The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-03-19
OUR WAsH1NG ON LETTER.
Roosevelt Saying Plans to Succeed
Himself In The Presidents
CHAIR.
Special Cor. Herald and News.

Washington, D. G., March 18.-
Theodore Roosevelt is a candidate
for the Republican nomination for the
Presidency next year. He has not
said so in so many words, but his
every move on the official checker
board, and statements Of leading Re-
publican politicians on leaving the
White House, leave no doubt in the
minds Of those in touch with politi-
cal affairs here that he Is seeking to
place his party in such position it
will be compelled to nominate him.
He pats the Taft boom on the back,
encourages Root, jollies "Uncle Joe"
Cannon, smiles upon Vice-President
Fairbanks, and cajoles LaFollette,
making each believe that he looks
with favor upon his candidacy, just
to keep them in the running until con-
vention time rolls around, his game
being to have as many entries as pos
siblc, iii order to render the nomina-
ton Of any one of them an impos-
sibility; then, after several futile bal
lots, step i'll and capture the prize
himself.
! 1t will be recalled that on the night
of the election, in 1904, when the re-
turns assured sweeping Republican
victory, Mr.. Roosevelt issued a thrill
ing statement to the Nation in which
he declared that he would not again
be a candidate for the Presidency,
taking the ground, in imitation of
the Father of his Country, that two
terms in the White House should sat
isfy. the ambition of any man. But
he has changed his mind, and the
change came very soon after his
spectacular declaration not to again
stand for reelection.
Being disciple Of Alexander HAM
ilton, the great FederaliSt, and a wor-
shipper at the shrine of Emperor
William, Of Germany, his patron
saint, Mr.. Roosevelt soon after his
! election in 1904 conceived the idea
that the American Republic should be
, converted into a powerful centralized
government, patterned after the Ger
man Empire, and believing that his
great popularity with the masses
would enable him to consummate the
! scheme, he determined upon another
term in the White House, in order to
construct the form of government so
near and dear to his heart.
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his plan, he waved the big stick over
the railroads of the country. proclaim
! ing through the press and in mes
| sages to Congress that great evils
existed in their management, setting
! forth that alleged evils could not be
! remedied, except through Federal in
! terference, and commenced a warfare
bringing the country face to face with
industrial ruin. His antagonism to
the roads has been prosecuted more
with a desire to benefit himself poll
/ tically than to benefit the masses. In
other words, he has simply been. ell
gaging in gallery plays to make him
self popular, in order that lie might
win political favor and strike down
the rights of the states without SER
ious protest from their representa-
tives in the respective branches Of
Congress. That he has largely sue
ceeded in this respect is evidenced
by flood of hostile legislation to-
ward railroads in practically every
state im the Union, and in the Con-
gress as we'll, and by practically un-
animous support of his acts and rec
concentrations by both Democratic
and Republican statesmen.
That Mr.. Roosevelt is opposed to the
regulation Of railways by other aeen-
cies than those of the Federal Gov
errment is evidenced by his action in
dihcountenaneing regulations on the
part of the states,
1t is his contention that the states
are powerless to deal justly between
the people and the railroads; that the
Federal Government is the only ave-
nue. through which the people and the
roads can obtain a spare deal, and to
to this end he has directed the Inter
state Commerce square deab and to
this end he has directed the Inter-
state Commerce Commission to un-
dertake to thwart the legislation of
the several states recently enacted to
regulate the great highways of COM