The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-19
Politicians Wide at Sea in
Speculation on What RoOse-
velt Will DO.
ALMOST CERTAIN TO BE
DRAGGED INTO BATTLE
Undoubtedly Great Pressure
Will Be Brought Upon Him
to Save Party.
BY RALPH M. WHITESIDE
T Leased Wire to The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune
NEW YORK. June 1S-The tre-
mendous enthusiasm with which former
President Roosevelt was greeted today,
the fact that there were present great
crowds which greeted him, men from
every section Of the country, was a sur
prise to the scores Of prominent poll
ticians of every shade of opinion. who
had come here to size up the hold Mr..
Roosevelt has on the people To some
1t was in the nature of shock. These
had hoped against hope that the pow
er of this man TO move tho American
people had been over-estimated. When
they heard him cheered as few men
have ever been cheered, by the great
multitudes which watched him as he
stood In his carriage, hat aud hands
waving, his smiling face abeam with
pleasure and goodwill, no doubt was
left in the minds OF the keenly OBJ
servant politicians that he has lost
none of his hold on the American peo-
pie and that he is today the most po-
tent force in American politics,
"What will he dol' That was the
Republican would give half of his for
tune to have an answer. If Mr.. Roose-
welt himself knows, he keeps the IN
formation seriously to himself
In reply to urgent questions from
newspapermen and politicians, he said:
81 shall have nothing whatever to say
in the immediate future about politics
and will hold no interview whatever on
the subject with any one, and anything
purportipg to be an interview with me
that may appear can be set down at
once as invention. -
No Comfort for Anxious.
Small comfort in that to men whose
political future may hinge on what the
master politicians of tue Republican
party, if not Of the nation. have 10 say.
In his greeting of political friends,
Mr. Roosevelt gave no indication as TO
his feeling in regard to the Republican
split. His greeting was as cordial to
Senator Lodge as to Clifford Pinchot
and not whit more.
In the meantime. one man Is guess is
as good as another's. No group of dele
cations are more anxious TO have Col
oucl Roosevelt speak than that of New
York. They believe he can save the
Republican party from defeat next No
vember. This is generally accepted az
a fact by the Republican leaders. One
thing is certainIMr. Roosevelt VIII not
talk politics. If he can avoid it, until
he has had chance to rest up bit.
His son S wedding takes place Monday
and he is to visit with them at their
Massachusetts summer home for a short
while After that he will probably be
able to avoid politicians for week or
two After that it is likely to be diff
ferent.
May Be Forced In.
"Roosevelt s intentions are one
thing said a man who has been close
ly associated with him since he became
a dominant figure in politics, "and
what he may do may be an entirely diff
ferent proposition. Undoubtedly the
determination to remain quiet for sew
eral months while he studies the situa-
tion at first hand is very wise. But
think when he sees that the legis
lature at the extra session is bent on
pulling the party in a further hole, he
will be unable TO keep out of the fight
"Well informed as he is OH the sit
nation here in New York, / do not
think he fully realizes the bitter feel
ing of the men who have been seeing
the Republican party 20 to the dogs
during the past fifteen months. When
they get to pouring into his ear the
troubles and their resentment. it is im
possible to conceive that he will not be
stirred, and he will take some action.
His natural inclination would be, OF
course, to keep out of the extra session
fight, in view of the fact that when he
once offered to help Hughes it WIS
rudely hinted that he would better mind
his own business, 1t would appeal to
him greatly if it were now suggested
that his help would be welcome,
And TO an outsider, that seems to
pretty well sum up the situation-at
least ] have heard no better summing
up thus far.