Evening journal., 1912-06-27

HIMSELF TO
HEAD TICKET
Champion Of the People aad
Will Rem IN in Fight
Il emo
FLOODED WFH LETTERS
ENCOURAGING AM


Special to THE EVENING J0URNAIs
OYSTER Bay, N. NJ June s7-Cci%
onel Roosevelt l.. f. he known in tne
most positive terms lpet night t11t na
does not intend 70 ailow any 90 8la8
the slightest Opportunity 10 cbtip
the nomination the convention oH
progressives VIII D. unless an 'iana
go awry Is to b held IN August. va
is playing a lone hand. he 8aid. With
only the people behind him. much Ike
the fight he made when he Etartea
IN to capture the nepubican nouis
ntion last February
Roosevelt had Controller Frerder-
gast, OF New Yoit here to speak tor
him. Here is tie Prendergasf states
ment. TO which Colonel Roosevelt A.
sented with noda O tho head, as II
was read TO newfnapcr men.
II came here fcf The purpose 81
having IL made clfs End unmirtalpblo
that Mr. Roosevelt VIII make this
/ tight himself ] uoiriei out io him
that the capital fauc o,ersdadcVlnE
all others is whcfl'f fhe nomination.
for the presidenc can be stolen and
the people givei Opportunity 10
pass judgment or ga. ihefl The OBJ
ject for which G traui vas perpo4
trated was the eat Of Nr Roose-.
welt. not the non .ioa of lnyhody
else. The consp t 0ill be succeas-
ful II any other rilr e elected lo The
presidency. The object of spofy hon-
est man should sfora ts 10 elect
him
Should either .rsf or rsmo-
crat be elected tn IA sa cf .he con-
spirators will be eol
be defeated by the a Ihal.
dore Roosevelt an Ln . tr|
glad to say that Nf ns0.Ctai .rnt.
took the position lat be recnenila1
that conditions l7c made him the,
champion OF the people n this caufastl
and that he wouli remain l The hrht
10 the end
Not Personal Issuo
This is not perforsl o Nf Reese.
welt or TO the cor enuon or ne re
T publican party u suchna Inc very
vitals Of the cetsrnrcu - 49,. /,
/. the Presidency or nn,-,ee-'
can be stolen and ~ q
unpunished wbf ~,
be for propertty q, onssr ,se ", ~ .
it3 OF property an, ,.,' gt 10y s9'.
force. but on The a lss, q, ,...,',.,. ~, z. y
or tnerh would be ~ isr,i of svs,,
ra,'tEen wherever tfet afa aesaiiei
! Eut. II the Govern ol ITSELF osn i.
! A stolen with impuni what moral fon,.
1 is there TO inv so IN de.eneo a
: iproperty
. \"With what mora force car Al rnf 4
= IMPOSE a long penalty upon ec.n
terfeiter or some other violatr~ ii
4 property rights wher fhe Gorernu 81.
I Dy whose authority he penalty ia a
posed Us itself the prire Of suce "a lii.
5 fraud. am glad to say fhat thls ~
e sue VIII be fully presented - tn
American people"
Then Roosevelt aided iev, uord.
a In explanatioq Tho biz hrsiness al
terests, repreaented By c3rupt roll
tciana, he saiH, had nppe emily ccm.
. hined in an attempt 10 DIVE aim Tor.
ever from public life Thoy had mad.
the big issue down HiGfe evclt~
Roosevelt's expQannii1n sf be prer.
dergast statement r7s hat he hn
q been receiving hundr is Of kilograms
q and letters urging bim lof % dion
out Of the tight
y There was not ONE eita- OF taie-
Z gram asking me 10 drop out he de-
S clared, and TO all the messages re-
G ceived I replied In sd dtaance that 80
: far as / was concernt4 the battle "a
. on to the end"
Roosevelt Men Confer
Following Colonel Ro seseits decihr-
alton al oyster Bay, Strator Dixon
today held conference at he Hotel
+ Manhattan. with prog as1e Leaders,
: from several -states.t lrine tha osy
: there was TO be a tou renee ~ ,he
n Senator's rooms, parti aatao In by
!, George W. Perkins, Con 1iief Prem.
q dergast, Frank A. Nuns ana ctrera
! Senator Dixon saidfthat linn foi TIE
formal organization we sch rrucl
way. but he would make il efate a.
or commence on Colonel l.qtsefeltt -.
sertion that he accepted 0ruf Ira
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