New-York tribune., 1912-02-26

Treasury, now president Of the First Aior,.
gage Guarantee and Trust Compahs' S''O
Mr. Roosevelt will not be able to de1eat
President Taft in the convention, pe,r, pecause
every President in the history OF lhe 80 e.
try who has asked for the nomlnaIlogh g 10 aOt
a second term has received y, ana oo case aeS
think there will be an exception IN @ @lhe oSTe NJ
Of President Taft. 1 viii not discuss MI
Roosevelt's candidacy itself.
George H. Earle. jr., fnancier, said;
There Is nothing unexpected in the an
nouncement that Mr.. Roosevelt is candl,
date. | have continually thought ne WouIo
take the nomination as often as II unghl
he offered to him, but he has been pro
claiming that he would not be candl9sIe
unless the nomination was offered 70 MN
What would surprise me would be ire
American people either giving him the
nomination or the election.
Randall Morgan, first vice-president OF
the United Gas Improvement Company
said;
do not think that any man should ac-
cept the nomination for a third term or
should even consider serving a third term
either by seeking the nomination for 1t or
accepting the nomination If il is rendered
him.
Judge Dinner Beeber said.
rather expected II. AS have previous
" expressed, ] am for Taft, and think 1t
would be a great mistake TO elect Roose-
welt.
William r. Tllden, president of the Union
League. confined himself to this torSo COM
ment.
I regret Mr.. Roosevelt has said that.
Congressman Moore said
I'm for President Taft: am glad that
Colonel Roosevelt has come out in the
open. This is better than ambush fighting.
Colonel r. Nelson, OF The Kansas City
Times-Star," asserted that the Roosevelt
sentiment in the Western states is stronger
than the Taft sentiment. lie said:
At this time the sentiment is Oyerwhelm-
ingly i'm Roosevelts favor in Kansas and
Western states 7 saw Mr.. Roosevelt in
New York ius, before | came here, and
learned then that he did not want TO make
this fight. but Is doing il at the urgent de
mand of his friends for the cause OF tue
Progressivos.
Oscar :. Straus. former Ambassador 20
Turkey and Secretary of Commerce and
Labor under Roosevelt, said:
| have not read Roosevelt's answer to the
Governors. IT, as you inform me. he said
he will accent the Republican nominati n
for President II II Is rendered 10 him, this
of patriotism he has always shown to his
marty and country. Certainly, the party
should have a right to select for its can
didate that standard bearer whom IL re-
CARDS will win for II victory, and no man,
be II Taft or Roosevelt, who can serve his
party and the great principles for which
il STANDS. should permit personal consid-
erations to stand in the way OF rendering
so great a service TO his party and his
You You ask which of the two. Taft or Roose-
yelt | prefer My answer is that while |
have the highest regard for President Taft.
President since Lincoln, the prophet OF our
industrial age. the leader among all our
public men for the establishment OF social
Justice It was he who vitalized the moral
issues of our industrial age, and IL the
Deople believe, as I do, that he Is better
Qualified 10 carry forward the great reform
for the betterment of our social HE than
any other public man why should IT not
he their right to again claim his leader
ship?
Mr.. Straus vas then asked what he
thought of Mr. Roosevelt's Columbus
speech. and If he concnrred In all that was
said by the former President. His reply
was:
an, more IN sympathy with his pro
gramme than with that OF any Other pup
lie man OF our time.
Senator William Flynn, OF Pittsourgh'
head Of the Roosevelt boom In western
Pennsylvania, said:
The statement Is brief and TO the point
II will be 2 great help. The sentiment in
favor of Colonel Roosevelt Is wonderful
throughout the state and nation. In Ale-
eheny County, particularly. We expect TO
carry the four Congressional districts; !
think that Roosevelt will be nominated AT
the Republican Convention because the Re
publicans believe that he can he riected
and they have a doubt about TAFT. We are
not making any particular plans for. the
state The campaign Will develop OF It.
self and plans will be made IN each dls-
fyict The statement clears mp the atrnos-
nhere. | never saw such an overwhelming
sentiment I'm favor OF one man.