New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-06
Dashes to Convention with
Personal Messages from
Colonel to Leaders.
HOPES TO CONVERT
WATERING OLD GUARD
Roosevelt Denies Any Com.
promise on Burton-Admirers
Urge Third Ticket.
IFrom i, sag corrpondent o. m. rrlbun. !

From a stan Correspondent OF The Tribune
Oyster Bay, n. Y, June 5.-Georg.
B. Cortelyou, Of New York, after long
conference with Colonel Roosevelt at
Sycamore Hill to-day hurriecly left for
Chicago. He will undoubtedly take the
lead in the Roosevelt work among the
old line Republicans when he reaches
the convention centre. Cortelyou's ex-
perience as a former Republican ma
tonal chairman and his prestige as a
man who has consistently remained
within the Republican fold are expected
to accomplish much toward converting
some Of the "old guard" to Roosevelt
Ostensibly he will join forces with
George Won L. Meyer and William
Loeb, of the Republican Roosevelt COM
mittee, and assist them in fostering
Roosevelt sentiment where it is most
needed.
Tonight Colonel Roosevelt would not
discuss the conference with Mr.. Cortel-
you. 1t can be stated, however, that
the convention situation, with which
the Colonel is in constant touch over
his private wire, was gone over thor
oughly between them.
Takes Important Messages.
Il is believed that Mr.. Cortelyou will
convey some important personal mes
sages from Colonel Roosevelt to the
Roosevelt workers. Developments here
seemed to indicate the time was oppor-
tune for a strong Republican leader a.
the Chicago Roosevelt camp, partlcu'
larly in view of the reported disinte
grafton among the Republican organi
cation chiefs, leaving them apparently
without any real present leadership.
Mr.. Cortelyou will endeavor to CO
ordinate the Roosevelt-Republicar
forces, il is understood, with view o.
swinging the balance of sentiment u
Roosevelt.
The significance Of Mr.. CortelyoC
acting as an emissary from Colone
/ Roosevelt. if he could be called such
lies in the fact he has not been active
/ ly identified with the Roosevelt Repuo
lican committee, which. though mad'
up of Republicans, is partisan Roose
I Welt body. but has remained strict.
within the councils Of the old line or
panization. He also carries weight Wit
! the large business and financial in
terests of New York, which have raj
] - CAlorelfa znrnOrf
Colonel Roosevelt said to-day tina
he had received no word of an intende'
visit of an cold guard" emissary iron
/ Chicago, "a had been reported. PROP
ably he would be ready and willing L
tell any "old guard representatiy
many pertinent things, If he shoul'
come.
The Colonel said he knew nothing o
q reported effort to compromise on tn
nomination Of ex-senator Burton, o
Ohio. II is pretty we'll known that tn
Colonel would not stand for the nom
nation Of Burton, and that the latte
could not have the Progressive support
Whether such nomination woul
lead TO a third ticket with Colone
Roosevelt at its head, is a matter o
speculation. Some of Colonel Roose
yelt's friends declare that he would b
for peace and reunion in the party
even if it could not be accomplisne'
through his own nomination.
However. he has so far made no dec
larstion as to any Republican candi
date he might support. To-day he re
iterated that position. He did add tina
h. would like TO see General Leonar'
Wood or Hiram Johnson, the Califor
MIA Progressive, nominated, but he rec
ognized the impossibility Of their can
didacy.
Hyphen Action Praised.
Colonel Roosevelt intends TO remain
here until after the convention. Let
( tors from German Americans commend
! ing his stand against the hyphenate
/ continue 10 pour in. Two such writer
to-day suggested that the Colone
ought 10 run on third ticket irrespec
tive Of what the G. O. T. might do
/ Chicago. One of the letters was from
+ f. A. Wurzbach, president of the Bron'
/ National Bank, New York. At one poin
| Mr.. Wurzbach wrote:
also permit me to express my hop'
that, irrespective of what the &. O. +
/ convention may do at Chicago, you VII
/ not take a back seat. but permit thu
( people 10 name you as their STANDARD
bearer. These are times when We nee'
men who are not afraid TO put theil
convictions into words publicly"
Colonel Roosevelt answered this let
/ ter as follows:
Nothing could please me more thar
i YOUR letter. Americans OF German de
scent are in an immense majority
| straight-out Americans who put thu
Stars and Stripes above anything else
/ I would be absolutely willing TO put n.y.
appeal for Americanism only to Amer
leans of German descent and abide b.
/ their ssy-so."
Tomorrow the Colonel will 60 e
/ New York He will spend a short tim'
at his office. in The metropolitan
: Magazine" Office. at noon. He has al
engagement with Scribner's and on
with a throat specialist, and will NEE
some personal but non political friend
at the Harvard Club during the after
noon. He expects to call upon one o
/ his grandchildren at the home Of Mrs
/ Richard Derby before returning her
1 late in the afternoon.