Arizona republican., 1912-03-01
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One of the Leading Republi- can Newspapers Of the West Gives it's Views on the Candidacy of MT. Roosevelt.

Regarding the Roosevelt candidacy the san Francisco Chronicle. one of the leading republican newspapers of the west, has the following to say:
 There was no equivocation what ever in the pledge which Colonel Roosevelt gave at the time of his re- election. that under no circum- stances would he be candidate for third term.
 For his supporters now to claim that he only meant that he would not be candidate at the election of 1908 is for his supporters to claim that Roosevelt juggled
 Whatever his meaning. ne should be rigidly held to his pledge as in tended to be understood at that time, TOT is there any doubt that he will be sc held by the people-a fact which those Republicans who dread what would happen to our industries with democrats in control of the govern ment should not lose sight of. The reason why he should be held to that pledge is obvious. To confess that in this whole nation there is but one man fit to he president is to lay ax at the root of popular government. If that be true the alternative is dy- nasty.
 If now only Theodore Roosevelt is fit to be president. what assur- ance is there that we shall be any better off four years hence? Will Colonel Roosevelt say that he will not be a candidate for a fourth term What will his supporters say?
 Not to quote President Washing ton. and regardless of the unbroken traditions of century, the voice of the people was heard effectively. if not formally. when a third term after an interval was proposed for General Grant. Disapproval was most em- phatic
 The republican party has many men who are fit to be president. We have especially in President Taft one who was indorsed by Colonel Roosevelt himself as by character and training most admirably equipped for the presidency. and who has fully made good in all that he promised to do and was elected to do
 More than that. President Taft will be renominated Assuming that the eight governors who deserted La Toilette for Roosevelt could de- liver the electoral vote of ap their states-which they cannot - they would control but 15S votes out of SIS in the republican convention.
 But the eight governors do not represent eight states The governor of California cannot deliver the 26 votes of California. nor is it probable that the votes of any of those states can be delivered to Roosevelt
 The boom for Roosevelt Is simply wat the word signifies-a great noise.
 The nomination of Colonel Roose- welt is the one thing which every de- mocrat in the country prays morning apds night that the republicans may do-and we shall not do it.
 It is for us in California to make sure of our own state for Taft. and those who propose to stand for his re-electOn as one of the best presi- dents whom the country has ever had and most admirably and peculiarly adapted to the present situation pro pose to declare the faith that is in them and the reasons therefor in no uncertain words.
 "They favor the reelection of President Taft because he has abso- lutely fulfilled every pledge of the republican platform of 1908 as he in- terpreted it in his letter of accept ance; because he has enforced the laws as they were never enforced be- fore in the United States: because he is absolutely fearless in we'll doing and does not mOdulate his words to accommodate politicians; because he is in most hearty sympathy with all movements for the welfare of the masses; because he is absolutely just: because he is a special friend of California. and because he does things which make for progress and not merely breaches about them