Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-30
WOODRUFF WANTS
ROOSEVELT BOMB
Need a Statement to Fling Into
Hearst Camp.
MISUNDERSTANDING NOW
Woodruff Out With Interview Asking
Presidential Interposition.
REPEATED CLAIMS OF IDEALS
Surmise as to What Effect David B.
Hills Appearance for the League
Will Have.
Woodruff Out With Interview Asking
Presidential Interposition.
REPEATED CLAIMS OF IDEALS
Special From a STAFF Correspondent.

Special From a STAFF Correspondent.
NEW YORK, October 3o.-Republicau
State Chairman Woodruff thinks 1t ad.
visable and even necessary that Presi.
dent Roosevelt should take cognizance by
public utterance Of the attempt of Hearst
on the Hearst campaign. Chairman Wood.
ruff is moved to this conclusion by the
circulation by the Independence League
Of the half million and more circulars par.
alleling Roosevelt and Hearst in the ''at-
tack on predatory wealth." of which
wrote yesterday.
In the statement which follows I am
quoting Chairman Woodruff personally
and at first hand, with his permission. In
an interview at republican headquarters
this morning.
Mr.. Woodruff prefaced his statement with
the remark that up to this time the Presi-
dents silence on the New ork campaign
was not due to any lukewarmness but to
indisposition to participate in a state con.
test. The President had evidenced his in-
terest in Mr.. Hughes by his congratulate
lions upon his nomination and in other
ways, winch, nau SuIHceu up 10
this time, but, in Mr. Woodruff's Judgment,
the Hearst circular sent broadcast yester-
day warranted abandoning the course OF
silence. IT think" said Mr. Woodruff,
that there is justification, in this effort to
parallel Roosevelt and Hearst, for the
Presidents making it known that there is
not any such parallel in fact.
II hope that he will feel, in these cir-
cumstances, justified in making state
ment, either personally through some
one else which will bring confusion upon
this attempt to parallel Hearst and him-
self.
II do not see how he can let this cam.
paign go another week, permitting the
Hearst managers to use him as they are
using his name
Every day some one brings me In re-
ports of speeches by the Hearst takers in
which the claim is made to audiences OF
voters that Roosevelt is with Hearst and
that Hearst stands for Roosevelt's ideals"
Tammany Intentions
Reports of Tammany's intentions toward
the head of the democratic ticket are con-
flicting. Many men of influence and stand
ing in the organization say privately they
will scratch Hearst. while voting the rest
of the democratic ticket. On the other
hand, the word has gone out to the rank
and file to vote the straight ticket. The
necessity for doing so is earnestly set forth
by the Daily News which is the organ Of
Tammany.
1t is pointed out that If Hearst receives
more votes under the emblem of the in-
dependence league than under the emblem
of the democracy the league will control
the election machinery next year. and
TIA va lua pSufr N
the appointment OF paid election officers.
ETC.
Now 1t is difficult to estimate the proper.
ton of this threatened division In the Tam
many vote. Some well-posted politicians
here say that upon It decides the election.
Indications increase that the vote will be
very close up state. The republicans must
come down to the Bronx with a smashing
plurality to overcome the normal, and this
year by reason of the combination of Tam
many with the Hearstites' abnormal demo.
cratic vote.
To get that smashing surplusage the re.
publicans are depending the detection Of
upstate, old-line democrats. Reports are
coming in that some of those old-lne fel.
lows, having blown off steam and
vented their indignation over the
Buffalo outrage, as they term 1t,
are beginning to say that perhaps they'd
better vote the straight ticket after all.
May Accept Hearst.
The spectacle of David B. Hill, for years
the great boss of the upstate democracy,
appearing as counsel for the Independence
League in it's case before the court Of APP
peals in behalf of the leagues nominees,
may further move the old-line fellows to
resignation and acceptance of Hearst. Some
har who afch-
ing developments are very FESTIVE over the
progress Of the campaign upstate. Hearst
is throwing to the winds all considerations
except the one of making votes, making
them any, anyway. Hughes is still adj
dressing the appellate division" one re-
publican put it today. I'VE ought to fight
the devil with fire, but there is pitch
hot" However. there is consolation for re-
publicans who are familiar with what ID
being done under the surface to know that
very practical preparations are being made
to handle and move the vote on election
day, an exceedingly important essential In
upstate campaigning.
In Their Own Tongue.
These talks are usually made to foreign
ers and in foreign tongues, but reports OF
them are constantly being brought to me.
I am told that even some of these phonos
graphs being sent around repeat the state
ment."
Mr.. Woodruff went on to cite the sting
ing denunciation by President Roosevelt or
Judge Parker's charge of alleged corrupt
contributions in the presidential campaign.
II know that the Presidents manly and
outspoken REPUTATION of the charge at that
time made us a great many votes" said
Mr. woodruff. II hope he will find justi-
fication in this later effort of the oppose
ton for expression" f
The festive roorback is getting in it's
work. The Hearst men say the republican,