The Mankato free press., 1912-09-20

st. Paul, September 12.-Efforts of
the Minnesota Progressive Repub-
lican league to steal Roosevelt's
thunder by confusing their movement
with the progressive party were
headed off today in statement is
sued by H. T. Halbert, chairman Of
the progressive state central COM
mittee.
There should be no misunder
standing among Minnesota progress
sives as to the Progressive Repuh-
lican league and the progressive
state central committee" he said.
"The two are distinct bodies, an1
have no connection.
"The Progressive Republican league
has seen fit to indorse certain can
didates on the republican primary
ticket. The progressive party, which
is working for the interests of Roose-
welt, has not seen fit to indorse any
candidates. A meeting has been call
ed for September 20, to take what
steps may be deemed advisable to
place progressive candidates in the
field"
Roosevelt Men lncensed.
Roosevelt progressives are incensed
at the ruse practiced by the Mime
sofa Republican Progressive league
to secure support for certain repnb-
lican candidates. It's officers have
gone so far as to try and secure one
of the speakers connected with the
progressive party to speak before the
primaries in support of the candi-
dates receiving the leagues indorse
ment. These movements have been
checked, and the fact will be given
the widest publicity that the Mime
sofa Progressive Republican league
is not a part of the Roosevelt pro-
gressive movement.
League Has Fought Roosevelt.
This league has fought Roosevelt
from the start and was responsible
for the circulation of pamphlets de-
nouncing him. The Minnesota Pro-
gressive Republican league intended
to get La Toilette into the state to
oppose republican candidates who
had come out for Roosevelt. The
Roosevelt men served notice that as
soon as La Toilette crossed the Min
nesota line Lee and the other La
Toilette coterie of candidates would
receive the opposition of the Roose-
welt men.
In singing out Young and Gordon,
the Roosevelt men, for their attacks,
the La Toilette men have forced the
issue. Members of the league have
said that after the primaries they
will be for Governor Wilson, and if
Eberhart is nominated the league
will formally indorse the democratic
candidate for governor. o4
! st. Paul, September 12.-Emil G.
Hauge Of New Ulm, Taft elector,
who declared his intention of re-
signing from the Taft electoral tick
ct and whose name. was placed OH
the progressive ticket as, a Roose-
welt electorat-large at the state pro-
gressive convention, telephoned to
H. T. Halbert, state chairman, yes
terday that he does not intend to
resign from the Taft ticket. @nT
81 am for Theodore Roosevelt,
first, last and all the time," said
Mr.. Hauge. II intend to remain
on the regular electoral ticket, and
If | am chosen l will cast my vote
for Colonel Roosevelt" jss &
Hauge's declaration came as q
surprise to progressives, who have
been of the opinion that Roosevelt
men Should resign from the Taft
electoral ticket and give Taft re-
publicans a chance to pick men pleg-
ed to vote for President Taft. The
New Ulm man said last night that
he intends to have his name go on
both electoral tickets.
The progressive state executive
committee yesterday decided to ask
Attorney General Smith to rule
whether or not Hauge's name can
go on both tickets at the general
election The committee was OF
the opinion that Mr.. Hauge, if he
remains upon the Taft ticket, is
morally bound to support President
Taft, if there are not legal restric-
tions that will prevent his name
from going on both tickets at the
election Mr. Halbert was asked to
take the matter up with Mr.. Hauge
at once and attempt to induce him
to resign from the Taft ticket.
f. H. Smith of Austin, another
Roosevelt man who quit the Taft
electoral ticket to take place on
the progressive electoral list, wired
to both Mr. Halbert and J. A. o.
Preus, secretary of the state repub-
lican central committee, yesterday,
saying that his resignation was for
warded to E. E. Smith, state repub-
lican chairman, in July.
|. DIR. Emil G. Hirsch, Chicagos dis
tinguished rabbi. returned recently
from abroad with the conviction that
Roosevelt is a dangerous hypnotist.
"The trouble with, him." DR.. Hirsch
said, is that he wants to be. the
Lloyd-George of America. | found in
England that Roosevelt is considered
a very ambitious man, one who
would stop at nothing to become
president again."
The rabbi said he was in sympathy
with the progressive spirit, but he
was distinctly not in sympathy with
Roosevelt and did not mean. to vote
for him or, to support him. 'The. pro-
gressive party has persuaded itself
that conditions are much worse than
they actually are and Roosevelt has
convinced himself, as well as some
of the people that he is the. one
person who can save the country"
he said.
"I have been quoted as saying
that l believe Mr.. Roosevelt to be
insincere. l will qualify that. l will
concede that he believes thoroughly