Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-01-13
ROOSEVELT ANGRY
AT MANY sTORlEs
One account of Speech Says He De-
clars5 lie Would Run, Second re
MES This, Third Non-comnital.

Nesp York. Jan. IL ANY one Of the
members and guests OF the Aldine
club at the reception and dinner who
quotes Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
has been made member of the Ana
MAS club in advance.
This method Of increasing the mem
bersbip OF the organlza 2n establish.
ed and made famous by the colonel is
entirely new and original with it,
founder Here is how Colonel Roose.
welt did IT,
Any man who came down from the
dinner and quo,ed me is a liar,
It made no difference what the diner
said; he was prevaIicator just the
same
The first MN to leave the club quot.
ed Colonel Roosevelt as saying: Il am
not a candidate for the presidency,
but If nominated | will run" The next
man ont declared Roosevelt said: II
am not a candidate | will not be
candidate do not want to he candi-
date" Another man declared that i
the colonel said was: Il am the most
misrepresented man In Amerdea"
The statements that have appeared
in certaia papers are absolutely with
OUT foundation in fact" Lawrence Alb
bolt. acting for Colonel Roosevelt, who
declined 10 receive interviewers, IS.
sue1 this statement in Reputation of
varying newspaper accounts purport-
ing to qAote the coloneI's dinner
speech.
Mr. Roosevelt VIII make no state
ment or comment OF any kind regard
ing the AldiDe club dinner The dinner
was purely private club dinner. No
representative of the press was pres
ent, ne one took down what Mr.. Ro0se-
welt SAIL and am certain that no one
attempted to repeat it for publication,
because TO do so would have been to
break faith The statements that have
appeared in certain papers are abso
lutsly without Foundation in fact sad
MIR. Abbot
1t was reported that in the course
of his speech Mr.. Roosevelt said:
while ! am not candidate for the
presidency J win, nevertheless, accept
the nomination II il is rendered to,
me"
The dinner mas attended by between
600 and 100 members aud their guests,
and great deal O mystery was
thrown around 1T. Reporters were not
admitted TO the room when the dinner
was served and were not permitted
to loiter near for fear some word of
h.,
All OF the diners were made to promise
that they 2oula nos dlvulge anythin
that was said, but from one of them
who did not seem greatly impressed
with the proceedings. the sentence
from Colonel Rooseyet's speech was
CLEANED
The toastmaster was Or. Henry Fsnl
Dyke member of the faculty ot
Princeton university. and an ayowed
enemy OF the political ambitions Of
Governor Wilson. The president Of the
club, Charles l.. Patton, presided at
the dinner.
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke for some time,
following the line of most of his other
speeches and Of his written articles in
The Outlook. The impression preva ]
ed that the attempt to obtain absolute
secrecy for anything he might say WI
not serious, for the reason that tho
club Is not q political organization, and
among it's members are men represent
ing all shades OF political opinion. Ard
even if the politics of the membe,4
could be learned the political leanin
OF the guests could not possibly be dis
covered, nor could any plan be adopt
ed to enforce secrecy on men who are
not bound in any way to the Aldile
club.
So If Mr Roosevelt made the declar-
alton attributed to him was done, It'll
was suggested. for the sole purpose
to have it drhble ont in order to as
sure his political friends that they
could continue their efforts for his
nomination " thout fear that their la
Dor would De- In vain,