The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-27
ROOSEVELT WILL
STAY IN FIGHT
TO The END
Defines Principal Issue OF Pro
posed Campaign
big SINISTER INFLUENCES
Same Element That Defeated Him
at Chicago Is at Work in Bal
tlmore Convention

Oyster Bay, June 26.-The issue
upon which Colonel Roosevelt is to
make his campaign for the presiden-
cy was indicated by him today. He
proposes to base his appeal upon the
assertion that what he has termed
the big sinister Influences have
determined to eliminate him from
public life because he is the one man
whom they really fear To accom-
plish this purpose, he believes they
are willing TO take up any man VINO
they think can win the presidency
over him. Having defeated him at
the Chicago convention, he says they
hope to control the Democratic con
vention to this same end.
They know me and know them,
he said. 1T is anything to beat me.
am fighting a lone hand and ! am
going to fight it out to the epd
The former president made this
remark after a long conference with
William A Prendergast, comptroller
of the city OF New York. Mr.. Prem
dergast came to Oyster Bay to induce
Colonel Roosevelt to say definitely
that under no circumstances would
he withdraw from the fight
Has any suggestion been made,
was asked of Mr.. Prendergast, that
any man other than Colonel Roose
welt should lead the fight for the new
party?" 81 will answer that question
| for Mr.. Prendergast" said the colon
ell in the statement which | maze
in Chicago on Monday ! said that
would stay in the fight to the end
Since then have received hundred:
of letters and kilograms urging mt
to 20 on with it, and not one OF then
suggested thatl get out of it. In ever!
case my reply is just what ! said il
Chicago
The comptroller said the reason
he was anxious to make 1t clear tina
Colonel Roosevelt would make Ia,
fight was that the interests whicl
defeated him at Chicago would d.
anything in their power to keep hin
out of the White House. and for tina
purpose would gladly accept an
: other progressive. In Chicago, h
continued, some of the Taft leader
asked him to 90 to Colonel Roosevelt
: with the offer to give the nomination
to Governor Hadley or any other ma
the colonel might name They ha
even offered, he said, to put tn
Roosevelt delegates from Texas an
Washington back on the list If h
would consent TO this. ColonI
,, Roosevelt corroborated this stat
ment. and added that the same int
ests were hard at work at the Bait
more convention and were willing
take up any OF the Democratic pr
Q gressives II they thought they conl
: but defeat him.
Comptroller Prendergast said in
statement that he had pointed OF
to Colonel Roosevelt that the owe
: shadowing issue was whether II
b nomination for the presidency can |
= stolen, and the people given no o.
portunity to pass judgment on tn
theft"
THE object for which this frau
was perpetrated," he said was II
: defeat of Mr. Roosevelt, not the nor
y nation of anybody else. This co
spiracy will be successful II an
r other man is elected to the preside
2. cy. The object of every honest ms
! should, therefore, be to elect hin
Should either Mr. Taft or Democr
# be elected the success OF the co
r. spiracy would be complete II u
presidency or a nomination for IL c;
90 be stolen and the thieves escape u
D, punished, what security can there
er for property or order"