The Washington herald., 1910-07-10

arrival here that he was going to keep
out of politics for a long time. and he
probably meant it, until ne found that
his old friends were swarming into Oys-
ter Bay like so many bees. They rushed
off to Sycamore Hill and told the colonel
everything they remembered that had
happened during his absence. What
could the colonel do bat listen? The re-
suit is that be is in the fight up to his
neck, whether he is willing to admit it
or not
Significance of silence.
The silence OF the ex-President upon
his personal feelings toward the admin
istration appears TO those who have
watched the situation develop. and grow
IN proportions here 10 be highly sgnif-
can't Letters from insurgents and regu-
lars have been pouring into the little
Oyster Bay post-office with such rapldity
and in such quantities. that the colonel,
with the assistance Of Secretary Frank
Harper, is absolutely unable to cope with
his correspondence. His mail is heavier
than it was while he lived in the White
House and had a corps Of trained
stenographeTs ard advisers 20 handle it.
on account Of the tremendous amount
of work that is mapped out for AFR.
Roosevelt he has taken respite from
conferences on the hfll. Yesterday he
busted himself with the stack OF letters
that are strewn ali over his library. To-
day ne remained on the job, and until
Tuesday he win receive no visitors. un-
less some one bobs up with a hurry
call that demands his immediate atten-
ton
According TO reliable sources, the
marked eordiaHty with which the colonel
received Senator's Beyeridge and Brstow
and Representatives Madison. Murdock.
and Poindexter. following his visit with
President Taft at Beverly, and before
that Senator La Toilette. has been the
basis for the countless letters that are
coming in daily 1t is impossible to side
step the fact that Mr.. Roosevelt has
looked with smiling eyes upon the fnsur-
gents. lie is satisfied with them.
Breach Talk Not Discredited.
The talk of break between Roosevelt
and Taft is by no means discredited
here by close observers. Senator Tom
Carter,( of Montana. is the only caller
who has laughed that theory down, and
he didn't laugh very loudly. either The
more conservative, however. are willing
to admit that the colonel is going to
look things over carefully and then push
every body in line and go after the op-
position from this fall when the Con
gress elections are held
There is still a lot of time to be spent
over final arrangements for the eolOneFs
trip through the West during the latter
Part of August and the early days of
September. He is trying to arrange it
so that he viii have a chance to see his
political friends out there and strengthen
his knowledge of local conditions.
Il Is quite possible that he will speak
IN behalf of other aspiring progressives
besides Beveridge. The chances that he
win talk politics in his speeches on that
trip over the country are mighty good
too for the period Of public silence that
he promised On his return viii be over
then-August 1S-and the two months
will have passed.
Just before he left the lazge. COM
Portable house that sits on the top of
Sycamore Hill and overlooks the wood
ed acres that belong TO him. Col Roose-
welt was pressed TO tell something of
his plans for next week He was in a
hurry to get down to the tennis court.
and he swung a racquet while he talked.
The colonel is usually patient.
Hughes Expected Tuesday.
7 can't say much, he answered. Il
expect Gov. Hughes to come here Tues
day and remain as my guest over night.
There are 10 be no other visitors that 7
know OF at the present moment
Col. Roosevelt said that he had been
striving to cut down the pile of letters
that continued to little his house. For
that reason he does not want to be dis
turbed
A rumor that Speaker wadsworth
would arrive to-day had the newspaper
men on the. jump for a while. but this
was finally let go. and there was peace.
Whether the colonel win have anything
interesting 10 say after his confs
with the governor Is. Of corr s
known, but there is not much 4 "a
of a signed statement. at any rate. They
viii thrash cut the State situation from
every angle. The colonel should -
prime for a scrap in New York
he returns from the West in Sc