Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-04
| 'GIIOn't Abandon
 The New Parry
ROOSEVELT SAYS IT HAS NOT
 BEEN CONSIDERED
MEETING OF LEADERS
Dixon, Film, Perkins, Munsey and Others Confer at Oyster 5sy-colo- neI in No Way Discouraged.

oyster Bay, N. T., July 3-With the democratic national ticket in the field, Colonel Roosevelt and group of his lieutenants today took up the work Of laying the foundation upon which they hope to build a new party. Since the birth of the party In Chicago little has been done, as Colonel Roosevelt said hs felt it necessary to await the outcome at Baltimore. The situation in tha light Of the nomination of Woodrow Wilson was discussed at a conference at Sagamore Hill which was attended by Senator Dixon of Montana, William Finn of Pittsburg. George w. Perkins and Frank A. Munsey of New York and E. A. Van Valkenberg of Phila- delphia
 No Thought of Abandoning Fight.
 The presence of these men at Saga more Hill gave rise to reports that tho third party movement had suffered serious setback as a result of the se- lection of candidates by the demo- cratic convention and that some oi Colonel Roosevelts leaders were in fa- vor of abandoning the fight. Colonel | Roosevelt denied this emphatically.
 There was no thought of abandon | ing the fight said he. These men l simply came to talk over the situation with me and to discuss details of the 1 call for the convention"
 Did Not Expect osboru's Support.
 The statement of Governor Osborn | of Michigan, one of the seven gover- | nors who asked Colonel Roosevelt to l become a candidate for the republican nomination, that in his opinion no third party was now necessary, was cited to the colonel as one reason for | the reports that all was not going well with the movement.
 Governor Osborn has said about the same thing before" he said T did not | expect to have his support. We arc going to have some losses of this sort. Governor Hadley came out for Taft. Governor Osborn for Wilson. Our plans will not be affected
 In No Way Discouraged.
 Colonel Roosevelt predicted several weeks before the Chicago convention that after all the nominations had been made there would be period of slow movement such as has been eN- perienced in the first weeks after he entered the campaign for the republL- can presidential nomination In Febr1i- ary. He said lie was in no way dis- couraged at the outlook, but on the contrary had received assurances Of support from every section of the country. He would express no opinion of the chance of his ultimate sDccess.
 Looks for Support in South.
 From what has been said by Colonel Roosevelt and his supporters it is be- lieved that several distinctive issues will be brought into the campaign. Foremost will be, according to the present plans, the argument that the course of affairs in both the republi- can and the democratic conventions and in the recent history of the conn try has demonstrated the need of q new party which will be national in scope and which will go on record sH opposed to "bosses" such as Colonel Roosevelt has said fourished with
 equal power among both the demo cratic and republican parties Colonel Roosevelt believes that he win be able
 to present this argument with ef- fecttveness in the south and in tho north and that he will gain a larr' measure of support south Of the Mason
 and Dixon line.
 No Name Decided Upon. l Colonel Roosevelt was asked whai | the party would be named.
 Search me, by George!" be replied
 The names I have heard most ire
 quently mentioned are progressive !, party and national progressive party !, The convention will decide"