The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-09
UP-STATERS URGE
COLONEL TO ACCEPT
But Hc Only Says, 81 DO Not
Want to Run if |
Can Help It."
MOOSE WATCHFULLY WAIT
In spite Of Definite Reply. Del
cgatcs Appear En-
couragcd.
MOOSE WATCHFULLl WAIT

C.. Roosevelt came to town Yesterday
and listened long and patiently to dclega-
lions from upstate counties that came
:, urcc him to accept the Progressive
domination FOR Governor. lie also heard
ne arguments OF delegation from Mas
,,u. his home county. who urged him not
- head the ticket.
Not one OF the Coloncl's visitors would
admit that he had given them definite
answer. but Horace S. Wilkinst OF SYRIA
,usc. who headed a delegation composed
o. mon who had voted for either Wilson
5r Taft two years ago. did not seem the
east bit discouraged when he said good
by 10 Roosevl, late in the day.
To County Chairman L. y. Edwards Of
Nassau. who pleaded with the Colonel not
10 run. Roosevelt said II do not want
10 run II can help it,
That was AS near as the Colonel came
o defining his position. IL was noticeable.
however. that ne nao q particularly happy
e-osting for the Progressves who came
10 Progressive national headquarters In
me Forty-second Street Building to insist
upon hts becoming n candidate. Before
leaving for oyster Bay in an automobile
with his physician. Dr. Alexander Lam
bert, Col. Roosevelt refused to say yes
5r no" 70 the reporters who tried TO get
him to go on record as to his intentions.
Corridor Like Convention Lobby.
The corridors OF the fiftc-.ith iloor of
ne Forty-sccond Street Building near the
entrance to the private offices Of the
Colonel and his financial hacker. George
VI IL 1.H 1,,1.1
ing a state or national convention. Faith
iIl followers came from Arizona, Colorado.
Maine Massachusetts and Missouri.
Every visitor insisted on having few
words with the Colonel in private.
STATE Chairman Clarenc" f. Dodge.
cousin of Cleveland n. Dodge. went over
,he Colorado situation with Mr.. Roose-
welt and urged that the first chief Of the
Progressives make a few speeches in his
state. similar requests came from Hal
bert +. Gardner. nominee for Governor
n Maine. who was accompanied by ilVc
or six leaders. and from Dwight H.
Heard OF Phoenix, Ariz., and Arthur y.
Sage, nominee for United States Senator
IN Missouri
Col Roosevelt seemed moro interested
aowevor. in the New York state situa-
ton. Horace :. Wilkinson OF Syracuse
who Is to succeed Theodore Douglas
koplnSOn, IN" Nblbl'lS nephew, as NIstt'
chairman. was ON" of the first to he re-
ceved by IN, Colonel. lie was accom-
panied by W. T.. Hitchcock, wholesale
leweller and Democrat; Robert Day
merchant and a Republican; John Nash
former District Attorney Of Onordaga
county. Democrat. \. L. Nettleton
shoc manufacturer, a Republican, al d W
r Smith, a typewriter manufacturer.
There is a growing demand IN up
States counties" said Mr.. Wilkinson. "Ioi
Poosev to become a candidate for Gov
nor Hundreds and hundreds OF Demo
rats and Republicans who voted agains
me Colonel in 1912 have assured me tina
they viii support him II he heads th'
state ticket"
There was another delegation from
Kings county and staten Island. headed
ny Charles $. Aronstam, former count!
chairman Of Kings. Included in this dele
cation we're Joseph O, Hemmitt, chief q
'hc lire prevention bureau. who supported
Wilson for President. and Albert az
Roode a prominent Democrat of staple
ton Hammitt said he urged the Colone
% got into the fight for the Governorship