The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04
Sc ma t or Has Cancelled
All His Speaking
Engagements.
T RIEN Dis ADMIT
HE'S OUT OF RACE
Announcement Comes From Pro-
grcssive Headquarters Follow
ing Insults TO Newspaper
Men, Who Were His Hosts.
Says It's Nervous
Breakdown.
Especial 70 Tho Times.pispa,ch,

Especial TO Tho Times Dtspatch)
Washington, February 3.--Thc pro-
sress'vc Republican movement which
! has had FOR its object the nominal ton
! OF Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette as
the next Republican candidate for
! President, has practically collapsed.
f.. To- night an announcement was made
| from the PROGRESSIVE headquarters that
! senator La Toilette is suffering from
/ q nervous breakdown and has can
! ceied all engagements for the next
J two weeks. He will seek absolute rest
| and quiet in tho privacy Of Il s home
| In Washington. During that time no
! VIII be constantly under tn care OF
| his physician.
! There Is no public admission among
! the Senator's friends tonight that he
IS 10 quit the race for President, but
| privately many of then, admit that
| the announcement given out from his
! headquarters tonight Is the beginning
| OF the end of the La Toilette move
mcnt of lylo.
| The statement, coming on the heels
! Of the episode in Philadelphia early
| this morning. when LII Toilette made II
rambling attack upon newspaper men
who were dining him. created stir
among Republicans tonight. La Fol-
lcttc's friends had been GrievinG all
| day over tao exhibition he had made
of himself at Philadelphia and many
| feared that that speech alone would
! cud his aspirations for the prcsi-
| dency.
/ Condition is IItifuI.
! Friends of La Toilette. VINO called
! at his home tonight, say they found
| him in Il piuiful condition, that he was
broken in spirit over the order OF
his physician. La Toilette told these
| friends that he did not remembcr aomc
! OF the things he had said aL the Phiia-
| dclphia banquet and he was absolute
J ly unconscious that he Nad repeated
! the samc sentences four and ave times
| in that speech
The La Toilette headquarters in
Washington Will be continued. and It
is possible that La Toilette may be
! voted for by the delegates of his own
! State az a compliment but is is stated
! by those In position to know his
F, physical condition that II Will be I'M
| possible for him to conduct personal
| campaign such as he had planned HIS
| organization is still In good working
order. and Is fairly we'll auppl!cd with
| funds.
Many of La Follettc's active sup
! porters are now admitting their en-
! barrassmcnt because OF the clash in
many localities between tho Roosevelt
| and the La Toilette men. Senator La
|
| Roosevelt movement. His attitude haa
sorely tried some of ';is crstwhile
| friends and heavy hackers. but they
have not deserted him. and say they
Will not do so even ct this critical
| stage shoulS any hope develop that
| his campaign can go forward, but they
! admit that in their Judgment the SEN
| ator from Wisconsin Is uut of all con-
| sidcration for 1917
] HIVE IInd Pinin TnIk.
! TTarc has beek some plain talk
among the La Toilette managers re-
| Gently. About week ago there was
an important conference In Washing
| ton. There was another on tonight.
| Following tho conference of n few
days ago the La Toilette managers
! save out an emphatic statement In
i which they denounced reports OF the
! Senator's intention to withdraw from
| the race. and declared that he would
] continue In the running urtil the last
! ballot was taken in the Chicago con
vention. II Is now known that this
statement was not acquiesced by a
number OF the progressive manager
! Several of them served notice on tho
| chairman OF the progressive commit
! tee. Walter NJ. Houser, that they would
not work along the lines they had been
! following.
Clifford Pinchot has been iaborIng
under more embarras sment, perhaps
| than any OF the other leaders in the
I progressive movement. and 1t Is report
J ed that Pinchot Is about 10 go back 10
! his FIRST love" Mr.. Pinchot has borne
! with patience tho attacks on Roosevelt,
| inspired by the La Toilette men, the
| personal attitude of the Senator him.
| self toward tho Roosevelt movem ent
and the refusal OF the La Toilette men
| In Ohio Illinois and elsewhere TO have
! 4 working agreement with tho RooS,-
| welt brand OF progressvcncss. Mr.. PIN
! chot was one of tho first to declare In
| favor of Senator La Toilette and no
! was the first contributor 10 the La Fol-
lette campaign fund to open the head
| quarters in Washington. lie handed
hts check for $4,000 to a friend. who
| carried It to Senator La Follotte per-
! sonally. and later secured other sub
| scriptions and turned them over TO
| the Senator. The Senator was told to
| select his manager and his staff.
which he did from among his political
| friends In Wisconsin. Then SIR. Pin
| chot made other contributions, IN all
not less than $25.000, in aid OF the
| movement
Statement From headquarters.
| The statement glyan out from the
| progressive headquarters tonight Is
| as follows:
TN addition TO the Senator's official
work. which. in view OF the pending
! trust and tariff Legislation, in which be
| Is intensely interested. has made 4 So
| we're draft on his strength and energy,
| his campaign work and the strain upon
| his nervous system Incident to the me-
|
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