The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-16
Some Hint Ducll Wrote It
Anyway. II Says. II Am
Against Barnes"
COLONEL ONCE WANTED TO
BACK DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Tells story Of Long Ncgotia-
tionS With Ducll and Final
rundown.

OYSTER BAY. July 15.--Col. Roosevelt
made public tonight tho mysterious
'e,ter sad 10 have been written by Dis
t-ict Attorney Whitman attacking
R7rnes and Murphy. lie included the
lettcr In ? long and vehement attack on
Mr. Whitman. pointing out that the let
Ter was submitted to him 10y Charles
II DUEL Jr,, through the Coloncrs
son
The ie'tcr. said Ia have been framed
h, Mr Whitman. was presented to Col.
Roosevelt is the rough draft of com
address 70 tho Whitman Non-Partisan
League az n means Of clearing away
all Doubt that might exist in the minds
~ voters and especially Of Col. Roose-
adhcrcnt Of Mr.. Barnes.
The statement contains not only Mr..
Whitmans letter hut n statement n the
Coloncrs conferences with Duell as the
supposed agent ~ Mr.. Whitman. seek
me The Colcnol's Endorsement of the
District Attorney az the non partisan
candidate for Governor. 1t was dictated
and made public after Col. Roosevelt
lad q long conference some time to- day
With Mr. Ducll and hints that Duell
himself probably will make a statement
tomorrow in regard to the situation.
Tho Impression prevailed here tonight
that the publication of the letter of doubt
uas not really been great blow at Whit
man Tho Colonel admits that the letter
Nss a rought draft submitted for his ape
yroval uy pucl that it was initiated &c.
W Ia other quarters tonight 1t was
'a'd that the initials were not in Whit
man handwriting.
Accordingly the bomb that the COL
onsl was 10 .xplode and blow Whtman's
Gubernatorial boom TO the four winds
.ohug'y referred to here as having
been stuffed with sswdust rather than
;oe dynamite for which the Colonel has
been noted.
col. HooscN~Its Reply.
Col. Roosovolt's reply to the Whitman
ehalleng", given out by him here tonight,
10 as follows:
shortly after my return from Brazil.
the latter part os May. Mr.. Duell asked
10 see me on behalf OF Mr.. whitman.
Mr. pucn accordingly went down TO
Washington on the train with me when
delivered my address before the Ma
tonal biographical Society OF Washing
ton, returning on the train the following
"at lie was At that time busily en-
s'sed lu Pstting up the Non Partisan
loNuca. League IN the interest of Mr..
Whtu4n.
lie Vas announced In all the papers
~ so doing Mr.. Whitman now says
ne knew nothing OF Mir. Duell's activities
o. OF tho existence OF that league. II
40 he was tho only person in the state
o' Nen York who did not Such a state
m'nt rs sheer nonsense. He could not
nave avoided being familiar with what
ar hueN WAS doing. and il Mr.. Duell
"at not his agent II was his business
To r'pud ate him then or to repudlate
eiuI0 from Europe a month later, which
'a'' vas announced in all the papers.
NJ Whitman never repudiated Mr.
'"'I as long az there was "A chance OF
HF bucN succeeding in the effort Mr.
whitman had asked him TO get me to
support Mr. Whitman. lie repudiated
me- agent only when his agent had failed
On tho way to Washington Mr. Duel
showed me- letter signed by Mr. Whit.
man and written to Mr.. Duell. This
este Vas Ia effect as follows:
Mr. Whitmnn's Letter.
In line with our last talk / agree
We You that the lime is ripe for an
d..tu.' between the progressive Re-
'i"I'dus and members OF the Ma
'oIaI Progressive party as well as of
III other good citizens sharing their
o't"is TO i'd the State Of hat kind OF
1dtN control which In my opinion is
'n-.ulv responsible for the corrupt
''1 l'uous whiC. nave been clearly
brought out ia the Various oNamlna-
VOL nd my, stjsatlous carried on
unror my direction during the past
yea
These conditions are no. localized
enc ''' men and tn, policies response
, e'' ~. them are not confined to any
one party, believe that a fusion
ne" IAN BE- so carried on that we
could elect To tine important Offices OF
ihf St1.c responsible men who shall
SnIdod 10y the states best inter
"'' myself until brought into