The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-19
ROOSEVELT THINKS
NATION NEEDS HIM
Convinced Country Is in Most
Unhealthy State and Majority
Wants Him to Cure 1t.
TELLS WHAT HE WILL NOT Do
No Intention of Entering Race in
New York for Governor
ship or Senatorship.


'rboiled over to-day. and in an inter
view just before sailing for America
aboard the Imperator announced some
OF the most important things he will
and Will not do on his arrival in New
York.
ErIcrly summarized. here are his in
his reasons therefor. He
will not:
]. Run for the governorship of New
York. because he has not time to be
sidctracked In Albany again.
.. Accept nomination for the United
states senatorship. because tho suE
gestion is palpabiy preposterous.
>. Mako any speechtnakins cam
paicn for any party or individual. him
self included, because his physician
Will not let him-but
Tic will accept tho Progressive
party's nomination for tho presidency
in n most unhealthy state. and the ma
jority OF the men or tho nation want
him to cure il.
Obviously. the man who has been
declaring many times a day that he
would make ;,bsolutcIy no statement on
politics until after his return home
could not completely forget these decla-
rations. and he proved lie had them
In mind by forbiddng the correspon-
dent q dozen times during the inter
view TO quote him on subjects about
which he talked positively enough to
make Impossible his doing anything
less than once m"rc coming before
tho nation as IA candidate for President
PIt NGES AHEAD WITH
his OLD-TIoIE VIGOTt
In tho bcgiining tue Colonel fenced
with the Interviewer. his statements
being carefully weighed and slowly de-
1ivcrcj, but presently hc waXcd en-
thusiastic and plunged ahead with his
oid-timc vIgor, entirely aud joyfully
regardless AZ the printed consequences
II was In this frame OF mind that
Colonel Roosevelt dropped the mask of
impcrturbability he has been wea ring in
the role OF -cugraphcr ever since hc
landed in England. rnd let it bc seen
That his real purpose in giving the
American voters another chance TO
hnnd over To him the rcins of govern
ncnt springs inartly from his con
viction that tho hour OF his return is
at hand.
His appeal may be divided into two
general parts. First, he is going to
show UP what lie characterizcb as the
''frshtful errors" not only OF Wilson.
but of the Taft admiristrati tion--and it
nc says publicly one-half of what
he said privately to-day, his cxposI,
ton of the faults Of these two admin
istrations Will develop into unquestion-
ably the most sensational and bittcrcst
attack American politics ever has
known
Second, for every item OF destructive
criticism he has remedy which he
SAYS will prove constructive and prac-
"HOTCUES"
CAUSE OF CONDITIONS
Among the trightfui errors thc also
called them 'botchcs') OF tho present
administration. Colonel Roosevelt point
eel out three as largely responsible
for the present awful condition OF af-
fairs
!. Lofty idcalisnl.
>. The entire diplomatic handling Of
the canal question.
:. The persecution of big business.
Not the least interesting feature of
his viewpoint is the fact that lie counts
upon the accumulated records of both
The Tart aud Wilson administrations
ms fully deserving TO be included in
that long and remarkable category OF
incidents which individually have come
to he known as examples of "Roose-
welt luck
Naturally he did not say SO, but it
would 1avc been most obvious to auy
one listening TO his conversation TO-
day. who could have seen the almost
eieetul way in which hc made his
promises to start things"
In every word he uttered after hc
had thrown caution 10 the winds. it
was evident that while there may be
doubts in some minds that Roosevelt
will be the next President, there is
none in Roosevelt's mind.
II was no choosing of his that led
him to give the first news of his plans |
to this correspondent. It was simply |
due TO the fact that no other news
paper man accompanied him from Lon
don to southampton. and on board the |
Tender i,. Col ,l,o
American liner Imperator
COLONEL HIDS GOOD-BY
TO NEWSPAPER MEN |
AT Waterloo Station, in London, he |
SAID good-by to twoscore newspaper |
men, and repeated for the hundredth |
time that he would SAY nothing" His !
departure was duly characterized by |
his fervent embracing of Ambassador !
rage. and expressions OF delight at |
lhe cordiahty of his treatment in Lon |
don.
-, There really was not any chance for
me Colonel TO voice his pent-up emo
lonS-politically--in the crowd at the |
station, hut on his arrival at the rela-
lively quiet docks In Southampton
proof OF the accuracy OF the correspon-
was forthcoming.
You really mustn't ask me to talk |
,or publication on any political sub
said wouldn't"
by this ume Arthur c. Lee, who had
been his host in London, and Philip !
ROOSEVELT the ColonePs cousin. had |
found little sheltered nook under the |
in the bow of the tender |
where Colonel Roosevelt could sit com
I1,l nI1arativeiy secure from interruption.
But enthusiastic passengers, mon and
women, many of them from the Kaiser |
Wilhelm r.. who were being trans
erred to tho Impcrator, fairly fought |
their way forward to get g!!mnse Of |
the Colonel, and Lee and Philip had |
heir hands full acting as human rarri-
AIDES against the VOL meaning. in.
;istent haDdShakers.
IL was under these conditions that
ne he correspondent obtained the inter-
POLITICS MUST WATT
UNTIL ARRIVAL. HOME
II should be glad" said tho Colonel.
to say anything that could possibly
interest an army OF readers. but really |
politics must wait until lave been |
lcmG several days"
Very we'll Mr.. Roosevelt but road