The Washington times., 1915-12-29

seems better fitted to describe the
dining together OF men who do not have
to count their pennies-was just about
therefor. IN its proceedinRs. and perhaps
In its findings.
The Interrogation mark upstands after
the question IN multiplied forms as to
whether or not Theodore Roosevelt Is a
candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton.
A companion interrogation mark reors
itself after the question which seeks
information concerning which one of 2
group of Republicans the colonel VIII
support for the Presidency, provided the
party convention goes to the group Tor
its candidate.
What Wall Street Doesn't Like.
/ have said that II there be patience
to read this article these questions may
be answered and tho mysteries, where
there are any, may be cleared up. A
few preliminaries to the task of answer
ing and clearing may be justifiable.
To me they seem necessary.
Just before took the train for
Oyster Bay l met a Wall Street stock
broker who is a standpat Republican.
jumped into uolitlcs, and without know
ing anything about his hearers predt-
lections he said, the majority in Wall
Street is for the colonel"
may be bad news. Why is it?"
WELL" he answered, wall Street
does like the yellow that Is in gold and
perhaps some Wall Street men are
in sunset, but never yet met any
one in Wall Street who likes yellow In
a man. Down underneath what all you
Westerners and others who are not
Westerners call the sordidness of the
street there is a foundation of Ameri-
oanism. Wall Street likes q man who
dares to be an American and 1t hates
q coward. The majority in Wall Street
today is for the colonel"
Everywhere in New York. and talked
with men who seven years ago hoped
with Wall Street that every lion
would do its duty" / found a new
born affection for the colonel. These men
probably always have had an admira-
ton for him. because metaled man
hood compels admiration, but of affec-
/ ton where he was concerned they knew
nothing. They hated him because In
their view he was business smasher.
Wall Street Greatly Stirred.
Theodore Roosevelt's Americanism.
his fearlessness in this war time, his
refusal to give thought to political
advantage or disadvantage in dealing
with questions of dual citizenship have
stirred the Americanism in these former
enemies of the colonel. He Is hrst
Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt ac-
counts for the rapid change OF per-
| sonal and political sentiment in New
York Men told me that II nominated
the colonel would sweep the state.
/ went to Oyster Bay with one COM
panion, a Maine Progressive, a man
with the roots of his faith as deep and
| as gripping as those Of any pine in the
forest at whose edge he was born. This
man knows, as everybody else ought to
| know 10 PnnQaUalf aoiN
ism is today what 1t was in 1912. You
cannot breathe any doubt from the air
in the African trophy room at oyster
Bay.
The Gary dinner has been made a big
| incident. The incident in a way grew
out of an accident. The host of that
evening, and probably most people know
1t, always has been an admirer of Theo-
dore Roosevelt. One or two of the
| guests not only always have been ad-
mirers. but have been supporters OF
| Theodore Roosevelt 1t is so likely that
you may take 1t as fact that the
host asked prospective guest or two
I II there was any chance that the
! ing board and meet some men whom
he had not been meeting socially with
! any great degree of regularity within
the last eight or ten years.
Why. of course the colonel was GLAD
to sit at the board with them. WHY
that he thought that there was a gooC
deal OF Americanism in some of thes'
men who had differed from him on Ger
tain matters of economic, and perhaps
the dinner and had a good time and 4
was a dinner which had only one toucl
of political Significance.
or the political significance later
There seems to be no room for doub
that the moving sentiment about tn,
table at this much discussed dinner wa
Americanism. You can get nothing o
course. of this particular matter from
Roosevelt. but YOU can get 1t every
| where else from Montak Point to tn
Bronx river. Almost every man at tina
Gary dinner feels today toward Roose
welt as the stock broker told me tn
majority of men in Wall Street feel to
ward him. The feeling for him is tina
for man who has dared to be al
American and to speak for Americanisn
as IT. used to be spoken for in the tim
when Administrations were unafraid.
1t Is my belief that Americanism mucl
more than politics made strange Dime
mates at the Gary board.
No White Flag at T. RS Plate.
Now for the political Significance. blu
better 1t should be called an economi
significance. although economics merge
into politics just at this point. Nearl
all the guests of Mr.. Gary were me-
who not long ago looked malevolentl
on the progressive policies of Theodor
Roosevelt. Now they are of a mind I
believe that the regulation of bushes
Is to be preferred to the destruction O
business. These men after their name
are becoming progressives. American
ism and economies. and. If you will, poll
tics. met companionably at the Gar
board. If there was any surrender Their
was no white flag displayed at tn
coloneTs plate.
In an article recently written by an
other and which was widely read, /
was said that If the Republicans SHOULD
nominate Philander Chase Knox. forme
Secretary of State, for the Presidency
Theodore Roosevelt would support him
There is not the slightest reason L
doubt that the writer of this articI
believed that he was justified in writ
ing this.
However, Theodore Roosevelt will no
support Philander Chase Knox for tn
, Presidency IL the Republicans see n
to nominate this Pennsylvania an
former Secretary Of State for the Pres
idency.
II any one seeks the reason for tn
certain refusal of the Progressive lead
err to support Knox let him read
paragraph or two In the colonel
article which has appeared With
forty-eight hours in the Metropolita
Magazine. The paragraphs have TO d
with Mexico and there is discussion /
the article of Mexican matters, not onl