The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-05

Taft headquarters in Washington yes
terday gave out the following state
ment:
Senator Joseph NJ Dixon of Mon
tana, the new chairman of the Roose-
Welt national executive committee,
took formal charge of the campaign
of the former President for re-nomina-
ton by officially opening spacious
headquarters in the Munsey building
in Washington. The building is
owned by Frank A. Munsey, the we'll
known publisher of Munseys Maya
zine, and owner of string of news
papers in Eastern cities. He is the
personal and intimate friend OF Geo.
w. Perkins of New York, director and
formerly chairman of the finance. COM
mittee of the International Harvester
Co. Mr.. Perkins is given credit by
Walter L. Houser, director of Senator /
LaFollette's campaign for being the !
good angel of the Roosevelt Presiden-
tial boom, which means that he is the
campaign collector, as we'll as sub
stantial contributor to the Roosevelt
campaign fund.
THAT the Roosevelt committees,
through the personal campaign contri-
buttons of such gentlemen as Messrs.
Perkins and Munsey and their assoc1-
2 ates, is well heeled' either by financial
u contributions or by the gratuitous tend
|, ers of headquarters rent free, is mani
II fest by its various activities. Because
of his close associates with Mr.. Per-
kins, who personally finances, in large
part, the beginning of the Roosevelt
boom for the Presidency, Mr.. Munsey
is now part and parcel of the Roose-
welt movement and the location of the
;. national Roosevelt headquarters in his
fine building in the national capital
therefore becomes especially signifi
tb cant.
to The enthusiasm with which the
all Roosevelt boomers took possession o.
is their new headquarters today led one
lv of them. in an unguarded moment, t.
at say that letter purporting to hav'
is been written by a head of the Stee
Trust to its employees ordering ther
nv to work for Taft was in the posses
he sion of the Roosevelt managers an
to would be sprung as an offset to tn
i've undenied charge of Mr.. Houser, ths
es- men high in the councils of the Unite
md States Steel Corporation and the Il
!. ternational Harvester Co. were open
abb supporting Mr.. Roosevelt.
Urn 1.-THE remarkable fact about this
lied legged letter is that the only copy
nts, existence, II 1t exists at ALL seems
YOU be in the sole possession of Mr.. Rooi
at velt's campaign managers. OF the
The ability, by reason of their intims
Ions connection with Mr.. Perkins and o
ront ers to know what the United Sta
Steel Corporation is doing or conte
plates doing to escape the charI
made openly by Mr.. Houser, represe
ing Senator La Toilette, there can
no dispute so far as Mr.. Taft's CT
paign managers are concerned, Il
= would have remained in total
49, norance Of the frame up had not
- of Mr.. Roosevelts boomers let
,o,sa enthusiasm get the better of his il
:, ~, ment."
NJ Representative William B. Mel
,.ton ley, director of the Taft headquar
,don+ made an optimistic statement to ne
=, ont paper men today, declaring Presto
Of ~ Taft's nomination and election
For certain.
N 81 am thoroughly convinced of
writ Taft's success at the convention
swer- June and at the polls in Novemt
who he said Our preliminary can
nomi- of the country shows that the P
them dent is gaining constantly in the
thew fidence of the average citizen.
said 'T am satisfied that Mr.. Taft
ridge have more than two-thirds of the
eases. gates to the Chicago convention
rsonal has already won the nomination
m his he will win the election"