Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
VIEWS OF EXPERTS|L00K TO ROOSEVELT
Will Follow Examination Many insurgents Now Regard
of Bumenberg. Him Their Sole Hope.
LATTER ON THE STAND THINK HE SHOULD SPEAK
Statement That Believe
Sherdan's Notes Were Faxed. Declare Himself
NO DIsRESPECT WAS INTENDED FEAR PRESTIGE FOR TAFT
Refuses Prospective
urday Nights dent May Point
Of Wagon Wavering
Many insurgents Now Regard
Him Their Sole Hope.
THINK HE SHOULD SPEAK
Believe Present Proper Moment to
Declare Himself.
FEAR PRESTIGE FOR TAFT
Prospective Instructions for Presi-
dent May Point Way to Band
Wagon to Wavering Ones.

All the politicians at the Capitol today
We're eager to know what the Roosevelt
men were doing in the possible direction
of perfecting definite organization in
behalf OF Roosevelt's candidacy. Their
curiosity was influenced by the considera-
ton that the next few days will present
the crisis in the insurgent campaign. and
by persistent rumors that there was
something doing" by the Roosevelt men.
With the collapse Of the La Toilette
boom. accentuated by the transfer last
night of Medill McCormick's allegiance
to Roosevelt, II was said by every one
today that the insurgent campaign had
gone to smash.
Roosevelt Only Hope.
In the same breath they added that
Roosevelt is their only hope. and, fur
thermore. that now is the psychological
moment for Roosevelt to declare him.
self or forever after hold his peace.
There were evidences about the Capt.
tol today of frantic efforts on the part
OF the insurgents to get into touch
with Roosevelt and try to stimulate
him to make open announcement OF his
candidacy.
The insurgents were in state OF
complete funk today. They realized
that the collapse Of the La Toilette
boom had left them without the SEM
blance OF organization and. what was
more discouraging. that the Taft
forces would in the Immediate future
secure instructions for Taft from state
and district conventions which would
be bound to attract attention and
would be construed by the boating ana
uncertain element in Toiiics as a - n
board pointing the short cut 10 the
band wagon.
May Become a Bout.
Some of the insurgent republicans at
the Capitol were of the opinion that II
Col. Roosevelt does not step into the
breach and pick up the flag which La
Toilette dropped the retreat of the in
surgents will be turned into a rout
which no efforts hereafter can check
Hence. general inquiry as to what
Roosevelt may be intending to do. It
was known that Clifford Pinchot and
some others have been with him since
Sunday night, but the results of the in
terview were not known by the rank and
file Of the insurgents at the Capitol to-
day.
Some of the insurgents We're rather
hopeless of Roosevelts interfering. claim
ing that as they construed the situation
there was nothing In the mere fact OF La
Follette's collapse to influence Roosevelt
I'm his own determination. They said
that he had taken his stand for reasons
relating to Roosevelt alone. and that In
Follette's fortunes had not figured with
him one way or the other.
Time to Make q Move.
Others claimed that while that might
be true 1t was still a fact that unless
Roosevelt wanted to acquiesce in the
nomination Of Taft 1t seemed to be up
to him now to make move.
Some Of Col. Roosevelt's friends here
have contended that he rs not 40 much
concerned whether Taft may or may no
be renominated. as in the question
whether he, Roosevelt, can or can not
be elected in case he should wrest the
nomination from Taft, and that recent
events have not shed any light OH this
question, the vital one.