The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-07-08
KANSANS CALL ON
ROOSEVELT
BUT THE 6ALLiNGER-PlNcAoTs IN
cIDENT WAS NOT
DISCUSSED.
1ristow, Murdoch and Madison All
Declared by Former President to BE
Fine FeIIowsr-Helped Him Out
When He Needed Assistance.

When He Needed Assistance.
Oyster Bay, July 2.-Three Kansans
all Republican insurgents of the.
deepest dye talked with Theodore
Roosevelt for three hours at Sycamore
Hill today and went away satisfied.
When they had gone Colonel Roosevelt
called them fine fellows and said
they did great work .'in the recent ses-
sion of congress-" All agreed that the.
Ballinger-P inchot controversy was not
preached.
The visitors were Senator Joseph r.
Bristow and representatives Victor
Murdoch and e. H. Madison, all of
whom fought hard for Roosevelt poli-
cies when he was in the White House,.
That he appreciated their services he;
made known with emphasis today.
The insurgents were more emphatic
in their praise of Theodore Roosevelt.
All Loyal Supporters.
When the o'clock train had pulled.
out of Oyster Bay and the correspond
ents trailed up the hill, Colonel Roose-l
velt was pacing the veranda CARRIED in
a crash riding suit and riding boots.
he plunged into an explanation of the
conference at once. q
Those three Kansans," he began,
"are among my most loyal supporters
and were during the seven years was
in the White House"
Can you tell us what was dis
cussed?" was ventured.
These fine fellows and l have been.
discussing the recent session of Con-
gress," said Colonel Roosevelt. "But
wish to say right here" he put in
with snap of his jaws, that we have
not been discussing the Ballinger-
Pinchot trouble.
my friend Madison is one of the
judges in that case, and would not
have it appear that wished to exert
any influence in the matter
IT owe an especial debt OF gratitude
to Representatives Madison and Muir
dock for the stand they took at the
time when Representative Tawney Of
fered resolution providing that none
OF the appropriations for the secret
service might be used In investigating
the conduct Of members OF the Senate
and the House At that time also d
resolution Of censure aimed at myself
was offered in Congress, and Madison
and Murdoch fought it to the end.
Madison and Murdoch were right ID
that fght-the provisions for the Sc
cret service should never have been
stricken out"
Here the Colonel paused moment
and then like shot he said:
Would you like to know the secret
of that fight. 1t was just this: A
number Of members of Congress real
lied that was hitting at them. am
mentioning no names.
Bristow's Service Appreciated.
Senator Bristow rendered . great
service to his country in the postal
investigation. He found the rascals
and put them out" &
Colonel Roosevelt has never said
just what he proposed to do IN the
face of the defeat of the Cobb bill, but
those who know him as fighter look
upon his conference with Lloyd G.
Griscom. who is spending the night
as his guest, as indicating that plans
are being discussed that will mean
much to the Republican organisation
in this state.
The three insurgents came down Oft
the hill, little difident, much i'm
pressed with the fact that they were
focal center Of news, and rather
chary Of the situation.
"Now, boys. admonished Victor
Murdock, whatever you write, don't
say our faces were wreathed with
smiles. Here is what we have to say,
with the permission OF the Colonel
this statement will stand for all Of us,
and there is not word to add to it,
Mr.. Murdoch then dictated the fol
lowing statement:
.All three of us were anxious to see
Mr.. Roosevelt because We don't be.
llieve he had three more staunch sup
lporters OF his policies throughout his
term OF service, and We believe he
knows this better than anyone else. 1
aBristow was his right hand man ID
uncoyering and Furnishing the postal