The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-04
COLONEL TO STICK
UNTIL ELE CT|O n
Already Preparing to Wch Big
Stick Against Governor
Wilson.
SEARCHING HIS RECORD
George W. Perkins Guarantees
Financial Backing for
Third Party.

oyster Bay. y. Y. July s.-"I'u stick
in this fight even II don't set one
electoral vote"
That was Colonel Roosevelts utter
ance to-day when party OF his lead
ers conferred with him at Sycamore
Hill. The talk had drifted to the
prospect Of Roosevelt carrying enough
states TO beat Woodrow Wilson. HIS
leaders impressed upon him that they
wanted him to remain In the tight
even II he felt he was doomed to de.
feat in November
Roosevelt disabused the minds of
his staiwarts Of any idea that he was
afraid to 20 on with the battle He
reminded them that he had started
the third party before the Baltimore
convention met and the progressive
move was not to be influenced by the
candidacy OF Woodrow Wilson any
more than by that OF President Tart
Believe He VIII Stick.
Ttf- colonel's supporters left the
conference satisfied that Roosevelt
will keep on with hi scampaign up
10 November. In the conference with
the ex-President were George w.
Perkins his chief financial hacker in
the convention campaign: ex- Senator
Finn. OF Pittsburgh; F.. A. vanVal-
kenburg, OF Philadelphia: Senator Dix
on and Frank A Munsey. They had
Just left conference at the Man
haitian Hotel In New York at which
the scope OF the campaign was taken
UP With them in the New York CON
ference were other progressive lead
ers. including James r Garfield and
Medill Mccormick.
II was said after the conference that
Roosevelt VIII devote hImse! n ne
: next few weeks to. digging into Will
sons public career. tie wants TO
pick out flaws in the Jersey profes-
sor's progressivism, with the settled
purpose of painting him, on the stump
as man of vacillatna ideas Roose-
welt declined TO talk tonight OF his
conference with the third party lead
erS. excepting to say they had talked
over the fight TO be wased in the var
ious states.
The appearance OF Perkins at Saga
more Hill indicated that the financial
support the President mad in his
preconvention war VIII not be with
drawn. For few days there has been
talk that Perkins was tired OF II all.
and that the eN-President's third party
aspirations might fail because of Jack
OF money Perkins has been scouting
fIOuNh 10 sec what can DC done, anu
he conlided 10 Roosevelt to-day that
sufficient funds will be scraped UP to
see him through to election day
Roosevelt accepted the desertion OF
Governor Osborn. OF Michigan one of
the original seven Governors TO the
Wilson camp with a show Of philoso-
ply.
DID Not Expect 1t.
II really did not expect osborn to
stick" was his comment Il knew
there would lie few leaders like
Governor Hadley. who would not stay
with us But we arc not concerned
over that We have others who have
come In since the party was formed
They Are Jsoing through with the
fight"
The Colonel has stack OF letters
ana kilograms at Sycamore Hill from
prominent men the country over who
have thrown themselves into his third
party move. They keep coming in
every DAY. The call for the new party
convention the Colonel said. might not
so out tomorrow. as had been eN-
pected. owing to the fact that it had
to be telegraphed to twenty States.
whose Roosevelt organizations wore
to ratify II, Asked what the name OF
the party will he. Roosevelt cjaculat-
ed:
You can search me; It's UP to the
convention TO fasten the name on IT,