The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-26
STATE AFFAIRS ENGAGE T. R.
4 nm COMING FOR HIM TO
TAME THE STUMP ~ ONO.
situation In mat state Interests the
Colonel lee Mantle WIN see lain,
in His sanctum To-day Old Nox
POpsIli sends In Al, lee by TELEGRAPH

W SahNAeNA hO-Nlay NsNi WV
POPuli sends IN advice ny Telegraph.
/ OYSTER BAY. L. / July rs Whatever
views Mr.. Roosevelt has IN regard 10 the
muddle that is confronting IN" Repuhh-
| cans 81 OHIO IN the eve uf the State con-
Vention at Columbus he Is keeping 20 HIM
| self Further than To reiterate his wish
I that a progressive platform he adopted
/ IN that state the ex-President refused to
| comment tonight, He was evidently sur
prised when he learned that Judge Rev
nplds klnkade had Withdrawn from the
GulernatoTial contest While he eN-
pressed no opinion on the subject he
seemed pleased To hear a report that
James H. Garfield has a chance TO land
the nomination
The Importance. Of a Republican victory
IN the Buckeye state ~ vc'y evidently
realized here The Colonel was asked To
give a definition Of what he means 10y a
progressive platform. hut he did not
consent tn make himself clearer on that
point. because comparison might arise
To make him change his wording. II is
known. however. that Judge Kinkade had
the Enforcement ~ President Taft. and
that fact adds another Interesting touch
To au already complex situetion. The
platform ~ another matter
| In connects ION with the OHIO convent ion
report reached here to-day that Wade
n Elh- chairman Of the Republican State
committee. will come ~ Sagamore Hill
J N the near future - ask Col Roosevelt
/ to take the stump for the party IN the cam
raign He will probably arrive next week.
! The Colonel said in an interview that the
quest ION Of -tumping Ohio ~ something
that h. cannot discuss until the situation
has shared itself So A. to allow him To size
! u up. lie wants to wait I'LL the time
comes before he does anyt hing IN that line
The candidates and the natur. Of the plat
form will hav" lot To de- IA helping HIM
to make up his mind
The Ohio proposition and tn. New
| York situation are not unlike IN good
many respects so far a. the Republicans
are concerned Mr. Roosevelt knows
that The suggestion that he may not
go INTO the New York state fight because
he - apt To lose prestige II he il unsuc-
ces-ful does not discomfort hun IN the
least. The Colonel thinks that what
ever - worth winning - worth fighting
| for aud he will he at IN. front when the
tell rings He will probably have some
thing definite to- say within the next few
DAYS
The Colonel ~ doing hls utmost 20
| keep clear Of faCtlonAl strif. IN States
other than New York and hos having
a mighty hard job dong u He said to-
night that he EXPECTS former United
States senator lee Mantle Of Montana
! to call on him Tomorrow ~ the outlook
office II - known on good authority
| that MIR Mantle - about 10 enter IN
field again and that he will t-y to wrest
| the Ssnatorshi q from senator Thomas
II Garter. Whose term expires next March
Col Roosevelt SAYS that he mas heard
nothing 81 MIR Nantes plans. but eN-
pressed high personal regard for him
he will undoubtedly learn what the eN-
senator intends 20 do when they get
together tomorrow Mr. Mantle ~ one
| Of the most interesting political fighters
| IN the West He drove a team into Mon
tAna years ago and has acquired fame
and fortune In lsS5 whIle he was a
senator he walked out 81 the Republican
convention AZ =, LOUIS that nominated
Mckinley With him vent Congressman
Charles Towne Of Minnesota. senator
Henry VI Teller Of Colorado and senator
Frederick Duhuis 81 Idaho They
objected to the gold plank IN the plat
form shortly after that senator Mantle
returned TO tine Republican fold He
has h""n -tanch supporter VI Mr.
Roosevelt and Of his policies
Mr. Mantl" was beaten for the senator
ship in 1907 nv Joseph VI Dixon II vas
said then that his defeat Vas Calu'Ni by
the impression that Dixon had the backtnG
81 Roosevelt because he was a member
IT Congress The Colonel denied that
tonight lie Said that he had not taken
a hand IN the contest He repeated that
he thinks lot Of Mantle II - very IN
likely. however. that the Colonel will
Iudorse his candidacy II Mr. Mantle
announces ~ -oon The Colonel simply
can Z do II for him or anybody els"
When senator Carter visited Sycamore
Hill on the sarn" day that senator B"ver-
idga came h. told the newspaper men
that col Roosevelt would have "A soothing
Influence" upon the party W" also denied
that there was any insurgency that
amounts To much ~ Montana Mr.
Mantle - known A. an inNurg"nt. and u
- Understood that h" will make his fight
along progressive lines II he follows out
has present intentions the West will have
another battle on itH hands
Three friends took lunch with the
Colonel nj Sycamore Hill to-day. and "A
oull-ge president dropped In for chat
IN tn. afternoon Peter JAY American
Consul General at Cairo. Egypt, Regis
Post former Governor Of Porto RiCs and
Charles Francis. formerly United States
Ambassador to Vienna. arrived IN ia"
morning and remained for several hours
They enjoyed being With the Colonel
and had fun booking a. a few African
,rophie- ~ the hunt DR. G"rrltJ kolt"n.
president 81 Hop. College MicI gan
spent about half an hour chatting with
r X Dr Molten has known the 'olpnel
for som" time and they dis'7ir-'.d "du-
catIonal topics that both ar" Interested ~ .
When The. guests had lef, for th.. ratI
road station tho Colonel talked with tho
T.DOrterE In The course ~ the CONVEX b
.Ation some one asked him about plans ,
inst a. -orn" on always does The |