Arizona republican., 1912-03-05

people the fullest measure of self government"
 Why should it be necessary to have dictator or d Roosevelt dynasty at Washington so that the plain people may rule themselves? Surely if the people are going to have self govern mcnt," whatever that much abused phrase may signify in application. they do not require q third term" president to rule over them with d big stick.
 If the people are to rule through the initiative. referendum and recall of judges and their decisions, any commonplace president. and the more commonplace the better. can serve as automaton at the White House and affiX the great seal to the peoples mandate.
 Direct legislation" is to be the Roosevelt slogan-"direct legislation" and a third term" Very appropriate indeed
 Representative government has been failure according to the Roosevelt doctrine. so also the 'wise custom" that limited a president to two terms without regard to the form
 To abolish representative govern ment it will be necessary to return a dictator to the office of chief cx- ecutive
 Suppose that the impossible were to become possible and Roosevelt should reach the White House again would this be a triumph for popular government?
 All revolutions are supposed to be in the name of and for the people. Down in Mexico they are ''revoluting'' for the people. but somehow the in- dividual aspirations of one man cut a very large figure when the revolu- tionists have gained power The gen uine rule of the people" is the ROose- welt paramount" on paper; but in his heart of hearts Roosevelt believes that the people require ruler-himself.
 Speaking of what Mir Roosevelt must do tO get the nomination, the Boston Globe says:
 First Of all. he must knock George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson over the ropes and punch a hole through their precedent against a third term At the same time he will have to smash his own indOrsemcnt of the rule which he an nounced election night in 1904. Next. he will have to face President Taft. MT. Taft is not much of sprinter and sidcStepper. and his fOotworll generally is poor. but he has plenty of grit and is built from the ground up ike brick house If the ex- president should down the president. he would have to meet the Great will bring against him
 O. yes; Mir. Roosevelt is in for q perfectly corking time. and so are all the rest of usi
 And the Boston Herald adds the 
 Roosevelt would be an exceedingly candidate for the presi- dency. He would have to meet not cnly the democratic party in reason- ably solid phalanx. but he would en- counter those serious minded repub- licans who object to the third term. and perhaps the still larger number who became rather weary of Mir RoOsevelt's temperamental qualities during the closing months of his last term. For these reasons the Her 3ld' thinks the eX-president has made 5 great mistake to risk his exalted place in the regard and affection of the American people by an attitude which smacks of doubtful loyalty to an old friend, and lays himself open tc the charge of subordinating a DTce-scttlcd purpose at the behcst of personal ambition.
 The Advertiser, of the same city. says:
 The republicans of Massachusetts, so far as they have shown their views, are overwhelmingly against go- ng into the campaign as penitents )n a stool. or as denying all their past convictions. merely in order to catch some doubtful votes. If the republican party has not the courage If its convictions. if it is afraid to stand by it's principles and policies. it has not shown any indica- ions of such cowardice. so far. But hat is not the position of the re- Dublicans of this section. They are nd of he tN ,rd. They know that as one of Sen ,tor LaFollette's chief supporters has ust said. President Taft has done more for the cause of the peoples