Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-05
Or, Abbott Owner of Outlook,
Declares Associate Editor is
BusiIy DiScouraging Boom
For Presidency.
REVIEWS COlONEL'S
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
Has Always Willingly Given Aid
and Comfort to Man He Did
So Much to Place in White
House as His Successor.
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Cornwall-on Hudson, \, Y, Jan, 4
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is not 4
candidate for president. according to
Lawrence f. Abbott. president of the
! outlook company of New York, with
whom Mr.. Roosevelt is actively as
soeiated.
This statement is made today In the
Local Press, a weekly newspaper pub
lished here, the home of Mr.. Abbott.
The statement was brought out. SO
the editor of the Local Press says.
, when he asked MIR. Abbott whether
Mr., Roosevelt is Il candidate.
You must understand to begin
with" Mr.. Abbott says i'm what Is
termed "A dsinterested statement, that
whatever | say In answer to your
question. say solely on my own re
sponsihility. and without any consul
tation with MIR. Roosevelt.
You ask me whether Mr.. Roose-
welt is a candidate for the presidency.
answer no. He is not candidate,
he does not desire to be candidate.
he has discouraged and Is discourag
ing in every possible way all talk of
his candidacy. and he will take no
active share Of any kind In the con
tests of various candidates contests
which are always in evidence for two
or three months preceding any ma
tional convention
Mr.. Abbott then reviews Mr.. Roose-
velt's connection with national poll-
ties during the last three years in
order tn understand the present po-
litical situation with regard to the
presidential nominatlon next sum
mer'
He then tells how Mr.. Roosevelt de-
clined the republican nomination in
1908 (which he very easily could have
had" and how Mr.. Tafts nomination
and election were brought about.
His CRoosevelt's) political expert
ences contributed 50 largely to the
successful result of the election that
his critics have said that he alone
nominated and elected Taft"
Mr., Abbott continues: "Unfortun-
ately some OF Mr.. Tafts advisors took
this mistaken view of the case and
thoroughly from any Roosevelt asso-
Citations that his administration could
create lis own policies and that thus
he might be re-nomnated and re-
elected In 1912 on his own individual
merits without any taint of Roosevelt
ism. "
Mr. Roosevelt never has failed, Mr..
a. q. Ia 70 l.
and cordially to the slightest wish ex
pressed by Mr. Taft for his company
or his views, and he instances the
private interview at New Haven dur
ing the autumn Of 1910, between Mr..
Taft and Mr.. Roosevelt. That meet
ing. ne saws, II unfortunately has been
announced. was sought by Mr. Roose-
Welt for the purpose of getting some
help in his contest with the 'old
guard of the state. He adds.
The facts are--and have learned
them not from Mr.. Roosevelt, but
from friend of Mr. Tart who knew
an the circumstance Mr.. Taft
sent word to Mr.. Roosevelt asking
him To- come IN order That he tMr.
TanD might get the benefit of Mr.
Rooscven's advice regarding the seri-
Gus split in the national affairs of the
republican party which resulted from
the fight Of the progressivcs against
the So-called 'Canuonism.'
Nj Abbott declared that whatever
Mr. Roosevelt does or says will be-
interpreted by some critics To- his dis
advantage and hc Instances an article