The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-26
RoosEvELT,s NElGHBoRs IN 4 oUANDRY OVER MANNER OF
 HIS RECEPTION HOME.
STILL FIGHTING" SAYS T.R.
Colonel is Keeping In Close Touch With Baltimore and Hopes to In- terest the Losing Faction in
 His New Party.

Oyster Bay. N r.. June 25 With
 the organization of the new progrcs-4
 sive party definitely under way. Colo | 9el Roosevelt returned to his hume
 today from Chicago
 He was smiling and said he was in i fighting trim. He made it clear the work would be pushed ahead with fit steam on.
 His neighbors in Oyster Bay, who have followed the politica. fortunes of Colonel Roosevelt for a good many years, did not know whether to se- ceive him as returning champion ur vanquished warrior but he assured those who saw him that he was not
 in the least dismayed by the happen ings at Chicago.
 "In understand that some of the newspapers today the colonel re-
 marked, said that l returned from
 Chicago greatly aged. with line If care on my face By George, isn't that funny?r He threw back his head and laughed.
 You see how I look, he contiiiue5 T never felt more fit in my life. And those of you who were out Ill Chicago know that if there was man who was not concerned or nervous. l it was I.
 q told them out there that if they didn't purge the convention of fraud- ulent delegates l would take the step 1 I did. There was never any d0uJt l in my mind what l would do." | Colonel Roosevelt was greatly pleased at the news from Baltimore. | He showed how closely he was keep-
 ing in touch with the situation there | by reciting the vote by which Bryan had been defeated a short time be- 1 fore in his contest with Parker over
 the temporary chairmanship. Doesn't that remind you of what happened in Chicago?" he asked
 sThey are making the same fight at Baltimore. That's good. One thing is plain, Murphy will never make peace with Bryan Colonel Roosevelt said that appar- entity the issue among the Democrats was fundamentally the same as that h tine Republican convention. Sinouid
 serious differences develop, 1t Is his belief that the new party will profit
 by it, in the way of receiving support frori ,iiiisaffeetrd 1sinv0Tst5 W issi
 tuis in mind. ceIenei Roosevelt asa
 his associates will take no definite steps until after the Democratic con-
 yention. He said the first meeting of the temporary committee on or ganizatien, announced yesterday DsF Governor Hiram Johnson of Califof-
 mia, would be deferred thtil after the Democrats have named their tick ct and it probably would be held the latter part of next week. The meet
 ing is to take place in New York. It's chief work will be to fix the date for the national convention and issue
 the call.
 There is one thing which I would
 like to make clear" said Colonel
 Roosevelt Ut is that the temporary committee, which was announced vest terday, ss in m eanse naIinnal committee in the ordinary acceptan e of the term. It was selected simply for the purpose of taking the first step and calling the convention
 Each state he said, would select ! it's own national committeeman and | there was no guarantee that any man on the list would be the represents tive of his state after the convention.
 The only action which will be talk en pending the news from Batimore. IQtOHEl 1tOOScFSiA oatus W0Ns1 h~ tA.~ organization of party machinery In the various states.
 Timothy l.. Woodruff and Willia n Halpin of New York called on ne today he continued You can't re- press people like that He said MT. Woodruff and Mir. Hal- rin were already at work forming the ! New York organization. Colonel
 Roosevelt said the founders or the rev party hoped to take over geed measure of strength from the Den.s1- cratic party.
 I It was understood that as soon IS
 he returned today the colonel got lnta
 communicatin with several Democrats
 who, he thought might wish to join the movement.
 On reaching New York this morn ing. Colonel Roosevelt stopped tor a few hours in his office. He dippad | into a mass of letters and telegranis
 awaiting him, and talked with q fex visitors Besides MT. Woodruff and
 Mr Halpin. he saw Robert Bacon, for mer ambassador to France.