The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-24
State Convention Will Have No Second
 Choice After Governor
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.
Calls Roosevelt Astute Pol itician, But Says He Can't
 Head Off Taft
Special from United Press.

Stamford, Feb. 24-TheOdore Roose- welt was called an "astute politician. Governor Baldwin was named as Con necttcut's nominee for the Democratic. Presidential candidacy, Roosevelt's ambition for a third term was strong Iy condemned, and the people of the East were declared to be behind the Middle West and the West in progres- sive policies, in an interview granted the United Press today by Democratic National Committeeman Homer S Cummings RooseVelt's charter Of democracy speech at Columbus, O.. was praised by Cummings, who had no sympa thy, however, with the eX- pie power to recall judges and judicial decisions.
 Roosevelt is losing a great oppor- tunIty to go down in history az a strong character said Cummings, "by failing to adhere to his original dec laration against third term. What was good enough for George Wash ington and for every other President since the Father of his Country; ought to be good enough for Roose- velt- He would be a stronger figure in politics if he resisted this third
 A delicate local situa tion kept Com mitteeman Cummings from expressing his preference for second choice iD the Denoera5ic i9,esiS -stts. -loElina- tion He even denied that ynnecti-
 
 Baldwin.
 q admit from the start" said Cum mings, E'that Connecticut's vote for Its Governor was a purely comp iinentaFy vote. Connecticut Democracy is for Baldwin; after him, the State conven- ton will declare for no other. ] am no prophet or son of a prophet. believe it is safe to say the Connecti~ cut convention will not declare for the second choice. Undoubtedly, if Gov ernor Baldwin is not accepted by the National convention as a Presidential candidate, Connecticut vii not uomt- nate him for the Vice Presidency but will renominate him for the Governor ship-''
 dencies, Cummings said:
 'aThe difficulty with some of our peo- pie in the East is that they do not realize how far the people of the Mid progressive policies. Roosevelt real izes it, however, and is making the most of it. He is not foolish at all but is an astute and clever politician His Columbus speech was strong and appealing, and by no means WaszsUch a statement calculated te-huFt- his chances. But I emphatically decline to subscribe to his proposition to place in the peoples hands the power to re- call judicial decisions. This is pre- posterous and foreign to our system Of government"
 Committeeman Cummings professed to see a great Democratic opportunity in the present split between Taft and Roosevelt, although he was positive that Taft would receive the Republi- can nomination at the coming Chicago convention.
 s'T,he Roosevelt activity sad Cum mings, r'is taken in goods faith by a large part of the Republican party, especially in the West and Middle West. Now, if Taft is renominated, as he is going to be, and the Demo crats nominate progressive man for President, it will be impossib'e for Roosevelt or. any other Republican to head the progressive Republicans for Taft''