New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-27
CoIoneI'S Contest Manager Quot
ed as Calling Him "MoSt DAN
gerous Figure in Public
Life in America"
APPARENT SPLIT WITH DIXON
Latter Silent on Strategist' S
Activity in Making Plans for
Control in Chicago, and
Says He Doesn't Need
Contesting Delegates.

| NOHLeSIlHS DeltS dISS'
! The apparent break between OrmSh.
McHarg and Senator Dixon. as evidence,
| by their conflicting statements regardin'
| the Roosevelt slate for temporary an,
permanent chairmcn Of the convention
served TO bring to the front yesterday
| the fact that Mr. McHarg who will b,
the man in charge Of the Roosevelt
fcnt for contested delegates. was one o
those Republicans who in 1910 Notc'
for John 4. Dix, with the public an
nouncement that he did so solely as d
rcbuke t. the ambition Of Theodore
Roosevelt
Mr.. McHarg, who is now in Chicago
preparing to present and argue the c1sc'
o. contested delegations from the South
which he arranged for on his trips n
that section. was quoted in the dis
patches from Chicago yesterday as an
uouncing that the selection Of Senate
Root for temporary chairman OF IN.
convention did not suit the Roosevelt
forces at all. He announced definitely
that the Roosevelt slate for convention
officers was Senator Moses 4. Clapp. O
Minnesota, for temporary chairman. and
either Governor Johnson of California
or Governor Hadley Of Missouri for per
manent chairman.
Senator Dixon. on the other hand. told
a reporter for The Tribune in the cor
ridor Of the Waldorf yesterday that the
Roosevelt forces had not yet determined
on any slate for convention officers. The
Senator was asked. in view OF the appar
ent clash between McHargs announce
ment and his own statement, 20 define
Mr.. McHarg's position in the Roosevelt
camp. as compared 10 his own
Titles Confusing, Says DHon.
We'll. an the chairman Of the ex-
ecutive com rlittee" he replied. and MAJ
we'll. Mac is the man who Is 10 argue
the cases OF the contestinc delegation'
before the national committee. This
matter Of titles is always confusing
Mr. McHarg IS = New York man. a
lawyer, with an office in the wall street
district. and lives in the Hendrick Hud-
son apartments in Riverside Drive. He
has been the active Roosevelt worker ir
the matter Of planning for contesting
Southern delegates
In The New York Herald OF Monday
November :. 1910 the day before cleo
ton. when the Dix Stimson fight vas al
its height. he was quoted in an inter
view. which ran under the heading II
Vote Democratic for the First Time, as
follows.
INV Republcansn1 is the kind that Is
bred in the bone, but ! cannot vote for
Theodore Roosevelt. Although he pro-
f.sses TO be the leader Of the Republican
party he is not a Republican according
70 my idea of one. He is doing every
thina in his power 10 undermine Pres'- =
dent Taft and is working all the time for
the nomination for President in 1912.
"He is the most dangerous figure IN
nublie life in America, and II he should
h. elected President we would have hsrd
,,ork 70 oct him out OF the White House
.oain. believe the time to vote against
hin, is next Tuesday, and that is what
propose to do
Nr NcHbrg WAS Assistant Secretary
Of the Department Of Commerce and La
bor in the first months of President
Taft's administration, but resigned I"
return 10 his law practice in this city
He was considered then to be an al
r,,rer Of President Taft, which estimate
of him was, of course, confirmed bS h'S
hitter attack on Theodore Roosevelt dui
inc thc last Governorship campaign III
this state. From his statement 1t Is
evident ne saw at that time that MT
Roosevelt was even then aiming AT vi,
Presidency, and though he has since ap
rarentlv turned about face in his Opir-
i'm of the Roosevelt candidacy his l9l'
announcement left no doubt Of his Dcll-i
81 that time that Mr.. Roosevelt should
,,o,.o, be pcrmitted to become President
again.
Ward Sponsor for McHarg.
His present position as the chief strate-
gist of the Roosevelt forces, 1t was re-
ported yesterday, has been attained
largely because William L. ward oi
Westchester, went sponsor for nm AT Il
time when George w. Perkins, Frank A.
Nunsev. two or three Of the seven ht'
tle Governors" and other prominent ones
Of the Roosevelt forces wanted to throw
him out
The story that was going the ROUNDS
Yesterday was that the famous nlght
conference of the Roosevelt forces nj
the home of J. Emlen Roosevelt in this
CITY in the middle of March. to which
the colonel himself came from oyster
Bay, and which was attended by Gov
ernor Hadley Of Missouri, George W.
Perkins. Frank a. Munsey, william
Finn. of Pittsburgh; William l.. ward