The Topeka state journal., 1902-07-23
ALREADY WON.
President Roosevelt Feels
Assured of His Nomination.
Is in Close Touch With the
Political Situation.
NEW YORK THE PIVOT.
There Is a Hard Fight Ahead
For Control Of Empire State.
He and His Family Are Much
Annoyed by Newspaper Men.

He and His Family Are Much
Annoyed by Newspaper Men.
oyster Bay, N Y, July 23.-While
President Roosevelt has had few callers
of national prominence in politics since
his vacation began at Sycamore Hill,
he has talked freely to all of them con-
cerning the campaign of next year he
is keeping in close touch with the po-
litical situation in every state through
an extraordinarily voluminous corre-
spOndence, and not a political pulse-peat
in any section of the country escapes
him. He has taken the measure of the
situation and, to his intimate frlends,
expresses the belief that he Will be nom
mated to succeed himself in 1904. HIS
friends go farther. They assert not only
that he will be nominated, but that ne
will be nominated by acclamatlon. They
point to the fact that half dozen
states already have declared Tor MIN,
and insist that weeks before the CON
vention is to be held his success will be
as thoroughly assured as was Mck1n-
leyS at St. Louis.
Whatever else may happen, overcon-
fidence will not be one of the embarrass-
ments of Mr.. Roosevelt's campaign HIS
friends will take nothing for granted.
BY proper means they will insure MS
nomination if they can. Their feenng
now is born of the conviction Dased
upon thorough hilOWlCdSC VI eAAl ~ ~N'N--
conditions that he cannot be defeated:
but they will not rest until success snail
lave been achieved.
Just now the president is interested
particularly in New York state. 1t is
well understood that the warning DEM
ocratic factions have got together ana
that they propose to make terrlhc
contest for control of the state. Demo-
Gratis of power in New York politics,
who since the campaign in 1896 have
held somewhat aloof from the regular
organiza ton, will be found in line this
year and next, too. Former Senator
Hill is working for harmony IN the
party as he never worked before, and
his hands are being upheld by men VINO
have been identified some with Cleveland
and some with the Bryan wing OF the
party The significance of the situation
is not lost upon the Republican leaders,
and before the summer is over the pres
ident will have had numerous confer
ences with all of them looking to
strengthening of the lines of defense
They express confidence in their ability
to win but as in the presidential cam
paign, they will take nothing for
granted.
During the past week President
Roosevelt metaphorically has spanked
some of the New York newspaper cor
respondents for the manner in which
they have chronicled alleged incidents
and happenings at Sycamore HILL 1t
is sad but true that everything pub
lished in the New York papers under
Oyster Bay date lines is not accurate.
AS rainbow chasers, some of the gentle
men who cone to this little village to
report the doings of the president are
in a high class, for they never permit
themselves to be embarrassed by facts.
They haunt Sycamore Hill, and when
any member of the Roosevelt family
appears in a public place the clicking
of a score of cameras may be heard.
Field glasses are employed with which
to watch every movement of the ppasi-
dent should he seek diversion on the
tennis court with his sons; efforts are
made to ascertain whether he eats oat-
meal or cracked wheat for his break
fast; whether his favorite riding horse
really did throw a shoe, and whether It
was a fact that Archie really did throw
the president at the japanese style of
wrestling. Stories of the most extraor-
dinary nature are flashed to New York.
and there published in red letters, and
doubtless are given credence by many
readers.
All this is extremely distasteful to
both the president and Mrs. Roosevelt,
but that Mr.. Roosevelt sees the humor-
Gus side of the situation is evidenced
by remark he made to one of the
correspondents to whom he was adj
ministering the spanking.
Il want you to know all the facts.
said he, $50 l shall give them to you at
first hand: Teddy is now fishing for
tadpoles, but really expects to land a
whale; Archie shot three elephants this
morning; Ethel at this moment is set
ting fire to the rear of the house: Ker-
init and Calico pony are having a
wrestling match in the garret, and
Quentin, four years old, is pulling down
the windmill"
Quite ridiculous stories as the
president suggested are published every
day in New York. This is due partly
to the freak notions of the editors. Here
is telegram received by one Of the
correspondents today:
Get pictures of Mrs. Roosevelt and
Miss Roosevelt in thtVs bathing suits
Try. to get them in the ocean. Also,
can you get the president playing ten
nis?'
Here is another: "See game warden
and have Archie Roosevelt arrested for
violating the game laws. Rush story
with pictures.
These are mild samples, but they will
serve as an illustration of the curiosity,
not to put it more harshly. which
prompts deal of the work done here.
ENTERTAINS EDUCATORS.
Oyster Bay. N. Y, July 23.-The pres
ident entertained at luncheon today
President Jacob Gould Sehurman of
Cornell university: President Nicholas
Murray Butler of Columbia university,
and Captain F. Norton A. Goddard of
New York, who long has been identified
with the civic reform in New York.
President Schurman is passing the
summer at his country home near here
and President Butler came to spend the
day with the president at Sycamore
Hill. 1t is announced that these calls
were merely social
President Roosevelt today received T.
B. M. Adds, secretary and general
agent of the City Municipal association
of Philadelphia who called to enter
complaint on behalf of the association
against a federal Office holder in Phila-
delphia who also holds city office. No
action upon the case was taken
The papers in the court martial case
of Major Edwin F. Glenn OF the Fifth
infantry, tried for cruelty to the Fill
pinos. have been received by the presi-
dent from the war department
Captain c. j. MacConneII, chief engi-
neer u S. N, retired, who was fleet
engineer on the flagship New York dur
ing the Spanish-American war, talked
briefly with the president today on
technical questions relating to the pro-
posed isthmian canal