The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-31
NAILS A LIE
Denies That He Will Speak in State for
Stuart Ticket-PenrOse's Visit to
Sycamore Disastrous.

President Roosevelt, AS hours after
having Senator Penrose, among other
politicians. as visitors at his oyster
Bay home, lets the world know that
the Pennsylvania gang leaders cannot
fool him into helping their decOy state
ticket. When it became known yester-
day that the president, from the gang
point of view, had gone out of his way
TO nave it proclaimed that PenrOse and
his confederates would fail to get any
aid or comfort out Of the National Ad-
miniStratiOn for their decOy ducks, the
gangSters took on a panicky appear
ance, but, after striving to brace up,
privately denounced Mr.. Roosevelt as
an migrate. They wanted to know
what had deluded them into making
complimentary reference to him in the
Observation-Disclosures state plat
orm, although anybody could have an
sWered that their reason for SO DIN
had been a hope that he would not
spoil their game of using the ongres
sional elections bugabOo to scare voters
into supporting the Machine state
nominees.
Penrose, when at the presidents
house on Monday, was understood to
be hopeful hat his Pennsylvania case
would be viewed by Mr.. Roosevelt in
the same light in which the contests IN
certain other states were viewed. The
Sycamore Hill conferences We're re-
earded as being for the special purpose
of strengthening the battle lines in diff
ferent states in order to procure IN the
next mgr a safe majority for the
unfolding Of the administrations
hands. PenrOse thought that the
chance for the corrupt and criminal
combination" was excellent. When
he was leaving Oyster Bay. however.
and was questioned by the ~newsgath-
erers. his only reply was: Il know
nothing" But he knows something
cow, and so does the whole country.
In view of the positivce predictions
which the gang organs had made that
not only members Of the presidents
ca binet. but even Mr.. Roosevelt him
self. would speak on the Pennsylvania
stump in support of the machine state
ticket. the senator's sad admission OF
ignorance was dispiriting 10 his bench
men. But if they suspected the truth
Of the matter. they may have consoIed
themselves with the thought that the
president would, al least, keep his
mouth shut upon his purpose TO shun
the gang. BY such silence he could
satisfy the Lincoln party. as its only
desire in the matter was that Mr..
Roosevelt should not actually give any
aid or comfort to the old bosses That
silence would be. for the gang, the next
best thing TO overt assistance, for the
LEADERS" could go on with impunity.
assuring the rank and file that the
president was, h cart and soul. with
the organization" For his breaking
that silence in a manner quite dlsas-
trous to the gangsters, he was made.
last evening, in their headquarters. the
object Of unprintable epithets and ne
nunciation.
A dispatch from Oyster Bay to The
Record stated that the president is
not to max any speeches in Pennsyl-
vania this fall, and that, 10 correct an
impression that he was 10 speak in
Pittsburg. Philadelphia York and, per-
haps, elsewhere, in supper of the re-
publican ticket, his secretary. Mr.. Loeb
yesterday gave out a statement. Mr..
Loeb explained hat the president some
time ago had promised TO make a
speech at Harrisburg on October 4.
when the new state capitol is TO be