The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-24
ROOSEVELT BOOM
GETS CITY RECRUITS
Prendergast and Halpin Join Ward
in Passing Inside the "Out-
look" Portals.
LIPS SEALED COMING OUT
The Colonel Grects Australian Boy
Soldiers-Is to Start for
Boston To-day.
LIPS SEALED COMING OUT

Col. Roosevelt. back at the Outlook ofiice
again after his jaunt to Columbus. put in
busy day yesterday. He welcomed
Comptroller Prendergast and William
Halpin. Republican leader Of the Sew
enth Assembly district. into the Roosevelt
fold, had a talk with National Committee
man william l.. Ward. who joined the
ranks some time ago; Police Commis-
sioner O'Meara Of Boston. an old fEiend.
whose city he 10 soon to visit, and Con-
gressman George Curry Of Nev Mexico.
and found time while shaking hands
with political visitors to make brief
speech to a com pany Of boy soldiers from
Australia. :
The Colonel was happy-he is always
happy when he's extra busy--but no was
silent on political subjects 30 far ss talk
ing for print was concerned.
The Columbus speech. in which the
Colonel set forth the platform upon which
he will run II nomiAated for the Presi-
dency was still on the minds OF his in
terviewers. But the Colonel forestalled
all questions. Raising his hand in the
gesture traffio policeman uses he said:
Now just consider all questions AZ
asked. 80 that may answer them all at
once-nothing to say
Mr. Roosevelt's visitors when they left
him seemed to have acquired the nothing
to say habit too. William l.. Ward went
out silently through side entrance. Mr..
Halpin. halted by the reporters. confined
himself to praising the Columbus speech
1T was a great speech, he said. and
it's not so very radical. Col. Roosevelt
advocates the recall of Judges. 70 be sure.
but only according to the Massachusetts,
system. And the recall Of decisions don't
amount to so much more when you
analyze it
The Colonel took Comptroller Prender-
CAST. Police Commissioner O'Meara and
Congressman Curry to lunch with him
at the National Arts Club.
Mr.. Prendergast agreed with Mr.. Hal
pin that the Columbus effort was a great
speech When some one suggested that
it was a rather radical doctrine that Col.
Roosevelt preached the Comptroller re-
piled:
Its radical age
The Comptroller. according to common
report, is one OF Col. Roosevelt's choices
for the Gubernatoriai nomination this
fall. The promise of the Colonel's SUD-
port is said to be Of two years standing.
Mr. Halpin's position on the other hand.
was a matter Of some speculation until
recently. He refused to vote for the reso-
luton indorsing President Taft passed
by the Republican county committee
three weeks ago. but it wasn't certain
until yesterday that he would actually.
bolt to the progressive side. His vi.i,
| to the Colonel and his remarks about the
Columbus speech seem to have defined
his position. II is said that Mr.. Halpin.
with Mr.. Ward, will he among the active
managers of the Roosevelt headquarters
which will be opened next week in the
Metropolitan Building.
Congressman Curry. the third OF the
Colonel's guests at the luncheon party
is one OF the tried and true Roosevelt men
He WAS a Rough Rider and wheA the
Colonel was President he appointed
Curry Territorial Governor of New Msx
leo. Mr., Curry has a good poker
face" He didn't smile al all when he
said that he hadn't come to talk New
Me xco politics. He added that q hadn't
been able to size up the effect ot the
Colonel's speech yet.
As to the young Australians in uni
form. the Colonel found time to shake
the right hand Of every one OF the forty
who quite filed up the corridor outside
the contributing editors room They
ranged in age from 10 to 10 and all wore
the blue uniform with Q gilt kangaroo
on the collar which marks the members
OF the Australian Military League.
Lieut. j. J. Simons. an officer OF Brit
ish line regiment, who had the bows in
charge. explained to Col Roosevelt that
tho lea u,e was unite different from tho
corps, and the bo present had been
picked by merit to represent the league
for the trip to the United States. They
had come. said the Lieutenant, to broadt
their mental horizons and to help cement
the friendship between Australia and this