Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-09-03
Will Give the Old Guard "Au They
Want at the State Convention.

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honest politics.
Il shall go TO that convention to
make my speech exactly as / had
originally planned il, and while 1
hope there will be enough good sense
10 prevent any one opposing the
principles for which l stand. yet if
they do oppose them, IL is their own
affair. AS far as ] am concerned the
issue shall be absolutely clean cut"
The Colonel will go TO the Sara
tOga convention next month beyond
a shadow of a doubt. He cannot side
step that now. He has announced his
position so clearly that there can be
no question of the attitude he will
assume and his attack on Mr.. Sher-
man through Senator Davenport yes
, terday makes it imperative for him
20 fight the Vice-President. From
what the Colonel said at the house of
Douglas Robinson this evening the
chances are strong that he Will at
tempt TO unseat Mr.. sherman from
the temporary craftsmanship. Mr..
Roosevelt remarked. however, that
he is not certain just what course
OF action he will pursue further than
TO slam the machine and work like
a Trojan for progressive platform
and a progressive candidate.
The Colonel realizes that Barnes
and the others might knife the ticket
at the polls in case he storms the
convention at Saratoga. He knows
as well as anybody that the Repub-
licans have a slim chance TO win un-
less they pull together. and that they
are not going 20 do that without
miracle coming to pass.
Col. Roosevelt has done every
thing he could In the last two days
TO repudiate sherman. Senator Daveu-
port and ex-Assemblyman Merwin T.
/ Hart. who made a speech on last Sat
urday declaring that the Vice-Pres-
ident had suppressed 4 telegram from
President Taft, motored out to the
Robinson estate tonight and talked
with the Colonel for some time.
This afternoon Mr. Roosevelt met
the newspaper men. They handed him
copies OF all the New York morning
papers SO that he might read what
they had TO say about Barnes's at
! tack on him. He did not skip a word.
He murmured in audible bits as he
went along. but he did not explode.
Barnes says theren be a fight
in the convention" the Colonel was
informed.
well. then they will have all the
fight they want" the Colonel shot
back. Then he gave the reporters his
statement on the matter.
Mr.. Roosevelt had no qualifying
remarks 70 add. He has told his
friends right along that he did rot
want 10 start fight. but now that
sherman. Barnes and Woodruff have
struck the first blow there is only
one thing left for Theodore ROose-
welt TO do and that is fight back The
Colonel has turned his visit to Mr..
Sherman's home town into something
more important than a mere family
call and picnic party with the gran
gers. He saw yesterday how the farm
ers feel toward the machine. That is
the farmers who came TO hear him
| talk. His conferences with Daven.
port and Hart served 10 stir him up
and TO cause him 10 send them out
| 10 DO a bit of sleuthing They were
only too willing.
| Mr.. Roosevelt is not going 10 Sara
/ toga confident by long shot that he
| win win. but he'll be satisfied if he
has the opportunity 10 wallOp the
Old Guard. IL is doubted by those
I " AAO AluGA oAstNu MI AAOOEtNEAN =
present attitude IL President Taft's
Reputation OF sherman will do a
| great deal toward healing the breach
/ between Col. Roosevelt and the Ad
ministration. That letter did not alter
| the Colonel's line OF conduct. He had
planned everything beforehand II
may force Mr.. Roosevelt, however
/ to a declaration of his position, al
/ . h. a, 3, I..~ q 4
'Gerstood by September II. the day
he returns from the West.
! Shortly after breakfast this morn
( ing Col Roosevelt put on his ridine
! toys, mounted a horse and galloped
down into the Mohawk Valley. Doug
las Robinson, Theodore Douglas Rob
inson. Munroe Robinson, Mrs. Rob
inson and Mrs. Roosevelt went with
him. The Colonel began TO pay visits
as soon as he reached the town OF
Warren, and of course he got a glad
hand all along the line. Farmer FoS
made a tenstrike with the Colonel
I've voted for you ] don't know
! and by gOlly. III vote foI
YOU again"
Naturally the Colonel didn't know
again" but he was so tickied that
he did not argue. Altogether the Col
onel rode about fifteen miles.
Several visitors came TO pay their
respects this afternoon. Admiral and
Mrs. w. 5. Cowles motored over from
Richfeld Springs and motOred back
again. Senator Davenport and eX-As
semblyman Hart brought Mr.. How
land and Ernest Abbott with them
Late in the afternoon Mr.. Roosevelt
received an invitation to address the
Syracuse county fair on September
II. He said that he guessed he would
accept. He just dOtes on talking Il
the farmers. He may interject poll
tics then, because the situation vii
be coming TO a head.
Late tonight the Colonel went t.
Utica and boarded his private car
The train pulled out after midnight
for Buffalo. where the party is Il
take breakfast in the morning. To
morrow will be spent on the cars
with possible stops OF short duration
The reporters who have been after
Vice President sherman IA the hope