The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-01
Montana Sen to Z As
sumes Managementof
Roosevelt. Campaign.
HIS FIRST ACT is
ATTACK ON TAFT
Attributes Party and Business
Decentralization to Lack of
Leadership and Statesman
ship-EY-Sccretary of Navy
Newberry Will Look After
Raising of Funds.

New York, February 2e.-The Roose-
welt campaign assumed definite form
tonight with the appointment of tho
aEcment. Senator Joseph NJ Dixon, Of
Montana. is to be the man at tho
helm. His official title Is chairman or
the executive committee of the Nj
tional Roosevelt Committee. Mr..
DiNon's first Official act was to give
out 81 statement attacking the admin
istration of President Taft.
The appointments were announced
after an all day conference between
Colonel Roosevelt and half dozen Of
his leading supporters. Alexander IL.
Revcil, of Chicago. who was tcmpo.-
airy chairman Of the ma tional commit
tee, formed several weeks ago, VIII
serve as permanent chairman. and Z.
". Sims. OF Chicago, former United
states District Attorney, will be sec
rotary.
Scwbcrry Iicnds Committee.
An administrative committee Is to be
formed. with Truman II. Sewberry. &c
Detroit, cx-Secrctary OF the Navy. as
chairman.
The executive committee Is 10 have
general supervision over the campaign.
Senator DiNon's associates OH the co:n-
mttee, are Frank Knox, chairman r
the Republican Central Committee, OF
Michigan: William L. Ward, ncpub-
licarb national committeeman from Nav
York; Walter Brown. chairman
OF the Ohio Republican Central Com
Inittee; Cecil Lyon. Texas natiouil
committeeman. and Senator WilIia'a
Flynn, OF Pittsburg.
Senator Dixon will have headuuar,
tors at Washington, Mr.. Knox will be
In charge ('fi,>aDp nd n,d
In New York. while MIR. Lyon will look
after the coWpai.'n in tho South.
Mr. NcwberrY's MISUNDERSTANDING. coin.
mittee is to have charge OF the bus
mess side of the campaign. 1t will
open and maintain headquarters q sd
oversee the collection of funds.
The lack of positive leadership
during the last three years. says
Senator Dixon. in his statement, mas
turned Il Republican majority of sixty
In the House of Representatives in:o
an adverse Democratic majority of
seventy. has changed two-thirds
vote in the Senate into the bare 20
ltical control of that body. and tenn
Porarily has lost control OF dozen
Republican States of the North ani
West. The lack of leadership and OF
craftsmanship has produced a condi-
ton OF business bewilderment which
iGo the prosperity OF tne WnDIS
country. There ,nn be no cure Tor
this industrial stagnation unless ve
substitute policy OF progressive ani
constructive legislation. which shall
meet modern conditions with modern
laws.
Says Movement Is Nation Wide
These are the things which have
caused nationwide movement for
the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt
as the Republican candidate for Pres
ident The overwhelming demand of
the masses of the Republican voters
for him 10 assume the leadership OF
his party can only result in his nomi-
nation by the Republican National Con-
vcntton. The rank and file OF the Re-
publican voters are now convinced
that his leadership Is absolutely neces-
sary 10 success in November
NO man in direct touch with poll
teal conditions in all parts of the
country can doubt the existence OF the
overwhelming sentiment of the people
themselves for his nomination.
Senator Dixon then says that out
OF more than half million votes OF
political sentiment recently taken all
over the county, Colonel Roosevelt
has led in the balloting by an average
ratio of more than five to one over
Mr.. Taft, and by clear majority over
all the candidates combined. both Re-
publican and Democratic.
The only hope left to those Rcpub-
licans who are opposed TO the nomlna-
ton of Colonel Roosevelt" continues
Senator Dixon. 'is to control, through
the prostitution of Federal patronage
in the Democratic States of the South,
where no Republican electoral vote is
possible, the delegates from those
States, together with delegates from
some States east of the Allegheny
mountains, where delegates to the ma
tiopal convention are named in con
ventions largely controlled by political
bosses.
Federal Patronage Used.
Never in the history of American
politics has a more dagrant prostitu-
ton of the power OF Federal patronage
been witnessed than recently in GER
tain Southern State, a batch OF ten
Federal offices was put up at auction
for future delivery to the highest
bidder in delegates to the national Re-
publican convention. The open ac-
knowledge cement that political patron
age has been and is being withheld
from duly elected and accredited Re-
publican Senators and mombers in
Congress. who would not pledge their
personal allegiance 10 the renomina.
ton OF a presidential candidate. has
cnused thoughtful men to Inquire
whether bribery by the direct use Of
money is any less rcprchensIble than
bribery by appointment to office"
The Senator then concludes by eX-
pressing the belief that Colonel Roose-
welt will be nominated at Chicago as
the standard bearer of tho Republica q
party. and overwhelmingly elected III
November.