Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-05

White House through friend of tn, president. The scheme of the peopl, behind the movement is to buy news papers, public men and others wht may assist the opponents of the presi dent in their work"
 It is said that the plot was acciden tally disclosed at the dinner by a cer tain United States senator who dranl a ghaat deal more wine than was gooG for him, and while at the height of hi. irrigated enthusiasm he let the cat ou, of the bag. Before his friends could get stop order on his tongue he had blurted out the astonishing statemen, that the Rockefellers, Hartman Hearst and others had raised fund of s6.OO0,0OO for the purpose of defeat ing any man chosen by Roosevelt to succeed him in the presidency.
 According to this senator, the plot is already thickening in, Ohio, and he pointed to the Taft-Foraker fight there as evidence of the truth of what he said. He asserted also that the plotters were at work in Pennsylvania and sev- eral other states and that they fully expected to be in control of the next Republican national convention.
 It is said that Boies Penrose. sena- tor from Pennsylvania. has become mixed up in the Hartman controversy and that in day or two his picture will be in the Ananias gallery unless he makes good in denial news sent out from the White House.
 Senator Penrose. it is said, is one of the conspirators and is working hand and glove with the anti Roosevelt forces not only in Pennsylvania, but throughout the United States.
 My spear knows no brother" de- clared President Roosevelt at a White House reception to those who called on him in the hope of hearing additional details of his relations with F. H. liar riman in the political campaign of 1904. The callers found the president ready and willing to talk to them in a con- fidential way, and, while most of what
 
 obvious. they found their greatest in terest in the figurative declaration that his weapon would not recognize kim ship where future opposition to him was concerned. From now on it is war to the knife between MT. Roose- welt and his political enemies, both in- side and outside the Republican party.
 The president. it was asserted, has information which he regards as con- elusive that Mir. Hartman, those who control the Standard Oil company and others connected with great corporate interests are already engaged in a movement to put in the White Honsa as his successor man of the type de scribed by Mir Roosevelt as reaction ary.' Their plan, according to the presidents information, is to push the favorite son idea among the Republic ans of many states so that host of candidates, all opposed to Mfr. Roose- welt and his policies, will be before the next national convention. each with substantial backing and. from what the president has heard, bound by q common purpose to prevent the nomi- nation of man of Mir. Roosevelt's choice. He has been told that this plan is already well under way in Pennsyl- vania and the foundation for carrying it out has been laid in Ohio.
 Believing the information in his pos session to be true. and the sources from which he obtained it leave no doubt in his mind of it's authenticity. the president has accepted the implied defiance and is fairly reveling in the prospect of Kilkenny fight from now on until the Republican national con vention of 1908 or perhaps until the