The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-09
R00SEvELT'S VISIT
EXPECTED TO HELP
THE WHOLE TICKET
Republican Forces in lndianap.
oils JubiIant Over Announce.
ment from Oyster Bay that
He viii Come.
HAS NOT SAID WHAT
HE WILL TALK ABOUT
Speculation Is Rife Over the
Ex.president's Possible
Subjects Democrats of the
State Are DisgruntIed.
palladium Specially

palladium Specially
Indianapolis. July 0.-There Is jubi.
lation among the republicans of this
state since Theodore Roosevelt an
nounced at Oyster Bay that he will
make speeches In Indiana this year In
the interest Of the republican ticket.
II Ia doubtful II any other one an
nouncement could have been madc
that would have brought more encour-
agement t0the republicans than this
one OF Theodore Roosevelt's. Not only
does II mean solidifying of the re-
publican forces Of the state into q
more compact nghtlng army than be-
fore. but II also means that the demo.
Gratis will be thrown into confusion.
Roosevelt is the most feared man
among the democrats that could be
brought into Indiana.
A great effort In being made by the
democrats, too, to show that the de-
cision Of Roosevelt to come into In
diana and make Q speech means that
there II . break between Roosevelt
and President Taft The democratic
but there 10 no ground for such con-
clusion. II II but natural that Roose-
welt should come out here and help
Senator BeveridGe and the rest Of the
republican ticket. Senator Beveridge
stood BY Roosevelt in the senate when
he. a president. needed friends there.
He supported Roosevelt policies all
the way through, and Roosevelt en-.
trusted to him the fate OF his two pet
measures, the Alaskan government
bill and the statehood bill Senator
Beveridge carried both these bills
tArough congress. Theodore Roose-
welt 10 not the man to lay aside graft
tude and It could only be expected he
would Jump in and do as much for
Beveridge a. -Beveridge did for him.
What viii Hs Talk About3
Whether Roosevelt has aligned him
self with the insurgents In his party
10 still . question. The fact that he
has decided to make . speech for Bev.
eridge In Indiana cannot be taken as
conclusive proof Of that alignment.
No one knows yet what he will talk
about when he comes to Indiana to
make his speech. He may not say
word on the tariff. He may avoid the
question entirely. Or he may argue
In favor Of the establishment of per-
manent tariff commission with wide
powers. such a. is favored by Senator
Beveridge. Or he may ignore that
proposition also.
II 10 pointed out that there 10 plenty
Of sound republican doctrine that he
can use In his speech. even II he does
not touch the tariff question at all.
On everything else except the tariff
bill Senator Beveridge supported
President Taft's legislative program
In the congressional session Just clos
ed, and he and the president fully
understand each other Senator Bev-
eridge believed he was right in his
stand on the PayneAldrich bill and
President Taft gives him credit for
putting up an honest fight. And this
being tho case. the mere fact that
Theodore Roosevelt IL coming out
and make . speech for Beveridge need
not indicate . break between him and
President Taft
II 10 well to keep in mind that not q
single word has been given out at
Oyster Bay saying that Roosevelt was
going to espouse the insurgent cause.
The dispatches say that Roosevelt has
been feeling his way carefully into the
political game ever since his arrival
home from Africa, and IL Is pointed
out that he probably has found an
easy way to work for the success OF
both regulars and insurgents without
taking sides with either.
raN May Come, Too.
There 10 q rumor. and II seems to
have some foundation. too. that Pres
ident Taft may make one speech in
Indiana somc time during the cam
paign. II he does. Of course. II will
he In the interest Of the entire repub-
lican ticket. just ~ Roosevelt's speech
will be. There 10 not the least possi-
BILE chance that President Taft would
come into Indiana and recommend the
defeat oe Senator Beveridge while at
the same time urging the election OF
the state ticket. Such . thing would
be out Of the question. Whether the
Tart rumor will prove to be true 10
still Q question, but Il seems TO come
from q reliable source. n President
Taft and Theodore Roosevelt both
were 70 make speeches In Indiana this
year the republican majority at the
election would be 20 large they would
never get through counting the votes
Il 10 practically certain that Roose-
welt will make only one speech IN In
diana, although there 10 Q bare posi-