New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
Refuses Statement In
I'll Moose Commit
tee Acts.
BELIEVE PARTY'S
KNELL SOUNDED
Politicians Think Progress
sives Will Return
to Fold.

IRON s,ar Correspondent o. The I7sun'.I
Oyster Bay, June 10 Colonel Roose-
welt has fought a good fight and lost
AM ardent Progressive who stu THINKS
fbst the Colonel may run on third
ticket against Justice Hughes Is enter
tanning forlorn hope. HIS work Is
done. The Republicans have cast the
tie. He will fight on for Americanlsm
I'D make his influence felt strongly IN
the coming campaign, but he IS through
with the question in political sense
While the Colonel did not announce
HE attitude in so many words tonight
md has ostensibly deferred his hnai
,nsVor 20 the Progressives until the
Progressive National Committee care
fully considers the statement OF Jus
tiee Hughes. there was no other I'M
press;on gained here. The question
remaining is how far he will enter INTO
The campaign TO elect Justice Hughes.
That he would not indicate.
Colonel Roosevelt had no comment to
make on the nomination Of Justice
hughes or the subsequent statement by
the Justice. He Said all he had TO say
in the statement he sent TO the Pro
eressive National Committee. HIS
friends here feel. however. that while
he was personally greatly disappointed
st the trend Of events in Chicago nc
was rather favorably impressed by the
declaration Of Justice Hughes.
Decision with Committee.
Strongly indicating his intention to
retire TO private life, the Colone!
wished T., distinctly understood, how
ever. that he had left the final decision
with the Progressive committee. It IS
believed that his influence with the
members Of that body will result IN
their taking no action which might tend
10 cmbarrass him further IN other
words. that they viii not insist on his
running against the Republican nomi-
nee
With the retirement Of Colonel
Roosevelt as the active head Of the
Bull Moose organization many poiiti-
clans see the slow disintegration OF
the party and the gradual return of the
rest Of its members to the Republican
fold TO Join in defeating the Democratic
Administration.
u may be that Colonel Roosevelt Will
advise his associates in the Progressive
party TO do that, particularly If they
should yet try to force the nomination
upon him.
The Colonel knew before dawn this
morning that his chances of getting
the Republican nomination had van
ished. The last hope was in getting
The name Of third candidate before
the Republican convention. The Re
publican conferrees asked for thlrd
candidate and he gave them Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge.
As carly as 4 o'clock this morning
two Of the Progressive conferrees and
a conferree from the Republican com
mittcc we're in communication with the
Colonel over the long distance tele-
phone.
Pleaded for Compromise.
They asked him then to name third
man. II is understood that the Re
publican ccnferree pleaded hard with
the Colonel 10 suggest q compromise
candidate who could be presented TO
the Republican convention. But tins
same Republican conferree, according
70 reports, went back to his committee
and voted for the recommendation OF
Justice Hughes and no quarter TO the
Progressives. Possibly some OF the
Progrcsaivcs may feel, consequently,
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