Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-08
Hoosier InSurgent Leader
Leaves Sycamore Hill With
Promise Of Powerful Support
of Former President,
OYSTER BAY BECOMES
POLITICAL CAPITAL
Participation in Indiana Cam
paign Leads to Belief That
Colonel viii Cast Lot With
Real Tariff ReformerS.

IBy Morning journal specisi yAasss wirsI
Oyster Bay, \. y. July Albert
j. Beveridge, United States senator
from Indiana. and one Of the most
prominent and consistent Of the pro
gressive" republicans, came down
from Sycamore Hill this afternoon
with promise from Theodore Roose-
welt To deliver campaign speech In
his fight for reelection TO the senate.
Mr.. Beveridge seemed content and
smiling, but ne left it for the colonel
TO make the announcement of the
proposed campaign speech in the sem
ators behalf And this is what Mr..
Roosevelt said
Mr.. Foulke and Mr. Swift came to
Sycamore Hin last night and spent
the night here. They came to re-
quest me to go to Indiana and speak
in behalf of Senator Beverdge. /
promised them that l would.
He added that he had agreed today
to make only one speech for the sem
ator, and as far as is known, he win
make only one The time and place
for his speech has not been fixed.
iHOSt NllO ntNf lhil0Ntu Nnt DUill-
ical conferences at oyster lay since
Theodore RooseS eli s ro,s- "a, Ssilarc The
belief that he has been feeling his way
cautiously IN his attitude toward the
administration and the insurgents.
but todays incidents are considered
the most important yet developed.
Senator Beveridge is making his fight
for reelection as an insurgent.
He is opposed by John w Kern,
who ran with Bryan in the last cam
paign.
In his fight for the senatorship he
is placing himself squarely against
President Taft insofar as the tariff
law figures The law which the presi-
dent has defended as the best tariff
measure ever. is denounced without
equivocation by the senator. and the
same republican state convention that
endorsed Beveridge for another term
virtually repudiated the law. In the
senate Beveridge fought the bill to
the last and then voted against It,
1t is pointed out, however. with this |
exception, President Taft and the
senator from Indiana have been pull |
ing together as far as administration |
policies are concerned. There has
been no break between them. The |
president entrusted to the senator the |
conduct of two administration meas
ures at the last session of congress
the statehood bill and the Alaska gov
ernment bill
And although the senator worked
faithfully with the insurgent band in
the senate, and had a hand In the
alteration of President Taft's railroad
bill, he supported the administration
regularly in the last session when the
votes were taken.
Sycamore Hill was fairly swarming
all day with men of various political
persuasion. They came by train and
by automobile. They talked politics
all day long, but as they left town
they were unanimously reticent when
asked to tell what they knew. CON
sequently Oyster Bay Is enveloped in
an atmosphere Of deep mystery.
There We're three Indiauans among
the visitors. Besides Senator Bever-
idge there were William Dudley
Foulke and Lucien Swift Of Indian
apolis.
There came from New Hampshire
Churchill. the novelist: John
Bass, war correspondent and his
brother, Robert II. Bass, who is a
candidate for the republican nomina-
ton for congress.
New York state was represented by
Hamilton Fish and
James II. Sheffield. From Montana
there was United States Senator
Thomas II. Carter
Colonel Roosevelt appeared to he
we'll pleased with the result OF the
days work of talking politics which
began almost as soon as he was up
and lasted well through the after
noon.
To interviewers. however, he would
say little concerning the conferences ,
except that he had promised to make
me speech for Mr.. Beveridge. Thus
hose who sought to interpret the day
~ a general insurgent rally looking
osfard the shaping Of Colonel Roose-
ielt's future attitude were left in the
lark. And as an indication that this
vas not the case. there was the pres
nee OF Senator Carter. man who !
iteadily has opposed insurgency.
Senator Beveridge spent only few
hours az Sycamore Hill. and !; was
'vident and a dinner engagement 10
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