men pretend
Ing to act by authority are making war
on Gov. Hughes, and creating divisions
which may rival those that marked the
old stalwart and half-breed days in that
important and pivotal state. and which
ended in the republican disaster of 1884.
This business Is not without it's specious
pleas and representations. No man, we
are told, may withstand the commands
OF the country If the country calls Mr..
Roosevelt he must obey. Certainly That
Is to be admitted readily. But what sort
OF call is that which is being drilled like
O dramatic mob. or an operate chorus
by experts, and in defiance of the Presi-
dents plain announcement on election
night three years ago.
Then there is that old tongue-worn
blather about Mr.. Roosev welt and the
south. Let him run again, we are told
and states which have not gone repub-
lean since reconstruction days will vote
Tor him. No republican was ever as pop-
uiar in the south as Mr.. Mckinley. At
the close of the war with Spain the south
In her pulpits and in her Newspapers.
PAID him the beartiest tributes for the
broad and patriotic spirit he had mani
tested In the conduct of hostflities But
the next year she voted for Mr.. Bryan
again without bobble Mr.. Roosevelt
couldn't lift the electoral votes Of any
one of the lower southern states out of
the democratic column with the aid of a
derrick
Never in his extraordinary career has
Mr.. Roosevelt had finer moment than
that on election night in 1904 when he
SN~~> SSSS WIG SoohIIy Ou the SuDJeCC OF
his future. He had just achieved a re-
markable triumph even for him. The
country, by tremendous vote, had in
dorsed his course in Office and given him
four years in which further to develop
his policies. He was the first man ever
to be thus continued in the first place
who had been advanced to it from the
second place by the agency of death. But
little past forty, and full of the Joy of
battle. he was at the very summit of
things. And in the flush of that fine mo-
ment he committed. himself absolutely
against another term In Office
He should stand upon that declaration
as against the Vaccinations Of friends
and enemies alike. Some men are using
his name out Of an excess of sincere en-
thusiasm. Others are trading upon it as
they would upon letter of credit. Others,
confused about things. are waiting to see
what really is what. To all alike the
President should address a new message,
and every word should have the bark
on IL.