Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-13
Candidate for GOvernOrship Of Coast
State Opposed by Regulars.
COLONEL BELIEVED TO APPROVE
johnson is Approved by Lincoln
Roosevelt Club in California.
MARSHALL sTIMsoN CONFER'
Clifford PinchOt Makes Effort to Ad-
vance insurgency in State Re-
nOwned for Tourists and
Travellers.

NEW YORK, July 12.-Gifford Pinchot,
close friend of Colonel Roosevelt and de-
posed United States forester. announced
today that he would leave for California
tomorrow to take the stump In behalf of
Hiram johnson, who is seeking the guber-
Material nomination and endorsed for that
honor by the Lincoln Roosevelt league of
California.
Mr Pinchot's announcement was made
shortly after a conference with Colonel
Roosevelt, in which Marshal Stlmson Of
Los Angeles, Cal, also took part. Mr.. Pin
chot said he would make several speeches
in behalf of Mr.. Johnson's candidacy, which
he indicated was being strongly opposed by
the old line republican organizations Of the
state
! Neither Mr.. Pinchot nor Marshal Stlmson
would say that Colonel Roosevelt had given
his assurances of support to Mr.. Johnsons s
! gubernatorial aspirations, but the fact that
Mr.. Pinchot's announcement came within a
| few minutes after leaving Colonel Roose-
vet's office caused the general belief
among politicians that Mr.. Roosevelt en-
| dorsed Mr. Johnson.
Will Speak for Kent.
Marshal Stimson said Governor Gllett
| would not seek another nomination and
that old line republican organizations were
backing the candidates. of Charles f. Curry
! and Alden Anderson. He declared the Lin
| Roosevelt league was seeking for
more representative party government.
After making his announcement Mr.. Pin
chot said: II shalr make four speeches in
California in behalf Of William Kent, an
insurgent candidate for the nomination for
congress Mr.. Kent is opposing Congress-
man Mckinley who seeks denomination"
4. Il 1I.-1o H.
rangements to make one speech for Mr..
johnson in California, but did not know
how many more he might make He said
he would stop at Kansas City and address
the Knife and Fork club or Conservation .
on July 70. 1t was before this club that
/ Speaker Cannon nnada his remarks on IN
surgents.
other Visitors Mt Oyster Bay.
Besides Mr.. Pinchot and Marshal Slim
son. Colonel Roosevelt, who came to the
city from Oyster Bay in his automobile,
had several other visitors during the day.
The callers included Herbert Knox Smith,
commissioner of corporations; Prof. L. II
Bailey of Cornell. chairman of the Roose-
velt Country Life commission; Representa-
tives w. S. Bennett of New York, and
lCharles N. Fowler of New Jersey.
A delegation from Macon, Ga, composed
OF f. W. Stetson, w. F.. DunwOody, a
cousin of Colonel Roosevelt, and Postmaster
Harry Stillwell EdYards, called on Colonel
Roosevelt to request him to make speech
at Macon.
Colonel Roosevelt during the forenoon
held a conference with James w. Wads
worth, jr.. speaker of the assembly of New
York. Mr.. Wadsworth was the first of the
republican state leaders who have opposed
the Hughes primary measure to call or
Colonel Roosevelt
WadswOrth TDIIs of Inverview.
on emerging from Mr.. Roosevelt's of.
fices, Speaker Wadsworth said:
II discussed the executive situation
briefly with Colonel Roosevelt and ex'
. planned to him the circumstances leading
to the defeat of the direct nomination bill.
Asked II his visit could pc construed a:
the first step in movement toward party
harmony. Mr.. Wadsworth made it apparen
that he did not come bearing a white flag
n hut that he did recognize that the direc
$ nominations situation needed harmonizint
;. influences
n "1 came to see Colonel Roosevelt of m!
d own accord" said the speaker, ''to SHOW
n him that there was no standoffishness. Th'
/ colonel asked me to visit him again and
g shall be glad to do so.
@ The party will have no difficulty il
uniting on a candidate for the governo
IS and on a platform. l do not take the tall
: OF factional strife seriously"
/ Speaker Wadsworth said that as a repub
y lican he was glad to see that Colone
n Roosevelt was taking such an interest II
S the future of the party in the state.
II Governor Hughes arrived in town toda!
from Albany. He will go TO Oyster Bay t
visit Colonel Roosevelt late this afternoon
Governor Hughes had nothing to sa
= politically.
d The delegation from Macon left Colone
I, Roosevelts office without having obtaine
n a definite promise from him to deliver a