The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-07-19
ROOSEVELT WILL
NOT STRADDLE
TELLS SUPPORTERS
HE OPPOSES BARGAIN
Wants a New Party
Out And Out.
Statement Issued from oyster Bay
No Middle Ground for the Colonel
Sees in Third Party Saliva
ton of the Country-Neither
of Old Parties Progressive
Sentiment Of People
Favor Change.

oyster Bay, N. l., july l0.-rOt
nation of distinct and independent
party, and not the capture of the
republican party, is the course
Colonel Roosevelt laid out for him
self tonight. He took issue fatty
with supporters who have advanced
proposal for effecting an agree
ment with the republican organiza-
tion in some states through which
under certain conditions the strength
of the Roosevelt followers might be
thrown behind President Taft. The
colonel will have none of it.
Straight-out Fight.
The colonel said emphatically there
would be no bargaining of this ma
ture if he could prevent it. 1t is his
purpose to make his fight with such
supporters as are willing to assist IN
the formation of a genuinely new
party He was confident, however,
that the stand he took would not
bring about a break with those who
favor the plan he vetoed.
"If this plan should be pu4 through
in Pennsylvania or elsewhere, will
there be a splt?" he was asked.
81 don't think there will be any
break" he replied. Then he dictated
this statement of his position:
'T see that in Pennsylvania and
Maryland the proposal has been
made that identical Roosevelt and
Taft electors shall run and the cleo
tors who are chosen cast their votes
for whichever one, eithere Mr.. Taft
or myself, who gets the most votes.
7 trust that no such plan will be
adopted I claim in every primary
state where the primaries were car
ried for me and where electors have
been nominated that as a matter of
the highest obligation those men are
bound to vote for me, for I am the
nominee of the overwhelming majorl-
ty of the rank and file of the re-
publican party, and Mr. Taft's NOM
ination represents nothing but the
successful dishonesty of the Barnes
Penrose Guggenheim machine and is
not binding upon any honest Republi-
can
Vetoes Suggested.
"In certain of these primary states,
as | understand it, there is now a
contest on in the primaries to see
whether my name or that of Mr.
Taft shall be put on the regular tick
ct instead of being nominated by pc
tition, it being the intention of the
party beaten in the primary to nomi-
nate its electors by petition. This is
all right and proper; but so far as
I have any say in the matter, | shall
net assent to any arrangement by
which under any circumstances my
supporters or electors supported by
them shall cast their votes for Mr.
Taft
81 make my appeal to all progress
sives no matter what their past ar
citations may be who genuinely be-
lieve in progressive principles and
who believe as | do that both of the
old party organizations are com
pletely under the dominion of the
bosses and of special privilege and
that both the Chicago and
Baltimore platforms are funda
mentally unprogressive and re
dictionary platforms, showing that II
is hopeless to expect from either Of
the parties under present conditions
any real and far-reaching progressive
movement. Therefore I hope that
in every state the progressives with
cut regard to their past party affilia
tions may have the chance to vote
at the polls for electors who in the
electoral college will cast their votes
for the national progressive candidate
for President"