The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-21
By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Oyster Bay May 20-ColDueI Roose-
veit entered fully into tn" pEl!s for
the 1915 Progressive c5nra.ar. laGas.
having a Ions conf"raoce u3J" t7ao:a,
". Perkins chairman of ar national
executive committee COL t,ru-.,s...-
spent several hours debating letters
and kilograms to al parts pf the
country to get in touch WITH the poe
liticai conditions. He VIII mah" pc
IitIcaI speech making tnur from coast
to coast his return from fnr we'd
ding Of his son in Spnin
Col. Roosevelt, it was learned today
looks forward to one of the hardest
political campaigns Of his c..reer. EN-
cept for the time occupied oy his trip
10 Spain for the wedding of mis- son.
Kermit. he expects to devote to poll
tics most of his time until November.
Already tentative plan of action has
been mapped out. Col. Roosevelt has
Az. mind -oneeof the longest Campaign
trips he ever has made, taking him
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
several shorter trips in nearby states.
For the three days before he sails
for Europe, Col. Roosevelt has map
ped out a program which will Keen
him busy. His present desire Is - get
back in touch as soon as possihlc with
the affairs Of the Progressive party
in all parts Of the country and help to
start the machinery for Ihu coming
campaign.
ARRANGEMENTS BY CABLE.
Before he LETT South -Au:.ri..s Ite
planned his work. arrangin- >. cable
for conferences with lcaIrr, ~. tila
progressive party. The first of these
was set for TODAY.
George ". Perkins. Of ~, 1.-A.
chairman Of the national C>e,I,iEr
committee and . X. Davis Of Wash
ington. secretary of the committee.
were expected at Sagamore tijI to
give Col. RooseN elt report ON the
situation.
Col Roosevelt alreal-- has made ap-
pointmentS with progressive leaders
of several states. One of tn" most M
pOrtant of these VIII deal NiiH the
situation in PENNSYLVANIA. where Col.
Roosevelt expects To make hand cam
paign this fall.
Col. Roosevelt will so TO his editorial
offices in New York tomorrow ami
will meet political associates. A THAT
time he will confer with the New "rN
state leaders.
The address which Col. Roosevelt is
to make before tho Nationa! Gco@raph-
icaI Society in Washingt"' has been
set for next Tuesday cVCniE Il II
IN this address that the colonel viii
meet the first formal announcement OF
his discovery of q river i'm Brazil.
CRITICIZES WILSON.
The Wilson Administrations att
tude in the controversy with Colombia
today by Col. Roosevelt. He object
ed strongly to the payment of what
he termed "blacll mail to Colombia.
In submJ ting to this he said. III
is just as though some future pres!
dent af the United States should ,1p'.-
oei.,> 10 a successor OF HueTta for the
seizure Of Vera cruz. As for the pay
ment Of $4,000 600 TO Colombia -"
here the Colonel threw up mis- hands
Well that is Unthlnkable-
u pnaEpI-GfT k,EITPSSpd
strongly opposed to the repeal OF the
law for the exemption of American
COaStwise ships from -" "'-rnent OF Pan
anna canal tolls. He said he thought
il perfectly right to arhitrate the ques-
ton If the rights OF the country TO
grant exemption were granted but de-
cIared that to yield the point uu"Gi-
vocally without arbitration was indie
fensibie. as he was convinced the Uni
ted States was within its rights in
freeing coastwise ships from payment
of tolls. When he goes TO Washing
ton next week, he said he would be
ready to refute statements of Henry
Savage Landor of England, and Others.
who have expressed doubt as to the
correctness of his statement that he
had discovered a great river in the
WiIds of South America.
The river IS still there" said tie
Colonel with a laugh.
The Colonel explained why he made
the trip to South America.
II wanted to do something more"
he said Il was getting 10 the age
where felt that If / We're 10 DO any
thing requiring unusual physical exer-
ton I must do ii now. In fact | was
just 4 little over the age out I put il
through
WERE EATING MONKEYS.
Col. Roosevelt said that il was
pretty hard going for weeks. RatiOrs
ran short and they go down TO eating
MONKEYS which the colonel declared
could hardly be considered q delicacy
However. he said that At about that
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