The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-11
BARNES FOR I. R.
STORY PERSISTS;
COLONEL SILENT
Harvard Men Sponsors
Roosevelt Makes Tiny
Speech in Boston.
PRAISES SONS PLANS
FOR A

SossoN. Aprfi io.-Coi. Roosevelt IL
san here and % Tar - 10 known there
he not been a single politician among
the many parsons he has ssen since his
arrival To-day he again declared that
- would q nothing to a on poll
t1cs for publication while In Boston
end at Fsrminston. Conn.,. whore ne Ia
- visit hts sister. Later tho Colonel
has several speaking engagonents. when
- feels that be will have ample oppor.
tnnity to state hs views on public
questions
william Barnes IL quoted hero as
accusing Roosevelt himself Of giving out
a. story Of the dinner Of men Of the
Olass Of IS at the Harvard Club In
New York. at which Barnes Ia credited
viii having declared that tho Colonel
had the greatest strength throughout tho
country Of any Of the proposed Repub-
ncan Presidential nominees and that
- (Barnes) would support him II nomi-
nAtsd.
II b known here that Barnes's state.
osat does the Colonel an injustice. The
sorry was not given out by Mr.. Roose-
vU1 and he did not know OF It until
- read the newspapers this morning.
4 local political writer. who Is a grad
uate OF Harvard. old Il to the visiting
nsWspaper men late last night after
house. The Harvard man aid ne was
HAtM tho stnrW nv "A memh(r Of the
claao OF 1888 and hat later another Of
Mr.. Barnes's classmates, who Was also
q the dinner. confirmed II.
r, n. states His One Atm.
10 . few Col Roosevelt did talk a
bit Of politics to-day and to these he
0ade II plain that he Is not "A party
70 any conspiracy TO capture tho Re.
publican PRESIDENTIAL nomination 1T
Chtcaxo-thAt his sole aim Is TO see
that the rights of the country and VI
American citizens are upheld THAI
he United States is prepared TO defend
IL rig nts and the rights OF Its citizens
q home and abroad.
II he is nominA. ed. he told his friends.
Il win be on that issue alone that he
will accept the nomination. Those who
have not been la accord viii the Colonel
say that he Is ignoring the politicians
and that his nomination must coms
through the people.
and his most important public utterance
was a announcement that he did not
discover the guacnaro. that now we'll
known West Indian bird. The Colonel
~lAughinsly said Those fellows who
write the headlines in the newspapers
credited me with saying l was the dis
coverer." lie merely made an intimate
A. AI-ps. lift L. Wall
dad and found there were two species
one Of them resembling a big whippoor'
will and the other being something like
the stormy petrol.
This inioi u.a ION was given out at tn
home OF Or. W. Stureis Biyelow, OF
BeAcO street. in the course Of q tall
the Colonel had after breakfast viii
Thomas Barbouhr. r. D.. curator o.
oceanic At the Harvard Museum an,
assistant curator OF reptiles and amphib
ians In the Museum of Comparative
Zoology, and with Prof. r. NJ. johnson
Of the Harvard history department.
When the ycalled upon the Colonel tn,
conversation Just naturally drified 4
the bird topic, and the Co,one. disclaime'
discovery Of the diabiotin. which is tn
native name for the g~uacharo. befor'
DR.. Barbour made II known that tn
Harvard museum has had stuffed speti
mems OF both kinds for many years
Still, the Harvard scientist said. no harm
had been done, As the guacharo has beei
u we'll advertised that many hundred
have visited the museum in Cambridg
TO zee the specimens there.
Archie CsIIs on Father.
Archie Roosevelt came in from Cam
bridge this morning TO see his father
and aside from Dr. Barbour and Prot
~ 49, IL .lsl
Adams, r. L. IIigginson and r II. Dana
president OF the National Civil Servtc
Reform League. Another visitor va
Daniel Callahan. who travelled man
miles with Col. Roosevelt AZ a secre
service man, and who stopped 10 pa,
his respects.
A. noon approached q crowd Of Is
persons assembled In front OF Or. Blge
~ louise 10 await the appearance Q
the Colonel. and when. Just after
o'clock, he n Archie came out. the
. " him a cheer, whereat he lifted hi
sombrero. Entering a limousine the tw
we're driven away.
They went to Broolllne. where Co
Roosevelt luncheoned with Edward T
Brandegee. who was in college with III
Colonel. Others at the luncheon wer
Mrs. Brandegee and her daughter, Mis-
Eleanor Sprague Guy Waring of WASH
ington. a personal friend Of the Colonel
Rowland Shaw OF the Harvard La
School. Archie and Quentin Rooseve
and about = dozen college friends Of II
boys. including James G. Blaine an
Hamilton Coolidge.
Afterward Col. Roosevelt drove I
Cambridge. where he ttended the MAJ
ing OF the Harvard board Of overseers
the faculty room Of University Hall.
Many Harvard students were on han
when the Colonel reached the hu,ldin
and their numbers were gradually aul
mented during the two hour walt for b
temperance Movie picture men, new
paper photographers and students Wit
small cameras surrounded the entran,
and cheered every one who cam. ont.
DR.. Eliot, president emeritus Of Hsl
ward, was given "a hearty greeting
which he responded by lifting his ha
G,orGe Won l., Meyer. Louis A. Frotl
ingham and other oversccrs receiv.
their welcome also.
The C~OIonel's Harvard speech.
Col. Roosevelt fingered q while IN Il
hall, being shown about the buildin
and was introduced to tho Office sta
He was interviewed or the spot by
Crimson reporter regarding tn" iia
ward regiment and aviation corps. Al
said that the action If the faculty
indorsing and assisting ur these pr
p~aredncss moves was one OF the mo
patriotic things It had ever done,
The Colonel faced the gathering o
at the foot OF the stone steps with
smile. The crowd called tor \ speec