The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-28
Colonel Roosevelt Arrives at Oys.
ter Bay From Chicago.
new PARTY WELL UNDER WAY
Temporary Committee viii Meet
In New York Next Week.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, June 26-With
the organization of the new progress
sive party definitely under way former
President Roosevelt returned to his
home from Chicago. He was smiling
and, he said, in fighting trim. He in
sisted that the work would be pushed
ahead with fsH steam on.
His neishbers in Oyster Bay who
have followed the political fortunes
Of Colonel Roosevelt for good many
years did net know whether to re-
ceive him as a returning champion or
a vanauished warrior, but he assured
those who saw him that he was not
In the least dismayed by the happen
ings at Chicago.
IT understand that some of the
newspapers" the colonel remarked,
said that I had returned from Chi
cago greatly aged, with lines of care
on nay face. BY George, isn't that
funny?" He threw back his head and
laughed. ...
"You see how / look" he continued.
II never felt more fit in my life And
those of you who we're out in Chicago
know that if there was a man who
was concerned or nervous it was not /.
81 told them out there that if they
didn't purge the convention of fraudu-
lent delegates would take the step
did There was never any doubt in
my mind what l would do" ..a,
Colonel Roosevelt was greatly
pleased at the news from Baltimore
He showed how closely he was keep
ing in touch with the situation there
by reciting the vote by which William
j. Bryan had been defeated a short
time before in his contest with Alton
B. Parker over the temporary chair
manship. ...,,at
Comments on Bryan's Defeat.
Doesn't that remind you of what
happened in .Chicago?" he asked.
"They are making the same fight at
Baltimore. That is good. One thing
is plain, that Mr.. Murphy will never
make peace with Bryan"
Colonel Roosevelt said that appar-
emily the issue among the Democrats
was fundamentally the same as that
in the Republican convention. Should
serious differences develop, it Is his
belief that the new party will profit
thereby in the way of receiving sup
port from disaffected Democrats. With
this in mind Colonel Roosevelt and
his associates will take no definite
steps until the Democratic convention
has come to an end. ag'U
He said that the first meeting Of
the temporary committee on organiza-
Johnson of California will not be held
until the Democrats have named their
ticket and that it probably would be
held the latter part of next week. The
meeting Is to be held in New York.
It's chief work will be the fixing of
the date for the national convention
and issue the call.
There is one thing which would
like to make clear" said Colonel
Roosevelt 1T is that the temporary
committee which was announced is in
no sense national committee in the
ordinary acceptance of the term. It
was selected simply for the purpose
of taking the first step and calling the
Each state, he said, would select it's
own national committeeman and there
was no guarantee that any man on
the list would be the representative
Of his state after the convention.
The only action which would be
taken pending the news from Balti-
more, Colonel Roosevelt said, would
be the organization Of party machin-
cry in the various states.