New-York tribune., 1912-03-12
CAMPAIGN PLANS WAIT
Primary Ticket Up to People,
Say Roosevelt Supporters.
MANY DEMAND SPEECHES
R. H. Post Takes Charge OF the
Colonels Mail Regulars
Won't Fight Petitions.

lust what sort of compaign the Roose-
welt Committee of the city OF New 1oiA
will wage on behalf of its ticket Tor deie-
gates and alternates to the Republican
National Convention has not been decided.
The primaries are to be held TWO weeks
from to-day. and the time is short
I'VE have nut our ticket in the field, and
now II is up to the people to decide whether
they want our ticket or that put up pS ',e
regular organization said Charies H.
Duell. chairman of the committee last
night.
Are YOU going to hold any meetings. the
same as I'm regular campaign! MT pueh
was asked.
II wouldn't want to answer that quesuoh
now," he replied. I'VE have just nnisheu u
the Work of getting up the petitions anu
filing them and so far have not Iald out
any general plan of campaign.
Judge Duell added that II cost money 10
hold meetings, and the committee did not
have all the money that 1t was reported as
having.
1t is understood that the Roosevet CoIh-
mittee has asked Mr.. Roosevelt to MAKE
some speeches here before the campalSh'
but Judge Duell said he did not KNOW
whether he would consent TO go on the
stump for the primaries here or not.
1t is said that Mr.. Roosevelt has been
overwhelmed by requests to speak IN Narl-
Gus parts of the country. and he hesltates
about making any engagements because Oh
the insstence of others who could not
have their requests granted.
Post Takes Charge Of Mail.
So heavy has the mail of Mr.. Roosevelt
become that he has appointed Regis H..
Post a personal friend and former Gov
ernor OF Porto Rico TO take charge OF H.
MIR. Post has an assistant and two stenog-
raphers. He attends not only TO the mall
for the colonel that finds its way to the
headquarters, in the Metropolitan Building,
but also to that which is addressed to The
outlook" office.
Medll Mccormick. OF the Washington
headduarters was at the Metropolitan
Building yesterday. He declared that in
spite of the fact that the delegates from
New Mexico were not instructed seven out
of eight were for Roosevelt
''Tbo worst news that the Roosevelt COM
mittec has received in some time sald
Judge Duell, lis conveyed in the statement
of County Chairman Koenig that the op-
moments of Colonel Roosevelt have decided
not 10 protest our petitions. Before ac-
cepting his magranimty, however. we
would ask Mr.. Koenig for list OF the
many Irregularities that, as asserted IN
the morning papers. ne has found
Mr. Koenig again declared last night
that the county committee did not expect
TO fight any of the petitions in the court
as what ne wanted was a full and free
count. 1T is better to have them stand up
and get beaten" he said.
However. Mr.. Koenig will probably call
attention to many alleged irregularities
that have been found. Many men who
signed the petition have told him. It Is
said. that they did so because they were
told by the canvasser that It was petit
ton Of the Republican organization.
Other men who signed did so simply be-
cause they were told II would help the
canvasser TO make some money-they get
50 cents a name. Although 1t stated at the
top OF the petition that the sgners were
I'm sympathy with the movement many OF
the men who signed just to help out
saw they intend 10 vote for the Taft dele
gates