Show PRESENT PRESIDENTIAL lIAL POSSIBILITIES the presidential possibilities S First and foremost among amonI fLies Illes Theodore elt must still be bc considered 5 S. S As s the the time passes It becomes more and moro more deal cleat 5 5 that the people of or the United States have strong faith him that the believe their nation Is bettered as a In 1 Ip they result of or his work that the they approve e his policies an and his 1 j means of or effecting them them and and that thc they do o not want that I 4 Interrupted system S S I Mr MiS tro Roose has said that he hc does docs not want to beS become be- be S come the candidate of or his party in 1908 There Is not S the slightest cause for tor or questioning tho the sincerity of ot that tha statement Big mE as Is his office great as has been the S work worl ho has been permitted to do o ho has set a limit 7 to his labors In that direction an and will doubtless prefer cS S to la lay hay down the cares of ot the tue presidency an and surrender surrenderS S the power to other hands f Cut But as the tho soldier must sink his preferences in the theS ther r S greater greater- r requirement of his hig commander as the private citizen must hol hold himself at the call of or his country countr so soS this man who has so 50 splendidly advanced the republic S ma may not be permitted d to choose the channel in which he shall labor lubor for tor the common good If It the thc nation shall summon him he lie will have to obey If the party part shall name him he will have ha to accept But it will be noted the chief Insistence of the AmerIcan American Amer Anier- ican lean republic is that the policies of oC Theodore Roosevelt shall not be rever reversed e The people are willing to release him from the arduous duties of or his high office But ButS they are lare not willing that an any other man shall step into S S that Rt and render ineffective the splendid rules ho he f as s established ed Therefore re whoever asks for tor nomination nomina nomina- i l tion at S t the 11 hands the ot il S S. S I I. I a ip I alRe Republican s cn convention ome U r 5 4 55 T next year year must 5 bt S. S t IL Roosevelt man He must be must be In S perfect sympathy with the woric warl Theodore Roosevelt has hasS S f done He must be bo sure to carry forward that work through th the years ears of or his official term I If they cannot cannot be assured of or that the they will withhold withhold with with- hold their support from Crom the nominee No man known mown i ito to possess the will ivill and the ability to carry cany forward the I Roosevelt elt has begun beun can be bo defeated Xo No mart man l believed to favor Cavor a recession from his high position can be e elected S 4 I S l That js is the c case se as as it It stands today oday S And th t leaves laes open the possibility of or an another ther man manfor manfor I for r the nominee o of his party part 5 3 r S S Foremost among these th e possibilities William Wiliiam lIam H. H Taft raft must nt be bel con considered Iele po now flOW It is known that he is In perS perfect per per- S r fc sympathy thY an and accord with the tho the President Fresl President ent In all his 5 l policies s. s Therefore re Mr lr Taft raft is most like to be named named- frOm l 6 n here S S But lut Mr lr Taft raft i ia hi out in Iii the open It Is the tho field fiel fieldS S against a him Irn He II l must be the one man against whom f S the one community of ot interest makes opponents unite 5 S. S He lie must Sl be a very strong an and a vcr very clever politician I If Ir r ho shall retain until next midsummer the I popularity h ho he jiow how enjoys s And that that leaves lea s us is free Cree to look at the Held field I t S First among these must be bo considered considered Mr 7 Root Without an any especial magnetism or other elements clements S of or popularity he was won a place for Cor himself and will have U to Q Q be dealt with He I is able fearless stron strong S 5 5 Tl There rc is la probably n not t a 0 more moro le resourceful man in the 5 nation naton-alon naton along Intellectual lines If IC ho lacks the human clement i nie t the to win and at hold old his fellow citizens S S 5 it is h quite as certain aln ho cannot annat be won von by tho the worst or orthe orthe the weakest t of oC them Tl The than Jhan man is safe Mr Hughes of or New York Yo is a possibility Of course J of ur hl his state and iuan things 5 he lie i is in as governor nn 5 5 ma may happen between now an and the sitting of or the thc con- con Whatever may come he will be bo regarded highly highS high high- S I ly ami will b be watched watched with interest Mr Mi h Shaw formerly secretary of or the Is no not not a candidate Neither cither is Speaker Cannon of I 5 Illinois Thu latter laller is 11 the stronger of or the two Mr h Fairbanks at of Indiana Is It the one avowed candidate candidate candi cani- date ate who is recognized as the choice of or tho the opposition j to PresIdent Roos Roosevelt elt He will unite considerable S str strength ngn fr from u various Incongruous sources And all will willS S moved be-moved by tho tbt one Impulse of or hatred of or Roosevelt That we think will be reason enough to demonstrate his weakness weakness the the of or making makinI him the tho candidate candidate candi candi- date of tho the patty P t But DUl Is near a n year ear yet yut et for speculation Busy Dusy S as as lends and enemies of the a administration must be S there is 13 not likely t to be any radical change in tho the order older of or these hiese e can candidates rho Tho interesting thing will be bo to tc toS S watch the tho outside influences the intrusion of what may mal maybe mayS S be bc b called foreign forces farce into the camp campaIgnS campaign ahn And nd ol of S S that tInt timid is 18 the tho only herald |