The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-15

friends clustered about him and whis-
pered audioly: Say ycull decline, II
nominated. Governor my son pinched
Roosevelt In the leg and said: .Relnem-
! her your contract with the Senator.
Governor Roosevelt kept faith. He
Ignored the solicitations OF Shaw and
others and sat down. In other words, "a
pinch may be said to have made Roose-
Welt President, for had he executed tho
threat OF declining and 1t had been ac-
! ospsed. he would never have reached
tho White House."
Colonel Roosevclt's Version.
The statements as to tho nomina-
ton for the vice-presidcncy are erro-
ncous. For Instance. after the Senator
told me that l would not DO nominated
as Governor. said: Very well, VIC will
hSht. told him l should absolutely
refuso to accept the nomination az
ce-President, and that II the New
YORK delegation tried to force 1t upon
mo should get up and say that SEN
ator Plat had announced that / should
be refused denomination for Cover
| nor and would have to be nominated
| ior e-President, and that should
then and there announce that / would
not take the nomination for the vice.
| presidency and would be a candidate
for the nomination Of Governor.
The Senator evidently did not be-
licvo that would do this, but when l
| got downstairs 1 announced my intcn-
| ton TO dozen OF tho delegates, stat
| ing what Senator Plat had said. In,-
mediately there WAC n great commo
tlon, message was sent up to Senator
Platt. and two minutes later I was
summoned to his room. whore he es-
piainsd that I must have misunder-
stood him: that he had no intention of
SAYING thQt e. ho
mated as Governor; that no further ef-
Tort would BIO made by the New York
delegation to put me In nomination for
tho vice-presidoncy. and that no oppo.
sition would DO made to my nomina-
ton as Governor.
accordingly tho effort oeased. and
tho New York delegation put Woodruff
| In nomination. Later 1t developed thn,
the convention. as whole. was bound
70 nave me. and Senator Hanna, who
mad Violsntly opposed my nomin ltion
made up his mind that the feeling was
SO strong that he could not afford to
! antagonize II. After considerable hest
alton l thon concluded to accept In
| other words, while did not intend to
permit myself to he forced into Ethe
vice -prestdency. In order to get me,ou,
or the sovernorship. l did not feel al
| liberty to refuse the nomination wine T
II becams evident that the earnest de-
side OF the Republicans as a whole was
| TO have me take the position for the
! beneflt of the party
That 100000 Corruption Fund.
The third contradiction is drawn
from Colonel Roosevelt by Senator
! Flats story of how he saved Roose
velt from defeat for Governor in 1879;
py coHectinS corruption fund Thi:
CHAPTER In the Plat book in par
His tRooscvelt,s) Democratic op
| ponent was Augustus Van Wyck, Sen
ator Patrick II. McCarren. a past mas
J Myek's canvass. He Richard croker
| William +. Sheehan and others ha,
made raid on Wall Street CoIone
moosevelt learned of this while on al
| Upstate stunpinS tour. Alarmed, h,
n:'sttned TO New York and burst II
| unon Chairman Benjamin 3. Odcu. Sr.
81 me republican, state Committee.
| CROKER and McCarron are tryIn.
to luy the State shouted Rooscv 81
| N tones OF mingled Indignation an,
fright. we shall have TO raise som,
inore money ourselves or we are lick
DO gov know where to get lt7
No, | DON'T answered Roosevei,
We'll, let's so and see Tie .ol,
man maj; Perhaps he does suggested
ThrE Hasten TO the "oId Man"
1 tc OS lTONeTnOr and the
state chairman FASTENED to Senator
liatts Fifth Avenue Hotel apartment
| lhey apprised the Senator OF the des
/ perntc situation"
| Here follows Platis descr,ption q
! now he learned from Odoll that eco,
! pOo was needed: how Plat wrote dow,
/ l?e names or six men for $4,000 each
Morgan heading tha list. The autobIog
! raphv at this point continues:
| NO Is running this canIpa,un-
| demanded Plat, Indignantly.
w ny. you and Jdell are yas tn,
| lliooscVclts) answer
Ihen I'll go downtown and re
! the $4,000, said Senator Plat, as il,
! called cab and hurried to the none,
4 centre He brought back the 500 0o6
/ RooseVelt defeated Van Wyck by u,
! Tut for the fund Accumulated ~,
] Platt. in tho dying hours OF the cam
paiEn. Croker and McCarren assortet
| that Van Wyck would have defeated
! Eoost Welt handily That would. OF
! course, have made Roosevelt en- i'm
possibility for Vtco- President am
! President. Is 1t any wonder the .oit
! suardsmen' to this day maintain. PLAT
| saved Rooseyeltn''
Roosevelts reply to these write,
"reminiscences of Plat is that .'th,
4 whole statement abont contributions Z:
F! upon Senator Platt with Governor
oieil on 0py such Grand or HAD
any such conversation with Senator
$500