The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-02


Oklahoma made doubtful, Arizona an
neXed, and the rotten borough of Ne
vada secured; but Presidents are made
on the east side of the Mississippi
River, where the sentiment against q
third term for any man is obstinate
and inveterate. Like master like man.
like captain like soldier, and Roosevelt
being a voiceful fellow his followers
keep up lot of fuss and the impress.
SIGN is made on the marines that he is
invincible, but the sober-minded will
have none of a third term, as will be
seen when the test is made.
In 1880 Gen. Grant was the first per.
sonality of American citizenship, and
perhaps the consensus of the world
was that he was a more illustrious
man than Bismarck himself. He was
the hero and the victor of the blood.
lest war since the invention of gun.
powder and one of the greatest wars
Of all history. He was looked upon as
the natural successor of Abraham Lin.
coin as the chief of the Republican
party. He was twice elected President
of the United States. He was prince
ly in his magnanimity to a fallen foe.
Even at the South Democrats looked
to him as one who could be the Moses
to lead that section out of the politi-
cal wilderness that environed it, and
it was currently reported and general
ly believed that had Grant been named
by his party for thirdtermAlexander
| II. Stephens, Vice-President of the
Lost Cause, would have sounded the
keynote to break the solid South and
rally that section to swell his train
He was supported by the very cream
! of the G. o. p. of the North, led by
Roscoe Conkling, Don Cameron, John
A. Logan and Matt Carpenter. Such
bosses as Tom Plat and Matt Quay
were for him. But in the convention
this man who was the spoiled child of
victory, the favorite OF fortune, the
first American then living, was con-
fronted by a sentiment that was
stronger than he and his, stronger
than his party. 1t smashed the unit
fore invincible 306.
Who believes that Teddy Roosevelt
is in the class of Ulysses S. Grant?
Roosevelt has Taft in his path to dis
pute his battle. Grant had only r. B.
Hayes, then the butt of obloquy, Re.
publican as we'll as Democratic Some
of the most valiant of the 306 hailed
from the South. Where will Roosevelt
find a delegation from that section?
There are Democrats, shrewd, pracH-
cal contemplative. who would be glad
to see Roosevelt, nominated and all be-
cause they see in him the weakest
candidate his party can name. Why,
even his tremendous victory of 1904
I'd heap C the seeming only in it.
ne hdu Lhc plSSOSI Ndhp"l6h Auiiu
candidate ever had. He importuned
Hartman to swell even that full and
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he Democrats campaign fund was
early exhausted and Candidate Parker
a few nights before the election told
the public of the vast sums the cor
porations were pouring into the Golfers
of the G. o. P. He told the truth, but
on a point of honor was impaled and
hence could not establish the fact.
Roosevelt said 1t was lie, though the
ink was scare yet dry on the my dear
Hartman" letter which he himself
penned and which established that
what Parker said was true. Suppose
all the facts had been known the day
of the election as they are known now?
Had they been, Parker would have car
ried New York and other states he
lost. He likely would have been de-
feated, but 1t would have been close
race. &. Z
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