The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-21
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regard. he pulled the wool over his
! own eyes and fooled himself For all
I OF which reasuHs and Tor those others
heretofore declared, no one viii SIT
! un nights In peculiar pity over Roose-
Welt. and what has happened to him.
Not that he goes asking pity; not
that he is seeking pity, His crest
Ia as high. his eye as defiant, MS
jaw as granite hard as ever. He IS
your true hawk OF battle TO his finai
feather; no one may impeach his
gameness. Had the pulpy Taft pos
sessed but one-tenth The Roosevelt
courage with his ADVANTAGES in posi-
ton and precedent, he would have
won this night In half round AZ
/ II stands, while Roosevelrs hold has
broken, Taft's final chance OF every
signing himself president after March
| 4th. has been put 10 sleep for the
/ count.
Roosevelt when he c>oss to the
people will find himself as stated, not
| greatly sympathized with tohSeh-
lions aud stolen seats and steam roi-
Ter robperies are soon forgotten.
Roosevelt VIII remember them. but
the public Will not, or remembering
them the public viii not care--at
lAast to any tote-chaugfnE sxfeHs
The Third Term
Aside from this, and these, hoose'
Welt WILL ha met by the third term
tradition. II IL stronger. deeper IN
It's roots OF sentiment. than the ma
chine made politician thinks. Inc
huge quiet. hardworkinE ill-used ma
4oritv in this land of free which holds
no Office and hopes to hold no oihce,
is prone 10 regard as sacred the
two term example Of the fathers.
Say what he will, pose az he may,
Roosevelt will hnd himself running
not alone against what candidates the
parties and factions have placed in
the fteld, but against Washington. Jei-
fer.on and the great ones OF the past.
Can he defeat them Can he over
power and set at naught this example
Who OF his flaming day was better
loved than the silen Grant,
He had been the victorious figure OF
a mighty war He had rode with a
million and half men AT his horses
tail Men believed IN him. revered
| MIN. And yet fe could not get his
party's nomination Men sat In the
convention and wept while they voted
against him. And shall IL now third
OF a century later be said that sen
timent then so profoundly alive is
4ead2
Roosevelt was elected TO the white
/ house but once. Had he called HIM
self "a one-term president the common
feeling might have supported him.
But he chose otherwise. 1t was he
himself who named his elected term.
His second term" and the thing
trnsR that TnsH1eat became res aa5ti-
diCata, II IL too late now to try the
issue. and IN his seeking after another
term. Roosevelt Is bound to confess
that he Is seeking third term. In
my opinion that alone would beat him
were there nothing else But there
Is something else There is tariff.
there are the trusts In his recent
stump conflicts with Taft, he was
slen. with a great silence concerning
trusts and tariffs. Silence was easy.
since no one less than Taft desired
IN talk of trusts and tariffs But from
now the situation. changes Trusts
must be dealt with. Tariff and the
higher cost Of living must be met.
How will Roosevelt meet them What
record has ne that will come to his
relief? He WIS president seven years
he selected his successor. and tariff
today Is a bigger swindie than ever
while the trusts bite even deeper than
before. ,Dis OWN, sapNn years Ia the
white house and the four Of his hand
picked successor. must be regar ded
as water-hsui so far as they
brought the people relief and against
| bring only fresh promises
Roosevelt VIII Re Beaten.
Roosevelt Will be beaten. He Is
popular. but his popularity will not
save him White houses are not but
tonhole bouquets and with trusts ad-
sancing. not receding. and the price
of beef going uo. the people will
hardly give one even TO Roosevelt.
as mere evidence Of favor This
Will be hattie, not OF personalities,
but parties, The repuhiicans who
| have He'd for forty wears will lose. and
That too, whether rump or regular.
The Democrats will win. II Is their
year to win. they ought to win
Roosevelt Will be defeated, but not
disposed of. Taft will disappear
vanish Ike TAT shadow cast for the
moment by the lamp Of purest
chance upon the curtain Of politics.
Roosevelt will not disappear In place
or out, he will remain, force TO be
accounted with until what hour the
doomSday sods ara laid ,np III, .ra,,.