Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-20
GENERALLY BEL,xvEp THAT
COLONEL WILL SEEK REPuDu.
CAN NOMINATION IN 1919.
MANY REPUBLICANS AND
PRooREssivEs FOR HIM
Also Mentioned in Connection with
the covsrnorship Of New York, %
Only Man Sure to Defeat Tammany
and Murphy-oovsrnorsh Would
Pave Way 70 Return % White House.
Especial correspondenc..l

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Washington. Sept. 2o.-Roossvelt y
on the minds Of all the politicians here
They can not. any one Of them. talk
about the political situation for ten
minutes without referring to the COLI
olel. To be sure, the terms and man
ner of their references are widely Diff
ferent. But these references at least
make it clear that the former president
is not forgotten.
Roosevelt IL an institution. We will
have him with us always" remarked
one republican leader today.
Latterly, there has been no end Of
talk under the surface that Roosevelt
would seek the nomination for presi-
dent on the republican ticket IN 1915.
Nothing the colonel has said has indi-
Gated any such purpose but there II no
doubt some men who have been at
tached to his fortunes in the past are
working to that end. Whether this 10
with or without the colonel's sanction
Is conjectural.
Roosevelt Boom Under Way.
1t IL undeniably fact that II such Q
movement as this gains much headway.
1t will have the support Of, + great.
many prominent republican leaders.
both progressive republicans and those
of the regular type. Evidences are
plenty that a great many standpat re-
publican leaders would be glad to fight
under the banner Of Roosevelt once
more, not because they like the things
he stands for but because they see no
other way Of reuniting the republican
party and defeating the democratic
party.
On the other hand. a great many
progressive party men, tho they have
no hankering for fusion with the re-
publican party, would look on the coll
onel as a platform in himself and
would be satisfied to accept his lead
ership.
Mentioned With Govsrnorship.
One Of the interesting subjects OF
gossip in connection with the political
future Of the colonel concerns the New
York governorship. A good many OF
his admirers think he looms up ~ the
most probable candidate for governor
of the progressive party next year, or.
perhaps. as q fusion nominee on which
the anti-democratic elements will COM
bine. They think that II Murphy DOM
mates the democratic nomination for
governor, in view Of the Sulzer-
Murphy fight, there would be little
question Of Roosevelt winning the gov
ernorship n he should make the race.
And It is pointed out that II Roosevelt
should be carried into the governorship
on some sort Of fusion plan. 1t would
be almost inevitable that the effort
would follow in 1915 to land him In the
White House by the same process.
The colonel has one Of the largest
crops of enemies to be found anywhere
in this country. They are OF an vari-
cites But even his enemies admit that
a man who gets himself talked about
az continuously and for 40 many of
fices as he can't be considered . has
been, a lame duck or any Of those
things. It is some tribute to his force
that no big national politicaf move
ment can be figured on without taking
him into consideration.