New-York tribune., 1912-03-18
ROOSEVELT'S TOUR PLANS.
First of WhirIwind Speeches To
Be Made in Chicago.
WILL BE GONE SIX DAYS
Says He Has Left Out New York
State Because He Is Not Worry
ing About Home Conditions.
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fBy Telegraph to The Tribunel
Oyster Bay, March 17.-Theodore Roose-
welt received a big bunch of shamrocks
Yesterday by mail from Ireland. The In
scription on the green ribbon read. From
your admirers In County Wicklow"
| Colonel Roosevelt goes out TO Huntington
tomorrow as the guest of the parish OF
St. Patrlck's Church. The Rev. Father
York the rector will introduce him to his
parishioners on the occasion of their st.
Patrlck's Day celebration. It's only a
| "handshaking'' affair, the Colonel says ana
he does not expect to make q speech.
Mr.. Roosevelt's preconvention speaking
tour was outlined to-day. 1t opens or
course, Wednesday night at Carnegie Hall
with the Shall the people rule speech be-
fore the Civic Forum, but the first division
OF the whirlwind tour opens next week
Tuesday in Chicago, according to the Colo
neps announcement made to-day as ne was
walking home from church. From chicago
he goes to st. Louis, and then to Mime
apolIs or St Paul. He expects to be gone
at least six days, and on the way home Will
make several rear platform speeches IN
-
Governor Glasscock, one OF the seven Gov
ernors who persuaded him to toss his hat
into the ring.
Week after next will probably see the
colonel In Concord, n. II. From there he
will run up to Portland, Me, providing the
question OF preferential primaries ism I
knocked in the head before he can get
there On the way home he will stop of
in Boston on the strength of the preferen-
tial primaries Just enacted in the Bay
State.
Before I 90 to Chicago II is possible
that may speak on the East Side in New
York" he said However, that is a little
uncertain now. I shall not go into North
Dakota, as have said before, and there
will be no Southern tour"
SiIent on La Toilette Report.
The colonel would not discuss the report
that his managers conceded North Dakota
to La Toilette
The third and last week Of the tour Will
be devoted to Philadelphia, and possibly
other large cities in Pennsylvania, although
Mr.. Roosevelt says. he is quite satisfied
with the situation there. In the week OF
April he will be heard in Newark, n. j.
on May 30 he will speak on the Gettysburg
battlefield to several thousand members OF
the brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
The campaign. as will be seen, practically
eliminates a tour OF New York state. The
colonel explained this to-day by saying
that he was not worrying about the situa-
ton at home.
Il feel certain OF twenty delegates" he
said, and II the state primary law wasn't
such bad one I'd have the majority dele
CATION"
In this connection, his attention was
drawn to the prediction OF a collapse for
the Roosevelt boom in New York. made
on Saturday by Samuel Koenig. president
OF the New York County Committee. Mr..
Koenig said: "Witu I. single exception
OF Oscar Straus, no representative Repub-
licans OF the county are now connected
with the former President. whose mana
gers have bungled SO badly that 1t Is q
question whether the Roosevelt headquar-
ters will be kept open until primary day"
"As I remember It. Oscar Straus is
Democrat. appointed TO the Cabinet by
President Cleveland. and later Minister TO
Turkey" said Mr.. Roosevelt with hearty
laugh. The first ching Mr.. Koenig
knows he Will be saying BIZ Ward and
ex-Judge Duell are not regular Repub-
licans."
Some one showed Mr.. Roosevelt an edi-
torlal from New York newspaper to-day
condemning Us false press dispatches
from Kansas purporting to show that the
Democratic convention there had declared
In favor OF nominating Woodrow Wilson
II II should be shown that Champ Clark
could not be nominated. The editorial
said the Kansas convention declared for
Champ Clark without mentioning Wilson.
Sample Of Garbed Reports"
1T is a fair sample OF the garbled press
reports OF the conventions in Indianapolis,
where the vote was two TO one for me-"
said Mr.. Roosevelt. Down in Evansville,
my managers tell me. the reports were
garbled worse than ever. There tho con-
vention declared for me five TO one, on the
word of Senator Beverldge."
Mr.. Roosevelt said Governor Hadley
told him that the Eastern newspapers
had published malicious and deceiving re-
ports OF Taft gains I'm Missouri.
What about the report that your man
ayers are out 10 capture the Republican
National Committee?" was asked