The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-06
ROOSEVELT LOOKS
AHEAD FOUR YEARS
REPuRLIcAS PARTY ANNrHILaTED
AND rRoeRsssrvEs WILL CON-
TRoI. HE SAYS
GETS NEWS AT HOME
EARLY JOY AT NATIONAL HEAD
QUARTERS IS TURNED INTO
GLOOM LATER BY ELEC-
TON RETURNS.

NEW YORK. Nov. 6.--Colonel
Roosevelt telephoned friends at the
Union League club tonight that the
Progressive party had annihilated the
Republican party In the nation and
would control the national commit
tee and national convention in 1915.
TIL earlier returns brought alter
nate joy and gloom 10 the crowds
tina. infested tho Progressive national
and State headquarters In coInparf-
son me national headquarters at the
Manhattan hotel was a na~lstrom OF
excitement and speculation
@. vernon johnson was there from
: O'clock on. and to him all the prS-
vate bulletins were taken first.
The West - ours The West is
ours he cried. when a special from
Chicago had il that Colonel Roose-
welt had carried Illinois by one hun
decd thousand
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and his
wife. Philip and George h. Roosevelt,
cousins OF the Progressive candidate,
were early arrivals at the national
headquarters, They had scarcely
asked me latest news when the colo
mel himself STEPPED out Of the elevh-
tor. A tremendous ovation greeted
him. The news that he was there
brought many from the street. but
double guard WAS placed ON the doors
downstairs and none was admitted.
". Emiin Roosevelt and his daugh-
ter arrived next. and THERE was a
Roosevelt reunion In the private Of
fee. The colonel was certain that
,e would be returned a winner. and
wac nv all means the most optimistic
Of the crowd.
G., orgc W. Perkins There.
f4thsyk yhxa arrival xxara Mr.
MIS-. George W. Perkins and their
daughter. Dorothy. Mrs. johnson ar
rived with her husband. The colonel
left shortly before for Oyster bay,
Theodore, Ir. declared that his faith
er would receive the returns in his
study. ever Il rpTignts wire. e." George
f. Roosevelt was assigned the task OF
keeping the colonel informed.
George y. cortelyou was the next
distinguished visitor He was in a
short conferences with Mr. Perkins
ard Senate ietxo'1.. tie said ti1at the
talk had no political bearing and de-
ciined to make any predictions.
We are not at all discouraged ny
New York returns." said Mr.. Perkins
as discouragins reports arrived from
upstate. "Ns have made inroads In
the South. | hear that both Tennes-
see and Georgia are going for us.
believe X too
4 most enthusiastic telegram. wa
received from Medill Mccormick, o
Chicago. II read:
Telegram From Mccormick.
Scattering precincts in Chicag
and outside indicate that Roosevelt
will have have a handsome plurality 4
Illinois. and that Funk liz not far be
hind him In Cook county. Roosevelt
is very little ahead Of Wilson, an
Taft Will not be astonishingly ia
ahead of Debs"
The utmost quiet was preserved 4
the State headquarters, The enthus
iasm seemed limited to the nstiona
headquarters.
Some semblance OF enthusiasm wa
noticeable here rs the returns fror
the Middle West and Pennsylvanla be
gan to come in. On the bullet boar
In the hall. claims were made To hi
nois, Vermont, Michigan and Penn
syivania. 1 4
Frank a. Munsey. Governor Hirar
W. johnson and score or worne
syfupathizers with the Bull Moos
cause. came into the room later in tn
evening
Mr. Munsey said he was sure q
Roosevelt running second in the ma
tsonal race, with Taft poor third