The sun., 1912-07-07
7. R. NOW CONSIDERING
NEW YORK STATE TICKET
Especially the Candidates for
High Positions on the
: Bench.
CONVENTION CALL MONDAY
Dixon says Two Baltimore Dele.
gates Have Assured Him
They Are for Roosevelt.

VIII "" lsSueu ny senator DIXON III new
York city tomorrow evening. according
To an announcement made late to-day by
Col. Roosevelt. The Colonel himself does
not know, he says. precisely what day the
convention is to assemble in Chicago, but
il will be about August 8.
Most of the ex-President = time to-day
was occupied with conferences with
visitors who came to Sycamore Hill to
work over with him the details of the
campaign in their respective sections.
William l.. Ransom. the Manhattan at
torney who believes in the Roosevelt doc
trine Of the recall Of judicial decisions
and defended it some time ago in an ad-
dress before the New York Bar Associa-
tion in Brooklyn. wanted TO discuss with
him the judiciary ticket which will be put
in the field this year. Three Judges of
the Court Of Appeals are TO be chosen al
the next election. and the Colonel who
has the matter very much AT heart
talked over with Mr.. Ransom a lis, of the
men who might be eligible from his point
of view. Neither was willing to mention
any names
Col Roosevelt said he felt very strongly
the obligat ion which the Progressive
were under to put on the Court of Appeals
bench men who would stand up in the
strongest way for social and indust rial
justice. He wanted. he said. Judges of
the highest stamp who would know the
needs and understand the desires of the
"Elan people" of this State the men who
work on the farms and the men who toll
in the shops.
Warming to his theme. the Colonel de-
clared that the progressive movement
As far as he was concerned meant putt ing
into practical effect thef heores and prin-
clples for which the progressives stand
The New York judiciary happens to be
one Ot the first points to which the Colonel
has turned his attention. but sooner or
later the entire ticket which the pro-
gressives will nut forward in this State
will come Under his scrutiny. He nd,-
Gated that only the simon pure progress
Aive would meet with his approval and
that there would he no slurring over of the
arowed Progressive principles wherever
there appeared an opport unity to put
those principles into practice
One OF the morning visitors was Francis
y. Heney of California. who bade the
Colonel good-by in Chicago with th..
promise that ne was going TO scour the
country and bring Democrats into the
third party fold. He was present at the
Democratic convention in Baltimore for
this purpose. but while he was able to give
his chief first hand knowle gde of the
sentiment he found there. neither was
ready to disclose any source of Demo-
cratic support.
Mr.. Henev would seem 10 favor tho
retention 10y the irogiessivcs of y more
or less complete identltiCutlon with the
Republican party and fight conducted
along republican lines. Il no longer
advoclte b" saic. the nomination
by the third party of IA progressive Demo-
era for Nice-President. AS ! once did
Since Woodrow Wilson's nomination |
have begun to favor for second place
on our tickee; strong Republican who
is known to be progressive"
Asked about the Roosevelt out look in
California he insisted that he mad been
away too long TO speak with eXactness
as 10 what sort Of support the progressive
Democrats of thar State would give Gov.
Wilson. II was his belief. however. that
Col. Roosevelt's strength WAS unimpaired
Prof. Merrlman of the University of
chicago. who was once a candidate for
Mayor IN Chicago against Carter Harri-
son. also called a, Sagamore Hin today.
Senator Alsop. Frank Butterworth and
Ernest Smith. all -talwart propre.siyes
from Connecticut. went over With Col
Roosevelt the situation in their STATE
,whlch they say they hope to carry for him
in November
Senator tummlns's statement pub
lished TINS morning declaring thai no
need now existed for third partv pro-
voked no comment from the promoter
of thar party. Shaking his head deierrn in
edly he refused Ia discuss it. senator
LA Fol,e,te's demand that Col. Roosevelt
should make public the sources of his
campaign funds he Also ignored Ii is the
ColoneTs opinion that 10y courting his
notice the Senator hopes to regain the
prominence which a rejoinder from the
ex-President would give him.
Senator Dixon was on the poin, yes,er-
day OF giving ont IN this city the call
for the convention when he learned
there were representatives of the Pro-
gressives in two or three other States
who had not sighed the call bur were
anxlo.s 10 do 50. and therefore, he With
held the issuing of the call until to-day
Although Mr.. Dixon refused TO give
out any inkling rs to the substance
of the call it was learned that i, will.
after denouncing the Chicago conven-
ton as fraudulent, app"a! 10 those Repub-
hcans who wer" dissatisfied with the
methods Of that convention TO meet
in Chicago on August to nominate an
independent ticket.
Senator Dixon said that men standing
Tor the Roosevelt movement had already
signed the call in thrity-iive States and
tina, by to-day the number of States
joining in the call would be AT least forty.
Il nav" noticed in SONS Of the reports
that The newspapers are printing" said
Senator Dixon, that in some quarters
there is an atlernpt To create AN impression
that our movement will come TO nothing
because Gov. Wilson stand, for mosI
Of tho principle, advocated by Col.
Roosevelt, We are going ahead with
our movement and will have third ticker
IN every state III the onion. We are i'm
THIS fight To stay 10 the finish"
MAJOR Dixon said tA>t vii hin the next
few days States when through their
delegates voted for Taft would 90 bodily
over TO Roosevelt. ALREADY We have
nforniaiioniron eight of theso Stat.stha,
they Will swing from Iaft 10 Roosevelt,
and these viii he followed by others" he
said
1.-Two Of the delegates o the Baltimore
convention" Senator Dixon SAID called
upon me yesterday and assured me thar
II Col. Roosevelt became candidate ,he
majority Of III" Democrats of heir dis
tricts would vote for him"
Senator Dixon refused 10 make known
the names OF the two del"g,t"S.
Their call was an informal ono" he
said. and VIVA, they SAID 10 mo VA oi "A |
confidential naiur" and could not max.
public their names wlihon, hrst gc,Ing
their consent
senator Dixon sad here need h" no fear
that the Roosevelt campaign managers
would no, have all he money they needed
to run the campaign.
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