The Washington times., 1914-05-27
ROOSEVELT PLANS
FOR 1916 CAMPAIGN
His Friends Here Admit He Is
Looking Toward Presidency
Next Time.
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ne Progressive Senators and Represen-
tatives in Congress. because l feel that
a great debt of gratitude is owing them
for what they have done and the way
they have borne themselves under try
ing circumstances.
Men who face a crisis are either
overwhelmed or else grow in stature for
having faced IL. You men have faced q
real crisis. You have been tried as no
other body of men in either house has
been tried for sixty years; mean since
the first men who championed the prin-
ciples of Abraham Lincoln in Congress.
You have been exposed to every form of
attack from both sides, and you have
borne yourselves so as to torce the re-
spect of your enemies / now feel ad-
nniration. respect. and a small degree OF
envy I am greatly obliged to You.
To Fight For Pinchot.
"of. course. shall take my part in
the camraigns this year. 1 shall have
to explain several dozen times a day
that ii is quite impossible for me to
be at forty or fifty places at once. 1
have been asked by Mr.. Lewis and
Mr.. Pinchot to open the campaign in
Pennsylvania at the second Progress
sive conference at Pittsburgh on
June 80. and 1 am going to do it. I
have written 10 Governor Johnson
NIlSl IL MY presence is desired IN
California; State to which we owe
much-of course 1 will go there to
fight for the ticket
81 shall do all that I possibly can,
but l must ask YOU to remember that
II is physically impossible for me to
make mere than a certain number of
speeches. 1 want to distribute them
around the country and make them
where they will cover as much terri
tory as possible Again I want to
~1% Il
ciate TO the full extent the gallant
Eress"
Summed up in a sentence the only
erect apparent here after the
coloners wonderful reception was an
increase in hopes or fears based en-
tlrely on the political faith of the in
dividual
Got All the News
According to Congressman Kelly, of
Pennsylvania, chairman of the Progress
sive legislative committee in the House,
Mr.. Roosevelt learned from Congressman
Murdock and Senator Moses Clapp what
the adherence of his policies have been
doing during the months he was tracing
he crooks and turns of the capital
river of the doubt.
Mr.. Murdock," said Mr. Kelly, put
before the colonel the details of the diff
ferent bills prepared and introduced by
the Progressives at this session and out
lined activities of the individual Pro-
Eressives in the House. And Colonel
Roosevelt strongly approved the course
followed by US.
Senator CIapp performed a similar
service for the Progressives in the Sen
ate
Folks have been wondering about
Senator Clapps political affiliations in
ssmuch as he designates himself a Re-
publican in the Congressional Direc-
Tory: but he left no doubt when he re-
ferred 10 himself and Senator Poindex-
ter Of Washington as the only two
party Progressives in the Senate"
The question CT amalgamation be-
tween the Republican and Progressive
parties was not considered, but We feel
that the Republicans will be compelled.
TO indorse Mr.. Roosevelt in 1916: there
IS no other man in the country who
Can beat Woodrow wilson
Roosevelt was especially interested in
The so-called social service" bills
sponsored by the Progressfves. The
measures deal with the questions of
child labor. naturalization and the es-
adjustment Of a Federal employment
bureau. He also expressed grstifica-
ton at word brought him by Congress
men Bryan and Falconier Of Washing
tom that the Progressives have splendid
chances for success on the Pacific
coast.
Although no definite promises were
made. Bryan said today the colonel
would. in all probability, include Spo-
kane, Seattle. and Tacoma in the list
Of cities which would be visited in his
forthcoming campaign on the coast.