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Show WANT ROOSEVELT. New York Herald: From certain straws it seems clear that the American Ameri-can people would prefer the re-election of Mr. Roosevelt to the election of one of his favorites. About 90 per cent of the replies received by the Chicago Tribune in its recent poll are said to have advocated his retention as president for another term. Even his most uncompromising adversaries ad-versaries do not believe that his retirement re-tirement from the presidency next year would mean his farewell to the country as chief magistrate. On the contrary, it is realized that after an interregnum of four years, during which he would be the power behind the throne, his name would be brought forward again almost inevitably inevit-ably in 1912, when his re-election 1 would be almost certain. This being the case, the people arc called upon to choose between Mr. Roosevelt's re-election in 1908 and his re-election in 1912. It must be admitted that the former alternative is open to the fewest objections. ob-jections. Business interests might continue to suffer, but the effects of Mr. Roosevelt's retention in office for another four years would be counterbalanced counter-balanced to a considerable extent by the reassuring certainty of his definite defi-nite retirement at the end of this fresh term. If, on the other hand, he were to withdraw temporarily into the background the prospect of his inevitable reappearance as a presidential presiden-tial nominee in 1912 would suffice to keep busintss in its present nervous condition until that date, and his reelection re-election then would probably be followed fol-lowed by another "slump." |