The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-01

was 10 give out a statement attacking the administration of President Taft
 The appointments were announced efter an all day conference betweeI Colonel Roosevelt and half n dozen O leading supporters. Alexander H. Revel of Chicago, who was temporary chair man of the national committee formed several weeks ago. will serve as per chairman.
 Administrative Committee
 An administrative committee Is to b formed with Truman H. Newberry 0 Detroit. ex-Secretary of the Navy a chairman.
 The executive committee is 10 hay general supervision oN~e the campaign Senator Dixon's associates on the com mittee are Frank Knox, chairman 0 the republican central committee O Michigan; William l.. Ward, republican national committeeman from New York Walter Brown, chairman of the Ohi republican central committed: Ceci Lyon, Texas national committeeman and state Senator William Flynn 0 pittsburg
 Senator Dixon will have headquarter at Washington. Mir Knox will he i charge In Chicago, and Mir Ward | New York. while Mir. Lyon will lool after the campaign in tho south.
 MT. Newberry's administrative com mittee is to have charge of the bus mess side of the campaign. It will opei and maintain headquarters and overso the collection of funds.
 Dixon's Statement
 s,enatow Dixon.s stagement follows:
 "For sncre than so ysais tile repub fiean rarty, responding to the demand of majority of the voters of thi country. has controlled the policies c the nation. This extraordinary lease 0 delegated power from the people Ina only followed the response of it's lead CTS to the intelligent demands of DO litical growth and progress. A politica party can only retain. power when 1t leadership can command vote of con ndence from the people themselves.
 -Four years ago. by moro than ;
 
 was again given a new lease of power Next November We must again submi our claims for stewardship 10 the peo pie.
 The lack of positive leadership dur ing the past three years has turned republican majority of 50 in the Hous' Of Representatives into an adverse majority Of TO: has change, a two-thirds vote in the Senate into the bare political control of that bod, and temporarily has lost control of q dozen republican states Of the norti and west.
 Business Bewildered
 "The lack of leadership. of states manship. has produced a condition o business bewiIderment which has halt. ed tho prosperity of the whole coun try. There can be no cure for thi, stagnation unless we sub stitute a policy of progressive and con. structiye legislation which shall mee modern conditions with modern laws These alarming conditions challenge the sober attention of every republican who hopes for success In the cominl presidential election.
 These are the things that have caused a nation wide movement for ths of Theodeze Roosevelt a, The republican candies.fe for President The overwhelming demand of th, masses of the republican voters fol him 10 resume the leadership of his party can only result in his nomina ton by the national convention.
 Roosevelt Necessary
 'The rank and file of he republican voters have once sent him to victor, and are now convinced that his leader ship Is necessary to success in Novem- Der.
 No man in direct touch with poilt. ical conditions in all parts or the coun. try can doubt the existence Of the over whelming sentiment of the people Dur ing the past 90 days fl has begun ts dawn on the leaders Of the republican party that while powerful concentrates interests can sometimes dictate conven tions in the matter of political nomina tlons. these same interests are power less 10 control the action of the peo. pie themselves a. the ballot box.
 Literally hundreds of test votes o political sentiment In both the grea parties have recently been made D, reputable newspapers and other agen eies and in every section Of the coun try with the single exception of th- financial district Tn tee lower end a Island they have aiI toi, one unanimous story.
 Roosevelt Gets Straw Vote
 Ia more than half n million vofes g, tested Colonel Roosevelt has led ir th, ny an average ratio Of nor than 8 10 l over Mir. Taft and by . clear majority over all the candidate both republican and dem Ocratic. While these unofficial tests O presidential preference cannot h ma automatically accurate. no sane mai can longer doubt the overwhelming sen timent among the voters of the coun try who by their ballots in Novem ber Will deterniine the political char aeter of the next administration
 Tn political circles II k no longer , question of doubt that in every stat where the republican voters under pres idential preference election laws can ex press their real choice of a presidential candidate that colonel Roosevelt will hay, every sinzle delegate from those state to tlie republican rational convention.
 The only hope leff To those repub firan< who arr orpOseI 10 fbe rouflHa a