The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-25
ATTACK SHERMAN
WILL DEMAND BREAK BETWEEN
TAFT AND VICE-PRESI-
DENT.
PRESIDENT MUST CHOOSE
Roosevelt to Declare Himself as an
Insurgent in His Forthcoming
Speeches in the
West.

New York, N. Y. - A break be.
tween President William H. Taft and
ViCe-President James S. Sherman is
the price demanded by Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt for closing the breach
between himself and the president.
This was indicated by Colonel Roose,
welt and positively stated by his close
associates. Lloyd G. Griscom is the
intermediary selected to carry the
terms of peace between Beverly and
Sycamore Hill.
Colonel Roosevelt is convinced that
the vice president led the forces which
were arrayed against him at the recent
meeting of the Republican, state com,
mittee, when he al decisively defeat
ed for temporary chairman OF the state
convention and Mr.. Sherman elected.
Colonel Roosevelt has been positively
informed that Mr.. Sherman not only
planned the coupe d'etat, but kept up
the tagging spirits of some Of the half
hearted committeeman when their
courage began to fail. Mr.. Woodruff,
Mr.. Barnes, and Mr.. Wadsworth were
only willing tools Of Mr.. Sherman, Col.
onel Roosevelt believes.
Colonel Roosevelt's friends are in.
clined to believe hat Mr.. Sherman
"dOuble-crOssed" Mr.. Taft and led him
to believe that Colonel Roosevelt did
not want to be temporary chairman
OF n thing they are certain: That
Mr.. Sherman did everything in his
power to get the temporary chairman.
ship away from Colonel Roosevelt. Be
lievins this, Colonel Roosevelt is GO
ing TO begin wal upon Mr.. Sherman
and members of the Old Guard who
carried out his plans.
Roosevelt to Declare For insurgency.
That Roosevelt in speeches he will
make on his forthcoming Western trip,
and especially In his speeches ut ossa.
vatomie, Kan. at Denver and at st.
Paul, will speak out in tho most Wig.
orous fashion In support Of progress
sive policies, is learned from an au-
thsritative source. Colonel Roosevelt
will unreservedly align himself with
the progressive or insurseHt movement
by his u~tteranCes at these places.
Colonel Roosevelt does net intend
to make any attack OIL the admins
tration in the speeches he will make
in the West. But he will take ad-
vanced enough ground with respect
to the policies he will favor to suit
the insurgents Of the country and his
friends predict that what he will say
will arouse insurgent enthusiasm.
Colonel Roosevelt has been working
for weeks on his Western speeches.
He has been guided to a large extent
by Clifford Pinchot, the, deposed chief
forester, who was let out of ONCE by
President Taft. 1t is known that the
speeches were prepared in the light
OF the reports made to Roosevelt by
Pinchot, Garfield and others as to SEN
tinsnt in the West. and as to the ex-
tent OF the support of the insurgent
policies. As originally prepared, the
speeches. more especially the one to
be made at Ossawatomie, was a more
or less general pronouncemeut in IA
vor Of what are known as the pro-
gressive or insursent policies. But for
various reasons they have been made
more specific.
Among the policies which Roosevelt
will favor will be the initiative and
referendum and the recall to a limited
extent. He will speak out for the cleo.
ton Of senators by direct vote. He
will take strong ground on the raj
road question, going so far as to favor
rate making by the government in case
rate supervision by the interstate com.
merce commission is not found to be
successful. He will favor strict gov
eminent control Of railroad capitaliza-
ton, with a physical valuation of the
roads. He will favor government con-
troll Of all interstate corporations
whose business ends in the direction
of monopoly. On conservation he will
speak put in the most vigorous fashion.