New-York tribune., 1912-01-14
from The Tribune Bureau.l

oSlltle lOH, JdIuoIy
me POLITICAL SILLY sEAsON.-In
the opinion Of those who know Ormsby Nc
ilars' nothing could he more extraordinary
1ToIIo report from Alabama that Mr..
60 w O. Ior many years secretary to sena-
- uiiloer' Of North Dakota, and later
'n' secretary Of Commerce and La
Ooi, Is III the South working for the nomi-
na'oh Vi Colonel Roosevelt. II is doubtful
IL there mas been in the entire federal SER
vice any more implacable enemy Of Colonel
Roosevelt than Ormsby McHarg, and, in
ueeo' IL may be recalled that it was largely
due 10 Mr. McHarg's indiscreet criticism of
MT roosevelt that his resignation Of the
post OF assistant to Secretary Nagel was
somewhat cheerfully accepted. After leav-
ing the service of Mr.. McCumber, Mr. Nc
Harg was appointed a special attorney for
the Department Of Justice. and in that ca
pacity investigated and sought to prose-
cute certain frauds in Arizona and that
section. Some of the cases worked up by
Mr.. McHarg were nolle pressed by direc-
ton OF the Department OF Justice, and Mr..
McHarG mas always asserted that this step
was taken at the dictation of President
Roosevelt, was without warrant and due to
political influence exerted at the White
House. and his condemnation of Colonel
Roosevelt has been drastic in the extreme.
1t Is truly said that politics makes strange
bedfellows, and there may be some truth
I'm the report which comes from Alabama,
but those who know Mr. McHarg well do
not believe II and are disposed to attribute
il to a season when the effort TO read po-
litical significance into every move made
by present or past politician is apt to
outstrip the limits OF fact, and even OF
probability. 1t is remarked that IL there
should prove TO be any truth in the report,
Mr. McHarg will unduestionably be found
TO be working under the direction OF WILL
lam L. Ward.
PERKINS AND BEVERIDGE-The re-
port that Senator Beveridge and George w.
Perkins, recently a partner in ]. p. Morgan
& Co, have entered into an agreement to do
team work for the nomination OF Colonel
Roosevelt does not cause much surprise In
Washington. The hostility Of the firm with
which Mr.. Perkins was formerly associated
and of all those who entertain friendly re-
lations with il to President Taft ever since
suit was brought against the United States
Steel Corporation is we'll known President
AIT ndO dDunudnt warning, even DeiOTe tne
suit was brought, of the implacable enmity
he would incur thereby Furthermore. Mr..
Perkins is doubtless incensed by the suit
against the International Harvester Com
pany. Senator Beveridge has never liked
the President, and he doubtless attributes
his defeat in his last race for the Senator
ship largely 10 the President. On the other
hand, It will be recalled that President
Roosevelt went into Indiana and eulogized
Mr.. Beveridge in the most glowing terms in
his campaign for reelection, and. despite
the fact that Mr.. Roosevelt had little use
for Senator Beveridge when the former was
in the White House, the ex-senator doubt
less prefers him TO President Taft. The
close relations which have long existed be-
tween Mr. Beveridge and Mr. Perkins are
also well known II may be recalled that
it was Senator Beveridge who. at the in
stance Of Mr. Perkins, nearly succeeded In