The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-26
HUGHES is in
FOR IT NOW
Col. Roosevelt Will Likely Try and
Influence Him to Run Again
for Governor of New
York.
THOUSANDS OF LETTERS
Library at Oyster Bay Looks Like
the Back Room of Post Of
flee on Valentine
Day.
[Gate city Leased wire service.l

[Gate City Leased Wire Service1
OYSTER BAY, N. j., June 25.-
That former President Roosevelt in
tends to take an active part in the
coming gubernatorial campaign in
New York state is practically assur.
ed. He fully realizes that the repub-
lican party's salvation in the com
ing contest Is Governor Hughes, and
he is expected to exert all his in
fuence to persuade Hughes to re,
linquish the supreme bench for the
present and run again for governor
next fall.
when Hughes visits Sycamore Hill
next week. Republican politicians of
the state feel that only two men in
New York can lead them to victory.
Roosevelt is one, Hughes Is the 9th
er. Roosevelt is eliminated, and uo
on Hughes they look for aid
The ex-presiden this afternoon took
into his confidence the newspaper
correspondents stationed at Oyster
Bay.
! Meeting them on the vine clad porch
at Sycamore Hill he led the party in
to the library which was stacked with
thousands of letters, unanswered,
books carefully wrapped and maga-
zines unwrapped. Il want to show
you newspaper men why it is impos,
sible for one man to handle all the
i mail | am receiving. Even If my
correspondents should stop writing
4 now, 1t would take me, with my pres.
! sent clerical force, six months to prop
erly answer that batch of mail,' said
Roosevelt, pointing resignedly to the
mountains of mail.
Among that conglomeration there
are probably lots of letters from close
friends that ought to be answered,
but it is now impossible
The first letter." he said, remov-
ing one at random and opening it.
i sis from prominent member OF
congress enclosing his speech, which
he requests me to read and render a
judgment on it. 1t would take several
hours for me to give this appeal
proper attention.
The next was post marked Arkan
sas from a man who had recently
patented window shade and who
was eager to come to Oyster Bay SC
that he could bring it to the imme
diate attention of the Colonel
Now hereis an appeal sait
Roosevelt, opening another letter,
that like to respond to, but it is ou
Of the question 1t is from an ole
friend of mine who was recently dis
charged from the land office and ask.
me to have him reinstated. AS mucf
as would like to do as he asks it Il
literally out of the question. | mus
draw the line somewhere and if / star
to grant favors now, there would b,
no end to it,.
When asked whether he had re
! quested prominent politicians t,
come to Oyster Bay to consult will
him on political issues, the Colone
snapped back, positively no." Th
only one whom / have invited t.
Oyster Bay is Governor Hughes an,
he has not given me a definite dat
as to his arrival"
Asked whether he would likel
r meet President Taft next week, a
t Beverly, in connection with his tri
i to Cambridge, for the Harvard CON
h mencement the colonel said h
h wasn't sure.
n The Roosevelt program for tomol
e row is church in the morning and
e long tramp through the country i
the afternoon