The Washington herald., 1912-07-26
'TEDDY's ELECTORS
ON THIRD TICKET
Bull Moose Leaders Hit on Plan to
Bun Progressive Campaign
in Roosevelt States.
STATE OFFICE CANDIDATES
10 GO ON ROOSEVELT LIST
Lieut.. Gov. Gordon, Of Minnesota,
Tells Colonel that State
Is for Him.

Oyster Bay. July 25.-The method of
running the third party ticket next fall
in States where the progressive party
is dominant was revealed to-day by Col.
Roosevelt. The inclination Of the Roose-
welt leaders all along has been to ignore
President Taft as the regular nominee
OF the Republican party and to put the
colonel at the head Of the Republican
ticket in every one of the progressive
States. Investigation Of the State laws
have shown their scheme cannot be
worked out.
To get around the inexorable law, the
Bull Moose leaders have hit upon the
idea Of putting the Roosevelt electors,
in each Of the progressive States, upon
third ticket and trailing along with
all the candidates for State and Con-
gressional officers which In every In
stance will be Roosevelt men.
Roosevelt disclosed the third party
scheme after a talk with Lieut.. Gov.
Gordon. Of Minnesota, who visited Saga
more Hill to see what the colonel want
cd done about the ticket there
To Have Third Ticket.
I'm Minnesota. as well as in Kansas,
Idaho, California, and Washington, we
are to have Roosevelt electors run upon
the third ticket" said the colonel.
THE laws in each Of these States pre-
vent the Republican ballot. The leaders
in those States insist that I am entitled
to head the regular Republican ticket.
They wanted to have me at the top of
their Republican tickets as a rebuke TO
the forces that stole the nomination for
President Taft.
In every State controlled by the pro-
gressives We are TO put up Roosevelt men
as candidates for all the State offices.
running upon the Republican tickets.
Every man Of them will go on the third
party ticket along with our own set of
electors. who. in many instances, were
named at the spring primaries. The
Roosevelt electors will resign from the
Republican ticket. The Taft electors will
have to be put on the Republican ticket
by petition.
To support ProGressives.
Il shall support every progressive can
didate who is thus named on the national
progressive party's ticket. In turn. every
progressive candidate will support the
electors on my ticket
Lieut. Gov. Gordon talked encourag-
ingly to the colonel about conditions
in Minnesota
NO trouble to beat Wilson and Taft
in Minnesota" said Gordon before going
to the Hill Top to see the former Pres
ident
Roosevelt has the state three to one.
The La Toilette sentiment there. or what
there was of It, died down. Only a few
La Toilette leaders are opposing Roose-
welt now and they don't count
Excepting for State Chairman Smith,
who is Taft supporter. every one of the
organization in Minnesota Is for the Col
onel. Smith is Tawney man and natur-
ally is working against Roosevelt.
Before the progressive party conven-
ton In the State on July 30, every one
OF the Roosevelt electors named at the
primaries will resign and be put on the
Roosevelt ticket. No question exists OF
our ability to carry the State for Roose-
welt. You don't hear Wilson or Taft
talked of in Minnesota
Gordon is one of six candidates in the
field in Minnesota for the Gubernatorial
nomination. With Roosevelt's backing he
thinks he has a chance of being the can
didate.
Grins at Bryan Report.
Roosevelt is wanted to make a speech
at the Minnesota State Fair on September
G. and he told Gordon he would prob
ably make IL. That indicates the former
President will start his Western cam
paign early in September, working his
way out to the coast by the end of the
month. Indications now are that the col
onel will wind up his campaign in the
East. after a tour of the South
Roosevelt announced tonight that Gov.
Garvin Of Rhode Island will make the
speech at the third party convention sec
onding the colonel's nomination for the
Presidency. Comptroller Prendergast of
New York will put the ex-President in
The purpose of the Wilson campaiEn
TO have William Jennings Bry-
an pursue the colonel on his campaign
trips made Roosevelt grin.
Who. Bryan" he exclaimed "Oh, |
yes. Let him 60"