The Washington times., 1912-02-29
DIXON SELECTED
TO LEAD FIGHT
/ FOR ROOSEVELT
Montana Senator to Have
I, Charge of Campaign
Arl for Delegates.
Continued from First Page


educated in Indiana and at C,ilford
College, North Carolina, graduatinp
IRON that institution in 1889. He moved
70 Montana and has been in politics
IRON rom the day he climbed off the cars
assistant prosecuting attorney, prose.
cutting attorney, legislator, two terms
Congressman, and then Senator, He
was a good enough politician to keen
rlgnt on doing business, and to climb
10 the top of the Montana scheme OF
thlngs despite the Dalys, the Clarks,
the Amalgamated, and the ardent hos.
tility, in later times, of foxy old Tom
Garter. which record is accounted by
tolk intimate with the gilded, bedizened
and copper-riveted politics of Montana,
10 represent some capacity. for speed.
Kentucky Is Slipping.
The choice of a manager thoroughly
familiar with Southern conditions is
not the only move of the Roosevelt
torces that Is giving the Administra-
!lon directors cause for worry In the
last three days 1t has been discovered
A'tnat Kentucky is slipping from the grip
kof the Bradley machine of Federal Of
liceholders and getting ready for a
landslip toward the Roosevelt Camp.
central, western, and eastern Kentucky
ere reported ready to rise as soon as
organization that was made last year
by Judge e. c. O'Rear, Republican can
dldate for governor, has gone over
body and boots to- Roosevelt, and it is
already promised by the O'Rear organ
izers that they will begin by getting
for Roosevelt every county in the
State that ORear carried last fall.
Along with these they expect TO get
9 majority of the others. O'Rear's de-
feat was attributed to the disgust of
the people with the National Admins
'tration. - T..
Typical of his revolt, a letter from
w. F. Nichols, chairman of the county
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Roosevelt headquarters that Bradley
has lost his grip that the Columbus
D speech has made a great hit because
Kentucky has had some sorry exDer-
fences with judiciary not exactly re-
sponstve to popular sentiment, and that
from the beginning of the Taft Admin
1stralon, there has never been a time
: when Roosevelt was not stronger than
Taft. Bradley, declares Mr.. Nichols,
has utterly ignored the county organi-
cation all over the State in distributing
patronage, and they are seething with
revolt.
= Old soldiers constitute a big political
force, and they are in arms because of
3redley's vote on the pension bill. Mr.
% Nichols says in his section a poll shows
from 20 to so per cent Of Republicans
p for Roosevelt
From Williamsburg. in the mountain
section making up the eleventh Ken.
'tucky district. comes the report that
% a poll covering every precinct in Whit
ley county showed 80 per cent of Re.
publicans for Roosevelt; the district
e. and all the county organizations have
Fured the delegates practically with
out a fight. Adairville sends a very
similar report
Rock Ribbed Democrat Bolts.
Ono of the most suggestive bits OF
Information that has come in from the
Edward H. Walker, of Atlanta, life
long Democrat, who two years age
was among the men considered for the
nomination for governor of the State
and authorizes the use of his state
- iment, which is based on the Columbus
r speech, in any way it may be useful in
support" writes Mr.. walker, and as a
Southern Democrat, l stand ready to
Organize the National Roosevelt Dem
ocratic Club
&, Democratic leaders in Washington are
trying to kill off, just as noisclessly MS
possible, the nIOvenIent to. postpone the
democratic convention. They realize
HAT the mere suggestion of doing such
q thing has already betrayed the fact
that they are afraid of Roosevelt, and
= thereby strengthened him very much,
The lecent movement Of tn" anti
Bryanitcs to organize P, Tell u.s. How
to-Vote" Club Is forgotten and energies
are being devoted to. tho formation of 4
Keep -a-Stiff- Upper Lip Lea que. whose
motto will he, Don't Look Scared,
Even II You are"
Tho invasion OF New England by
Roosevelt is t. be followed by cuun-
ter move in that section by Presidon
L" Taft, who will visit Boston the middle
OF March 1t is about decided, also. that
, he will go on to New Hampshire and
make an appeal to stem the tide of
Roosevelt strength that Governor bass
progressiN es have raised.
!, Much Worry Over Ohio.
, The totals of the Ohio Democratic
press bureau uoll Of Ohio or the presi-
dency are giving both Democrats and
z. Administration Republicans worry. The
3 Ohio Democrats, like other Democrats,
don't want Roosevelt nominated. They
3 don't feel the least interest in demon
Z strating him strength. But the Ohio
tIpress bureau started a poll, and an
! 'nounced that it would announce the re-
Z suits. When th2y began coming in, 1t
was ell Roosevelt 1t was too late to
s ,pull In the promise of publicity, and sc
: Nhe figures have heen given to the pub-
{ lie. thereby intensely disgusting the
B people who arc taking the poll, and
4 other Democrats.
/ The figures as wired to Washington
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