The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-28
ROOSEVELT NEEDS
MANAGER FOR
CAMP A!GN
Senator Dixon OF Montana Can't
Take 1t.
CONFERENCE AT BOSTON
Roosevelt Followed Around BY Re-
porters and Camera Flends Un-
iii He Gets Mad

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Boston. Feb. 2S.-The political stu
alton in New England was canyassed
at length here yesterday by Col.
Roosevelt and the men who are lead
ing the Roosevelt movement in the
northeastern states. Gov Robert
Bass of New Hampshire, Fred z. Hale
of Portland, Me-, son of former Uni
ted States Senator Hale, and a score
of other men active in politics at
tended conference at the home OF
Grafton d. Cushing, speaker of the
Massachusetts House. After Col.
Roosevelt had received reports Of the
probable lineup of New England's SO
delegates to the Chicago convention,
he put politics aside for the time and
went to Cambridge to talk literature
with the learned men of Harvard.
It developed yesterday that the
Roosevelt movement is at present
without a national leader to take ac-
tive. personal charge. Those who
have consulted with Col. Roosevelt
since he has declared his readiness to
accept the nomination say that he
has stated that he cannot take per-
sonal charge of the movement. Col.
Roosevelt was asked as to tie truth
of a report that Senator Dixon OF
Montana would be the man at the
helm. He replied that Senator Dixon
would be acceptable to him and that
1t had been expected that the 5ena-
tor would take charge Illness in his
family, however, had made it neces-
sary, Col. Roosevelt said, for the SEN
ator to abandon this plan for an IN
definite period. Several other names
were suggested to the colonel, but he
said that no decision had been reach
ed, and that he had no idea as to
who would be selected.
Col. Roosevelt's visit to Harvard
yesterday was not entirely peaceful
Since the moment of his arrival In
Boston last Saturday he has been fol
lowed about by taxlcabs filed with
reporters and photographers, when
ever his pursuers were able to keeT
track of his movements. The pursuit
led yesterday to two clubs at Har
ward. Once the colonel walked up tC
a pursuing automobile, opened the
door. and said that he did not wish
to be followed, as his visit to Harvard
was of a purely social nature. Bu
the taxicabs still pursued him. Their
the colonel became angry. AS h'
alighted from the motor car at the
Hasty Pudding club the camera mel
were driven up and aimed their ma
chimes at him. The colonel waved
his arms in protest, but it was use
less. Again he went to the automo
bile and in tones which showed his an
ger demanded that the pursuit stop
He was met with a polite, but firm
refusal. The colonel turned sharpl.
about and fed into the clubhouse
"Yes," he confessed later. 81 was an
cry. II isn't right. My picture ha
been taken several thousand time
since / came to Boston and | haven
even changed my hat"
Although Col Theodore Roosevelt
has declared his intention of maxim
"straight-out fight" for the presider
tial nomination, he let It be know
yesterday that he would not be draw
into n personal controversy with tn
present administration. The colone
was angered by statements publishe
yesterday morning to the effect tina
he had said President Taft was no
progressive. He said that in his pc
litical conferences Monday, durin
which he was reported to have mad
the statement, President Tafts nam
had not been mentioned and that hi
opinion In regard to the administr,
ton had not been asked or expressed
Col Roosevelt repeated his stat,
ment that he had not taken his pre-
ent position for personal reasons an
he made II clear that he did not pre-
pose TO make the issue In any sens
personal one. Col. Roosevelt wa
asked to explain the position whic
he will maintain during the campaign
In reply, he issued the following stat,
ment: II could not more dednitel
state my position on the great issue
OF the day than | stated II In my Co
umbus speech and again yesterday b.
fore the Massachusetts, Legislature |
duulAlou W Ntllnk uNAtHNloh W VIE
there said on the subject of populs
government, | also call particular a
tention to what | said at Columbus O
the business situation and the prop,
attitude Of the government towar
business so as to insure condition
that will make for the prosperity ,
the business world and OF all our pc
pie
I'm my Columbus speech dive
with emphasis upon the two grei
subjects OF immediate moment to OF
people. the need of having real an
not merely nominal popular rule an
the need Of securing prosperity Il
the business man. the wage.earn,
and the farmer alike. AS | then sal
most emphatically believe that II
necessary to have an equitable di
islon OF prosperity, but that II b
hooyes us to keep in mind that v
cannot divide the prosperity unle
the prosperity is there to divide an
that to secure the well being Of Il
business world is emphatically in Il
interest OF every citizen OF the IN
ted States
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