Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-23
A COMPLICATED SITUATION
WOULD NOT DO TO HAVE ROOSE-
NELTS NAME ON REpUBLI-
CAN BALLOT.
Will NOT OPPOSE teddy
L. "A Question of Having Joint Electoral
Ticket of Tart and
Roosevelt.

OYSTER BAY, n, y, July 22.-For
four hours today Colonel Roosevelt
and william Finn Of Pittsburgh talk
ed over the Pennsylvania tangle In
the formation Of the new party, When
1t was all over IL apparently was Just
as much of a tangle as ever. II was
announced that the questions involved
have been left open until after the chi
CagO convention.
MT Flinn pronounced 1t the most
complicated situation he ever had any
thing 10 do with, which was without a
parallel in American politics.
Finn Did Good Work.
The impression gathered from the
utterances of both was that Mr. Finn
had done a good days work for his
cause, and that Colonel Roosevelt was
more inclined 10 look at things from
his point of view.
Mr. Finn came TO speak about the
Pennsylvania situation" said Colonel
Roosevelt we talked 1t over and
agreed that he should gs back and
discuss II with his peopt and then
bring up the matter again at Chi
cago."
Il tried merely to express my own
views. he added but | will not die
tate"
Mr. Finn said that whatever was
decided upon there would be no breach
in their ranks,
VIII Not oppose Teddy.
I'VE Will not do anything the colonel
objects to-" he said. ut is simply a
question whether we shall have joint
electoral ticket, taking for the Roose-
welt ticket as many of the republican
candidates as will regard in the electo-
raj college an agreement to vote for
the candidate for president who re-
ceives the higher number of votes.
whether it is Taft or Roosevelt"
That is what my assistants want to
do. The other proposal is to put up
a brand new ticket. Then we should
have three classes of men, the Taft
candidates, the Roosevelt candidates
who would remain on the republican
ticket, and the Roosevelt candidates
who would resign because they were
unwilling to remain under such con-
ditionS.
Has No Fixed Idea.
lne COlOUel mas no llAtu IuSh .
We will run an Independent candidate
II he wants It. Our plan makes GER
tain that all Pennsylvania's 3S cleo
tors are for Roosevelt. | am confi-
dent he will beat Wilson If he
(RoosevelO runs Independently, but
he Is absolutely sure to do so on a
Joint ticket"
Whatever is done, Mr.. Finn ex-
planned, the national progressive party
will have a full ticket in the field.
The argument advanced in supltr
of Mr.. Films proposal has been that
IL all candidates for elector signed an
agreement to vote for whichever cam
didate for president received the larg-
er popular vote, Colonel Roosevelt
would have the entire 3S electoral
votes If he carried the state instead
of only the votes Of the Roosevelt
men now on the republican ticket, the
number of whom Is said to be thirty
1t was explained that a potent argu-
ment in favor OF the Joint ballot plan
was that 1t would enable the Roose-
Welt forces to keep control Of the re-
publican organization.
Law Is Involved.
This situation is due largely to the
Pennsylvania law which provides that
under the heading OF the ballot giving
the party name must be placed the
names of the candidates for president
and vice president selected by the
national party. Under this law the
names of VIM. H. Taft and James s.
Sherman must be placed under the re-
publican heading, and both Colonel
Roosevelt and Mr. Finn agreed that
ii would be improper and misleading
to voters to have under that caption
the names of those who II elected
would vote for Roosevelt.
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