New-York tribune., 1912-03-19
ROOSEVELT TO STUMP CITY
Managers Announce 3 Speeches
on Eve of Primary Election.
WEAKNESS THUS CONFESSED
Offer of $50 for Captains Said TO
Indicate Plenty of Money
Many Offers to Debate.

II Vas announced by the Roosevelt CITY
committee last night that Theodore Hoose-
Welt would make three speeches In this
county on Monday night, the night before
the primaries This announcement was
raCtiCally an acknowledgment or weak
ness on the part of the Roosevelt man
ayers, as It Is known that Colonel Roose-
Welt said lie did not want to make more
than one speech here unless VI seemed 10
be absolutely necessary.
In their effort to- inject some Vitality Into
their losing fight for Roosevelt delegates
the managers impored him 10 come to their
aid. The speechmaking tour. II Is under
stood. will be surrounded with as many
sensational features as possible, and this
would make it appear that II Is hoped tn
cause something akin 10 a stampede on
Tuesday
Colonel Roosevelts itinerary for Monday
night. as announced is as follows: Apollo
Hall Clinton street. on the Fast Side Si0
o'clock. Mannerchor Hall. Lexington ave
nue. and h6th street, In the Yorkville sec
ton. $50 o'clock and the Star Casino, lo1th
street aud Park avenue, I'm Harlem, lOla
o'clock.
Managers of the Roosevelt movement here
gre trying desperately IN throw together
some sort OF organization for primary
dav. II was said yesterday that they were
sending postal cards 10 men whose names
appeared on their petitions, asking them tn
act as captains In various election districts.
According to ono man Yesterday mem
her OF the Metropolitan tower staff offered
Ia, hot
able that some Of the captains may take
less, and it is practically certain that the
Roosevelt people will not get enough cap
tains to man every election discreet But
II is at least an evidence that from some
mysterious source they have plenty of
money. as men to captain 9l2 election dis
tricts at 80 each would cost more than
sfS 900.
I'm an attempt "a get into the limeiight
the members OF the Progressive Republican
club. Of the 18th Senate District who are
running OH the Roosevelt ticket have sent
challenges to their respective opponents on
the organization ticket TO meet them In de-
bate They promise to hire the hall, give
the presiding officers TO their opponents
and also to give them half the tickets
Referring to the letter that he received
from A. &. Phllips. who is running against
him for member Of the state committee
under the Roosevelt square, and the one he
received from Willis Il. Davis, who II op-
posing him for the leadership OF the nth
Assembly District, Abraham Gruber said
last night
- have a dog named Beans. When
Beans saw those letters he became 90 IN
dignant that he ehewed them up ! am
afraid they will have to send me some
more letters because they were chewed up
before I had had a chance to go over thom
carefully
Alexander Brough, leader OF the 18th As
sembly District, received similar letters
from Robert y. Lewis who Is running
against him for the district leadership and
Walter NJ. Chandler. who wants to capture
the Congress district committee, which Will
name a candidate for Congress In the 18th
Congress District in the fall. Mr.. Brough
is anxious Ia get that nomination. while
Mr.. Chandler is the candidate of the Pro-
Gressive Club.
Although privately they acknowledge that
'it looks like Taft" and that "Rooscvelt
got into the field too late" the managers
are still whistlng blithely TO keen tneir
courage up This was shown yesterday by
the reply made ny Judge Ddcll, chairman
OF the Roosevelt city committee, when
some one asked him If he expected TO elect
many OF his candidates for national dele
gates in this county.
"Of course, l do" said Judge Duel,
brayeIy. There Is not the 9lishtest doubt
that majority Of the Republicans In every
Assembly district in this county favor
Eoosever.. In some districts two-thirds of
the enrolled Republicans are with him We
have against us an iniqutous law called a
primary law.
"It is really device to intrench party
I'm power. We have no protection at the
polls. We know from past :Xperienc" tha
guerilla work done at the primaries. Last
of all. we know the vindictive "ntagonism
o, every party leader. In most cases these
leaders were made influential In politics by
Colonel Roosevelt, Those he did most Tor
are strongest against him.
Mayor Gaynor yesterday summoned Louis
Bernstein, the commissioner Of deeds who
appeared as attesting the accuracy OF the
signature OF Saul f. Rogers, OF NO ~ ST.
Nicholas TcrroCc, on the Roosevelt peti-
tion i'm that district to answer charges TO-
morrow morning. Mr.. Rogers has made an
affidavit that nc never signed the petition
nor did his father nor his brother, whose
names also appeared on the petition.
ROOSEVELT MEN TO APPEAL