The evening times., 1898-09-30
APEIaG THE FIGHTING MEN.
Shows of Military Glory for ROOse-
velts Campaign.

velt's Campaign.
| New York, Sept. 30-Republican leaders
are beginning to show signs of serious
alarm. Mr.. Platt has directed that the
! campaign shall begin Immediately, and
| there is a rush to obey his mandate.
| One of the first moves Is to be the form
alton of military organization to boom
| the gories of the Rough Rider candidate
| for governor. 1t is to be called the Roose-
velt Rangers, a regiment of peaceful war,
| with William Leary as colonel. 1t Will be
brought together as quickly as possible.
The applications now number more than
a thousand. 1t will be similar in appear
ance to the Rough Ridfrs-indeed, many
Rough Riders will be in it, remaining here
! to help the effort to put into the govern
| ors chair the man they worship. the
| regiment will wear the kaki uniform
and conform to military rule almost as
closely as did the real fighters at Las
| Guasimas and San Juan.
At the Political Front.
| Col Roosevelt will make his first ap-
pearance as candidate for governor on
Monday night, when he viii be the Repub-
| liean Clubs guest, with leaders from all
rparts of the State. Thomas c. Platt will
be there, and Edward Lauterbach will
appear again in the,sranks. Governor
| Black, Superintendent OF Insurance Payn
| and George w. Aldridge have all been In
| vited-in fact, PIG men have been asked TO
| bury their axes, hatehets, adzes and ice
| picks in their back yards and come IN TO
| help the party. DR.. Depew will be called
| upon for speech, and Col. Roose-
| welt will tell something about his plans
-aIt ,Tr,s.ti ti,N,,
| be ratified in the LenOx Lyceum on Sat
| urday night, but ii was learned that Seth
| Low, desired above all others as a speak
| er could not attend because of a business
| engagement, and so the meeting was post
| poned. The place was changed 10 Carne-
| gle Hall, because there is more room.
| Col. Roosevelt on Tuesday will officially
| receive notice that he is the Republican
| candidate. 1t was his suggestion that all
| the candidates on the State ticket be no
titled at once and at his home. and 50
| the committee, headed by Thomas c.
| Platt, will go 10 the Roosevelt residence
at Oyster Bay at 10 o'clock on Tuesday
| morning and make the notification
| speeches The candidates and the COM
mittee will spend the rest of the day as
Col. Rooseyeits g guests.
1t is expected that Gov. Black will
attend Wednesday nights meeting in Car
| negie Hall to make good his statement
| half dozen other strong Republican
| fighters have promised TO be among the
| takers. Wednesday night will be the
Rough Riders starting time. From then
| to the end of the campaign he will be
the stump. He will go through this city
and Brooklyn, and then through the
| State.
The first information Col Roosevelt
| had as To what the Syracuse convention
had done was when he was shown a
dispatch in the ferry-house that Van
! Wyck and Danforth had been nominated.
He made no comment
u have announced no campaign plans
! as yet, said the colonel, in relpy To a
| question. Il am not really in harness
| yet. You know l must first be told that
| am nominated before | say much about
| what | intend TO do. | have heard from
one or two unofficial sources that / am
on the ticket" and the colonel smiled.
II am going to attend TO some private
| affairs before l enter the campaign. l do
not think l shall really begin work in
earnest until some time next week. |
want TO be in Oyster Bay on Saturday
night to attend the dinner of the Seawan-
haka Corinthian Yacht Club Gen. Miles
will likely be there. as will be otheE Off
GERS and soldiers who were in Cuba and
Porto Rico. You do not know how anX-
ious l am to have good talk with these
men before l enter into the political fight.
/ have been more interested in my regi-
ment and war affairs in general than in
politics. Capt. Gardner and l have GER
tainly enjoyed our war talks
Capt. A. P. Gardner, who recently re-
turned from the Porto Rico campaign.
had accompanied Col. Roosevelt to the
city.
When asked how he thought the east
side would stand on his candidacy, Col
| Roosevelt said he did not think it best
TO go into details at this time, but he
} would say in a general way that he
| thought the east side voters had always
felt that he had been honest in all his
dealings He said he had received many
letters from men on the east side wishing
him success He had received letters
from more than one hundred policemen.
he said in which tEey pledged their sup
port.
Meets Governor stephens.
On their arrival in New York Col.
Roosevelt and Capt. Gardner drove to
the Fifth Avenue Hotel. There the colo
mel held a conference with Benjamin B.
Odell, chairman of the Republican State
. committee. They had been closeted only
. a short time when Senator Platt appear
; ed and took part in the deliberations.
There was talk for an hour, and then Col.
Roosevelt came out into the corridor He
had made campaign plans just as he
wished.
i've scarcely completed my plans
yet he said. I've got lot
!. of social engagements. want
to see a dozen men, among them Capt
Gardner He was on Gen. Wilson's staff
in Porto Rico. You know. the Rough
T Riders did not get there. and I want TO
hear about all the boys who did.
A man in military uniform came along
the corridor. Col Roosevelt saw him ten
feet away and rushed to greet him. The
soldier was Capt. Ben" Johnson. of Los
Angeles who Is on Gen. Skaters staff.
by George, I'm glad TO see you. Bent
said the colonel. Haven't seen you since
! left you in the trenches looking at San
: tiago."
l Yes" said the captain. '' and this is
l the first time l have ever seen you in
anything but a soldiers uniform Gov
Stephens. of Missouri, is here. and would
t like to meet you
5 Bring him quick" said the colonel
2 and in a minute he and the Western
statesman We're in close conversation
While they were talking Rough Rider
! came along.
Colonel" he said II hain't had
chance to get next you since we were il
Cuba l want to congratulate you. In
1 Cochran. of III. Troop
You don't have to tell me that corpor.
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