The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-11
AN EXTRAORDINARY PROPOSE
TION

dress, doubtless prepared LOT the ocCd
sion, declared that Mr.. Bryan shoul'
nominate Theodore Roosevelt for III
Presidency for a third term, 1t is need
less to say that this proposition was sur
prising, if not as startling as thunder
bolt from cloudleSs sky In substance
Mr.. Graves plea for the nomination
of Roosevelt by Bryan and his election
as President for a third term, con
sidered sseriously and practically it i
the rankest of nonsense. 1t is amazing
to consider that such a suggestion
should have emanated from one st
prominent in the public eye as Mr.
Graves, and is a reminder Of Henry W
Grady OF Georgia, who about fftccr
years ago, at a banquet in Boston
Mass, electrified his auditors in his al
lusions to the New South which since
then has been tit BIT" which some
men indulge gleefully in referring to The
South, whose hallowed memories and
glorious historical past can never be
dimmed or discredited.
Why should Mr.. Graves have departed
from the even tenor of his conservatism
to the extreme of radicalism in urging
that Mr. Roosevelt be nominated for
President for third term, by Mr. Bry-
an?
Would Mr.. Graves nullify the prece-
dent, the unwritten law, established by
George Washington, who emphatically
and periodically declined denomination
and reelection for third term?
Would Mr. Graves destroy the Dem
ocracy which is and has been the bull
wark, ever resisting the encroachments
of the plutocrats, the trusts and COM
bines, the aggregated wealth to mon
archy inclined who would sweep away
every barrier, every Lestraint fixed by
the Constitution which insures liberty,
justice and equal rights and privileges
to the people?
Why should Mr.. Graves desire to sac
riice Mr.. Bryan, who has been a true,
fearless and loyal expounder and
champion of all that which is dear to
people, in opposition to the special inter-
ests which. Mr.. Roosevelt represents in
his official capacity and as the head of
the Republican party, whose policies are
ifiimical to the welfare of the South,
whose steady and Substantial prosperity
is assured Notwithstanding
II Mr.. Graves did have in mind Sc
riously that Roosevelt and Bryan occupy
distinct opposites, principles and teach
ings of parties, which can not be recon
eiled, he would not have placed himself
IN so extraordinary an attitude from
which he can not escape the criticism, if
not the disapproval, of every man, North
and South. NOT bound to and blinded by
their idolatry for Mr.. Roosevelt and his
strenuousness.
1t would be interesting and very en-
tertaining TO have Mr. Graves explain
what Mr.. Roosevelt has done, particu-
larry for the South, that he should be
acclaimed as the only mortal who can
secure that political peace, the irridescent
amalgamation of the two great parties
the only man who can shield the people
of the United States from the rapacious-
ness of the plutocrats, the trusts and
combines. the aggregated wealth by
winch Roosevelt's election was made
possible, by defeating the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency by means
Of fhe Republican campaign funds,
whose recent exposure in insurance
scandals and by Hartman have raised
horrid stencil to the sky?
II Mr.. Graves had permitted sense
Of justice to govern him in his extra
ordinary and radical departure from his
usual conservativeness, instead of sug-
sesting the nomination of Roosevelt by
Bryan he would have advised the nomi- |
nation of Bryan by Rooseelt as recog-
milton n equity of man who, although
elected by majority Of the people was
twice defeated and defrauded through |
Inc power of plutocracy as conceded by |
the revelations familiar to the people in
formed on the frauds charged against l
the Republican party However, there
IS comfort in the reflection that the ir-I
rational. impraeticable, illogical and
radical declaration Of Mr.. Graves will
receive no response OF approval or en-
doFsement from the people, except from
the classes who may be afflicted with
Roossveltism. As others, who have
some suddenly into the lime light andI
cast their shadows before them, Mr.
Graves and his radicaiism win soon pass
from sight into oblivion forever.
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