The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-19
WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.

Washington, ID. e., Dec. 10. 1907
The reiteration by President
Roosevelt of his statement made on
the night of his election, that he
would under no circumstance ac-
cept a third term, has added great
ly to the discontinue of the For
aker, Cortelyou, Cannon boomers
who have, under cover of third
term talk, been working most as
siduously for their respective cam
didates. Now that the President
has made his statement 50 incon-
trovertible the various candidates
for Presidential honors in the Re-
publican party will have to declare
where they stand. Of course the
President has made this public
statement in the interests of Secre-
tary Taft as it must forever silence
those enemies of Taft and the ad.
ministration policies who have been
disseminating so persistently and
for their own purposes. the idea
that Mr.. Roosevelt was dis!oyal to
Taft and was quietly working for
his own nomination. The Presi-
dent believes that he has had the
sympathy and faith of the people
Of the country in his stand against
a third term, but he has felt called
upon to issue this reteration of his
original statement so that they may
know the attitude of the various
candidates for the Presidency now
that they are obliged to dispense
with the third term cloak.
T*T
The curtain has only just rung
down on the Republican National
Committee meeting and now the
stage is again becoming crowded
with national committeeman, but
this time it is the Democratic COM
mitteemen who are gathering in
Washington to settle the time and
place of their next convention.
Louisville, Cleveland, Denver and
St. Paul are all i'll the race. MOI
man T.. Mack, national committee
man from New York, says he
thinks it will be St, Paul or Louis
vile. Mayor Tom" Johnson has
arrived with all his old time energy
to work for Cleveland. The Louis
vile boomers are doing everything
possible and the guess of many of
the committeeman is that it will be
either Cleveland or Louisville, with
Cleveland a little ahead i'll the bet
ting. Chairman Tom Taggart,
however, is in favor of Chicago
and there is no doubt that, as was
the case with the Republican con-
vent.on, the Windy City can have
the convention if she will put up
the cash. Kansas City looked like
a dead certainty last week and she
was, until Chicago woke up and
made all offer, not as good an offer
as Kansas City's but still good
one. That settled it. The fact is
that everyone likes to go to the
larger cities. The railroad facilities
are greater. The hotel accommo-
dations are better, more abundant
and at a greater variety of prices,
and when the political work is over
there is more chance for amuse-
ment. However, tom" Johnson
promises the boys all the fun they
want if they will only come to
Cleveland.
E,.N
Of course there is good deal of
talk about the candidate but it
seems mostly one way. Pretty
much all the committeeman say it
will be Bryan, although many of
them admit their fear that he cam
not be elected. 1t is said that at
the recent meeting Of ten national
committeeman at French Lick only
one believed that Bryan could be
elected and yet all ten were for
him. eve can't get away from it
and we must nominate Bryan for
good or ill.," said national COM
mitteeman who is dubious about the
result, and that seems to be the
sentiment pretty much throughout
the committee. Governor Johnson
of Minnesota is, however, the sec
ond choice of the committeeman
and Judge Grey of Delaware seems
quietly to have slipped out of notice.
maw
Apropos of convention cities, it
is amusing the way Kansas City