New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-16
IMPOSSIBLE LONGER
TO BELIEVE IN HIM
Gives Account of DuelfS
Effort to Get IndOrSe-
ment from Moose.
DOUBTS PROSECUTOR
IS A FOE TO BARNES
Is Sure. However, His Statement,
81 Am a Whitman Man from
First to Last is True.

colonel Roosevelt put District At
,o-aey Whitman in the Ananias Club
las, night. Without using the short
ard ugly word with reference TO Mr.
Whitman. the Colonel made it plain
that he thought the New York Dis
,rict Attorney ought TO be in thc COM
rsnv Of other distinguished men who
3. one time or another differed with
Nr. Roosevelt on matters Of truth.
The Colonel gave out What he said
was A rough draft copy" Of letter
which he said Charles H. Ducll r.,
Progressive leader, had given him as
ore District Attorney Whitman was
ready TO send to the Whitman Non
Partisan League attacking William
Barnes If Roosevelt indorsed him.
The Colonel gave a history Of the
efforts Of M Duell 10 induce him to
,rdo-se Mr.. Whitman's candidacy ior
Governor. which were broken of short
'v after July 4. when the trough draft
copy" was placed in Mr.. Rooseyelt's
hands.
Nr. Roosevelt said he at one time
was for indorsing Mr Whitman IN his
fight against bossism, but was opposed
by other Progressive leaders, who
characterized Mr. Whitman as utter
ly tricky and insincere."
Mr. Whitman has steadily maintained
he knew nothing about the trough
draft copy" and that ne bad no hand
il Us preparation. He has declared Mr..
Duell visited Colonel Roosevelt entirely
On his own initiative. and Mr.. Duell
las asserted he did not 20 to the Colo
rel as Mr. Whitman's agent, but as
friend OF both. The District Attorney
was on z train en- route for this city
from Gereseo when the Colonel issued
his statement late last night,
Colonel Roosevelts statement fol-
lows:
Shortly after my return from Bra
al. the latter part Of May, Mr.. Duell
asked 20 see me on behalf Of Mr.. Whit
man. Mr. Duell accordingly went down
% Washington on the train with me
when / delivered my address before the
American Geographical Society at
Washington, returning on the train the
following day. He was a. that time
busily engaged in getting up the Non
Partisan Political League in the inter-
est o. Mr. Whitman. He was announced
In al the papers as so doing.
"Nr Whitman now says he knew
nothing of Mr.. Duells activities or Of
The existence Of that league. II so, he
vas the only person in the State Of
New York who did not. Such state
rnent is sheer nonsense. He could not
have avoided being familiar with what
Nr. Duell was doing, and If Mr.. Dueil
vas not his agent it was his business 70
repudiste him then, or 20 repudiate him
when he came 20 see me on my return
from Europe, month later, which fact
vas announced in all the papers.
NJ Whitman never repudiated Mr..
Ilell sg long az there was a chance
o. Mr. Duell succeeding in the effort
Nr Whitman had asked him 70 MAKE
% get ne 20 support M Whitman. He
Iepudiated his agent only when his
agent had failed.
"On the way TO Washington Mr. Duell
showed me a letter signed by Mr. Whit
nan and written 20 Mr.. Duell. This
letter was IN effect as follows:
"In line with our last talk, ! agree
with you that the time Is ripe for an
alliance between the Progressive Re
publicans and members Of the National
Progressive party, a. well as Of all
other good citizens sharing their be-
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