The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-12
Roosevelt Will Take Some.
Time in Giving Answer
to Governors
BUT IN MEANTIME
HAS EAR TO GROUND
Taft Satisfied With McKin4
ley for His Manager and
Will Reward Him
With Senatorship

OYSTER BAY, n. Y, Feb. lis ,
Colonel Roosevelt is not going to b
rushed into any definite avowal OF hiQ
1912 candidacy.
He will take his own time to res
ply to the letter framed by the eight
progressive governors at the Chfcag0
convention that makes his position
public. The ex-President regards tho !
action OF the progressive confereoQ 4
as profoundly important one thai
calls for serious consideration. He
will ponder over it and. when he geta
ready. will make his answer IN
exactly the way he sees fit.
II Roosevelt Is convinced that hO
can get the nomination az a result
Of the spontaneous demand. thae
the Chicago conferees have 1ounO
existent. and that he could be electe0
it is regarded here as q safe bet that
he will come out with an acknow1s
| edgment of his candidacy. But ho
must have an intimate report from 4
| the conference before he can decide
what to do.
Colonel Is Thinking Hard.
| Up to this time, Roosevelt haz trS
sisted that he would not disclose his
| inclination toward the nomination.
| but would allow his campaign emis4
| saries to do all the talking they want- 4
| ed to, and on their own RESPONSES
! biiity. The sentiment manifested ut
the Chicago conference has changed
| the situation. and has set the col@
onel thinking hard.
! Roosevelt will not be ready to re-
| ply to the letter OF the governors
| for at least two weeks. During that
| time he will be put in possession on
! precise information concerning the
| status OF his boom. If he thinks
| that the spontaneous demand" -
merely an agitation that will die
| down and leave him stranded with
| the chance OF ultimate defeat. he
would refused to be coaxed into =
nomination. Roosevelt has no over
| weaving desire to be beaten at the
polls.
| Roosevelt Sanctioned Plan.
| There is an impression here that
| Colonel Roosevelt gave his sanction
to the plan of the eight governors
before they went to Chicago. He
| conferred with all of them. either
| at personal visits they made. or By
| other communication. The colonel
gave them to understand that no
would Tot be offended by their pro-
| posed scheme to get him into an
1. open declaration. He did not go -
| far, though. as to promise that ho
would publicly announce himsalfs
until he had full opportunity to COM
| slider the whoie situation
| Governor Bass, of New Hampshires
who attended the Chicago conferences.
| is to call on the colonel this week.
Governor Stubs. of Kansas, the
| Roosevelt manager In the West. ~
| another prospective caller. and, tn1
| turn, the other governors. besides ~
whole raft of less lights in the proc
gressive campaign, are due to nock
to Sycamore HILL Governor John~
@f raIs 4, M
La Toilette when the WisconatM
mans boom blew up. is waiting to-
see La Toilette before openly declar-
ing for the Rough Rider. Johnsous
is now an ardent Roosevelt booster.
WASHINGTON, Feb. lin ~.
turn for his efforts to secure q re-
nomination for Mr.. Taft. William H.z
Mckinley. the newly appointed d.
rector Of the national Taft bureaus M
will receive the administration back
ing for United States Senator fr0na3
Illinois Myron T. Herrick. OF Oh30
got the French Enthusiastically 90ts
his efforts In the same direction. s
ostensibly both the ADMINISTRATORS
Land Mr.. Mckinley desire that Unc4oAz
Shelby Euii sfn. the present Eauaka
from Illinois. shall succeed hffn14 4
next year. But Uncle Shelby Cuflcn
will have turned his eighty-third yeQRA
post by the time the legislature -
gins to ballot for Senator. There aTGN
those who doubt. despite the greo1
ness of his old age. that he will ma1m3
another fight.
Mr.. Mckinley is very popular Wte~$
Illinois Republicans. In fact. SenAt0
Lorimer, testifying in the case Of t6g
people against himself, said that 29GM%
4 lstnley was the most popular man Y
Illinois s
Mckinley is Popular. 3|
Not only il Mckinley in favor W.
but he has the esteem and adoc&1G
OF some OF the La Toilette ih0ul
gents. When La Toilette toured tn
State recently he spent q couple x <
days travelling on McKinley's exits
sive trolley system. The La Folloe1
people told him that they w0N<
never forget It, They didn't for
it, either. When Mckinley bees
a candidate to succeed himseM
chairman Of the congressional Co.,
patgn committee, the La Follotta ~
pie turned out and voted Tor II
Mckinley paid for that by sendtnGa
vast number Of letters into thu
tricts of some OF the La Fal3
congressman in Wisconsin. -
that they be supported by the N
lars.
All this came to the ears OF TIT
somebody in the White HOUSE.
dentally the encomiums OF LoG>
| were brought to the same quartz
| Appreciated at White H0uee
1t occurred to Taft or somebd
! the White House. that a man m
on the one hand by the in4MN
and on the other by LofimeFs
be a pretty good man to run IT,
| campaign. The White House. 11H
especially for Lorimer. but &#
not disdain any Lorimer dSl04a3x
have Taft votes to deltvA
The administration pr
! ~ grateful in the case az
got exactly what he W
| change for his suppcEt
4 Ohio. Mckinley surely N
i well. and II Is known thakS
ike to be Senator. y 60
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