Untitled - Almanac of Theodore Roosevelt

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The elements operating in favor of Theodore
Roosevelt's recall to the Presidency on his
return from Africa are :
1. His strong personality.
2. His political army, consisting of hundreds
of thousands of Federal officeholders, extending
into every State, county, city and postoffice in
the United States.
ing.
3. The advantage of his widespread advertis-
4. His tremendous hold on the people
white, black, red and yellow, illiterate, educated,
vicious and good a condition of public mind
in this country unprecedented and unwarranted.
5. His hold on the brazen sluice gates of the
golden stream of Wall street. He knows the
gates, the locks, the combinations and the
sources of supply.
6. His chairwarmer in the White House to
maintain for him the status quo.
7. His foisting a special session for the tariff
revision on his successor, knowing it would cre-
ate dissensions and discord, acrimonious discus-
sions in Congress and dissatisfaction through-
out the country, arraigning the West against
the East and the South against both mixing
up the entire political situation.