The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-09-12

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response to the summons that has
been sent out by President Taft, the
friends and political supporters of the
president will take occasion to confer
regarding what is considered critical
phase of the political situation. They
will take steps to bring about de,
claration of purpose from Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, just returned
from preaching the progressive doc
trine in the west, receiving the plau-
dts of the multitude, and permitting
references to himself as presiden-
Itial candidate to go unrebuked.
Is Roosevelt candidate for the
presidential nomination in 1912? That
is a question that is being discussed
lin every political gathering through
out the country. Taft's friends will de-
lmand a showdown at the earliest pos
sible moment. They will insist upon
knowing what are Roosevelt's inten-
tions and whether he proposes to per-
nit the use Of his name in this respect
by the insurgent element Of the re-
publican party.
Apparently there are but two pos
lsible explanations Of the course Col
onel Roosevelt is pursuing. Either he
lis following out carefully conceived
course of conduct intended to make
him the presidential candidate In the
next national convention, or he is en-
gagged in corralling the lnsurgent
strength among the western states
with the idea of throwing it to Taft
at the right moment. Evidence is at
hand in support of both theories. Moth
ing but definite declaration from
Colonel Roosevelt himself will quiet
the minds of those republicans who
are supporting President Taft and
who are working for his denomination
Reports of a break between the
president and the ex-president have
been denied with emphasis by both
parties. Both aver that nothing has
arisen to disturb the friendship that
has existed between them for years, a
strong political as well as social bond,
and yet events have occurred which
give color to the reports that the two
are not in strict accord upon many
public. and other questions.
At Osawatomie Roosevelt preached
the new nationalism," urging greater
exercise of federal power and remark
ing: "The new nationalism puts the
national need before sectional or per-
sonal advantage. It is impatient of
the utter confusion that results from
local legislatures attempting to treat
national issues as local issues" He
also said: This new nationalism re-
CARDS the executive power as the stew
ard of the public welfare. It demands
of the judiciary that it shall be inter-
ested primarily in human welfare rath-
er than in property, just as it demands
that the representative body shall rep
resent all the people rather than any
one class of section of the people"
An analysis of these statements and
others uttered at the same time show
that the colonel went further in his
declaration of principles than he has
ever gone before; that he is a radical
of the radicals and has taken a posi-
tion which President Taft would not
Icare to occupy. 1t is pointed out that
no man with the legal and judicial
training of President Taft would be
willing to SO fiount the rights of the
states as guaranteed by the constitu-
Ition. None would be willing to advo-
cate that the judiciary concern itself
with anything other than a just and
right Interpretation of the law Hence
politicians are asking what Roosevelt's S
lultra-progressive declarations mean.
It is remarked that upon several oc-
easions, according to the telegraph re-
ports, Colonel Roosevelt has been in
troduced to his audiences by an en-
|thusiastic chairman who has presented
him as "our next president" or as the
man whom we must have in the White