New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
IRON The Tribune Bureau
uashinrton. March y.

prsfRTERs That ex-President hoose
,..lt 90 soon 10 experience the bitterness OF
that disIoyaIty and desertion TO which sen
ato, la Toilette was subjected when the
colonel cskt his hat into the ring is the
conviction Of those who keep In close touch
with insurgents generally. II Is declared
that. like rats on a sinking snip, many VIM
have espoused the Roosevelt movement ne
cause they believed they could thereby pro-
mote their own political fortunes nave
come 10 q realization Of its hopelessnesS
and are preparing TO desert. Some thefe
are who still hope they will not Re coiH
pelled 10 adopt this course, but that on
the contrary, they can persuade MI hoose-
Welt 10 withdraw from the race as grace
fully as may be. These men VIII put u
I'D 10 the colonel AS soon as ne relul us
from his present trip. They viii point out
that not only has his campaign been oe'h-
onstrated 10 be futile, but that u mas as
summed a bitterness which must preclude
those who from now on take an ectiVe part
IN IL from climbing on the Taft band wagon
after the national convention. Many Oh
tbAsA Including some Of the insurgent Sen
ators. with an eve 10 their own polucal
fortunes, are ConN lNNNh NlloI wv N''~
come 10 end all ouarrelling within the
party and to prepare for united ana ue-
termined opposition 10 the common enemy
the Democrats They VIII point out that
they preferred the colonel TO President
Taft and that as long as there was the
slightest chance OF effecting his nomination
they were prepared 10 fight on his SIDE, but
now that his candidacy mas proved such
complete failure, they can see nothing put
political hari-kari in keeping up the nght.
This does not, Of course. apply 70 those
former officeholders who held their places
nv the grace Of President Roosevelt. They
have nothing 70 lose and everything 70 gain
from keeping mp the fight. AS clifford
Pinchot is iteratine and reiterating IN MS
public speeches h. would Infinitely prefer
a Democratic President 70 seeing Mr.. Taft
re-eIected. II Is not reasonable - expect
that those who will seek reelection en-
terrain that view, however They would be
the gamers from a Republican victory, and
only the election ~ a Democratic President
would send them to that oblivion which the
abandonment Of the Roosevelt campaign
will mean to Messrs. Pinchot and Garheld
and certain other Roosevelt proteses' Not
only are reports Of the growing disposition
IN abandon the Roosevelt movement reach
ing the White House from oil sections but
thew ere coming TO insurgent Senators and
REPRESENTATIVES, many Of whose political
lioutenants are writing them that the
Roosevelt movement is showing no vitality
and that if they would save their own Do
liticsl scalps they must desert the Roose-
welt ship Of course, the figures In the
New York primaries have had much to do
with the depression Of the Rooseveltites in
Washington. As 7 snalyze the results
said one OF them to-day, with 5000 en-
rolled voters in greater New York only
1900, or one-siNth, voted for Colonel Roose-
Welt while upward Of q 900 voted for Taft
That makes a pretty hopeless showing on
which 70 build a Presidential campaign,
wholly Irrespective of how many Of the
remaining 40,0o0-o6d failed to secure bal
lots It's All very discourasing'
HARD TO PLFASE.-On March q. "heH
the returns from North Dakota were re-
celved. Senator Dixon Mr. Roosevelts
campaign manager, issued statement IN
which he declared that the failure OF the
colonel to carry North Dakota was due 10
The fact that many Democrats voted at the
primaries. Tor this reason, he contended'
the vote Of North Dakota for Senator la
Toilette constituted no criterion OF the sen
timent Of the Republicans OF mat ftals.
YESTERDAY. when Senator Dixon received