New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-21
SAYS ROOSEVELT
WILL RUN AGAIN
Murdoch Believes Colonel
Is Waiting for Win
ming Chance.
COCKTAILS SUITABLE
IF T. r. DECLINES
National Chairman Expects
Democratic Break-Wants
Moose to Unite.

moose 10 OIlitc.
Colonel Roosevelt will run again as
the Progressive candidate for Preh-
dent II he thinks he has chance 10
win. That Is the opinion expressed by
Victor Murdoch, chairman Of the Pro-
gressive National Committee, yester-
day.
Division among Democrats. the pos
sible denomination Of William Howard
Taft By the Republicans as result ana
following both Of these happenings an
excellent chance for another Preslden-
tial fight on the part Of the Progress
siyes. this is the vision of Mr.. Muir
dock, who attended a meeting OF the
county ehairmen Of New York State AZ
the Hotel Manhattan yesterday.
There will be a conference Of some
Of the leading Progressives In the East
tomorrow at the same hotel, to be fol-
lowed By a dinner in honor Of Mr.. Muir
dock In the evening. Plans for the
future Of the party and for building up
its strength for 1916 will be discussed
In addition to the principal New York
leaders those coming are William Finn
and f. A. Van Valkenberg, OF Pennsyl-
yania; Everett Colby, Irving Taylor
and J. A. Hopkins, of New Jersey; Her
bert Knox Smith, of Connecticut; Mat
thew Hale and Francis ". Bird, OF Mas
sachusetts; H. P. Gardner, of Maine,
and William Ssbacool. Of New Hamp-
shire.
Moose to Work Hard.
At the meeting Of the county chair
men yesterday it was decided that a
tremendous effort be made to get big
Progressive enrolment this fall. What
slight talk there was about the pro-
nosed new constitution was favorable.
A special committee, consisting OF
Michael Schaap, of New York; Robert
+. Elder. OF Kings, and Or. L. B. Ham
lin. who succeeded Chauncey J. Ham
lin as county chairman in Erie, was APP
pointed to gather the sentiment OF the
various communities as 1t Will be re-
ported TO them by the county chalrmen.
This committee will report TO another
; meeting OF the chairmen to be held
here OF September 30.
In addition to the national chairman
and ffty-fve of the sixty-three county
chairmen those present yesterday were
George W. Perkins, Mr.. Schaap, Will
lam II. Hotchkiss, William Hamlin
Childs. Justice William l.. Ransom, OF
the City Court; William Halpin and
Professor Samuel McCune Lindsay.
Walter A. Johnson, state chairman, pre-
sided
Former Representative Murdoch ad-
dressed the meeting, but after it was
over he laid more stress on some OF
his ideas about the future OF the Pro-
gressive party.
at is impossible for the Progress
sives TO get together with the Repub-
leans" he declared 1.-THE Republicans
cannot throw off the influence Of for
mer Senator Root and William Barnes.
I hear that Mr.. Root has recanted, but
he has not yet Joined the Church.
81 tell you there is going to be a
great fight in the Democratic party as
a result Of the next session of Con-
gress. The young men will fight the
old mossback ideas Of the fossils from
Civil War times. They will find they
are butting their heads against stone
wall, just as the younS men in the Re-
publican party did.
Democrats Will Split.
"To my mind there is bound to be an
explosion in the Democratic party in
the next six months The chances are
then that the Republicans will renomi-
nate William Howard Taft. This will
give us an excellent chance II we show
that we mean business. This will call
for a vigorous candidate and vigorous
platform"
Who that candidate might be Dir.
Murdoch would not prophesy, but he
thought if Colonel Roosevelt would not
run and if California would not spare
Governor Johnson that a man with the
reputation of George w. Goethals,
builder Of the Panama Canal, ought to
be nominated.
81 recognize that Colonel Roosevelt
Is not inclined TO rum" said Mr.. Muir
dock.
do you think he might run II he
thought there was a good chance to
win"
"well, I guess that about expresses
the situation" was the reply.
As to the 1915 platform Of his party
Mr. Murdoch thought tho headline
would be national preparedness. The
1912 platform would be reafhrmed, he
declared.
Mr.. Murdoch told the county chair
men that much depended on New York
State. If the party here made q record
it would have good effect elsewhere.
Read our platform every little
while" he said, "snd make the people
believe we are going to win. II we
could do that we would have to enlarge
our band wagon. II you show earnest
ness here. you will put heart into tho
movement all over the country"
Mr.. Hotchkiss and Justice Ransom
said they favored the proposed con-
stitution because the amendments were
taken from the Progressive platform.
what was considered radical in
1872" said Justice Ransom, "is now
spoken of by some as conservative"
Chicago Mayor To Be Rookie.
Chicago. Sept. 2o.-six hundred bust