The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-19
MUSTCOME DOWN.
Teddy Is Proving Too Much Of a Load
for Republicans to Carry.
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Party.-ApparentIy the Fear OF
Third Term Prepay ida Endan-
gers Republicans Chances.
According to Judge Parker Roose-
Welt will be prevailed on to declare
that he will not he a candidate for
the presidency in 1912. Judge Par
ker said in an authorized statement
Thursday.
II am informed that Mr.. Roose-
| Welt has been advised by his friends
that in this State the tide has set
in so strongly against the new nat
ionalism with himself as the toward
of the public welfare in 1912 Int
| thence on for the balance of his
life, that he can only hope to save
the situation for himself and his
ticket by announcing that he will not
be a candidate in 1912, and, further,
am impormed that he has agreed
to make such a statement within the
next two or three days.
There can be no doubt Of his
candidacy in the mind of any mai
who has watched his course, careful
" read his speeches, and noted his
almost brutal treatment of President
Taft.
From my knowledge of and ex-
perience with him. l have no hesita-
ton in saying that while assurance
will be given by him that he Will
not be a candidate in 1912, his pur-
pose is to deceive the people of this
State in the hope that they will elect
his ticket. That done, he will accept
the result as a command by the peo-
pie of the State that he be its can
didate. Then, with the political ma
chine under his control, nothing can
prevent him from securing the dele
gates from this State.
There is n sure way and only
one, to avoid M~exicanizing this u
try, and that is to defeat his ticket
now"
Judge Parker has been criticising
Roosevelt's recent utterances vita
considerable severity. especially his
references to the Judiciary of the
country. He has declared that the
new nationalism' stuff is an in
sidious assault on the constitution
and the present forms of government.
The Judge has volunteered his SER
vices in behalf of the Democratic
ticket in New York. and will follow
the ex-president in his speaking tour
through the State. speaking in reply
to Roosevelt's appeals for support
of his a Stimson.
That there is some reason Tor
Judge Parker's opinion based on In
formation he claims to have. that
Roosevelt has agreed to dis"'aim i'll
tention to run in 1912 for the presi-
dency is indicated by the situation
in New York. A few days after the
Roosevelt convention at Saratoga had
done it's masters bidding, Charles
n. Young, former president of tine
Republican club in New York. an
nounced publicly his determination,
after % years of party regularity,
to vote the Democratic ticket.
A few days later it became known
that out Of a group of % regular
Republicans at the Union League
club. IS declared that they would
vote the Democratic ticket this year,
because of Roosevelt's domination or
the Republican situation. 1t is now
stated that large numbers OF other
life long Republicans are following
the example of these early boilers.
and have determined to vote the
Democratic ticket this year for the
first time in their lives.
The reason, of course, is the spec
tire of R~ooseveltism that stands be-
hind Henry L.. Stimson, the Repub-
lican candidate. In fact, there is
little opposition to Stimson amonS
the Republicans, but many of them
believe. like Judge Parker, that the
time to put Rooseveltism out of bus
mess once for all is now.
The gossip in New York political
circles has been for several days that
George r. Sheldon, the mar who
acted as treasurer Of the Republican
national committee in the Taft CAM
| paign, and who has always been a
| Republican, has determined to bol
Stimson. The New York Evening
Post says editorially:
That Mr.. Roosevelt, who never
holted his party in his life. no mai
ter how great the rascal who headed
the ticket. should be the n to cause
more Republicans to bolt their ticket
in this State than anybody since
Blaine, is one of those interesting
turns so fascinating. Charles n.
| Young. the ex-president OF the Re-
publican club, who has bolted. has
openly given his reasons for his ac-
ton.
George R. Sheldon, the treasurer
of the Republican national commit
tee, and president of the Union
League Club, does not deny the re-
ports that he intends to vote for Dix,