Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-30
coNFERs WITH FUstoNisrs AND
ADVICE q PARTIALLY Ac.
cEPrEo.
URGES NoN-AccEPrANcE OF
PLACES ON GAYNoR TICKET
Mitchell Refuses to support Hearst
Roosevelt Called in Consultation by
Various Factions as . Political "Dee.
tor"-Disputs Threatens 70 Disrupt
Fusionists in Metropolis.

New York, Aug. 30.-Theodore
Roosevelt put his oar in the fusion
whirlpool yesterday.
He tried TO straighten out dispute
that threatens to disrupt the fusionists
the dispute that arose when George
McAneny and other fusion candidates
refused TO meet John Purroy Mitchers
desire and decline places on the Cay
nor ticket before they were offered.
Colonel Roosevelt met MI. McAneny
and the fusion candidates for president
of the five boroughs at the Harvard
Club. told them they better stick by a
straight fusion ticket, and heard that
they intend to wait until something is
offered before they accept or decline
it.
Colonel Called as doctor"
The colonel was called in as a doctor
is called in consultation over a serious
case. The chief officers OF the COM
nittee Of 1o7 arranged the meeting and
every effort was made to keep it a
matter strictly between friends. No
member of the fusion committee was
disposed to comment on the meeting
last night.
There was no doubt yesterday that
the fusionists were up in arms against
one another. The tangle is over the
problematical places on the Gaynor
ticket. The situation IL regarded az OF
the utmost seriousness. The colonel
was described as saying that fusion is
completely demoralized.
Mr.. McAneny's answer yesterday
was the same as that Of two and three
days aso-"There is no use declining
something you haven't got We claim
the right Of making up our minds when
We know exactly the question We have
to decide"
Advice Of Collective Nature.
The colonel did not try to single out
Mr.. McAneny or any OF the others az
the subject for his advice. It was col
lectiye. At Ii was retailed afterward.
he counseled them not to take places
on the Gaynor ticket He thought 1t
best for them to say 30 now. even ~
the risk Of declining things that might
not be offered them.
AZ for MI. Whitman, no Il believed
to have made fatal error in taking The
rammany designation for district At
to.uey. The thing to do. according to
politicians, was to steer clear OF al
sirens. whether in the person Of Mayor
Gaynor or any one else. Fusion NOM
inees should stand by Mr.. Mitchell.
Refuses Support Of Hearst.
A. for Mr.. Mitchell, he sent his
formal answer to the lnoepenoence
league. declining Its nomination for
mayor' In his letter to W. J. Taylor.
chairman OF the leagues city commit
tee. he said:
.srhe city designating COMMITTEES OF
the independence league having no"
completed its ticket, and having failed
~ designate for nomination my col
leasues on the fusion ticket, 1 am
connelIed nv loyalty to them and to
the cause / have been called upon 10
lead. to decline the designation for
mayor with which you have honoreo
me. This hereby do.
..rh. issue in this municipal cam
na,on II perfectly and unrelenting OPP
nosition to Tammany hall. and to all
the nern,cious influences that now
from II and the interests that minister
to n In meeting this issue, the Fusion
candidates are confronted. first, by
the omen and impudent opposition OK
Murphy and Tammany hall itself. and.
second by the hidden and subtle oppo-
sitiin Of those forces behind the Gay
nor candidacy that would weaken the
fusion ticket by destroying It's unity
and integrity thru picking of candi-
dates from it for Endorsement ana
support.
LOYAL TO Fusion Cause.
.sMy sense of loyalty to the fusion
cause and my duty to my colleagues
upon the fusion ticket alike prevent
me fom accepting any offer OF ad-
vantage which is denied to them. the
Importance Of a united stand against
Murphy and Tammany hall must out
weigh every consideration of appar-
ent personal advantage.
ut is my purpose to ask the voters
to support me in q fight to repudiate
hc.! willing Tammany agent In MI.
Mccall and a disappointed and dis
gruntled Tammany adjunct in Mayor
Gaynor."