New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
SAMUEL c.. BLYTHE SEES
MYSTERY AT CHICAGO
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.d are looking ahead to 1916. They
it'll that by naming Taft and defeat-
,re Roosevelt they can force a bolt and
.,us puree the party Of what they call
-onr,ism. and what the Roosevelt men
call progressivlsm. mus VII" ''i''
.,or,ent out they retain control of the
Ia machinery and go ahead and try TO
."1ua I'M something for 1915 II is a
,urslv selfish, od-line political pro-
stsmme. being PLAYED by entirely selfish
old-line politicians.
They know with Roosevelt they lose
.,,orvtbing. even if Roosevelt shall b.
dominated and defeated. They contend
a. Roosevelt is not nominated and they
,ar force him 10 bolt he will take with
rim the elements of the party opposed
a. tbeir views and policies and leave
them 10 gather up the wreckage ans
make another machine out Of the scraps
"esnne Desperate; SO Are They
They realize the game is desperate
hut so are they. They have nothing 70
cain with Roosevelt and everything tc
Iose: whereas. if they can name tart
and Taft is defeated. they still retain
their scraps. and have four years IN
which 10 rebuild. and If Taft shall be
named and elected they are in clover
This explains the course Of the Repub-
I,can National Committee in the contests
They are determined to name Taft and
eliminate Roosevelt. for they know II
thew do not eliminate Roosevelt they viii
he eJi,nfrated This explains the bitter
light being conducted by Crane and Pen
rose an Barnes and all the rest of the
Taft men They are fighting for them
selves AMI for their particular personal
kind Of Republican party. and not for
any other thing or condition or person
They have lined up all the regulars and
are fighting 1or regularity, for the ole
order. for the old guard, and they are
fighting hard and skilfully, and resource
FULLY and relentlessly, with an ample wal
contains.
Conversely, the Roosevelt partisans
contend these men no longer type, OF
even represent, the Republican party oil
to-day. They point TO the almost un-
broken line of successes Of Mr.. Roosevelt
in the primary states as evidence that
the people in the party are for the colo
mel. no matter what the bosses may say
STILL great as the popular uprising was
II was not great enough, because of old
conditions. perhaps, that prevailed in
many states. and the still potent fetch
Of the organization. to bring Mr.. Roose-
welt to Chicago a clear winner. Instead
Mr.. Roosevelt comes with not quite
enough votes; comes as disputed and
not as a nom disputed victor. Thus. his
supporters hold, something must be done
10 push him over. TO secure for him
enough further convention support Il
make his popular support valid in the
convention.
Need . Firing on Fort Sumter.
What the Roosevelt men need is a
firing on Fort Sumter They want some
thing TO crystalline the public spirit. to
force public Indignation or arouse
enough public sentiment to compel the
nomination of Roosevelt, despite the OPP
position Of the machine They say the
sentiment for him exists. but it must be
developed here coEcretely.
Their campaign has been TO bring
about some coup that will excite the
people sufficiently TO have the needed
effect on enough delegates TO insure the
nomination of the colonel. They hac
hopes they could taunt the old guard or
the national committee TO throw out al
Of California or to take all the California
delegates for Taft.
: The old guard would not be tainted
The old guard knew such action would
Re sure 70 stir the people more thar
taking the delegates in Indiana or II
any Of the other states. So they tool
only two in California, and they let II
the Roosevelt Missouri contingent, ant
confined their operations chiefly u
Southern states, whose contestants D.
regulars no matter how outraged. can
not excite any public Indignation what
soever in the breasts Of the Republicans
This strategy failing. the next mov'
was to bring on Roosevelt. de came
He is here. At present his role is tina
tf Fort Sumter. He is trying TO be IN
hciting cause for the capitalization O
al anti-boss sentiment, to arouse I'M
reople. both here and elsewhere, SUI
ficiently 80 they will go TO war as tn
people were aroused in 1861. after bein'
in a ferment for years-the colonelI
ferment being smaller. IF course am
extending only over months, although
the revolt has been i'm progress. unle'
by him. for long time.
This is the real reason for the appear
ance Of Mr. Roosevelt in Chicago TN
afternoon. He is the trump card of tn
Roosevelt managers. They have playe'
him. and are waiting TO see whether n
is big enough to take the trick
But the situation Is not two-sided. |
Is triangular. Out in the country ther