The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-28
THIRD TERM TALK.

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 We find the following amazing tele- gram from Atlanta under date of June 2s in The Washington Post of the 24th inst:
 If I could be positively assured of the electoral vote of single Southern State, would gladly be candidate Tor the Presidency next year"
 The above statement was made Dy President Roosevelt on Georgia Day at Jamestown. according to leading Geor- gia Democrats, who were present The President made his declaration. accord ing to reports, to John Temple Graves following the wave of good feeling att tendant upon the dedication of the Georgia building, a reproduction of the home of the Presidents mother at Kos well.
 President Roosevelt was carried away with enthusiasm upon the occasion, and Georgians present, among whom were well known politicians, shared this en- thusiasm. It was love feast. Poiit- lcal Issues and party lines were forgot fen. Each man was toasting~the other, and all were toasting the President.
 Soon after this outbreak of enthusf- asfn John Temple Graves went to Pres ident Roosevelt and urged him to run for a third term. Mir. Roosevelt, it is said. was moved by the plea, put re- called his promise to the public fol- lOWluB ms elSEIlOn ISOf
 The President is reported to have said that but one thing would cause him to change his determination in this respect He then said thet if he could be positively assured of the electoral vote of a single Southern State, if he could break the solid South, he would be a candidate fer a third term
 President Roosevelt spoke at some length on the solid South, declared it should be broken, and said that he HKn haa HNa 1 that his candidacy would split the South from its one way of voting.
 According to reports, Graves is said to have assured President Roosevelt ably two or three other Southern States. and 1t is said that the promise was given the President to attempt to stampede Georgia for him at the prop CT tune.
 Graves has been urging Bryan to nominate MT. Roosevelt at the Demo cratic national convention next year.
 That report in certain phases. has been denied especially as to what is inns puted to President Roosevelt.
 From allthat we have heard of what took place at the Georgia building on the day in question, MT. Roosevelt saw very few of the Georgians who were present, as indeed he was more or less excluded from the general public du- ring his stay inside the grounds. It was a rush here and a rush there. and special effort to keep the President as much removed from the public, and from anything like general reception as possible. Why this was so, we do not undertake to say. but that 1t was much talked about we do know.
 It is possible that some of the few Georgians in touch with the President on that day may have said what is re- ported in the above special telegram to The Washington Post, but we do not believe that any considerable number of Georgians gave him any encourage ment to make the experiment of offer ing for a third term. It may turn out that Mir. John Temple Graves spoke for himself alone. At any rate we do not believe that even with his well ordered string of adjectives he will be able to carry the State of Georgia for Roose- welt for another term. Was not the solid South broken when Kentucky, Maryland and West Virginia cast their votes, for Mckinley in 1896? Was it not again broken in 1904 when Missouri heretofore considered part of the solid South, broke from her moorings and cast her vote for Roosevelt? If 1t is so necessary that we do not have a solid South it is equally as necessary that we do not have 8 solid North.