Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-05-26

Roosevelt reluctantly, II pledge myself
not TO decline formally the New York !
caucus Endorsement. But ] shall GER
tainly urge the caucus to name another"
he added.
And remember tLat shall pinch you
II | see any signs Of your getting up and
declining" put in my SON
"Ail right, you may pinch me as hard
as you like answered Roosevelt as he
and Frank hurried to tho caucus of the
New York delegation, then In progress
on tho main floor Of the Hotel Walton.
Senator Depcw was presiding and at
length Mir. Roosevelt arose and addressed
him. He reiterated In most emphatic
terms his statement that he was not
candidate for the vice-presidency, ana
his associates from New York must re-
spcct his wishes and neither work among
the delegates to bring about his nomina-
ton nor present his name to the conven-
ton for that office.
lust as Or. Albert Shaw, Frederick w
Hollis, Nicholas Murray Butler and other
of Roosevelts self-constituted friends
clustered about him and whispered
audbly. Say you'll decline If nominated
Governor" my son pinched Roosevelt
IN the leg and said. Remember your con-
tract with the senator, Governor
Roosevelt kept faith. He Ignored the
| solicitations Of Shaw and the others and
| sat down In other words. n pinch may
! lie said TO have made Roosevelt Presi-
dent. for had no executed the threat OF
| declining and had it been accepted. he
would never have reached the White
| House.
The New York delegation at first did
agree upon r l.. Woodruff for vice
president Platt said. in reference 70
Roosevelt's expire, .ed wishes. but when
Senator Hanna made public announce
ment that he believed Roosevelt was the
man for the place Mr.. Woodruff with
drew his name from the consideration Of
the New York delegation and Roosevelt
caused IT TO he known that he would
yield AS carefully as possible if the con-
ventior took the bit in its teeth and In
sisted upon nominating him. Such a
demonstration. however was merely an
incident The nomination of Mr.. Roose'
volt WAC as certain as fate when Senator
Hanna made it known to Senator Quay
and to mo that he would join bis forces
with ours"
Flat says that persons accused him Of
E'lllIs ItI1StNtll Ndlllcu Ipi WV il'9i-
dent in order to shelve him. Il ignored
this tWaddle at the time and ! have no
recollection of having referred to it pub
licly since Instead OF shelving Roose-
Welt must publicly plead guilty to the
charge Of kicking him up stairs be-
lieve Roosevelt, himself would convict
me of this
The rest 90 tho article is taken UP Wit
platts Impressions of Mckinley and
praise of him for deferring to the state
organization's views in filing fedora
. places. "Tresdent Mckinley was The
most tender hearted man ever mot IL
politics" saws Plat. He was n peace
. maker rather than a fighter"
: OF Roosevelt as President this Is writ
, ten
Though inclined to be spectacular anC
the direct antithess Of Mckinley In hi
methods of dealing with public problems
, | desire to testify that Roosevelt kept tn
faith he pledged at Buffalo on Septembe
, A. 1901. He sincerely sought TO follow Il
the footsteps OF Mckinley and proved
himself one of our greatest Presidents.
may be pardoned IL ren'kid my reader
, that but for my insistence upon hts nom
nation for the vce-presdency Roosevelt
? certainly would not have succeeded Nc
, liiney in l"l. and perhaps he neve
would have been President of the tnite'
States,