The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-03-05
ISSUE STATEMENT ATTACKING
MOTIVES OF MANAGERS OF
ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGN.
ALLECE IMPROPER HELP
Possession by Teddy's Friends OF Let.
ter From Steel Trust Heads to EN-.
ployes Telling Them to Work for
Taft, Alarms Presidents Aides
Mckinley Makes Strong Claims.

Washington, March 4.--The national
tart headquarters in Washington to-
day gave out the following statement:
Senator Joseph NJ Dixon of Mon
tana. the new chairman of the Roose-
Welt national committee. took formal
charge of the campaign of the former
president for denomination by official
~ opening spacious headquarters In
the Munsey building in Washington
This building Is owned by Frank A.
Mnnsey. the well-known publisher OF
Mnnsey's magazine and owner of a
string Of newspapers In eastern cities
lie ls the personal ana intimate friend
of George w Perkins of New York, di-
rector and formerly chairman of the
finance committee of the International
Harvester company. Mr. Perkins IL
given credit by Walter l.. Houser, di :
rector of Senator La Follette's cam
paign, for being the good angel of the
Roosevelt boom, which means he Is
the campaign collector as well as sub
stantial contributor to the Roosevelt
campaign fund.
That the Roosevelt committee,
through personal campaign contribu-
tions of such gentlemen as Messrs
Perkins and Munsey and their asso-
,ciates, is well-heeled financially, either
,by actual money contributions or by
the gratnitous tender OF Headquarters
rent free. Is manifest by It's various ac-
tivities. Because OF his close associa-
tion with Mr.. Perkins, who personally
financed. M large part, the beginning
OF the Roosevelt boom for the presi-
dency, Mr.. Munsey is now part and
parcel of the Roosevelt movement. and
the location of the national Roosevelt
Nluarters In his fine building In the
national capital therefore becomes es-
pecially significant.
A Boomerang.
The enthusiasm with which the
Roosevelt boomers took possession of
their new quarters today led one Of
them In an unguarded moment to say
that a letter, purporting to have been
written by n head of the steel trust to
his employees ordering them to work
for Taft. was I'm the possession of the
Roosevelt managers and would be
sprung as an offset to the undenied
charge of Mr.. Houser that men high
In the councils of the United States
Steel corporation and the International
Harvester company openly were sup
porting Mr.. Roosevelt.
The remarkable fact about this al
legged letter Is that the only copy in
existence, IT II exists at all, seems to
he In the sole possession Of Mr. Roose-
velts campaign managers. OF their
ability. by reason of their intimate
connection with Mr.. Perkins and
others, TO know what the United States
Steel corporation is doing or contem-
plates doing to escape the charges
made openly by Mr.. Houser, represent
ing Senator La Toilette, there can be
no dispute So far as Mr. Taft's cam
paign managers are concerned, they
would have remained in total ignor-
ance of the 'frameup' had not one of
Mr. Roosevelt's boomers let his enthu-
siasm get the better OF his Judgment"
Election Certain.
Representative w. b. Mckinley. di-
rector of the Taft headquarters, made
an optimistic statement today to the
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