The Washington herald., 1912-03-10
ROOSEVELT WILL
TAKE STUMP SOON
Necessity Of Speechmaking Tour
Impressed on Him by Gov.
Stubs, of Kansas.

Oyster Bay. y. Y, March s.-Col.
Roosevelt will take the stump shortly
to whoop up his campaign. He made
the decision to-day, after having
thought over a telegram sent by Gov.
Stubbs, OF Kansas, in which the ur-
gency of a speechmaking tour was i'm
pressed. The governor told Roosevelt
that there were 100000 voters in the
Western States who are maintaining a
passive attitude in the campaign. II
the colonel goes out and stirs things
up, the governor promised. he would
swing these uncertain ones into line.
Il have made up my mind that shall
have TO make some speeches" said
Roosevelt tonight. Il had hoped
could keep out of IL, but they are press
ing ME hard. / don't know yet where
/ shall go or when shall start, but II
will be soon."
The colonel's managers particularly de-
sire him to speak in Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan. Kansas, Pennsylvania. and the
New England States, They want him to
start on his Western jaunt within ten
days. SO as to appear at the most critical
time in the primary turmoil 1t is likely
that Roosevelt will leave on the Western
swing by March 20. and that he will de-
vote at least a week to 1t.
VIII speak In Ohio.
The former President will not overlook
Ohio in his trip. but will take occasion to
reply In more than one speech there to
President Taft's attack Of yesterday upon
the Roosevelt camSaign issues.
No comment could be drawn from Mr..
Roosevelt on the Taft speech. He merely
remarked that he would lanswer the Taft
assault on the recall OF judicial decisions
''in his own way later on.
The colonel will devote much energy on
his speech-making trip to the direct pri-
mary proposition.
Il believe that II we had the direct
primaries We would without question win
this fight" he said Tonight. with
preferential primaries we would beat the
other side out at the convention FIVE TO
four. II We don't get the primaries II
may be a different thing. Possibly the
other fellows, in that case, may win
out
Let me show you how the preferential
primary works out" the colonel went on.
Take Oklahoma, for instance. In one
OF the Congressional district conventions
there the machine put down all oppOsi-
tiOn and elected their own delegates.
Early this week, on the other hand. in
the Statewide primaries for election of
delegates-at-large. We won out by two
TO one. 1t was the same way in Kansas
ahead. They are fighting hard in Illinois
and Michigan TO prevent the passage Of
direct primary legislation. I don't know
how it's going TO come out.
IF the people had their way the legis-
latures would have to pass primary legis-
lation. and then they would have a
straight chance to express their prefer
ence for the nomination. That's what 1
am fighting for right now. The other
side is fighting against II"
Talks OF Hunt Fund"
Roosevelt had no political visitors to-
day, but he had an enormous stack OF
Of the race.
so they've caught me with the goods
exclaimed the colonel when asked about
published statement OF Robert A.
Franks, disburser of charities for M
drew Carnegie. that the iropmaster gave
5000 TO the colonel for his African hunt
ing trap of 1910.
Yes: it's very true that Mr.. Carnegie
did aid in that expedition" the ex-
President went on. TN show you some
thing"
The colonel. who had been seated in his
library at Sycamore Hill. got up and
drew from a shelf a volume Of his '.Afri- |
can Game Trails"
Here's the book that will give the
evidence" observed the faunaI naturalist
as he turned to the back pages. Just
lCOk there" Roosevelt pointed to a para !
graph halfway down a page, in what |
is styled Appendix A" II read:
The scientific part of the expedition |
could not have been undertaken save
for the generous assistance of Mr.. An |
drew Carnegie, Mr.. Oscar Straus, Mr. |
Leigh Hunt, and certain others, to all OF |
whom lovers of natural history are there |
fore deeDIy indebted
pleased to acknowledge Mr.. Roosevelt |
explained, NO, / don't care to say how |
much he offered. nor how much the 9TH !
ers helped. II they desire to tell am !
perfectly willing.
Put you will observe, from what |
wrote in the book" added the colonel, |
with a laugh, that there was no effort |
at concealment"