Show FIGHT ON ROOSEVELT GOV BLACKS supporters SHOW HAND allege that col roosevelt Is ineligible for governor and that ile he la Is not a resident of new mew yolk albany N Y sept 23 th supporters P ot of governor black have tonight exposed their hand which has been responsible for their treat great confidence in their ability to defeat col R roosevelt 00 e tor for the gubernatorial nomination cornin 0 O n and which makes the nomination of 0 the colonel an impossibility col roosevelt 11 sevelt they say la Is I 1 to run as a candidate for governor in this state at this time superintendent of public works aldridge with a delegation of republicans icho he have been affiliated with III him in I 1 in n tile the light fight tor for governor blacks ren as against mr air roosevelt left for new york ity city this afternoon to tell senator platt plait and the local republican leaders why mr air roosevelt Is ineil ineligible tor for the nomination and when the matter has been placed defore i him and his agao associates clates in that city the black men say ay col roosevelt will no longer langel be mentioned as a candidate tor for govenor when wh n col roosevelt was sworn in as assistant secretary of the navy lie he swore to chiq hl i residence dence as washington D C the federal constitution however provides that persons persona holding onice office in the federal government retain A their residence in the state from which they are appointed but n when hen col of roosevelt resigned realf ned from the navy department he ha replied to private life thereafter he ha enlisted an listed in tho the army and in accepting hla his commission gain ow acore n to to hla his residence as W washington R hil ng lon D C while b this it Is Is the primary gr ground aund of the contention it Is clai claimed merl that fu further r evidence of his ineligibility ls Is tir at forded in the fact act that when x hen lie was for personal property properly in the town of oyster day he later appeared before the tax commissioners and swore off tho the assessment upon the ground that he was not a resident of oyster bay but was a resident of 0 washington ashington lV D C ROOSEVEL TS STATEMENT now york world W oaid prints an affidavit on residence question new york sept 23 the world tomorrow publish the following full oiling quaff qualifications flea eions of Cov governor errion no person shall be eligible to the office 0 of governor or of lieu lieutenant tg t G governor governor except a citizen ot of the united states of the age of not less than 30 years and dha shall have been for alv live years next preceding his election a resident of the state constitution of 0 the state of new york art article cie IV section 2 cwashington i Washl Washington neton D C theodoro theodore roosevelt V 0 t belne being duly sworn says on april 13 19 last I 1 was appointed secretary of the navy I 1 came on to washington and took up my residence hero here on may 1 1837 1957 I 1 and rny my ainaly family moved out of 0 the house we had been bocc occupying py in new york city and my r moved in I 1 had rented the house from her my understanding being that h my family m should move out on may let but that I 1 could stay atay there until october 1 1897 1111 it 11 I 1 so ile desired I 1 had no residence irk in new york city and did not vote there at the last election since october 1837 1897 I 1 have not had any domicile or residence in new york city and hove have not and do not now flow own or lease any dwelling house there whatsoever last june I 1 rented the house in which I 1 am now residing with my family at ISIO N 11 street AV washington ashington D e C in october last my family came here from oyster 1 a ty L I 1 and since then I 1 have been and and now at am a resident of we washing washington ton THEODORE ni sworn to before me this day of march larch 1899 lidwin EDWIN 11 HANNA notary public SAYS KB HE IS ELIGIBLE chairman odell of republican committee not worrying ne new w yolk sept 23 at midnight chairman 13 E odell jr of the republican state committee was intel viewed at the fifth avenue hotel by the associated press representative in reference to lo the alleged ineligibility for the of col roosevelt wo we knew ill all about I 1 the lie signed by col roosevelt said mr odell and ve ne are not in the least worried the best beat lawyers and the best beet judges ill the city have had the subject under consideration all day rind they are uniformly of the C pinion opinion that there Is nothing la in these documents which chlell mill prevent tile no nomination I 1 n I 1 na and election of col reese roosevelt ve it in I 1 11 the first place thele Is abundant C evidence to the effect that col roose it volts belts real residence a we was a at t oyster ray bay L 1 I we have hav C many letters and c documents to bho th that it mr roosevelt v elt regarded ouster oster bay as his real 11 home MO and the courts have decided that a mans intent governs in the matter of residence mr roosevelt paid taxes at bay his housel house was there his big bain servants tinta there here and his family theio a condid considerable erable part of oc the t time line under tho the laws lais of the state stale of i new york assessments cannot be toy lev led on oil personal onal property except where a man actually lives i so you aro are convinced that mr roosevelt Is ia eligible u as asked yes and what Is 19 more tte ane tire going to nominate dominate him im and the people will e elect le ct h him I 1 in t the he next GO governor vernot of 0 tho the S state tate of new yolk said mr odell with em col theodore roosevelt alien seen ira in regard to the matter said lie did riot not cure care to make inake any state statement tile the story lie he declared ired of lilt his not being a ros resident ident of 0 new york state wits was lih fill out foundation col did not abern vety much woi about the matter washington sept boull nir upon controversy the legal res rca 1 I 1 glenve of col Ili theodore eodore roosevelt it Is to note t lint when hu ha i was vom in digs toned na its lieutenant i I 1 colonel und and colonel of tile rough odom he h was credited to i now new york in the war dopa a publication of the ilat 0 of vol VOI 1 officers cels col cl Roosevel ts col dence la 13 given clvin as new yolk I 1 |