The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-02
Will Grab Engine in South
and Turn 1t Around to
Suit Him
INFOR NATION GIVEN
BY ARMY DIPLOMAT
Takes Advantage of Oppor-
tunity When He Discov-
ers the President in
BARRIERS Chair
ey THOMAS J. MONTAGUE.

WASHINGTON, March line
.,a,r,,ny news that Colonel Roose-
Welt is planning not only 10 deieat az
in his own state, but actually 10 az
-Syatte the SOUTH Feeaptu1e Inc liz. W;
---er,..h- ..t~s.f.a-. tsAaFr nd-use IL hkahass
the President with CHARACTERISTIC VIZ.
all the friends OF the
president sit up and tale notice To-
day. .ha,.
on receipt of this information thes
began suddenly TO remember that m5s'
of the of. c. holders upon "hom 'he
President is counting for denomination
are Roosevelt appointees. ne t"''-
mel not only knows them all ny thci'
first name but he knows their re-
cords, and their relations and the nu'n-
Der of the children they have. large
number OF them have signed pnoto-
graphs 81 the colonel hung upon ther
sitting rooms All of them can
proudly point to letters signed ey Inc
coioneis own hand
II Roosevelt takes IL into his h"au
to go on a stumping tour OF TIE Sout1'
he lis extremely likely To get itrRe
number of these people. TIE Eaf'
hoomers walked up 10 this possibiiits
today, and 10 say that they were ms
uuieted is to state the case very CON
servatively. Il
Thus far the President has been led
TO believe that everything South ana
North Is going his way with Wnoop.
He has been told that the RooseNei.
boom is mere hash IN the pan. atiu
that there is no possible danger that
the colonel can get into the conven-
lion with more than hanciul OF
delegates at his heels.
Itp to the giving out OF the Rcose-
vcit letter. he only hoped that In II
the colonel would tell the governors
that under no circumstances wouid
he run against bis denr old friend
William and ask them never again TO
mention the name OK Roosevelt in
connection with the nomination.
No one has taken the President
into confidence as,eat1the teaEIEal
Roosevelt VIII invade the South. put
II will be necessary to do so within
a few days, and when II is done an
other performance like the withdrawal
Of the names Of the ten North Caro-
lima appointees from the senate Is
extremely probable.
Just who viil be the bearer of the
bad tidings no one knows. The last
time distressfui news had to he told
Mr. Taft, there was n meeting OF the
cabinet to determine who would be
the messenger.
Receives News Under Razor.
.SeCIeIdTg sntsST lCtbSCa aAsSfi'Ssss
Secretary Fisher suggested that At
torney General Wickersham ought TO
undertake the mission. Wickersham
besought Hitchcock to do 1t. and
Hitchcock passed the buck along to
Secretary Stimson. While Stimson
was preparing declinat!on. along
came Major General Clarence Ed
wards, the military diplomat OF the
government. All the cabinet officers
laid the case before him. They told
him they had very bad news to tell
the President--political news on the
receipt OF which Mr.. Taft was almost
sure TO blow up None of them
were heroes. Would General Edwards
oblige?
Edwards. who fears nothing. found
the President In the White House
hand of Official Tonsorialist Pannel
was suspended over the presidential
saaptenance. Edwards seized the mo-
ment when the President could not
blow MP without getting a fakc
taken of his face. and sprung his
bad news hut 1t was three days be-
fore any OF the cabinet officers dared
to mntion it to Mr.. Taft.
The White House today received
word secretly that bingham B. Nor
ris, president OF the Girard Trust
Company, OF Philadelphia, will head a
big Taft movement in that State. and
will do his very considerable best
10 help raise the. ainaws At war.
Win Accept Help.
The administration while protesting
the utmost confidence in the Pennsyl-
vania situation. n quite willing to
accept all the help It can get In the
Keystone State. Associated with Mr..
Morris will be Rayard Henry. Charles
G. Harrison and Thomas Raeburn
White, the latter a lawyer, who has
movements in Pennsylvania. Any
Pennsylvania reformer that IL for
Taft, hh friends believe, will do much
to counteract the sinister influence Of
the avowed friendship Of Penrose.
Arthur I. vorys. national commit
teeman for Ohio, and the Presidents
leader in that State. called 1t the
White House this afternoon. and was
cioseted with Mr.. Taft for some time.
talking over the situation. While
nothing regarding the interview was
gfven out. Il was reported that vorys
inlistently urged the President 70 make
more speeches In Ohio. pointing out
that something must be done to keep
che colonel from running away with
the Presidents own State.
The Roosevelt people were also the
receipients Of bad tidinKs today in the
shapc OF Information that North Da-
kotA u likely to 80 for Ia Toilette.
Tho friends Of Senator Marlborough.
who was lately defeated for re-elec-
ton by the influence Of the Harvester
Trust, arc making = campaign against
Nedill Mccormick, the Roosevelt SUBJ
X hrss, whom they regard a. hene-
II dietary OF that combination. The
I Roosevelt headquarters rot Il pretty
straieht today that the HAnoooFough
crowd IL strong enough to swing the
dolouAtion to Ia Toilette. They hAA
rounted on North Dakota for Noose-
velt, and ~ nowo hurt.
1fe3N 49, sgns made NJ the Rooee-