Arizona republican., 1910-06-28
LA TOILETTE IN COMMAND
Senator Left Conference Every Much Pleased" Though Colonel Roosevelt Afterward Said He Had Not Been Sent For

Oyster Bay. June 27-Robert NJ. LaFollette, United States senator from
 Wisconsin. father of the Republican insurgency, spent two hours this af- ternOOn talking politics with Colonel Roosevelt. He left Oyster Bay wear
 ing broad smile Senator Burke, of Nebraska. another out and out insur- gent, is coming to SagamOre Hill af-
 ter Colonel Roosevelt returns from
 Boston and will also talk politics
 Representative Madison, of Kansas, an irreconcilable insurgent, and as a member of the Balinger- -PinchOt in vestigating committee, an ardent de- fender of Clifford PinchOt, will be at SagamOre Hill probably late in the week. His theme will be politics. Within the last few days Colonel Roosevelt talked politics with Clifford
 PinchOt and James R. Garfield With Senator LaFollette was c. F. Roe. a
 New York lawyer. formerly his law partner
 The senator was caught, despite his efforts to travel incOgnitO. by a group of newspapermen who saw the
 Roosevelt automobile. They tackled him on suspicion although nobody rec | Ognized him, for his hat hid his fam
 out pompadour.
 Not a word" he said. I'm going
 to Sagamore Hili,, but don't want a word said about Il" When he re- 1 turned just in time to catch the train for New York, he was smiling his most expansive smile. It's all right, boys" he cried jOv- ially, The colonel says I may talk with you" The intervIewers hopped on with the senator and rode to the next station
 Did we talk politics?" he replied to the first question. We did," and he emphasized the affirmation. We talked about the legislation of the present session of congress" he con- tinued, from the attitude of those members of the republican party
 whom the newspapers are pleased 10 call insurgents"
 Can you go into details?"
 'No. I prefer that they come from Sagamore Hill"
 He was very much pleased with the result of his visit with Colonel Roosevelt. T am very much pleased indeed" The senator paused a mo-
 ment, recalling happenings of this af- ternOOn. Suddenly the smile left his face for the first time, and he said
 impressively, T want to tell you that Colonel Roosevelt is the greatest liv- ing American, and' he added slowly. and significantly, he is in fighting trim
 An hour later the colonel received the interviewers. who told him just what Senator LaFollette said about him, and their meeting and the colonel smiled as though he liked it. T think there is nothing I can add to what the senator has said,' he com mented
 Speculation among Oyster Bay pol iticians is keener than ever because of today's occurrence. One story go- ing the rounds is that the insurgents have come and seen, but not con quered Yet there is another group of equally positive ones who insist that the colonel has shown clearly by his acts that he is veering toward the radicals.
 When Colonel Roosevelt received the interviewers he was standing on the side of the hill that slopes down from his home. One of a group of four thickly clustered trees he had chopped half through. Wait just a moment, please" he called. He raised the axe and whacked at the tree with a hard, true stroke. In another min ute the tree quivered and then fell prostrate.
 Great exercise" said the colonel. as he sat cross-legged on the fallen trunk, the axe across his knee. Tt is about the only exercise I get out here I have just been in the hay field'
 The colonel said that Senator La Toilette and MT. Roe were the only visitors today. except for the two men who had come to consult with him about his western tour. He agreed definitely today to speak before the Milwaukee Press Club on this western tour. which begins the last of Aug
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