The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21

been easily developed hy the sporting instincts of the American people az well as by tho bitter strife cngcndcroh by our party system,
 Breaks jn tho present contest are beginning 10 appear under the excite. mont and stress Of tho party conflict, Both sides are alert, watching for them and ready to minimize or exag Eerate their Importance accordingly as the breaks happen to affect thoir own or tho other side The case uoW att tracting most attention Is that of the presidents son n-iu-law Representative Nicholas 14oHsworth, who was reported by the Associated Press as having de cared most seriously lu a speech at Rock Island, m, last Friday evening that after Mir, Taft had been president two terms Mr. Roosevelt would o, should return to the office for eight years thereafter thus settling thc presidential succession untll 1924 lnas much as Mr. Taft was Mr. Roosevelt s cabinet officer and owes his present candidacy to the presidents influence in the main Mir Longworths reported suggestion possesses all the clements of highgrade break If Mir Roosevelt can dictate his successor then MT Taft perhaps can dictate his successor also, and certainly the two together might exercise enormous power 10 pass the presidential office back and forth between them.
 This of course, is the uukIud view immediately taken by the unscrupulous democrats. Roger Sullivan probably voices democratic opinion in saying sa- tircally; If Mr. Longworth's proposal be adopted, why not establish mon. archy at once and let tho Roosevelt family he the imperial famjly@" car tor Harrison remarks: "Amcrjra seems to be going even further than Mexico in the perpctuation of the presidential dynasty" And trey Woodson of Ken, lucky jumps in with a little ginger saying "No doubt 1t would be pleas. ant to Mir l.ongworth to establish such a republican dynasty as he proposes Where would Nicholas come ln2 In time, I suppose, he hopes the throne would descend to him" The incident has boon quickly noted in Washington and tt appears that prompt efforts are being mado 10 show that Congressman Longworth was not reported correctly
 No better Illustration is at hand showing tho political possibilities ot breaks in tho closing weeks of q heated campaign, If MT Longworth would only coufine himself 10 rocitins the baseball poem, Casey at the Bat" as the Boston Transcript scntentiousll observes. re might he of real assistance to the Taft candidacy, and tbis view Is probably shared by all experienced leaders of the republican party What sensible people should think, however is the question of more general con. cern. The break referred to is by nc means tho last ono in this presidential struggle probably and neither party will he the only victim The question ls how much weight should voter glr, to such episodes Are they, in reality worthy of serious considerations There is Mir. Longwotth Assume. if ynu please that he settled offband the presidential succession in favor of the Roosevelt Taft line from 1901 tp 1a3i what Nf lt? should he br taken serl- ouslt9 Has any one 2 right to suppose that he revealed an actual ambition ot purpose existing in Mir Rnosaven'7 mnd7 Nonsense Nr RoosaNolts snu. In law merely got eyritc1 and Ios' rn0 trol of hia emotional nature Eta maic break. and hreaka ought to be Is uored hv rational people on tas ground that they reprezout that stas of inclrieut insanity into which ,hs whole American people ro easily p9s. during tho nnal month of presidential struggle Breaks teach ue, or reveal f. us tho truth that our mode of elor
 ing presideuts possesses many of tlu characterlstics that iiainauIah mnd houses Hectic ovcitewent hystera the ripping mp of the emotions arr among tho chief agents oG goocvumou when these appeals to t)Io uooplo arr made and why should anyone tn hiI senses give them tho slightest heed"