The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-07-14
Roosevelt Declares He Has
Taken No Stand for Either
Faction
INSURGENTS GOT colo FEET
OVER EARLY conferences
Had Same Experience in the White
House-When He Saw Morgan It
Was Said He Had Sold Out to-
Wall Street.

velt said with emphasis last night
that he has taken no stand as yet in
favor of either the insurgents or the
regulars in the Republican party; an9
he desires to correct any impresstg
that he is showing favoritiSm. OF tho
situation within the party in New
York state he said that he saw only
harmony ahead.
II want you to make 1t clear" he
said to interviewers, that / am see
ing both sides. wish you would
make that emphatic. My main inter-
est is in the state, but ON national
issues l want to see both regulars
and insurgents, party men and inde-
pendents. want to see Democrats
as we'll as Republicans"
But you do not want to see DEM
ocrats win?" he was asked.
mot IL the Republicans do the
right thing" replied the colonel.
Timothy l.. Woodruff. chairman Of
the New York state Republican COM
mdttee and staunch organization man,
was in the house as Col. Roosevelt
explained his attitude. So was Rep
resentative Chas. N. Fowler of New
Jersey who is a first-to-last insur-
gent. During the day Col. Roosevelt
had talked with them both, and ap-
parently with equal affability.
Gov. Hughes had departed earlier
in the day. Col. Roosevelt said that
he had talked politics with all three
and that he had gained about the
same impression from Mr. Woodruff
as he had obtained from James w.
Wadsworth, Jr., speaker Of the as
sembly.
d Mr.. Wadsworth made It clear that
20 far as It lay. within his power
there would be no surrender on the
part OF the organization, In favor Of
q direct nomination bill such as Col.
Roosevelt and Gov. Hughes urged In
vain. For his part, Mr.. Woodruff said,
he was glad that Col. Roosevelt was
active in politics.
"You know the insurgents had cold
feet when came back from abroad" "
said the colonel. because the first
four men with whom conferred
were Senator Lodge, Secretary Meyer,
Secretary Wilson and Nick Long
worth.
Il had similar experiences when
was in the white house. When j.
Pierpont Morgan came to see me,
they said l had sold out to Wall
street, and when Samuel Gompers
came they said was going to hoist
the red flag.
But" he added, II didn't do
either"
The name Of VIM. Loeb, Jr., coliec-
tor of the port Of New York was
mentioned, he said, during the talk
with Gov. Hughes, but he declined to
70 into. details.
"My position in regard to the gov
ernorship this fall" he continued. "is
that we must find the best man fitting
for the post and most acceptable to
the rank and file of the Republican
party and the independent voters. I
shall do everything to SEQ that such
q man, when chosen, is elected"
There is no question that Col.
Roosevelt's influence will be bent to-
ward the success Of the Republican
party" said Mr.. Woodruff in depart
Ing. "There is no question as to the
Ts9h. ssa d to os s.re Sm See people and
tates to the advantage Of the Republi-
can party which is what we all
seek. No., "a o....
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