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Republicans, Democrats, and
Propressiyes All Anxlously
Awaiting Address In Chicago.
NO MILK AND WATER LIKELY
Colonel Not Expected to Over
look Opportunity to Discuss
Vital Issues Of Day.

The ears OF politicians Republican.
Democratic. and ProgressIve--wili be at
tuned tonight to the echoes from Chica-
20, where Col. Theodore Roosevelt will
make speech before the members OF
the Illinois Bar Association.
The Colonel IL In lighting trim and II
In not EXPECTED that he will make a
milk and water talk about topics ex-
traneous to the issues Of the hour.
Some OF tho followers of Col. Roose-
welt believe his Chicago speech may
be the beginning OF n series OF public
appearances that will make him n for
midable factor in the Republican con-
vention. 3st Z.
The Chicago address II not scheduled
ms political affair. but II Ia hardly
thought that Col. Roosevelt will over
look the opportunity TO discuss such
current issues as Americanism. Next
co. the Administrators foreign policy.
and Democratic legislation.
Lends Interest.
The fact that Col. Roosevelt has been
invited 70 speak In other Western cities
within the next few weeks lends inter-
est to his forthcomIns Chicago utter
ances.
Col. Roosevelt scored one on the Dem
ocratic party yesterday when he came
out for Federal woman s. sun spffr e; :
was sufficient to enlist the support Of
the Colonel. The suffragists have
called several times on President Will
son, however. without enhsting his sup
port of woman suffrage as a national
issue.
Poth the President and Colonel Roose-
welt have voted for outrage as State
issue. but the statesman OF Oyster Bay
has now gone q step further.
Political gossip was . sn,,vsned Nv 'cS on
gresham Augustus ?. Gardner; OF
Massachusetts, explaining how. 4 hap
pened that the Roosevelt delegates
failed to carry Massachusetts
Mr.. Gardner takes responsibility Tor the
campaign In the STAG. Col. Roosevelt
would not consent to the use OF his name
en- the toi,ots. hut MIR. Gardner and his
friends went ahead anyway and cam
paiGncd for MISUNDERSTANDING to the
"IcicIes ~ conservation " are partly
biz med for the failure OF Nassachu-
sets 20 elect Mr. Gardner and his col
leagues.
Just Shows 'Tcicle."
THE result in Massachusetts," Mr.
Gardner snys. shows clearty enough
that the iciclcs Of consery atism at tho
present moment are clustered around
the brows OF a majority % the Republic
can party in that State. That Is about
all that the result does show.
Roosevelt carried Progressive Repub-
lican cities like Havcrhill and Brockton,
but his campaign went to pieces ON all
the clipped lawns 81 the conservative
residential towns and city wards. Bv
the way, there are nu,nbcrless Roosevelt
conservatives in Massachusetts. strange
rs IL may seem. Unfortunately almost
tn man, 20 far as I can make out. they
voted Tor the unpledged ticket instead
OF the Roosevelt ticket. From what
gather they were willing to trIst the
Judgment CT Mccall and Lodge when
the time comes TO act.
-"Curiously enough. a good many Of
them seemed to be genuinely puzzled al
to which ticket would help Roosevelt
most. In other words. they feared thai
n successful insurrection you'd queer tn.
whole business. and they had not mucf
regard for the judgment of us people
who were on the Roosevelt ticket.
"All through the campaign We insiste'
that a vote against us was VOTE
against Roosevelt. The unpledged dele
gates denied II from one end of the
State TO the other, both on the stunt
and in their advertisements. Both side