New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-29
Roosevelt Simply Burning Up
the West, Says COlonePs
Campaign Manager.
HE'S SURE OF ILLINOIS
Pennsylvania, California and
Kansas Also Among States
Placed in the Third
Party Column.
fBv Telegraph to The Tribune }

Oyster Bay July Ex-senator Joseph
Dixon. Colonel Roosevelts campaign
manager, came out to Sycamore Hill to
confer with his chief to-day. The Sem
ator is the same man who last MAY was
predicting that Roosevelt would carry
the Republican convention at Chicago by
storm. What happened tnere seems 10
have had no more effect on Senator
Dixon's optimism than snow bulletin
In July from the Weather Bureau.
I'VE Will sweep Pennsylvania Illinois,
California, Kansas, Nebraska and the
Dakotas." he prophesed Then, by way
OF qualifying his prediction, he added
that what he said was not hot air"
The Roosevelt people will elect the
state tickets in Pennsylvania, Illinois
and Michigan" he said. Senator Bever-
idge will be elected Governor of Indiana
on the National Progressive ticket. In
one county OF Illinois our poll showed
that out of l27 votes Roosevelt had 800.
Only the other day at the Danville Old
Soldiers Home a poll showed that Roose-
welt had l.4O votes against 100 for VII
son. The remainder were scattering for
Taft and Debs.
Senator Dixon has just come from Chi
cago, and he IL all warmed up over the
way the new party's chances are looming
In Illinois. Woodrow Wilson, he said,
polled less than one-quarter Of the Demo-
cratic vote at the Illinois primaries. He
made no mention Of the Taft strength.
Az for Ohio. he said he did not know
there.
The Dixon Interpretation Of the new
party organization throughout the vari-
Gus states was in effect that outside Of
five or six states, where the Roosevelt
people were able TO take the Republican
organization over body and soul" the
National Progressive party would run
pendent electors His list Of exceptions
included California. Kansas. Nebraska
and North and South Dakota. North Da-
kota has always been regarded as La
Toilette state
The failure OF the Wisconsin Senator to
come over 10 the aid OF Roosevelt i'm the
Chicago convention Is now being followed
by La Follettes open denunciation Of
Colonel Roosevelt. and as he turns his
support again toward the regular Re
publican organization he asserts i'm maya
zine articles that there is no need for
third party.
II is common belief that Senator La
Toilette has been Influenced to return 10
the fold hy william Barnes. Of New York
who has held out the lamp OF hope To
light his pathway. The regularity of LA
Toilette. after his threatened Hop to Wood
row Wilson. is regarded by many poll
ticians to be due TO the fact that the
leaders OF the regular organization have
convinced him that IL he remains regular
no will he the logical candidate I'm 1916.
This, Of course, implies presumption that
the Roosevelt bolt viii be the cX-Presl-
dents political swan song.
From talks with Senator Dixon 1t is sp-
parent that the Roosevelt people do not
take seriously the Interpretation Of state
laws denying the Progressive party the
right TO name independent electors. Wher-
ever straight Progressive electoral tickets
are being planned In the face OF apparent
defeat the Roosevelt leaders say that they
regard it as more important that organl-
cation be based on principle. I'm order that
the harvest may be gathered four years
from now rather than this fall.
Many Of Colonel Roosevelt's advisers,
among whom Dean Kirchwey. Of the Co
lumbia Law School. is said 10 be one
say the dominant idea is that the best
interests of the Progressive party prnci-
pies can better he served by running an
independent ticket. Some one asked Colo
mel Roosevelt to-day II be had heard that
Representative Gardner had come out in
the papers and said that the minority
members OF the Stanley steel Investigating
committee had beat Colonel Roosevelt to
ii" in embracing In their minority report
the very Views regarding the control Of
big business which Colonel Roosevelt had
aired last week.
Il have not seen the minority report at
ALL" the colonel said. IAN | know about
It Is what you newspaper men have told
me. In fact" he said, with tlnglo OF
sarcasm, Il did not know that Gardner
was on the committee at all
Dean Kirchwey called on Colonel Roose-
welt to-day to talk over the Progressive
policies and the contents Of tho platform
TO be offered at Chicago next month.