The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-23
Finn Comes Away From
Convention Saying T. r.
Can Have His Own Way
TROUBLE BREWING
IN PENNSYLVANIA
That Hector Business Is
About to Get Their Goats,
Even State Boss Admits
Ruefully

OYSTER BAY, July 22.-Afler i
conciiiatory conference with Colonel
Roosevelt over the elector muddle In
Pennsylvania, ex-senator Finn, bel
licose Bull Moose leader in that state.
came away from Sycamore Hin today,
saying the ex-president could haSe
his own way If he wanted IL
The Pennsylvania fighter. VINO
went to the mat with the Roosevelt
adversaries in Chicago, and has been
batting ever since to straighten out
perplexing tanSie In the Keystone
State told the International News
Service that no friction exists between
The colonel and the Pennsylvania prst~
cressives The elector imbroglto is to
be finally disposed OF. he explained.
after the third party convention.
Finn emerged from the conference
still maintaining that his own scheme
OF running the thirty eight Roosevelt
and Taft electors on joint ballot,
10 be governed by the State vote is
>ovember. is the practicable one.
While Colonel Roosevelt wants
strictly third party ticket, with none
OF has electors running on the Tatt
ticket Finn insisted that the ex-,rer-
idents idea does not find favor with
the ma orits OF Pennsylvania lea
ders
I'VE are sure ~ carrying the state
fer Roosevelt IL We SO I'm with the
Jnin. ELECTORAL ballot declared Finn.
We hope the colonel will come
around to our views Of IL. II he does
not aud insists on having a distinct
third party ticket. with his own eIc
tors or that and no Tiff men on II.
the Pennsylvania leaders Will e
auiesce,"
No split in Sight
Is there any prospect Of a spit In
the progressive party in Pennsylva-
ria :" Finn was asked,
Not the Yiightest," was the quick
response. We have the upper hand
IN the Stale aud are going 10 KEEP
H. What we have bean trying TO
do is work out the situation tn our
best advantages. The colonel is with
9 us In any plan We decide upon.
You are going 10 stick TO tne
third party o. was asked.
The Pennsylvania looked at his
interrogation from beneath the rim
of his wide hrimmed straw hat. perch
cd over his eyebrows. Sure. Tn'
going to stick" he snapped Every
thing is going along all right"
VI an outcome OF the conference
today. II appears that the Pennsyl-
Nana situation is ss much in the
air an before The progressive
readers are W ~ sc IL hi aftSt AiiNS
have nominated Colonel Roosevelt. II
IL seems. at that time that they ought
20 go In on third party ticket. the
Colonel electors viii not appear Oh
the Tart ballots II Finn and his
conference convince the colonel that
they can carry Pennsylvania anu they
'nqistS on merging thu electors OF one
ticket. that will be done. Every hing
depends on what develops between
time
Three Kinds Appear.
Finn went on 10 say tnat the tan
gle I'm Pennsylvania has developed
three kinds 81 Roosevelt electors
some of whom are willing 10 go upon
Joint tickets. others who insist upoa
running upon an Independent ticket.
anil stiN others who, II Roosevelt f.
not nut up as the regular nomi'see.
will resign IA To the l,t.er class.
ya1nr explained thu. Roosevelt, under
the law. could not be placed NJ the
head Of tha straight RepublicIn tick
cts as Taft had been declared the
nominee Of the party al Chicago.
Our scheme is 10 make every one
SET .}sv, els-oes4es satse sspG.n the ieaYst
ticket sign stipulation. to be filed
with the proper authority binding
hir1 70 the vote cast on election Gay
said Finn.
We Nb0s tfAftt kttf a'''' E*'' e"' =
will not do that. rs they are deter
mired 20 vote for Taft anyhow
''Tha, win drive them FROM the joint
ballot In that event. Taft might
have ~ run ~ another ticket him
self with his own set Of electors
II would make the election Of the
Roosevelt men ever. more certain.
The Pennsylvania progress'ves are
not trying to make rny row With Tho
IT, .. txgf
we have the game our own way, and
W" are going 70 play II. However It
comes out. Taft gets the worst Of It.
As the progressives have the State
committee and the power TO work II
out our own way, there Is no chance
Tor trouhle II our own ranks
TN the political history Of the
country there never has been a parai-
lei case to this Because ~ its per
and all OF u.s. to leave the final de-
cision IN to the leaders after the Chi
cago convention. We shall All be gov
crned there by what Colonel Roosevelt
wants"
When Colonel Roosevelt was in
formed that Finn had put the final
decision up TO him. the ex-president
smilinglv asserted that he did not
want to boss anything Whatever
the leaders wanted TO do, he said,
4 would satisfy him.
The ex-president heard tonight Of
tha decision of Governor Deneen, OF
Illinois. to stick with Taft.
'tr expected It," he remarked Las.
week ! sent word to, my leaders in
Illinois that I wanted Governor De-
neen to declare himself. I was In
formed that he wanted TO stay neu-
trail In the fight. so ne would not he
disturbed In his race for governor, ]
demand that If he was for Mr. Taft
he say so. and If for me. that he
break sway and ioin us in third
ticket Now that he has decided for
Mr.. TAFT we shall put M the third
it"kstwth our own candidate against
Deneen."