Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-08
7. R. PROMISES To
co ON STUMP To
HELP Be EVERIDGE
Will Aid Indiana Progressive Who
Voted with Insurgents and
Denounced Tariff
SENATOR SEEKS REELECTION
Politicians Swarm to Sycamore
Hill with Radicals Most
in Evidence
SENATOR SEEKS REELECTION
Associated Press1

! OYSTER BAY july i.-AlDerL Js
Beveridge, United States senator from
Indiana and one of the most prom
inent and consistent of the progress
sive" Republicans, came down from
Sycamore Hill this afternoon with
promise from Theodore Roosevelt to
deliver a campaign speech in his favor
| in his fight for reelection to the SEN
ate. Mr.. Beveridge departed contented
and smiling, but he left 1t for the
| colonel to make the announcement of
the proposed campaign speech in the
senator's behalf. This Is what Mr..
| Roosevelt said:
"Mr Foulke and Mr.. Swift came to
Sycamore Hill last night and passed
the night here. They came to request
me to go to Indiana anu speak in be-
half of Senator Beveridge. I prom
| ised them 1 would"
| He added he had agreed today to
make only one speech for the senator,
and as far as now known he will
| make only one.
The time and place has not been
fixed.
Those who followed the political
| conferences at oyster Bay since Theo-
dore Roosevelt's return share the be-
lief that he has been feeling his way
| cautiously in his attitude toward the
administration and the insurgents, but
today's incidents are considered the
ator Beveridge is making his fight for
reelection as an insurgent.- He Is
opposed by John w. Kern, who ran
with Bryan in the last campaign.
sQUARELY AGAINST TARIFF LAW
In his fight for senator he is placing
himself squarely against President
Taft on the tariff measure. The law
which the president mas defended as
the best tariff meaSus. ever enacted is
| l1annnnpp5 RaUaridpa
the same Republican state convention
that indorSed BeVerdge for another
term virtually repudiated the law. In
the senate Beveridge fought the bill to
the last and then voted against it,
1t is pointed out, however, that
with this exception President Taft and
the senator from Indiana have been
| pulling together on administration
policies. There has been no break be-
tween them. The president entrusted
to the senator the conduct of two ad-
ministration measures at the last ses-,
| sion of congresS-the statehood bill
and the Alaska goverNment bill. And
although the senator worked faithfully
with the insurgent band in the senate
| and had a hand in the alteration of
| President Tafts railroad bill, he sup
| ported the administration regularly in
! the last session when the votes were
| taken.
Sycamore Hill was fairly swarming
all day with men of various political
persuasions. They cEIne by train and
by automobiles. They talked politics
all day long, but as they left town
| they were unanimously reticent when
asked to tell what they knew. Con-
sequently Oyster Bay Is enveloped in
an atmosphere of deep mystery.
MANY POLITICIANS THERE
There were three Indianans among
| the visitors. Besides Senator Bever-
! idge they were William Dudley Foulke
and Lucius B. Swift of Indianapolis.
From New Hampshire came Winston
| Churchill, the novelist; John Bass,
war correspondent and his brother,
Robert r. Bass, who Is a candidate
for the Republican nomination for
| governor.
New York state was represented by
Representative Hamilton Fish and
James r. Sheffield.
From Montana there was United
States Senator Thomas H. Carter.
Colonel Roosevelt appeared we'll
pleased with the days work of talking
politics, which began almost as soon
as he was up and Lasted well through
! the afternoon.
To interviewers, however, he would
say little concerning the conference ex-
| cept that he had promised to make one
! speech for Mr.. Beveridge Thus those
who sought to interpret the day as a
general insurgent rally looking toward
the shaping of Colonel Roosevelt's fu-
ture attitude were left in the dark.
And as an indication that this was not
| the case there was the presence of Sem
ator Carter, who steadily has opposed
insurgency.
Senator Beveridge spent only a few
hours at Sycamore Hill and 1t was ev-
ident that the press of other visitors
and a dinner engagement in New York
that necessitated an early return gave
him less than the time he wished in
which to discuss the political situation
in Indiana.
BEvERIDGE MUCH PLEASED
"I have no doubt Mr.. Roosevelt will
give out anything he wishes to be-
come public about the interview" said
Mr.. BeVeridge. II gave my views on
the Indiana situation fully in a for
NAL statement several days ago." he
added.
"Did you come away pleased with
the results of your visit?"
The senator's smile broadened until
he laughed aloud.
"Well," he said, "I have had many
talks with Mr.. Roosevelt in the last
few years, but never in my experience
have had one more satisfactory than
that of today"
Further than this Senator Beveridge
would not go.
at start on my vacation tomorrow"
he added, land it is needless to say
that I go in a very happy frame of
mind"
Senator Beveridge said he came to
Oyster Bay by appointment and that
his visit had nothing TO do with the
other visitors here today.
"I found Col. Roosevelt" he added,
more alive and more interested in
things than ever"
Winston Churchill was as careful
as Senator Beveridge to keep back any
specific information as TO the conver-
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