Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-04-13
mo NAMES MENTIONED.
What is Said at White House Of
Penrose's Denial.
SENATOR SCOTT is TALKED OF
He Has Been Spoken Of as Giving
Away the coaspirscy-Alienated
Labor People.

Labor People.
Washington April 6.--At the White
House today 1t was declared that no
names were mentioned in connection
with the story revealed there Of an
alleged combination to destroy Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his policies, head
ed by an embryo fund of 5000 900,
subscribed by Hearst, Rockefeller,
Hartman and few others. When
| Secretary Loeb was informed that Sen
ator Penrose had given denial that
he had ever told anyone that there
was gigantic combination against
the president, he simply said that no
mans name had been mentioned and
that none would be mentioned.
Regardless of how it got started
there have been two names used in
connection with the giving away of
the gigantic conspiracy. The one most
freely used was that of Senator Pen
rose, but the name of Senator Scott
of West Virginia has also been freely
mentioned Whether the West Virginia
I senator viii consider it necessary to
make denial of any knowledge Of the
combination and to declare his loyalty
to the President and his policies as
he's been done by Senator Penrose, is
4 question for the future
Openly Senator Penrose has worked
with the president and his policies.
Senator Scott has candidly found
things in the president to criticise,
and has made no attempt TO hide his
intentions to act as he saw fit. He has
shown courage, too, in his views as
to the president, although there has
been no open rupture, no cessation of
occasional visits to the White House.
Scott May Fight.
The ranking of Scott with the fees
of the administration may precipitate
fight by him. Like Senator Forakec
of Ohio, he is fighter, genuinely likes
scrap, and abhors a man who lies
down no matter how great the difficult
ties ahead of him. He has been
ciassed among those who would ulti-
mately fail to agree with the Roose-
welt men in the next republican ma
tional convention. He has looked with
favor on men like Fairbanks, Foraker
or Shaw, and not upon those supposed
to represent the administration view
as to things. In quiet way Senator
Elkins is said to be with him, but how
far the latter could be depended upon
to remain with Scott in the event of
a hard fight is somewhat in doubt.
The administration. it is averred,
will not object to fighting wherever it,
is waged. The president has had his
big stick polished up for business, and
with it he will endeavor to dispose of
Foraker in Ohio, Scott in West Vir-
ginia and the others as they pop their
heads above the surface.
What the president is said to fear
is not an open fight, but undetermined
methods, such as the alleged combina-
ton is now said to be working. Ac-
cording to gossip at the White House,
the combination was so bold as to de-
clare for third term for the presi-
dent and to be joining with that de-
mand Their object was to name dele
gates for Roosevelt, but at heart these
men would not be for him. So soon
as the president declined the nomina-
ton, as it was believed he would do,
the alleged Roosevelt delegates would
proceed to nominate a reactionary,
thus sidetracking the policies of the
president and preventing the nomina-
ton of some one desired by him. In
West Virginia, for instance, Scott and
Elkins would favor Roosevelt dele
gates, control their convention, nomi-
nate men for Roosevelt, but men ready
to vote for reacuonary upon their
bidding