Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12
RaossveIt Third Term National
League

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rms is name OF an DTga nizatior
perfected =: short time ago a:s Chicago
the sole purpose orwiflch is 10 bring
sUe8 pressure On the president that
he cinnot decline other term al
tie head OF the nation. Its president
Edward A. Homer, says: lit is not
our purpose To appeal TO politicians
Ia fact, we don't want any OF them
T. Is 20 be IL matter which is to come
araerly from the people. and. for my
selg don't care whether President
Roosevelt likes il or not. TO my mind
he sbas nothing 20 say about it. He is
the only man in whom the people have
absolute and implicit confidence. We
kaogs he is honest; his actions have
demonstrated it beyond cavil."
lie plan is 10 perfect an auxiliary
league in every city. town. township
and county in the nation upon plat
form so broad that every man, regard
less of political affiiation + he is on
the side OF the people. can stand.
kaailowing is the platform:
We the members of the Roosevelt
gG rd Term National League, having
81 heart the great social and political
problem now confronting the people,
AND IN order that the rights of the
masses be protected and that national
harmony be preserved. deem it i'm
perative that Theodore Roosevelt be
reelected to the presidency in 1908.
We have come upon days in our
social and political life, fermenting
/, n ctr ar frir
troi
We view with alarm the evils al
rsadv grown from the abuse of cor
porate power and see in these evils
fsrtlle field for the demagogue, from
which might readily spring a politi-
ca and social revolution, and believe
that nothing short of temperate and
prsyerful solicitude. on the part of
the people, will hold cur political
and social structure iutact.
To the people irrespective of party
lines is due the credit that their
president, to daF, is Theodore Roose-
Welt. A new era of real freedom and
vitality in our Institutions OF govern
menb and politics was demanded, and
they wisely saw in him means to
attain it.
So valiantly and fundamentally
has this man reflected the wishes of
the people, that his personality has
entered into and become a part of
every department of our national life.
He has won the confidence of the
people; and this fact alone, makes
him the most potent factor in the
of J;ct,,
conditions. To eliminate this per-
sonality-which is to eliminate that
contidenee-at a time when the peo-
pie, as whole, are resJive and
trembling with apprehension, is to
invite national disorder.
So closely woven is this bond be-
tween the president and the people,
that he has become to them a public
necessity, an essential part of things
in the social aud political fabric.
Therefore, Theodore Roosevelt is not
only the one logical candidate for
nomination but manifestly Is the
only logical president for the people.
Already has it been demonstrated
that the frightened and vengeful
wealth controlling forces of the
country will resort to any means to
defeat his nomination for presiden-
tial third term. We, therefore, must
be on the alert and quick to action if
we would save that which has already
been accomplished by our illusJrious
president
We are not unmindful of the fact
that Theodore Roosevelt himself de-
clared in 1904, that under no cir
cumstances would he be a candidate
for, or, would he accept another
nomination.
We challenge, however, his right
to refuse to accept the presidency of
the United States for third term,
IN the face of the peoples demand,
especially at a time when so many
undertakings OF the highest import
ance have been brought about and
set in motion by him, and so subject
them to the danger of an untried and
improved successor. to- whom public
confidence would be reluctantly ex-