The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-27
THE SLOGAN NOW is HE MUST
SUCCEED HIMSELF.
ACTIVE ORGANIZATION BUSY
Roosevelt Headquarters is Doing More
Active Work Than Any other
Presidential Candidates Blu.
reau in the Land.

Washington, ID. c.. March 2G.-Spe.-
cial.-"Theodore Roosevelt to succeed
himself as president
That Is the slogan Of an organlza.
ton formed throughout the country
with its headquarters in Washington.
The organ zation IS working under
the rose None of it's details are avail.
able. Practically all that is known of
and effectively Noetao NH NH mhsh
It Is that it Is working vigorously and
effectively. No headquarters of any
candidate for the presidential nomina-
ton is doing more work than the
Roosevelt headquarters. Il is looking
not so much to the nomination as to
the election. Those who are behind
the work believe that Roosevelt Is
the only man who can be elected on
the republican ticket. In this belief
they are working. President Roosevelt
himself has no part in the work being
done. He probably, i'm fact. knows
nothing of It. While he Is working for
Secretary Taft, some Of his friends are
moving heaven and earth to bring
about his denomination
The situation, SO far as can be as.
certa.ned, is just this: \ few of those
who believe that Roosevelt is the log.
ical candidate OF the republican party
in the approaching campaign have
oponed a publicity bureau in Washing
ton. The purpose of the bureau is %
dissemble literature advocating the re
nomination of President Roosevelt
Tens of thousands of documents are
being sent out TO all parts OF the com
try, care being taken 20 place the doc
uments in the hands of those who
are elected as delegates and alter.
mates to the republican national con.
ycntion. In addition TO the documents.
personal letters are being forwarded
% the national delegates and alter.
mates and to others who may be able
To influence the men i'm the convention
who are to make the presidential nom.
nation
The most ardent advocate of the rc
nomination of Roosevelt in congress
is Jonathan Bourne, Jr.. United States
senator from Oregon He has the sub.
jcct "on the brain" anc Is the direct.
genius of the publicity bureau.
incidentally he is willing to wager all
kinds of money that Roosevelt will
be re-nominated and reelected. that
is a mere detail He is a shrewd pol
itcian he knows the political game
perfectly; and is a very close friend
of the president He does not be.
lieyc the president will be re-nominat,
ed because he wants to be- but be-
cause, he insists, Il Is the will of the
American people. In fact, he says that
the president undoubtedly is perfectly
sincere in his desire not again TO be
the leader of the republican hosts in
a national campaign; but he main
tains that the president Is not the ar,
bitter OF the situation.
Curously enough Senator Bourne
is being assisted in his campaign by
some of the important peoI.e In both
branches of congress. While he Is in
the forefront of the fight, he is by no
means the whole thing. II would sur
prise the country 10 know that several
prominent leaders in the senate and
the house are back of Senator Bourne
in his fight TO secure the re-nomina.
tion Of Roosevelt That is one of the
factors which is making the Oregon
senator SO cock-sure of his position.
These men want TO be apparently in
the situation of saying, Il told YOU so.
without taking any of the onus of the
burden.
This new complication which has
been injected into the presidential con
test Is likely to prove serious in the
present unsettled state of the cam
paign, for AS senator Bourne says,
every Taft delegate is a Roosevelt
delegate and nobody az this time
can figure what may happen in the
convention.