The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-29
Declares There Is a Plot to
Minimize Reception to
Roosevelt.
CHARGES THIS UP TO
NEW YORK POLITICIANS
Says Committee in Charge OF
Matter Has Never Held a
Meeting.
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.

NEW YORK. May 2S.-''That n gi
gantic plot to minimize as far as pos.
sible the proposed reception to Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt upon his return TO |
this country has been concocted by
those in charge OF the event, is a fact
of which / am firmly convinced, - This
was the emphatic statement of A. NJ.
Moore, president and editor-in-chief Of
the Pittsburg Leader, who was in New
York today. Mr.. Moore is a we'll
known visitor in New York and he
has taken an especial interest in the
arrangements Of the coming reception
to the former president. Being per
sonal friend and political admirer OF
the former president, he said.
''There is no longer room TO doubt
that an effort is being made by po-
| litical enemies to cheat the people out
OF their opportunity to greet their
friend and benefactor, There is fear
on the part Of ambitious demagogues,
predatory corporations and others, who
dislike the fearless Roosevelt, that the
reception planned for this great leader
may outshine even that accorded that
other great leader, U. S. Grant, or Ad-
mlral Dewey, the hero Of Manila bay.
says POLITICS Is Behind 1t.
"Despite the fact that Colonel Roose-
velt himself has expressed the desire
that the proposed reception be national
IN its scope, influences are at work to
| limit the demonstration to as small
proportion as possible. What Roose-
welt wants seems to make no difference
TO those who have the matter in hand.
They are proceeding as though the
main thing was to get 1t all over and
out of the way as soon as possible, de-
nylng the people the right to see
Roosevelt and TO shake him by the
hand. 1t is plain that politics is back
of II all, that the factional politicians
and the great money influences of New
York and Washington are conspiring 20
cast damper on this extraordinary
event, and that unless the people them
selves take the bull by the horns there
is real danger that the reception to
the former president on his home-com-
ing VII fall below the standard set
| by previous events of the kind This
would indeed be shameful TO all the
people of the United States, after the
magnificent receptions and ovations
Colonel Roosevelt has received abroad.
'fColonel Roosevelt's letters to his
friends in this country express a de-
termination not TO accept any reception
that did not afford an opportunity TO
all the people of the country to greet
him He is sincere in his desire to have
as many of the people come to New
York as could do so, and ne was then
and Is now ready 10 greet each individ-
nal, If such thing is within the
bounds Of possibilities,
Will Be Disappointed.
"But if present arrangements are TO
be carried out, not only Colonel Roose-
| va Inn ma fbpncoDlc nf frIa
are going to be greatly disappointed.
AS it is now planned, the reception will
| be nothing more than a brief parade on
few narrow streets of some New York
and Washington prominent politicians,
a few rongh riders, a string of car
riages, containing the reception COM
mittee and other things designed to
Gus as possible. The streets will be so
jammed with men and women and chill
dren that their lives Will be in danger.
A view of Colonel Roosevelt from the
sidewalks will be almost out of the
question, and there will be such in
decent haste about the whole thing that
not one-half Of the people who want
to see the colonel Will be able to do so.
| Every one who has ever been in
New York knows the difficulty which
accompanies any attempt to crowd into
the narrow confines in which the land
parade is to be limited by the commit
tee. In fact, had it not been for the
colonel's own expressed wish that there
be land parade, the committee would
have vetoed even this part of the re-
ception. Influences in opposition to
the colonel appear to have gotten pos
session of the committee and through
them it is hoped TO dim the luster of
the demonstration. Tho politicians
give every evidence that they fear
Roosevelt s wonderful popularity and
they have surreptitiously set on foot
movement to keep him in bounds.
"The idea of the committee that it
might have been suspected of working
up an ovation for Colonel Roosevelt
if they erected raised platform at
Battery park and conducted formal
review is preposterous. No one needs
TO work up any reception for Theo
dore Roosevelt. and 1t is the merest
conceit and egotism on the part of any
one who might suppose he could do
working up; if the committee will
merely throw open the gates, the peo
pie will attend to the rest.
Why He Kicks,
cit was the understanding that the
New York committee was to have
charge Of the details and that oppor
| tunity was to be afforded for the or
ganization of national committee
| The New York committee has not met
| since It's appointment and no informa-
| tlon of any account has yet been given
TO the public except in little driblets.
most of which seemed to be for the
purpose of repressing the enthusiasm.
of the people rather than encourage it.
1t is going to be impossible, 1t seems.
for anybody outside of a few favored
ones to take any part whatever In
the reception. Now, the people are
not coming to New York to see the
committee or the police or the Rough