The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-20
GARY DINNER STARTS
BEAT WILSON TALK,
Hughes Discussed as Man to
DO It Another Echo Of the
Gathering.
COLONEL SOUNDS SLOGAN
Preparedness to Be the Repub-
lican Issue in the Com
ing Campaign.

Remarkable secrecy attended the
Roosevelt dinner which Judge Ebert II.
Gary gave at his home, Fifth avenue
and SiSty-seventh street. Friday night.
Several OF the twenty guests were asked
for Information yesterday. but only one
had a definite affirmative statement
to make. That was +. w. whitrldse.
who said
81 talked with Frank b. Kellogg for
two hours about the superiority or
broiled prairie hen to Scottish grouse"
Asked II Il Is regarded as proper TO
| serve third cup of coffee with this
bird. Mr.. whi,rdge became silent. Poll.
| ticians. who passed the afternoon spec
ulating on the meaning Of the gathering.
insisted that this very reticence. mani
tested apparently BY every man who
| was present, was. in itself. one OF the
| most significant features Of tho dinner.
Whether or not Col Roosevelt took oc-
casion at Judge Gary's dinner to tell
| the guests so. IL is known TO his inti-
mates that he feels that the hest In
terests OF the country demand that
|
| 1t 10 also known that most of Judge
Gary's guests were men who. regard
less OF party lines. agree with Col.
Roosevelt that their interests and those
Of the country demand the defeat OF the
| President
| A. was pointed out by ono man who
| has earned reputation in sizing up
mysterious political situations. there
could scarcely have been greater
unanimity In the answers OF diners who
were asked to talk OF the affair II they
had taken n solemn pledge not TO reveal
anything that had happened. Requests
| for information were met with solemn
shake OF the head and the elevation OF "A
warning finger. The sugge- ~ iha'
politics might possibly have been mem
toned at some time during the evening
Col. Roosevelt being the guest o: honor
appeared to cause great surprise
oyster Bay maintained an almost un'
| canny silence during ~" day. Th'
| Colonel instructed his secretary i"at NJ
had absolutely nothing 10 saS. George
W. Perkins. as on Saturday, insisted
! that II would be highly i.apr~er fo'
him 10 talk and Frank T. kellogg. erst
while trust buster. was certain that n'
subject Of puhlie .aierest- had been mel
toned.
All of which led the political wise
acres - speculating what Il Wa Al
about and - predicting that the Cary
dinner may one d1y hlN" big plac'
in political history. They recalled tina
col Roosevelt and the steel trust head
have not been at outs since 1907 o.
thereahout and figured or the BOSS.
hi!i,es OF political as well a, person,
friendship .ludg. Gary e. chairman -
tn. United States steel Corporation an'
Richard Y. IiudaOury has Represented
i; us counsel. Frank II. Kellogg ais'
has argued many cases fp- big corpora
,ions IN recent years. and the col"ne
himself has asserted tina, there are s"o
trusts well rs bad.
ono report had &. tha; So far as po
li;!cal Interest focused around the Col
onel Il concerned not SO much MS pos
sible candidacy for President As hi
politics. !, was said that Col. Rpose
vrlt lct hs friends know that event
since 1912 have swcp, aside. tempo
rar!ly at least, ISSUES winch iu that yea
tho Hull Moose proclaimed as para
mount His advice was that ',rspared
ness should be the slogan for 1916.
President Wilson Is not IL favort
with q majority of n. men who n,
tended the dinner. col. Roosevelt ha
made 1t plain that he would couple
. "B.at Wilson clause with his prepared
ness slogan. H. this connection It
I interesting to recall that Mr.. LINDA
bury. who is "A New Jerscyit", has bee
credited with being one OF the men wh
r induced Woodrow Wilson TO run fc
n Governor thus starting him on his das
. to the White House.
I Justice Hughes IS believed 10 ha,
Y been favorahly mentioned as "a possib
n Republican candidate. There !. :. gc'
=, eral impression that 'ul koosevc
would be willing TO givc Justice HuGh'
c his supp r. ,nd that conservatives AN
z Progressives could agree on him MOI
i readily than oi any other possihiliT
c who has been suggested. II is consi'
cred certain that III. colonel silence
= any suggestion which may have be,
= mad. Friday might that i've hims.
II should seek the Nomination ueAt year.