The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-01
DIXON TO STEER
FOR ROOSEVELT
Says the Way Presidents Capture
Southern Delegates Is
a Shame.
NO PERKINS MONEY TAKEN
Rcvell National Chairman-Truman II.
Newberry and W. l.. Ward
sit In.

Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon Of Montana
has been chosen to lead the Executive
Committee Of the National Roosevelt
Committee and with Truman H. New
welt. to lead the field forces in the fight
TO nominate MIR. Roosevelt for President.
Mr.. Newberry will head an administrative
committee the other members OF which
are not yet announced.
These appointments were announced
last night by Alexander H. Revell Of
Chicago. chairman Of the national Roose-
welt committee, who with Senator Dixon,
Frank Knox, chairman Of the Republi-
can State central committee Of Michigan.
and Medill Mccormick Of the Roosevelt
Washington headquarters we're in con-
ference with Col. Roosevelt at the Outlook
Office all the afternoon The conference
began before lunch, was continued later
and hsted until S O'Clock. Col. Roose
welt wouldn't talk about it, He told the
reporters they would have TO wait for
statements by Mr. Revell and Senator
Dixon, which were given out late last
night.
Mr.. Revells statement contain i the
announcement OF the appointment the
Roosevelt workers. +. ". Simms ex-
United States Attorney. OF Chicago, is
secretary OF the national committee, and
under Senator Dixon on the executive
committee are Frank Knox. a. vice
chairman: William l.. Ward. national
committeeman of New York Ito have
charge of the New York headquartersl;
Walter +. Brown. chairman of the Repub
ican state central committee of Ohio;
Cecil Ivon. national commit eeman OF
Texas. and State Senator w iam Finn
OF Pennsylvania.
In Il statement accompanying the an
nouncement OF the officers OF the Roose-
welt machine Chairman Revell saws that
1T has been abundantiy proved that the
| overwhelming ma iority of the American
people desire that Theodore Roosevelt
! shall again serve them as President and
| thar in spite OF the opposition of the sel fish
special interests OF the office nolding
machine he can be renomlnatei' He
adds that the executive committee. "ap-
pointed after consulting representative
Republicans throughout the country" il
| one that -irits geographical distribution
and in its character represents the sane,
progressive and constructive Republican
ism 70 which the party must return to
/ insure progress in legislation and pros
perity in business and victory in No
vember."
Mr.. Revell is the head of a large
furniture manufacturing concern in Chi
caRo. Senator Dixon revised and re-
wrote his announcement as the new
| executive chairman 30 many times that
he had it, fixed to his taste. What he had
| to say was in part as follows:
The lack OF positive leadership during
| the past three years has turned a Republican
| majority OF sixty in the House of Repre-
! sentatives into an adverse Democratic
ma jority of seventy: has change a two
third vote in the senate into the bare politi-
cal control OF that body and temporarily
has lost control OF dozen Republican States
| of the North and West. The lack OF leader
ship. of statesmanship. has produced a
| condition of business bewilderment which
has halted the prosperity of the whole
| country. There can he no cure for this
/ industrial stagnation unless we substitute
| a policy OF progressive and constructive
| leRisla tion which shall meet modern con-
ditions with modern laws
| These are the things that have caused a
nAtion Wide movement for the nominat ion
OF Theodore Roosevelt as the Republican
! ca ndidate for President. The overwhelm-
| ing demand of the masses of the Republican
I voters for him TO resume the leadership
OF his party can only result in his nomi-
| nation by the National convention. The
rank and file OF the Republican voters
have once before followed him to victory
! and are now convinced that his leadership
| is absolutely necessary to success in Novem-
! Der.
| Senator Dixon goes on to tell OF straw
votes. which he says everywhere. with
the single exception Of the financial
Island. have all told one un animous story"
| In more than half Q million votes SO
tested Col. Roosevelt has led in the ballot
ing by an average ratio Of more than five
to one over Mr. Taft. and by clear ma
| jority over all the candidates combined
both Republican and Democratic. In
political circles 1t is no longer a question of
| doubt that in every State where the Hepub-
lican voters under Presidential preference
election laws can express their real choice
OF a Presidential candidate Col. Roose-
welt will have every single delegate from
those States to the Republican national
| convention.
| The only hope left TO those Republicans
who are opposing the nomination OF Col.
| Roosevelt is to control. through the pros
titution OF Federal patronage in the Demo-
cratic States OF the South, whore no Repub-
lican electoral vote is possible. the dele
gates from those States. together with dele
gates from some States east OF the Ale
gheny Mountains. where delegates to the
national convention are named In conven-
tlons largely controlled by political bosses.
Never in the history Of American politics
has a more hsgrant prostitution OF the
power OF Federal patronage been witnessed
than when recently In a certain Southern
State a batch OF ten Fedeal ofices was pu,
up at auction for future delivery to the high
bidder In delegates to the national Repub-
ican convention. The open acknow wledg
rnent that political patronage has been and
Is being withheld from duly elected and