The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-03
None of the ConfereeS Will! Tell Exactly What Was Under Discussion
MSURGENT WORK IN
 CONGRESS PLEASING
Conference Was Very Satisfactory to All Concerned, But All Declared the BaIIinger-Pinchot Case
 Was Left Alone

republican insurgents of the deepest uye' talked with Theodore Roosevelt for three hours at Sagamore Hill today and went ! away satisfied, Although they had gone, the colonel called them fine fellows and said they discussed the work of the re- cent sessions of Congress. e." All agreed that the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy was not preached. , The visitors were Senator Bristow and Representatives Victor Murdock and B. H.. Madison, an Of whom fought hard for Roosevelt policies when ho was in the White House. That he appreciated their services he emphasized today; the in surgents were more emphatic in their praise of Theodore Roosevelt.
 When the o'clock train pulled out of Oyster Bay and the correspondents trailed up the hill, Colonel Roosevelt was pacing the veranda, ee -bed in crash riding suit and riding boots. He plunged into an ex- p1anation of the conference. r Those three Kansans," he began, "are among most loyal supporters and they were during the seven years was in the White House,
  was asked.
 '-These fine fellows and I have been discussing the recent session of Con gress," said Colonel Roosevelt, 'but I wish to say right here,' he put in with . snap of his jaw, that we have not been discussing the Balinger- -Rnchot trouble
 My friend Madison is one of the judges in that case, and would not have it appear that wished to exert any in- duence In the matter.
 Debt of Gratitude . "I owe an especial debt of gratitude to MT. Madison and MT. Murdock for tho stand they took when Representative Tawney offered a resolution providing that none of the appropriations for the secret service might be used in investi- gating the conduct of the members of the Senate and House. At that time also resolution of censure. aimed at myself, was offered in Congress, and Madison and Murdock fought it to the end. Madi- son and Murdock were right in that fight the provisions for the secret service should never have been stricken out"
  and then, like shot, he said: Would you like to know the secret of that fight? |? 1t was just this: A number of members of Congress realized that l was hitting at them. 1 am mentioning no names
 Senator Bristow rendered a great ser vice to this country in the postal investi- gation. He found the rascals and put them out"
 This concluded the colonel's talk bearing on the visit of the insurgents He was then pressed for something concerning the conference with Lloyd c. Griscom, presi- dent of the republican county committee of New York county. Mir. Griscom ar rived at noon and is spending the night ct Sagamore Hill.
 Grisccm's Amendments
 It was MT. Griscom who fathered the amendments to the now defeated Cobb direct primary bill, and 1t was to him that Colonel Roosevelt sent the telegram from Cambridge urging that the measure be passed.
 What MT. Griscom and I have dis cussed should be perfectly obvious from the tone of my Cambridge telegram said MT, Roosevelt. This dismissed the sub 5ect.
 MT. Roosevelt has never said just what he proposes to do in the face of the defeat of the Cobb bill but those who know him as fighter, look upon his conference with MT. Griscom as indicating that plans are being discussed which will mean much to the republican organization in this state. Mir Griscom will remain at Saga more Hill until tomorrow night
 Just when Governor Hughes will confer with the colonel Is problematical. "He may come anytime said Colonel Roose- welt. but am uncertain when.' .,t No word has been received from the governor making an appointment. and in view of the Roosevelt family celebration on the Fourth, always private affair. 1t seems almost certain that the governor will not be guest until after that date.
 Insurgents Are Chary
 The three insurgents came down off the hill little different, very much i'm pressed with the fact that they were a focal center of news and rather chary of the situation.
 "Now boys" admonished Victor Mur- dock, "whatever you write. don't say our faces were wreathed with smiles. Here is what we have to say with the permission of the colonel.
 This statement will stand for all of us. and there is not a word to add to it."
 Mr. Murdock then dictated this state- ment: "All three of us were anxious to rec MT. Roosevelt because we don't be- lieve he has three stauncher supporters of bis policy throughout the country, and we believe he knows this better than any one else.
 ''Bristow was his right-hand man in uncovering and punishing the postal frauds, and Madison and I were among the 35 who stood up for him when the fight was made to deprive hiyh of the use of the secret service men in uncovering just such misdeeds as the postal frauds. We feel much pleased tt find him abso- lutely unchanged. natl -ally''-- His voice rose little, uncons tousy, in em- phasizing. He pronounced the last two words, absolutely unchanged" firmly, and repeating: 'In his attitude toward public questions and also to find how close he has kept in touch with what has happened in the last year and a quarter.
 Railroad Bill Talk
 ''Nothing more pleased us than his at once congratulating us and those asso- eiated with us in having succeeded in putting into railroad rate bill the pro- visions vitally necessary in order that it should represent progress along the lines Of proper control of interstate common carriers ?
 The locomotive bell began to clang all 
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