The Alaska citizen., 1910-07-30
WOULD l? l WOULD BE DELIGHTED SAID TEDDY TO QUIGG WHEN ASKED IF WOULD TAKE
 GOVERNORSHIP.
.PLATT SPEAKS FROM GRAVE
Story Which He Told With Great Relish Because He Knew It Was Not Acceptable to Roosevelt Af- ter He Became President.

When he was old and pretty dis reputable and generally dis credited, the late Thomas Platt told several times the story of his re- sponsibility in helping Roosevelt to the presidency. He told it with the greater amount of unction because he realized that Roosevelt didn't rel good deal of satisfaction to know that he was making things unpleas- ant for the man he was talking about, recently said an exchange. In one of the June magazines is print ing what is said to be the autobio- graphy of Platt This current chap ter repeats the story about the nom nation for governor and the nom- ination for vice-president mentioned by the exchange. MT Platt says that he sent Quigg to Roosevelt di- rectly after the return of the rough riders from Cuba The reference, by the way, is to Lemuel Eli Quigg, who was a Montana newspaperman twenty-one years go.
 Quigg asked Roosevelt if he would accept the nomination for governor. Would I? I would be delighted, :" replied Roosevelt. Quigg said that Il nrt hD sWer to Platt. There was d con- ference later on in which Platt agreed to get the nomination for Roosevelt But, again in the au- tobiography the phrase upon which Platt liked to dwell had to do with the objection raised to Platt's plan what he was after was to defeat Black as a candidate for second term as governor; Platt had fallen out with Black.
 But it was found that a few months earlier and before he went to the war, Roosevelt had sworn off New York taxes on the ground that he was a resident of the Dis trict of Columbia The way Platt tells it, that, of itself, disqualified whipped the devil around the stump, and Elihu Root fixed up an argu- ment which was, at least, good enough until after election. In ev- cry recital of the story, the Platt aim has been to make it appear Roosevelt himself knew perfectly well that legally and morally he had no right to be governor. under the terms of his tax affidavit.
 As for the vice-presidency Platt was determined that Roosevelt should not have a second term in the office of governor, and he claims, in the autobiography, that he told Roosevelt SO For his part, Roosevelt did not want to be named for the second place on the Mckin- ley ticket, at least, he so professed. Platt insisted that he must take the nomination. He recites that he first captured Quay and then pur- suaded Hanna. Thus, as his own words are Instead of shelving Roosevelt l must plead guilty to the charge of kicking him upstairs. believe Roosevelt himself would con vict me of that"
 With Platt dead and his mem oires in print, these stories have ex- perienced the last telling that will attract the public's attention. As has been said Platt had two mo- tives. In the first place, it flattered him and his vanity to tell every body that he really was the man who shaped Roosevelt's political ca reer. In the second place, he knew that the telling of these stories would be annoying to Roosevelt. Platt wanted it to be that way Daily Record.