Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-10
ORGANIZE To BLOCK
COLONEL CHANCES
OId-Line Republicans Would
Prevent Roosevelt Stampede
at Convention.
PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN
TO CONTROL DELEGATES
Former Presidents Supporters Hope
to Create Idea He Is Only Re-
publican Who Can Be Elected.

y compact organization OF able
old-line republican leaders. with
headquarters in New York, is tax
ing every precaution to prevent
the nomination OF Col. Theodore
Roosevelt by the next republican
national convention. and those
who know OF the inside workings
OF the concern declare themselves
as having no fear that the col
onel will be able to stampede the
convention and bring about his
own nomination.
AS evidences multiply that the colo
mel is going to be perfectly willing
candidate for the nomina ton. the or
ganization referred to is making extra
efforts to offset the energetic schemes
of the Roosevelt supporters, who lus-
tily declare that their man will be
nominated.
The struggle between the Roosevelt
and anti-Roosevelt leaders is the most
interesting feature of the pre-presi
Dental campaign. Plenty of money is
back of each organization. The Roose-
welt men. led by George W. Perkins
Cecil Lyon of Texas and others, are
planning day and night to pick off del
egates here and there for the colonel
these delegates to do everything with
in their power. when the convention
meets. to bring about tie-up OF 1aVor-
ite son candidates. so that the name
of Roosevelt may be sprung when II
looks if no man before the conven'
tion can be nominated.
Plans of Roosevelt Men.
In every way possible the idea is tc
be dinned into republicans through the
country that Col. Roosevelt lis the
onty- republican who can be elected
If that idea can be fixed in the mind:
of a million or so republicans it will
he a tremendous asset for the Oyster
Bay statesman in the convention
Roosevelt supporters of prominence are
to get their views along this line into
newspapers wherever it is possible te
do 80, and the Roosevelt organization
for there is one of large proportions
and we'll fnanced-will attempt to OBJ.
tain the nomination Of old-time Roose
welt men as delegates in every state
and congressional district. These mer
may permit themselves to be pledged
for other candidates and will abide by
their pledges up to the psychologist
moment. Then they will join the ready
prepared stampede for the colonel ant
il will 'all be over.
But the anti-Roosevelt men see and
understand the game fully. They are
beginning to spread the idea that
any good republican nominated by
the convention can be elected. They
feel that the best antidote to Roose-
Welt as the only man who can be
elected is widespread feeling OF
confidence that any good republican"
will win. With this as their slogan
and safely. it is said. in perfecting
every possible scheme TO see that mer
selected as delegates in the differen,
states are not Of the sort to be STAN.
pesled and will not go to Roosevelt
under any circumstances.
A prominent Ohio progressive, who
was as intimate with Roosevelt in the
White House as any other man in the
country, was recently in Washington
He told "A close friend that it look ec
| as il the old-line republicans in Ohio
| in making up the ticket of delegates
| to the national convention for the pri
! Inaries in that state. will prevent any
real Roosevelt syr1pat hiZer from get
Ting through in the primaries The
delegates all for Burton for President
anti Roosevelt fellows of the old-lint
type. sturdy of jaw and not easily sub
| ject to great clamor and uproar in q
national convention.