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,
0N-IN-LAW L0NGW0RTH
MERELY MISlNF0RMED
Unauthorized Statement Given
to Press Keeps Executive Of
ice Busy Issuing DeniaISi
Washington Gossip,
Especial Correspondence Morning Journal

Especial Correspondence Morning journal. I
Washington Sept. ia report Is
going the rounds of the press whicn
deserves prompt deniat Il is to the
effect that the president said to some
of his visitors, among them the HOB.
Luke Wright quite recently that his
enemies" might force him to take an
other nomination. II was added that
the president felt that rather than
permit the nomination of reaction-
AIRY candidate he would accept the
nomination and Il was said further
that the president declared his belief
that Secretary Taft was today the
strongest candidate. but that he ap-
preciated the Hughes strength was
rapidly assuming large proportions.
The most important feature of th S
dispatch Is that each of the three
statements contained therein Is abso-
lutely false and without foundation.
Representative LongWorth, when nc
landed recently in san Francisco, said
that nothing but the possibility or
The animation Of a rcactionarv
would make his distinguished father
in-law take a third term nomination,
but even Mr. Lungworth was misin-
formed.
Within the past few d1ys the prcs,-
dent has assured several intimate
friends that nothing whatever would
induce him to accept a.othcr no,lr
nation and that his son-in-lhW'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 coniidcnt
that Secretary Taft will be nominated
on the first ballot, and that he does
not regard the Hughes pr"sideatiai
boom as likely to amount tu auything.
although he does expect To see Cow
ernor Hughes renuminatcd aud le-l
elected governor of New York There
are certain skilfully devised state
ments given 10 the press from time to
time which it is practically impossi-
BILE for the president to deny. although
II will be noted that IN every instance
whore such a statement finds It's way
into the press II Is anonymous. That
Is to say there Is no one who Is quoted.
II is merely the statement Of some un-
named friend Of the president
An instance of the manner IN
which the president is so quoted tnat
he cannot we'll publish a denial, much |
as he would like to. occurred year
N more ago. Speaker Cannon ana !
several other statesmen visited the
president at oyster Bay. When they |
anne away they were approached by /
he newspaper men and asked for !
lews. Mr.. Cannon would give none, |
)ut one of the visitors drew the scribes
iside and told them that the president |
lad greeted tho speaker as "Our next
PRESIDENT" The statement was accepted |
n good faith by the newspaper men
md has been published from time to
ime ever since. The next day the |
PRESIDENT saw the story and told the
newspaper correspondents that he had
lever said anything of the kind. ana
lad not even dreamed Of such a
hing. on the other hand, Mr. Roose-
elt told them they had better not un'
Iertake 10 deny it as that would look
Ike a lack of friendlness 60 Mr.. Cam
ION on his part--a lack of friendllness
which he did not feel. Mr. Cannot
vas not personally responsible for the
tory and IL was hardly important
nough to make it the occasion of a
enial. despite the fact that in effect
was unquestionahly misleading ana
vas intended 10 De so.
The treasury department b. consid-
rably concerned regarding the diff
ulties IL viii have in getting back IT.
money from the jamestown cNposi-
lon. The exposition Is now completed
nd Is remarkably good show Be
,veen $4,000 and 200 people are
isiting it daily and everyone who
Dmes away from there seems 10 be-
ell pleased. But the exposition is tu
lose on the 3lst of October. ana
ven 10 attendance doubles within O.
hort time. as now seems proba bic,
be- gate receipts. which are an that o.
lodged the government are not likely
, be- enough 10 meet the eNpusition's 4
ldehfcdnccs 90 the treasury, which 7
mounts 10 $500 600. of which only
90 600 has been paid over. The
.auble with the exposition b. that itl
as opened too soon. Determined Thar
iey would not fgllpw the example of
hicago and ST. Louis. the officials
pened the exposition on the day orig
ALLY set. despite the fact that con d
-css had long delayed making th" a
scessary appropriations and that, b
rgely as consequence, when the .
leuing dny arrived only about onc- b
Iird OF the work WIS done. For I'M q
ance. the roads were not completed. n
her, had been much rain and th~ q
.pple and the newspaper men ana Il
gnitaries who went there were 81
retchcs Of deep mud. Then they ,
snt home and said things about the :
position which resulted in keeping q
cir friends and ueighhor- at home. a
nj now that the exposition o. en- "
els completed. that beautiful walks
d drives lead everywhere through a
e grounds and that the electrical
umniation cXcels that 20 any other nj
position set held. while the natural I
q time for all the people Who wouil VI
r. fo Eo there fu de- 80. and as r vi
nsequence. from a financial stand al