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ATTACK SHERMAN
WILL DEMAND BREAK BETWEEN
TAFT AND WcE-PREsk
DENT.
PRESIDENT MUST CHOOSE
Roosevelt TO Declare Himself as an
insurgent in His Forthcoming
Speeches In the
West.

New York, N. Y. = A break be-
tween President William H. Taft and
Vice-President James S. Sherman is
the price demanded by Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt for closing the breach
between himself and the president.
This was indicated by Colonel Roose-
welt and positively stated by his close
associates. Lloyd G. Griscom is the
intermediary selected to carry the
terms of peace between Beverly and
Sycamore Hill
Colonel Roosevelt Is convinced that
the vice president led the forces which
were arrayed against him at the recent
meeting of the Republican, state COM
mittee, when he was decisrvely defeat
Cd for temporary chairman of the state
convention and Mr. Sherman elected.
Colonel Roosevelt has been positively
Informed that Mr.. Sherman not only
planned the coupe d'etat, but kept up
the tagging spirits Of some of the half
courage began to fail Mr.. Woodruff,
Mr. Barnes. and Mr.. Wadsworth were
only willing tools OF MIR. Sherman, Col
onel Roosevelt believes.
Colonel Roosevelt's friends are in
cfned to believe that Mr.. Sherman
''double-crossed" Mr.. Taft and led him
to believe that Colonel Roosevelt did
not want to be temporary chairman.
Of one thing they are certain: That
Mr.. Sherman did everything IN his
power to get the temporary chairman
ship away from Colonel Roosevelt. Be-
lieving this, Colonel Roosevelt is 60
ing to begin war upon Mr.. Sherman
and members of the Old Guard who
carried out his plans
Roosevelt to Declare For insurgency.
That Roosevelt in speeches he will
make on his forthcoming Western trip,
and especially in his speeches at Ossa-
watomte, Kan, at Denver and at st.
Paul will speak out in the most Wig
orous fashion in support of progress
sive policies, Is learned from an au-
thoritative source. Colonel Roosevelt
will unreservedly align himself with
the progressive or insurgent movement
by his utterances at these places
Colonel Roosevelt does not intend
to make any attack on the admins
tration in the speeches he win make
in the West, But he will take ad-
| vanced enough ground with respect
to the policies he will favor to suit
the insurgents Of the country and his
friends predict that what he will say
win arouse insurgent enthusiasm.
Colonel Roosevelt has been working
for weeks on his Western speeches.
He has been guided to large extent
| by Clifford Pinchot, the, deposed chief
forester. who was let out of office by
President Taft. It is known that the
| speeches were prepared in the light
of the reports made to Roosevelt by
Pinchot, Garfield and others as to SEN
timent In the West, and as to the ex-
tent Of the support of the insurgent
policies AS originally prepared, the
speeches, more especially the one to
be made at Ossawatomie, was more
or less general pronouncement in ia
vor of what are known as the pro-
gressive or insurgent policies. But for
various reasons they have been made
move specific
Expected Declarations.
Among the policies which Roosevelt
viii favor will be the initiative and
referendum and the recall to limited
extent He will speak out for the cleo
ton of senators by direct vote. He
will take strong ground on the raj :
road question, going SO far as to favor
rate making by the government in case
rate supervision by the interstate COM
mecce commission is not found to be
successful He will favor strict gov
eminent control of railroad capitaliza-
ton, with physical valuation of the
roads He will favor government con-
troll Of all interstate corporations
whose business ends in the direction
Of monopoly. On conservation he will