New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-27
COLONEL DECLARES
HE'LL NOT WITHDRAW
SAYS "the Interests" Are at
Work to Eliminate Him from
Public Life.
TALKS WITH PRENDERGAST
Controller Declares Taft Men
Sought His Aid to Induce ex-
President to Drop Out OF
Race at Chicago.
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OYSTER Bav. June 26-Theodore Roose-
Welt has discovered that the interests
are now al work TO eliminate him from
public life.
While his scouts with their ears 10 the
ground at Baltimore were sending nm
hourly bulletins of the Democratn con
test he sat on his porch AZ Sycamore
Hul in conference with Controller Prem
dergast Of New York over statement
calculated 10 reassure the faithful
After reading II no faint-hearted Pro-
gressive will need 10 have any fear that
Mr.. Roosevelt Will withdraw from the
leadership Of the new party movement
or in favor Of any other candidate Tor
the nomination 10 the Presidency.
I'm going to stick said the colonel
tonight.
Controller Prendergast's statement i'm
piled that some persons feared that
Colonel Roosevelt after all might step
aside in favor Of a new leader on whom
Democrats and Republicans alike could
agree.
Has there been even a suggestion Of
such thing" some one asked.
Mr. Prendergast was about to reply,
when Colonel Roosevelt begged permis-
sion TO answer.
In the last few days." the colonel
said. Il have received hundreds Of tele-
grams and personal messages asking me
10 remain in the fight Not one message
1T. -, v1sitl h 1ray
One in particular ] remember was from
the California delegation saving that, Of
course. they knew | was going 10 stay
IN the fight. but implying. don't YOU
know. that they might like 10 have me
repeat what I said Sunday at Chicago
To all them have answered. as did at
Chicago that I am going TO see this
through am lighting a lone hand, but
intend to stick
Prenderaast Now Interrupts.
The colonel was plunging on in his
discourse over the ground at Chicago
reiterating how he thrust the pronered
crown aside In behalf Of 'purged roll
when Controller Prendergast begged per
mission to interrupt.
"Emissaries from the Taft people came
10 me personally" said the Controller
"and they asked me 10 go to Colonel
Roosevelt and tell him that they would
n,aca Washington. California and Texas
an the list II he would only Withdraw IN
favor Of Hadley or Cummins or La Fol
letta or any other Progressive.
..Bv George, I believe they would have
hean willing 70 compromise even on La
roI,ette." interrupted Colonel Roosevelt.
"of course, they might not have expected
% elect him. but they were bent on doing
ANYTHING to defeat me. | kno" them
ord thew know me. by George. Now they
o,a at work again. They are willing to
.,,,ob N BRYAN or Wilson TO defeat me.
They had just as lief vote for Taft or
for Judge Parker, 1t makes no dinerence
% ,hem as long as they can put me out
Of the running
Some one asked Colonel Roosevelt II ne
,,,ay that Heney and Charles r. Crane
had called at the Bryan and wilson
h.adouarters in Baltimore late Tuesday
riObt He said he knew nothing what
ever about IT.
Did you know that Judge Ben Lind
sav and William Allen White were scout
ing around the Bryan campF ne was
asked.
Lindsey isn't for Bryan" snapped The
Certinyod or afth rage, third column