The Washington herald., 1910-07-03
INSURGENTS HAPPY
WHO SEE COLONEL
Three Visit Oyster Bay to
Swap COnyentiOnalities.
MERELY FRIENDLY MEETING
Statement Is Issued by Representa-
tive murdock, To Prevent Errone-
oas Report, other Two Callers BE-
ing Senator Dristeyv and Repre-
sentative Madison, of Kansas.

Oyster Bay. n. Y. July 2.-Three red
hot insurgents slipped into oyster Bay
to-day, spent several hours with Col.
Roosevelt, and left town smiling and
laughing Ike schoolboys who had won
prizes for good behavior. They were so
tickied with the visit that Representa-
tive Victor Murdock handed out pre-
pared statement he wrote before he left
the Hin. The other insurgents were
Senator Joseph l. Bristow and Repre-
sentative z. Madison. of Kansas. County
Chairman Lloyd c. Griscom was here,
too.
There is no question upon which Col.
Roosevelt has been sought with more
eagerness than his attitude toward the
administration. If the colonel is going
TO take hand in the squabble that has
set the Republican party at Odds and
he certainly is going to- his opinion re-
garding this point is important. He said
a while ago that he has not made up his
mind yet. He had nothing to add to-day.
Find Him Unchanged Man.
In the formal statement that the three
tnsursents distributedN> to-day they said
that they found Col. Roosevelt was
unchanged in his attitude toward public
questions. They were pleased also to
note how closely the former President
has been in touch with what has hap
pened during the year and a quarter he
spent hunting wild beasts and greeting
the royalty of Europe. Like La Toilette,
they consider him the greatest living
American.
''Inasmuch as the result of the confer
ence between Roosevelt and Taft ut
Beverly on Thursday has failed TO indi-
cate in the slightest degree that the
colonel fav0rs the administration, the
query was put first Of all, to the insurg-
ents when they had descended upon Saga
more Hill.
do you believe that President Taft,
has carried out the policies set forth
by Col Roosevelt, and has acted upon the
colonel's suggestion" Representative
Murdock was asked.
MY record in the last session of Con-
gress is an answer to that question" he
replied
After three hours conference with Col
Roosevelt to-day, do you think that he
will indorse the Taft administration
was the next shot.
let Madison answer that" suggested
Murdock.
But Madison only said, Let Bristow
do it."
ImpOIite to Make Answer.
And Bristow chuckled and remarked
that they really could not reply, for it
would not be polite to do so at the pres
ent time. The three visitors talked pol
itics necessarily with the colonel, except
for the time consumed in eating luncheon
and chatting with County Chairman Gris-
com, who is here FOR the night
In order that there wouldn't be mis-
quoting in the newspaper report, Mur-
dock, as spokesman of the party. sat
down at a table on the broad and airy
piazza of Sycamore Hill and evolved
these words:
''AlI three Of US were anxious to see
Mr.. Roosevelt, because we do not
believe that he had three staneher
supporters of his policies throughout
his term of service, and we believe
that he knows this better than any
one else. Senator Bristow was his
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