New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20
DO THEY WANT ROOSEVELT
Emphdny interpreted with Those in the Nesd
Cnu Of
Is No Criterion This Respect

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your recent editorial $40 They Want
Roosevelt" appears TO me entirely out q
place. and at a time when the indications are
that the party will be put back in power i
will start discord, for the answer to ,h'
question is Eve do not want Roosevelt Nc
one wants him but Progressiyes."
Roosevelt is an enrolled Progressive, ard
as his break from the party caused the elee'
ton Of Wilson it stands to reason that rea
Republicans will never vote for him
Your issues of the paper at the time o.
the last Republican National Convention we're
full of interviews with Roosevelt. who stated
on the train going TO the convention that h
was going to win and would not bolt il he
was defeated. but the record as given By
your paper shows that he and his crowd lofi
the convention before the vote was tsksf
and opened another.
Statements in "The New York Tines Al
the time showed afidavts from Southern
negro delegates who swore that they were
approached with money to sell out to the
Roosevelt party one of these afidayits stat
ing that $1,000 had been offered
From the way elections have been going
the last two years | do not think ne need
these Progressives back in the Republics
party. Most Of them are Office seekers ard
want the good Offices.
Your editorial states that the tariff vii
not be an issue at the coming election. Per
NIT me to say that it grieyes good Repua'
licans to see so little in The Tribune regard
ing tariff results. When one takes the hg
ures for 1914 as to annual reports OF corpo'
rations that were almost put out Of business
by the Democratic tariff bill (Which Rooss'
welt helped to make possible) one wonders
how you could come to such conclusion
The United States Steel Corporation for that
year reported a slump in earnings OF S15''
1896 and deficit after paying DIVIDENDS
Of sl6.97l 1888.
The Anaconda Copper Company reported
drop in income Of s6317,l93, the Genera
Electric Company reported a decline in or
ders Of s2s.00O,OO0. the J. G. Brill Company
reported falling off in orders Of S4.25VS-''
the Cambria Steel Company drop in income
Of Si,672.Q3S, the Pressed Steel Car COMPANY
a drop of S7,592.27O in total income, the Re
public Steel Company reported loss in mel
earnings OF S2.627 $50. the Atlantic Rehnins
Company reported deficit after DIVIDENDS OF
Sl,24l ,4O2 but why 20 further? The reeor'
is clear. We would have had the same con-
ditions to-day were it not for the war orders
But war orders only affect parts Of the eoua
try. If the tariff is not an issue, then Why
M - -. Aarr
have dinner IT the Hotel Aston recently 70
advocate tariff board? When this va
Is over we are due for big reaction aha
then 1t viii be determined whether the lsrN
IS ar issue or not
The Republican party must be in sac
state when you say that Roosevelt Is we
only man that can beat wilson why
had an idea that almost any fair-sized ms
could do IT Gf he was regular. In iser
many people think that Senator Mills IS o.
enough to do the trick
IL is just possible that Taft may be eaiieO
upon 70 come back and then Mr.. borsa
is talking as though he also was ngh'e,
IKE Roosevelt, and he stayed in the party $50
was good, and We may like him before II :
decided, as many Presidents were not tn'
leading candidates when conventions opene~
We have lots of timber Lodge, Wees'
Burton, Hadley- all in addition to those men.
uoned above, and. possibly best of all o''
Governor
Al any rate the man that will be nomins'
ed Will be regular and nominated by res'
lars.
Permit me 10 close by saying that the o's,
gest task before the Republican party vi"
not be to elect President but TO Obtain
majority in the United States Senate, whs''
the Democrats now have a majority OF ffteeh
A. ". THOMPSON
kingston, Dec. l6, 1915. -