Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-04
ROYAL DYNASTY
is ROOSEvELT'S
TOWERING AIM
PERPETUAL PRESIDENCY FOR
LINEAL DESCENT
ssoN-IN-LAW PRocLAIMs RULERS
REGAL PLANS
Taft Merely Vice Regent Under the
Present Regime--Executlve's
Crown to Go to Heirs Of
President
IsneniaI tn rhe Herald. ]

NHICAGO, Oct. 3.-Congress-
man Nicholas Longworth,
~ SON. in-law of President
Roosevelt, has disclosed a family
secret by stating that what would
practically be Roosevelt dynas-
ty in the American presidential
succession is contemplated.
In a speech at Rock Island
yesterday he declared that after
eight years of Taft, Mr.. Roose-
velt will be elected president
again.
At Sterling, ILL.,, where Mr..
Longworth announced the Roos-
evelt program, there is no dis
position to underestimate the
significance of his words, or to
belittle their import.
Mr.. Roosevelt has four sons,
and it is seriously believed he may
intend to have the presidential
crown descend to them, and it
may then go to the Longworth
branch of the house of Roosevelt.
The only vestige of Amerfcanism that
will be retained is the limited duration
of the reign. which. in order to give
each member Of the royal family a
square deal, WAL not be longer than
one presidential term, or, at the most
two terms
The establishment of an imperial
Roosevelt line at Washington would put
an end to the hopes of Fairbanks, La
Toilette, Hughes, Cannon, Beveridge
and other aspirants for presidential
honors.
Moreover, the American schoolboy
could no longer look forward to possi-
BILE day when he might occupy the
White House, But it is believed the
nation would be more than repaid for
this sacrifice by the great saving in
campaign expenses, and by the doing
away with risks to health caused by
wear and tear of the nerves of the pup
lie during the excitement OF q hotly
contested presidential campaign:
uuadrennial event which is already be-
ing referred to b. Mr. Longworth's fol-
lowers as relic of barbarism.
Statement Direct
AS the Longworth declaration comes
directly from Roosevelt's own family,
it Is accepted as authoritative.
While some Republicans are indig-
nant and are referring to Longworth
as the Burchard of the campaign, many
Others, especially friends of Fairbanks
and other presidential aspirants, are
taking the Longworth statement seri-
ously and giving it the weight and con-
sideration which it's inspired cnar-
acter would seem to warrant.
Republican campaign managers how
ever. are annoyed by what they call
Mr.. Longworth's indscretion, and ac-
knowledge it probably will have the
effect of swinging over the doubtful
states to the Democratic party
Want Him SIenced
President Roosevelt is receiving
scores of kilograms from those states,
as we'll as from Republican leaders, ask
ing him TO find some way OF silencing
the talkative Mr.. Longworth before he
wrecks the few remaining chances OF
Taft.
Fairbanks and the others whose hopes
for the presidency are menaced by the
Longworth- Roosevelt program have
protested vigorously. The followers OF
all the Republican leaders whose inter-
ests are endangered or. prejudiced by
the ambition of the Roosevelt-Long-
worth family, insist that Longworth
was the spokesman for Roosevelt,
and so much Importance do they attach
to the affair that some Of them are
trying to find out what measures may
be taken to thwart the Roosevelt fami-
lv plot to capture the presidency in
perpetuity and found a dynasty. the
first monarch of which would undoubt-
edly be known in history as King Theo-
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