Roosevelt’s Promise to Retire
Mr. Roosevelt when first elected stated that he considered the three and one-half years which he filled out of Mr. McKinley's term as one term, and he should retire at the end of his second term. "Under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination," were his words, and just recently he declared again, having repeated those words, "I have not changed and shall not change the decision thus announced." And there are many candidates in the field as a result.