The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-23

 1t was after I returned from Santiago. do not remember the exact date. IL was about the end of August, 1S9s" Who first spoke to you about it?'' The first man of any prominence was MT. Quigg.'
 After you talked to MT. Quigg did you meet Mr. Pratt and Mir Odel in New York;"
 Yes. Other persons were there, too, Mir. Root among them." Was MT. Pratt the republican boss of this state?'
 He was
 And you deliberately went to meet him for conferences in New York ?' "I did
 MT. Twins produced photograph of a letter which Colonel Roosevelt identified as being his. It was addressed to John J. Chapman. In it the colonel said that if he was nominated for governor, 1t would
 be on the same ticket with other cand- dates for other offices. He added if he were elected governor he would strive to serve the state and his party, and he would like to have the aid of independ- ents. He said he could not accept noIu- ination on terms.
 At that time,' said MT. Wins, was there an independent state party?' Well, the independents later ran man against me for governor. And they wanted me to run on ticket which at tackled President Mckinley
 Did you discuss with MT. Platt and MT. Odell candidates for other state offices?' 'I don't remember 'Were you present at a conference where other candidates were discussed? ?"
 No"
 Do you remember who the candidate for Congress was from your district?"
 I'm sorry to say do not.
 Then your memory is fallible at times?"
 'On some things it is.' Are these papers the letter MT. QuigS sent you and your reply? The witness replied in the affirmative. The papers were offered in evidence. Who was MT. Quigg?' Was Republican Leader He was Lemuel E. Quigg, a republican leader ill New York. He was the focal republican boss of New York city. He
 worked with Senator Platt." The letter written by Quigg, at present delegate to the constitutional conven- ton, was read In part it was as fol- lows:
 September 19, 1898. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Camp Wikof, Montauk N. Y.:
 l My Dear Mir Roosevelt: The senator [ New York on Wednesday or Thurs jay oi l next week The senator says that he is gong to make one more effort to induce Governor Black to withdraw. He does moi l mean that he will offer him any terms, but simply that he will try to convince | him that in justice to himself. not less l than the republican party, he should get out of the way All these stories that you may have read about attempted dick l CTS with Black by which, as the price ol his withdrawal, he is to be sent to the ISenate, are falsehoods. No other consider ation has been at any time suggested ,l | him than that he Is not the man for this l particular occasion.
 And now he (Platt) has made up his mind and Is ready to take his position Perhaps since your interview with him lis to so shortly take place, j might be
 well for me to repeat to you precisely l the report | made to him of your atti- | tude on my return from Montauk. l q told him that you said that you would be nominated: that you under stood perfectly that if you were nomi- mated that it would be as result of his l support; that you were not the sort of man who would accept nomination | directly out of the hands of the or | ganization without realizing the obli- | gation thereby assumed to sustain the l organization and to promote and uphold 1 it. and that you were perfectly prepared
 to meet the obligation and to discharge | it justly; that if.you were governor you
 would not wish to be anything else than
 governor; that you would not wish to be figurehead or to accept any posi-
 ton before the public or in your own
 mind which was not in keeping with | the dignity of the office, or which
 would not allow you to discharge youl
 duties in the light of your judgment
 and conscience, but that you would take
 the office, if at all, intending in good | (Continued on Page seven)