The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-03
Campaign At Nagging Stage,
With the Colonel
Scapegoat.
PROTESTS COMING
FROM EVERY SIDE
Republican Leaders Declare At
tacks on Dix and Murphy Will
Never Win Any Votes.
By TOHN SNURE.

NEW YORK, Nov. 3-The campaign
has got to the fault-hnding stage.
This is seen In New York by the dispO-
sitiOn Of many Of the New York Re
pubicans TO find fault with the sort
OF campaign Roosevelt has been max
ing in this State
New York doesn't have a monopoly
on it, however. Reports from Massa-
chusetts are that the Republicans there
are blaming Roosevelt for the fact that
the fight they have on their hands has
become serious. And from Indiana
comes word that some Of the Republi-
cans there are disposed to think ROose-
Welt would have done the Republicans
good by keeping out Of the State and
by emitting TO call Judge Anderson by
such gentle terms as crook and jack
ass"
1t needs no prophet the perceive that
If there is a general sweep all along
the line against the Republicans on No
vember s, and they wake ND November
g and find themselves far up that
ancient stream, Salt Creek, deep buried
in the snow drifts, with a chill outlook
for 1912, there viii be more harsh
words used at the expense Of Theodore
Roosevelt than he has ever had applied
against him in an equal space Of time.
In such an event, the colonel will,
doubtless, do we'll 10 retire for the
time being to oyster Bay. as he says
he will, and there mediate and have
the papers censored before he persIes
them.
"Old Guard" Complains.
The fault-hnding on the part of New
York Republicans against the Roosevelt
campaign proceeds largely i.orC the
men Who are of the odd guard or are
well disposed toward it. or who are
strongly Inclined toward President Taft.
1t takes the form of objections 70 the
Roosevelt notion Of going up and down
the State hammering Tammany and the
alliance of Tammany and Dix; also Of
Wall Street and Tammany, and big
business and crooked politics. Some OF
the Republicans insist that the real way
10 have made the Republican campaign
was 20 have gone before the voters and
talked prosperity, defended the tariI
law and preached the large achieve
ments Of the Taft Administration
one of the foremost of the New York
Republicans. who IS deep in the cam
paign, himself a candidate for the
House, talked about this today. He said
it did no good in his district to talk
about Tammanv having named Dix be-
cause the voters would at once ask.
Didn't Murphy pick out GaynOr2'
II could not he denied. said this poll
tician, that Murphy had selected Gay
! nor and inasmuch as the voters We're
/ convinced GaynOr had made good and
was a great man, there was no room
| cOr argument about Dix.
Knife For Stim5on.
/ Beyond anv question, there Is going
| TO be a great deal Of knitting Of Stirl-
| son by Republicans in this State. The
/ Republican situation is not as bad as II
was right after the Saratoga conven-
/ ton. Then, many of the old guard
went home vOwing not to support Slim
son who have since been won over. But
MANY of them haven't been won over
/ They are as bitter and implaCable is
! ever.
/ One hears MANY rumOrs Of c0nSpira-
| Cies among Republicans 10 do up
/ StimsCn. not on account of StlmsOn, but
/ on account Of Roosevelt. OId-time Re
DubliCsns who think Roosevelt wants
| the crown meet at dinners and sill
around in their parlOrs nights talking
/ about how to down the colonel.
! II ever the inside history Of the plot