New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-28
IA TOILETTE PICKED
TO LEAD BY P|NCHOT
Tells Insurgents Club, However,
Progressive Movement Is
Bigger than Any Man.
SPEAKS ONLY FOR HIMSELF
Denies That Since Roosevelt Has
Eliminated Himself He Makes
Announcement with Latter's
Authorization.


Clifford Pinchot came out hatiooteu last
night for Senator La Toilette as the
man 20 carry the progressive banner in
the Presidential campaign Of 1917. He
was explaining to the Insurgents Clup at
Reisenweber's the growth and develop
ment of the progressive movement ana
though admitting that the movement
must have leadership around which TO
crystallize he declared the movement
was bigger than any man or group OF
men.
But there is coming about general
consensus as to who is the man, and
since / know the man we'll I'd like to tell
YOU a little of him." said Mr.. Plnchot,
"sjnce this morning that crystallization
will proceed faster than ever. The air is
clearer now. l want to tell you little
Of Bob La Toilette"
After his speech Mr.. Pinchot explained
to the newspaper men that his reference
10 the airs being clearer "snce this
morning" was to the story from Phila-
delphia that Mr.. Roosevelt would not
under any circumstances be Presiden-
tlal candidate in 1912.
You mean. then that since Mr.. Roose-
welt has been eliminated, Mr. La Toilette
is his logical successor" he was asked
"I mean that since Mr. Roosevelt has
eliminated himself" Mr.. Pinchot correct
ed with a smile. Mr. La Toilette is his
logical successor"
do you mean that you came here with
the authorization of Mr. Roosevelt TO
make that announcement" he was
asked
"Oh. no" replied Mr. Pinchot, quickly,
Il want II distinctly understood that l
am not expressing Mr.. Roosevelts views.
! am expressing only my own views"
To a further question, Mr. Pinchot re-
piled that he was not sure Mr.. Roosevelt
even knew he was going to speak at a
dinner last night, and he emphasized
again that he was speaking only for him
self.
La Toilette Mention Coolly Received.
In spite Of Mr.. Pinchot's warm eulogy
Of the Wisconsin Senator, the mention
OF his name provoked only mild applause
even in the gathering which bore the
supposedly Progressive name of the I'm
surgents' Club" So far as could be
seen there were no representatives of
either wing Of either of the big political
parties present, though "A representative
Of the Independence League vainly en-
deavored to get Mr.. Pinchot to advocate
single tax theories.
After he had named La Toilette as his
choice, Mr. Pinchot turned again to the
movement, without any mention of
leaders, and declared the Progressive
movement was better and stronger now
than IT had ever been before.
II do not say the Republican Progress
sves are ready yet 10 nominate their
candidate in the next Republican ma
tional convention" he said, but certain
" the man the Republican convention
does nominate will be satisfactory to the
Progressive wing Of the party. and be-
fore long every one will know that man
Is Bob La Toilette"
Apart from officially launching the La
Toilette boom in New York Mr.. Pinchot
divided the rest of his address into a
general review of the conservation and
progressive movements.
The enormous growth Of political in
dependence. he said, which was reflected
i'm the Progressive movement IS the
greatest sentiment of the time. Every
one saw and admitted this fact. except
professional politicians. They don't see
yet that the people the country over care
nothing for politics in the old sense and
everything for progressiveness in the
new sense"
He thought the opponents of both
these movements had been their greatest
bcneficiarics. and as an example he de-
clared that ten years of gradual and or
binary growth would not have advanced
the conservation policies as the Ballinger
fight did.
Progressive Movements Rapid Growth.
No movement except possibly the con-
servation movement. said Mr.. Pinchot.
had ever grown faster than the Progress
slve movement. and its speedy growth.
he thought was the best argument with