The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-11-07
Stimson and Dix Are Only
Pawns IN a great Game
Which will Determine Poll
cies Of Republic.
COL LONEL ROOSEVELT
CENTER OF CONTEST
Friends of the Ex-president,
Despite the Attacks Made
Upon Him, Say He Has Act
ed UnselfishIy.
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New York, Nov. 7.-Absorbing In Its
interest to the nation II the prospect
i've effect OF the election Tuesday on
the future political career OF Theodore
Roosevelt.
n Dix be triumphant the resounding
cry will 60 forth from Gotham that
the death knell OF Col. Roosevelt's
presidential aspirations has been
tolied. II Stimson be victorious. Wall
street, big business, and great and 1T
lie bosses will 90 into mourning and
capital will prepare for the ''inevita-
BILE" panic which 1t now gloomily IL
forecasting.
The campaign in New York this fall
10 not primarily fight for the govern.
orship. II 10 . struggle between two
great opposing forces for much more
valuable prise-the presidency Of the
United States. It 10 . struggle GER
tain to have . tremendous influence
upon policies which shall prevail In
the nation.
otlmsen and ok Pawns In the Game.
stimson and Dix. republican and
democratic candidates respectively
for epvsrnor. are mere pawns in the
great Same being played. Neither has
Q personal following to any extent.
etimson wss selected BY Roosevelt.
Dtx By Charles r. Murphy. Stimson
b clooa. straight forward and honor.
yaDla q nan who has done yoeman ser.
vico n public o@ce snd VINO, ana r.
'euls oe facts obtained BY collector Of
thof port. william Loeb. has brought
The euenr trust thieves to the bar Of
Justice.
Oox has . clean record as busi-
ness man. the only serious charge
made against him being that he was q
director in the wall paper trust and
he and his friends deny that this
charge has any foundation.
In the opinion Of Colonel Roosevelt
the campaign II not . campaign Of
men-it 10 . campaign Of principles.
"There 10 only one great issue in.
q few days ago In northern New York.
"It 10 this: Shall honesty or dishon-
esty triumph"
osss "0uslnsss s-Tammany" Plot.
And the colonel means It. He can
see an alliance Of big business" and
Tammany: . combination intended to
thwart needful regulation Of the huge
corporations and to arrest the pro-
groes which has been made In this di.
rection-a transfer of the state with
IT. lucrative onlces to Charles F. Muir.
ply. the Tammany chieftain. In speak
ing 10 . Brooklyn audience few days
ago he said:
Even admitting was the boss at
the Saratoga convention. ~ claimed
by the men opposed to Stimson. who
would you rather have In power. MUIR
ply or met"
No one has fought harder for Slim.
oon's election than Colonel Roosevelt
He has spoken repeatedly in the state
and viii do 20 again In New York
City. He has had tremendous audi.
ences. The sises Of the crowds and
their enthusiasm. OF course. indicate
nothing. for when William Jennings
Bryan was . candidate for the presid.
ency In 1895 thousands gathered to
hear him who cast their votes for Nc.
Kinley. And similarly. Roosevelt has
opposed TO him In this state exactly
the came elements who were opposed
to Dryan-the business interests to .
large extent and Wall street
Astsd Unsslsishly. Frisnds Say.
In what he has done Roosevelt's
friends say he has acted unselhshly.
In spite Of the charge made and reit.
Grated during the campaign that the
PRECEDENT 10 seeking . third term. 1t
can be stated positively he has not
made up his mind what he viii do. He
certainly will not Be . candidate for
the nomination In 1919. II It were to
come to him In . way In which Il
would be . real honor for him to ac-
cept-if he were convinced that his
acceptance would be In the true inter.