The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-23
GARY DINNER TO COL.
ROOSEVELT PROVES
REAL SENSATION IN
POLITICAL CIRCLES

friends wanted to counsel Colonel
Roosevelt as to what he thought the
republican party ought to do in the
coming campaign. Others thought that
the diners had a very clear idea Of
what the republican party ought to
do and merely wanted to find out what
the colonel was going to do. Again
there was the opinion that the propo-
sition that President Wilson must be
beaten at all hazards had been put to
the colonel and he had been asked not
to do anything that would disturb that
programme
Richard " Lindabury, counsel for
the United States Steel corporation,
who was one of Judge Gary's guests,
declined to comment on the dinner, but
he did take shot at President Will
son. When it was mentioned that he
was one of the men who urged Presi-
dent Wilson to leave Princeton and
run for governor of New Jersey and
had thereby helped to boost him into
the presidency, Mr.. Lindabury said:
Eyes, I suppose it's true, but TIL
never do it againt. I'll never do it
again."
MOOSE MAY MEET JUNE 7
Comment on the dinner was inevi-
tably coupled with the well authenti-
Gated report that progressive leaders
have been considering the ACCESSIBILITY
of holding their national convention
in Chicago on June 7, the date of the
republican gathering. George W. Per-
kins has said that it would not he held
until the two elder parties got
through, but from Chicago there came
yesterday the report that Harold Ickes,
chairman of the progressive party, had
made reservation for the colonel at
the Congress hotel for the period of the
republican convention. The progressive
national committee will meet in Chica-
go on January IL to fix the date for
the party's convention and if June Z
is fixed many progressives here will
not betsurprised.
Mr.. Perkins was willing yesterday to
talk politics, but not about the Gary
dinner. He appears to be convinced
that the coterie of reactionary leaders
in the republican party who were re-
sponsible for the split in the party in
1912 are going to attempt the same
thing they did then.
"And if they do said Mr. Perkins,
1.-The same vote will come out against
them as it did in 1912"
"But if they should nominate Justice
Hughes, wouldn't the progressive party
indorse him."
"That is not to be considered" he
said 1.-The progressves can't follow be-
cause in some of the states there are
laws against indorsing."
MT. PERKINS Sd1Q IurIHeT INdl III his
opinion nothing is or has been wron &
with the republican party, but with the
men who have foisted themselves upon
the people as the leaders of It,
"And if these leaders ignore the
wishes of the people as they did in
1872" he added, g'Im afraid that Col
onel Roosevelt will have to be drafted :"
"Have you heard of any movement
to make Colonel Roosevelt the candi-
date Of the republican party?''
II have not, and I'm not bothering
about the republican party I have
enough to do running the progressive
party"
do you think Colonel Roosevelt in
tends to be a candidate?"
IT know nothing of Colonel Roose-
velt's intentions. I have talked to no.
body who does"
Mr.. Perkins added that while in Chi
cago recently he had made arrange
ments for the national gathering of
his party and that the progressives
would go straight ahead with their
own convention.