New-York tribune., 1912-02-29
ROOSEVELT BACK HOME.
Has No Opinion to Express Re-
garding Boston Trip.
HAD GOOD TIME, HE SAYS
Tidal Wave of Enthusiasm for
Colonel Sweeping Eastward,
His Managers View.

| Theodore Roosevelt returned mere i"S'
| night from Boston. He had nothing 10 say
! in regard 10 his trip except that u hdu
! been most interesting and enJoyapic' Ie
| said he would he I'm the city unUl to-i"o'
1 row afternoon. when he would go 10 oSSt'i
! Bay and spend as much time there from
! now on as he possibly could. That' oi
! course. will not preclude his hi-"eeh'l
! visits TO the office Of The OUTDOOR
! was explained.
Mr. Rooscvclts inclination, II was SAM
will he TO minimize his personal actiViueS
! in the campaign for delegates 10 me ma
! tlonal convention as much as possible an"
| leave the burden Of the work for oth"rs w
do. At present ne has no definite plans lor
! speechmakng or anything of that sort.
! The only address he has promised TO de-
! liver is that at Gettysburg on Memoria'
| Day, when ne will speak To the members
! Of the American Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers. which will asscmbi" ther"
! following the convention Of that order IN
! Harrisburg.
The former President came alone on the
| train from Boston. arriving at thc "rah"
| Central Station at $50 o'clock. \ few per-
sons who recognized him gathered ar"nhu
| his taEicab as he started for the home "i
| j. West Roosevelt. at N. 10 East "iSl
! street where he spent the night. The
! colonel said he would he at the office oi
The Outlook" this morning and again to-
morrow before he went 10 oyster Bay. lie
| will be tho CUES, of J. West Roosevelt
| again tonight.
Nothing to Say-Not Word
4 strenuous effort was made by the
newspaper men aboard tho train from Bos-
| ton 10 get Mr. Roosevelt 10 express an
! opinion on the effect or tho announcement
of his candidacy, particularly in New Eng
land. where he had a recent opportunity
! of feeling the public pulse. lie cvaded all
| such inquiries with the reply.
Il have nothing to say--nOt a word
"Eut how about the nine Western gov
crnors who have pledged their support 10
! President TAFT" he was asked.
II have heard nothing about that Off
| cially," he replied, and I am no prophet
| as to any effect it may have"
It was suggested that in the state Of
| Washington Senator PoindeXtor and the
mayors Of Seattle and Tacoma had de-
| clared for Mr. Roosevelt. The colonel said
| he had heard about that.
"Do YOU think the Roosevelt forces In
those nine Western states will make any
! inroad on the expressed sentiment for
President Taft" he was asked.
The eX-Presidcnt said he had no opinion
to express In regard to that lie dplo-
matically sidetrackcd any further ques-
tions
ty-fourth floor Of the Metropolitan tow
were practically deserted yesterday. with
the exception OF oliver G. Carpenter, the
manager; George Manchester, his first aid,
and the Office STAFF of clerks.
Mr.. Carpenter had promised to give ont
the list of the three hundred men who he
says are to compose the Roosevelt COM
mittee. but At o'clock last night he Gai1
that more time was needed and the names
could not be divuleed until to-day He
could not give any hint as 10 tho compost
ton OF the committee. It was understood
that the managers had had hard work 10
fill out their committee satisfactorily. and
they wanted time in which 10 present the
list for the scrutiny Of Mr. Roosevelt.
IT was suggested 10 Mr.. Carpenter that
the fact that William f.. Ward had not APP
peared at the headquarters might be taken
as an indication that he was weakening in
his support Of Mr. Roosevelt.
Il think | can say that such suspicion
would be unfounded." ." he answered.
Mr. Carpenter would give no information
In regard 10 the work being done TO circu-
late petitions for the nomination Of canii-
dates for delegates TO the Chicago cOnyen-
ton. He said that il was a big job. and Ice
did not want TO speak about something
that was In tho hands Of special com
mittee. He acknowledged that up to date
no petition except that in the 18th Congress
District had been prepared.
Sees Roosevelt Tidal Wave.
Not having any news to give out in re-
gard to the local sentiment for Mr.. ROOse-
welt Mr.. Carpenter issued three hundred
word statement Of general nature. II
started out:
From reports received at these offices
since their opening II * apparent that "A
tidal wave Of Roosevelt enthusiasm Is
sweeping eastward. or the twenty six
states west Of the Mississippi and east Of
the Mississippi and north OF the Ohio River
the indications are that Mr. Taft will not
secure the delegations from more than
three OF possibly four.
Then Mr. Carpenter went on TO say that
from present reports there seems to be
no doubt that Theodore Roosevelt Will be
nominated at Chicago
# was inferred by what the manager said
that when the Roosevelt press bureau got
ia good working order similar statements
might be expected frequently.
But what about your expectations
hcre?" Mr.. Carpenter was asked again. To
which all he had to reply was: AS to the
work in New York city the organization OF
the Roosevelt committee Of the city OF