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ROOSEVELT impatient
FOR THE FRAY IN OHIO
Going to Be of One Day Earlier
Than lie Had at First
Planned.
no DELEGATE WHACKUPS
Says Seating All Contestants
With a Half Vote Each
Would Not Be Fair.

OYSTER BAT, l.. l.. May s.--As the re-
ports Of the Roosevelt results in Texas.
Washington, Kansas and Minnesota roll
in. following the Maryland victory, the
top Of Sagamore Hill becomes daily
more radiant. Confidence in the out =
come Of the fight for the nomination
pervades the atmosphere. Col. Roosc-
welt wags his head and repeats his
regular reply to queries for forecasts.
I'm better warrior than prophet"
The plans for the Ohio fight are being
gone over most carefully. The Colonel
will not be stecrcd into any hopeiessly
opposition territory, nor will ne waste
time In territory that is surely his. He
will centre his effort on the doubtful
ground He Is going a day ahead OF
time previously announced. leaving on
Monday instead Of Tuesday. William
l.. Ward and James Garfield were
among those who went into conference
with the Colonel to-day especially on
the Ohio situation.
When you hear me squeal because
I'm hit you'll notice IT," was the
Colonel's answer to the President 8
| Shus &c III N'lio tHdt He Is UelUk n1t ue-
low the belt"
Mr.. Roosevelt had received definite
word this evening confirming the. news
paper reports Of his victory in the State
Of Washington. He was we'll plea ased.
Yes. We carried Washington" he
said. land they could only have kept 1t
away from us by outright stealing"
The Colonel declared. as an example
OF what he meant. that in one district
which had gone for him by an to 1
vote in the primaries his opponents had
set the result aside by reverting to the
old convention system that they could
control.
William l.. Wards frequent visits to
the Colonel and the reports from time
70 time that this New York delegate and
then that Is becoming solicitous as to
whether his constituency does not really
want Roosevelt instead OF Taft seem TO
| coincide. MIR Ward IL undoubte edly busy
sounding the sentiment among the New
York delegates. Col. Roosevelt is very
hopeful about what many OF the New
York delegates will do at convention
| time. There has been much improve
ment In the situation for him in the last
| three weeks. says the Colonel. and he Is
going to do a whole lot better than the
seven out Of ninety that the Taft forces
concede. They are waking up In New
! York he said to-day. 81 don't know
and neither does the other side. how
these delegates are going to vote. be-
cause most of these gentlemen them
selves don't know
A Washington story was put up tC
the Colonel which proposed that the
national committee seat all the South
ern and Northern contcsting delega
and halve their votes between him anC
Taft. The Colonel replied that thi,
would be unfair In Indiana and Ken
lucky. where ne charges that the dele
gates We're elected by fraud.
Col. Roosevelt appeared TO be much
amused by the stories holding him re
sponsible for the publication Of the Taf
letter on Canadian reciprocity. In which
the President spoke Of making Canada
| IAN adjunct of the United states" Tha
the Colonel. who was the first to cal
attention To the danger he said th'
President exposed the country tn whei
Mr.. Taft made public this letter in hi
bomb" speech in Massachusetts. shoult
now he blamed for publishing 1t struci
the Colonel to-day as one of the humor
Gus events of the campaign.