The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-24
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ashlnSlon, March "i.-Walter l..
Hauscr. Ia Follettes manager in a
letter to-day to ellison Gardner. made
public the grounds on which he charges
Colonel Roosevelt with having braA an
faith with the Wisconsin Senator.
Hauser has made these charges on the
stump and few days ago they drew
from ellison Gardner. Washington
Newspaper man. statement regarding
the message he Is supposed to have
conveyed from Roosevelt 10 La Fol
lette.
auser charges that Roosevelt en-
couraGed La Toilette 10 become can
didate and promised TO do what he
could to help him through the columns
of the Outlook The inference is plain
!y conveyed in the letter that Roose-
welt used La Toilette against Taft and
then threw him over when the LIZ
Toilette movement. as Hauser says.
mad begun to assume proportions. The
letter in part is as follows:
The message YOU say you brought
from Colonel Roosevelt to Senator La
Toilette can be construed in no other
way than n inducement TO Senator
La Toilette to become candidate.
You say he (Roosevelt) said he would,
In the columns of the Outlook or oth-
erwise. do what he could to direct at
tention TO the work accomplished by
Senator La Toilette In Wisconsin
Justified In Belief.
IF he had said no more. that would
Justify what have said. xiz.. that the
cite from Roosevelt encouraged La
Toilette to become a candidate.
But you said more than this. You
said that Roosevelt declared that he
could not be a candidate; that his
.plce in history was made; that he
could not afford to take a defeat and
that whoever made the fight was GER
tain to be defeated for nomination,
and for election IL nomInated: that
this was Il Democratic year: that La
Toilette would not be injured by a de-
feat: that there should be a candidate
representing the progressive move
mcnt; that La Toilette was the logical
man. and that II he decided to make
the fight he should announce his
candidacy at once
This in addition to what you admit
you stated Is substantially what you
started 60 me and others. I have
stated no more In my interviews or
speeches. You and l have used this
message at different times. and there
was never any understanding of its
intent or meaning.
That Roosevelt encouraged La Fol-
lette to become candidate YOU can
not deny.
Confers with nInterests."
But the unexpected happened. You
are familiar with the frequent con-
fercnces In New York abou. that time.
between Colonel Roosevelt, Dan r.
Hanna director of the steel trust: his
faithful licutcnnnts. Nat c. Wright
editor of IIanna's Cleveland Leader:
and Walter i. Brown. chairman of the
Ohio State central committee. is clever
and crafty machine politician as cal
be found in this country.
'Yon know that n committee was or
ganized in Ohio under the direction Of
Brown for Roosevelt for President:
that headquarters were opened and
active work done which split the pro-
gressivc strength in that State and
added to ono wing OF 1t the suppo-t
and sympathy Of men who were well
known representatives OF the interests
You know that Frank a. Munsey,
proprietor OF Munsey's Magazine. also
steel magnatc. became very active
through his newspapers and otherwise
in an effort to force Roosevelt's can
dldacy.
you know that George W. Perkins.
also high In steel and head of the Har-
vestGr Trust, declared that no was for
Roosevelt, because he and Roosevelt
looked at public questions alike
You know that Ornsby. McHare,
representing somebody gumshoed tho
South. Southwest and other parts of
the country in Roosevelts interest,"
all this before Roosevelt became a can
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