New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
.DUELL GIVES UP GHOST
Rooseve|t's Right Hand Man Init.
mates Hope Has Fled.
DESERT THE, HEADQUARTERS
Judge Says Convention Won't
Nominate Taft, and He Looks
for Compromise.

Judge Charles r. Duel. the chief Of the
Roosevelt organization In this county, was
AT his law Office. at No. Rector street
yesterday when the news came from Al
bany that the Legislature held out no nope
for another primary to satisfy the colonel
Have YOU anything else in prospect IN
the way Of protest or remedy on the recent
primary the judge was asked
You've heard about the woman whose
husband died. Judge DUEL replied. They
asked her II she felt resigned, and she
said she guessed she's have 10 be-
Colonel Roosevelt's chief lieutenant in
New York asserted that he had no faith
in any dispatches to the effect that the
colonel would bolt the Republican con-
vention and head a third party movement,
but from his summing up Of the case OF
Roosevelt as IL stands at present 1t was
easy to infer that Judge DUEL shares the
general belief that the colonels boom is
losing its force.
Il am satisfied the convention won't
nominate Taft" said Judge DUEL, "and II
It's compromise candidate probably every
one will get together. The platform Will
probably have concessions i'm il to botn
Progressives and conservatives, and II -
the Republicans will get together Is they
usually do and vote the straight ticket.
You know the Republicans make lot Of
factonal noise for about 364 days in
year. but on the 365th Election Day, they
usually go up and vote under the party
emblem"
Asked II il would ne proper 10 draw the
inference that he had given up the idea
Of the Chicago convention naming Mr..
Roosevelt, Judge Duell said he was con-
cerned only with New York, and as 10 the
local situation he referred again TO tho
woman who was resigned because she had
10 he
81 voted the Republican ticket in Kansas
in the days when il meant something 10
be a Republican in Kansas. but in spite Of
that guess I'm more Of parlor than
professional politician" Mr. DUEL eX
planned. but with 1t all | believe in the
Republican party, and don't expect to see
third party break off as a faction Of II.
So far as the activities Of the Roosevelt
committee are concerned they will be con-
tinued probably as a New York branch of
the national Roosevelt committee, but Of
course the activity will I've greatly reduced
as compared TO what II has been before the
primary.
we have received a large number Of
afidayits as to conditions on primary day
some Of them alleging fraud in the way
Of 'repeaters We will get them In shape
to present TO the Governor as reason for
calling a special session OF the Legislature
to enact Presidential primary law to go
! into effect Immediately and under which
another primary could be held here before
the contention. We do not now contemplate
an appeal To the court In specific cases. be-
| cause there is not time enough before the
convention to carry the matter through
the courts"
William VI. Bennett. tn" counsel IN and a
member of the Roosevelt city committee,
confirmed Judge Duels judgment that
there was not time enough to carry their
complaints through the courts. Mr.. Ben
nett like Mr.. DuelI was formerly daily
attendant at the Roosevelt headquarters
but he aso has returned 10 his own office
He addressed a letter Yesterday to j.
Gabriel Britt, president Of the Board OF
Elections. in which. in answering Mr.
Rritts charges that the Roosevelt commit
tees court fights were responsible for the
delay in printing the ballots, he called at
tention "to the fact that our proceedings
related only to the Republican ballot. and
did not affect tho Democratic Independence
League. Prohibition or Socialist parties"
Mr. BENEFITS letter went on to state that
ballots ror those parties, not affected by the
Roosevelt committees contentious over the
Republican ballot in some instances were
not delivered at the polling places until
after o'clock at night on primary day.
His letter also commented on the fact tina.
the Roosevelt committee could scarcely
have been blamed for the non-delvery of
ballots in Brooklyn and staten Island.
where they had made no court objections
10 the ballots In any way
The headquarters in the Metropolitan
Tower were deserted Yesterday, and men
were busy taking out rugs desks and type
writer's from all but three rooms Of the big
suite occupied by the colonels boomers