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Show ROOSEVELT URGED TO GO TTJ CHICAGO Says He Hasn't Decided, but Appearances Indicate He Will Be There. TALKS LONG OYER WIRE Completes Preparations for a Quick Departure From Oyster Oys-ter Bay Before Retiring. B International N ev.c Service OYSTER BAT, N. V . .June 13 In a atatemenl given out here late tonight Colonel Roosevelt lniimate'i that he iniKiii harken to the demand for his presence In 'ineajre. After B lengthy telephone conversation with SI a nag an Dixon and Fllnn. thp colonel declared shortly i.efore midnight that he Jiad something most Important to say. hui added: ' I will not say it tonight" Trie statement, which was In the third person, was sriven out by the colonel him-aelf. him-aelf. It said: Charge of Fraud. Tiic delegates arriving at Chicago appear to be very iudi tive and blt-i-r. They regard th- situation as being be-ing a cynically open attempt on th? part of the national committee to de-rraud de-rraud the people of the victory they have won and to nominate for the presidency tho man whom the rank and fii; of ihr party have overwhelm-intis overwhelm-intis repudiated. 'I lie thefi of the dciPKatPi-- in Arizona Ari-zona and California, In addition to those in Indiana and Kentucky, has obviously created Intense feeling There Is a verj strong demand from .ill thf- Republican dpiepnto?, especially froni those of the weat, that Colonel Roosevelt should rom4 out to t'lilcaso They aro putting ihr requesi thai they wish his pres-r-.-H f, not bpoause Up i a candidate, but because at the presenl moment h" I;- leading the flghi for the plain people who have won as against 'he bosses. Listens to the Call. Th bosses in Hrffl fjfht are r-Bortlng r-Bortlng to every possible expedient to defeat t)i will of fh pcoplf. i-'or otn lous rmsonr, they ar not merely fighting for the pprpetuation of bossism, but ;iUo for the perpetuation perpetua-tion of privilege. Most all of i bees delegates have n.-V:v Colonel Roosevelt to come to Chicago Colonel Roosevelt is listening listen-ing to trhat these delegates )ia-e to tax and win hear i heir reasons In full before deriding what course or action on his part will best servo the Interna of the people. |