Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-11
WILL ROOSEVELT
 BE IN THE RACE? Not Certain in Washington That "Teddy" Will De cline the Nomination if Rendered Him.
DEMOCRATS DECLARE
That He Cannot Be EIected-Nitn
Bryan as Nominee He Will Lose zxF1%s IT ll Eastern States-Plank to Be Talk en From Democratic Platform.

Washington, D. C., March H. There is not a sensible man ill Wash ington, familiar with politics and it's national figures, who has ever had the least doubt that Theodore Roosevelt will again be the nominee of his par ty for the Presidency and make the race Not single statement that has been made by the President or for him has been able to convince the majority of men in politics that he will stand flatly and firmly before his party and unequivoeally decline to accept the nomination that is prac- tcally certain to be rendered him. They are convinced that he will be persuaded that the Republicans are right in demanding him as their choice, in view of certain eXigencies and unsettled questions of public mo- ment Republican senators and rep resentatives many of whom cordially dislike the President and have com- mitted themselves to the candidates of other men, frankly admit that they do not believe that he has been posi- lively eliminated from the field, and are confident that it will not take eX ceptional pressure to induce him to look back upon his statements ts made only to fit his own personal views and as subject to change by the will of the men of his party.
 Here and there, however, are men who say that to believe this way s a reflection upon the good faith oi Ithe President. Among these men IS majority who talk and write this init the Country to that style II thinking, thereby putting a heavy handicap on the President should he yield to the clamor that has already started for a third term.
 some Of the )rasi1 aui's hiltrrc&t enemies are willing to impute bad faith to him and declare that if he had made any other announce ment than that issued on the night of his election in November, 1904, his every move in the future would i have rendered him liable to the charge of working for re-nomina- tion
 Many Democrats do not believe l Roosevelt could be elected in the l face of his oft-reiterated statement 1 that he would not accept another l nomination. They believe in his sincerity and think he has the back 1 bone to tell a convention that no amount of clamor or inhuece could change his determination. They admit that he might carry most of the Vest California excepted, but 1 they declare he would lose New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, H. linois and probably Indiana, with Ohio in doubt, even with Bryan as the Democratic nominee. They as- sert that his strength would not be as great as it now looks, in view of great dissatisfaction in the 1 far western states with his land policies
 These same Democrats point out that the country has confidence in Bryan's integrity and honesty, the same as in Roosevelt, and that, as between these two men, with Roose- velt's broken promise, Bryan would be the victor, especially on a plat form declaring against government ownership and favoring strong gov ernment regulation of corporation questions
 There is inside information that if Roosevelt should be the nominee next year. or Tafi pr sonie one elsn close to him, the Republican con- vention will declare for moderate tariff revision. This would deprive the Democrats of one of their ex. pected strong blanks and give to the Republicans much of the strength the Democrats would get 1 from that source. The standpat Re pnbicans would be forced to take the Republican nominee in pref erence to the Democrat.
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