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Show ROOSEVELT IS NOT IPPIIFJTJF TUFT No Intent on Part of Former President's Friends to Discredit Dis-credit Administration. "TEDDY" MIGHT BE GOADED TO BATTLE BY TRUSTS Stewart Says Hope of Democratic Demo-cratic Success Held by Corporations Cor-porations Is Futile. Special 10 The Tribune. WASHINGTON, I). C, Nov. 2S. "It is understood that there is a project afoot to make Theodore .Roosevelt's return re-turn to this country the reason for a demonstration which will make him tho opponent, of President Taft for the nomination nom-ination of 1012. We ask you as a close friend of ex-President .Roosevelt, and identified with the third-term movomont whether this bo fact?" This question was put to .John A. Stewart, president of the League of .Republican .Re-publican clubs of the slate of New York, and ono of Ir, Hooscvclt Js closest clos-est friends, at the Arlington hotel last evening. -Mr. Stewart replied: "So far as 1 know, there is not. a shred of fact, in the whole story. With a grcnt many men who arc personal enemies of former' President lioosevelt the wish in 1 his regard is not only tho father to the thought, but tho thought is likely to be the father to the act of attempting to create a schism .between tho friends of President Taft and the friends of former Prcsfclcnr. Roosevelt; in fact, this effort is already in the making. "I am porsouully acquainted." continued con-tinued Mr. Stewart, "with many of-, ficially identified with President Hooscvolt Hoosc-volt 's administration, as well as many who would have been glad to have seen him nominated for another, .term, but I have not heard from any one of them that nny ijiovcmcnt is under way io put yh: Kooscvelt. back into tho prcsidencv, or even to discredit in any way President Taffs administration in Mr. Roosevelt's interests. Roosevelt's Friends Are Taft's. "I believe, on the contrary, that every friend of Mr. Roosevelt, has a most friendly regard for President Unit and wants to see him succeed in every particular. If there be any danger ol a break between the Taft administration administra-tion and t lie men identified with the Roosevelt administration it will be brought about bv interests which erroneously er-roneously believe that they will beueht In- any "break in the friendly relations existing between William Howard 'laft and Theodore Roosevelt. "I do not know of any hotter way to bring about a sentiment .favorable lo the rouoiniuation of Mr. Roosevelt than for the allied corporate iuterests of this country to co-operate, as some of them are doing at present, in an attempt to bring contumelv upon ex-President lioosovelt's administration to discredit .him and his friends; for by so doing these interests activcly.cngagcd against ex-President Roosevelt and his friends seem to believe that they will so strongly strong-ly fortify themselves in power that Mr. Roosevelt will be. compelled to retire re-tire to private life and to confine his activities in directions where they lvilt not 'harm business. ' I How to Make Roosevelt uancuaatc. "I repeat that T do not know of any better way to bring about a Roosovclt sentiment in opposition to what every true friend of Mr. Roosevelt's would like to bring about, namely, the rcnom-ination rcnom-ination of President Taft in 1012, than the concerted attacks which arc being made upon the former administration. So far as I know, no tnic friend of ex-Presidont ex-Presidont Roosevelt's is in nny scuse an oncmy of President. Taft or is doing anything to discredit the present administration. ad-ministration. On the contrary, cverv true friend of ox-President Roosevelt's wants to sec the Taft administration successful in ovcry way, and every true friend of the former administration will lend his aid to tho end of making a proat success of Mr. Taft's administration administra-tion of affairs. . "Try as M103' will, no enemies of tho former administration, whether individually individ-ually or collectively, can make the American people believe- for a moment that, translated into terms of principle, the Roosevelt administration was meant for anything but the general good. There may have been mistakes in administration ad-ministration and mistakes in the carrying carry-ing out of policies, but tho pcoplo as n whole believe that Mr. Eoosovelt's efforts, whother well-directed or ill-directed, were well-meant, and so far as T know no friend of ex-President Roosevelt's believes anj- other thing of Mr. Taft's efforts. "To sum up the situation in a word, tho best way to go about it to create a Sositivo movement for ex-President oosevclt, with reference to 1912, is for tho open enemies of the former president, wlia are equally, under the surface, inimical to the present administration, admin-istration, to organizo to discredit tho former administration and to monopolize monopo-lize against it and against the Taft policies pol-icies the avenues of publicity. "If the present situation dovelops io the extent that certain corporate interests hone, it will mean a schism in tho Kepublicnu party that will mean tho election of a Democrat to the pros-idoncv. pros-idoncv. It. is believed by many observing observ-ing men that the next Democratic nom-inco nom-inco will come either from Ohio or Indiana. In-diana. T believe, however, that the Democrats are building their hopes upon a weak foundation, because I. cannot conceive of any condition within tho party that will disrupt the friendship between the present president and his predecessor." |
