The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
|P|NCHOT' S PURSE
| STRINGS L0OSENED
Former Forester Who Lost His Job
Il Backing Insurgent Campaign
and Furnishing the
Capital.
WORKING THE FARMERS
Big Stock Raiser Is Made Chairman
and Effort Will be Made to Get
Farmers Into the
Ranks.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-Gifford
Pinchot, former forester of the Unit
cd States, Is the angel behind the
new movement to organize the repub-
lican insurgents, with view to fore
ing the nomination of progressive
by the national convention next year.
Since the establishment of head
quarters in this city, presided over by
Walter L. Houser, former secretary
of state of Wisconsin, there has been
q good deal of speculation as to who
is financing the movement Today
Mr.. Houser remarked casually that
IF it We're not for men like Mr..
Pinchot the movement could not be
carried on" He did not say specific
ally that Mr.. Pinchot was putting UP
the money, but the plain inference
from his remark is that the former
forester is playing the role of
"angel."
Mr.. Houser also said that Mr.. Pin
chot was one of the originators of the
movement to organize the insurgents
throughout the country. Mr.. Houser
Is stock raiser In Wisconsin and is
well known in that connection, hav-
ing won many prizes at state and ma
tional shows.
In view of the fact that the insurg-
ents are depending largely on the
backing OF farming communities, the
selection Of Mr.. Houser as campaign
m2hager sis9Fegarded as having a
double Significance He is in close
touch with farmers organizations in
all sections of the country, with the
publishers OF farm journals, ETC., and
does not hesitate to say that the in
surgents are looking to the farmers
and small business men for much OF
their strength.
The insurgent campaign manager
insisted again that he is not engaged
In building up a LaFollette machine
although he admitted that he was
sending out instructions to have dele
gates elected pledged to the Badger
senator. He said this was only be
cause many of the leading progress
sives are agreed that Senator La
Toilette is the most available man.
SO far as possible he said, "wt
will conduct strictly original cam
paign. We will not go about CRITICS
Ing President Taft or any other in
dividual, but will bend all our en-
ergies to the promotion of progressive
principles. We have no AK to grin'
Tor anybody and are anxious only t
head off the denomination of MI
Taft and see that progressive i
nominated
The insurgent headquarters oe
cupies six rooms in modern fireproo
building. At present the force con
sists of Mr.. Houser, F. M. Wylie, VIII
Is chief clerk Of the Wisconsin ser
ate, and four or five stenographers
The force will be increased as tn
campaign develops, according to MI
Houser.
Mr. Wylie also Is LaFollette &C
herent. 1t is well understood tina
Jon Hannah, confidential secretary =
the senator, is part of the movement
. In fact, SO far as the Washington fore
Is concerned, it is all LaFollette. IN
present plan is to have only the on
Headquarters and manage everythin
from here.
James r. Garfield, former secretar
OF the interior, is actively commute
to the insurgent cause and il e.
pected to make a hard fight again;
President Taft in his own state. Vi
ford Pinchot wilr take an active l'sl
IN the work of organization genersll'
While Mr.. Houser said he was nc
authorized to speak for Theodoi
Roosevelt, he has reason to DeheN
the colonel's influence would be VII
the insurgents at the right time.
He declared that Senator LaFoliet'
had not announced his candidacy ls
the nomination and would not do $
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