Show Anything to Beat Roosevelt New New York Sept 21 Anything to heat beat and dl discredit noo Roosevelt elt c is said b by strong tron friends of Pre President nOO Roosevelt Roose velt to h be the real secret of the thc activity It of oC Governor ex-Governor Odell and other Republican Re nr- publican leaders in pres pressing ing Governor Go Hughes as a candidate for the dency As proof of this the they point to n a recent interview of or Colonel Abe Ahe Gruber leader of the tho Seventeenth assembly district who Is close to Odell Odett and Is on the inside of oC the Hughes movement e nt Governor Hughes Hushes is in nb no sense a a. party part To 10 this cabel it is declared d. d the tho go governor gornor absolutely declines to discuss national politics polities and has made mado it clear to his close lose friends that he has has- no thou thought ht of or becoming a a. candIdate candidate candidate can can- for tor the Republican Presidential nUal n- n Ual nomination lIe He Is looking forward forward for tOl ward to the time when he tiC can relinquish relinquish relin relin- his official duties an and return to his law practice He lie does not deem It necessary to announce that he is not a n. Presidential aspirant holdIng holding holding hold hold- ing rather that there is no occasion for tor his retiring from a 0 race he ha has never entered Were ere the Presidential nomination to t tr to O ns th the tho lal ml nomination c came r ho he w would v d di i accept c pt It itS That goes without saying aying hi his his- friends point out However the governor go- go docs does not relish the idea of ot be being he- he ing linked with tho the time one ho bos' bos A Odeil and that crowd crowll and It Is said raid that he is greatly Irritated over the tho attempt to take tate sion slon of ot him and use Uso him as a club to destroy President Prest- Prest dent Roo Roosevelt velt Governor Odell hanot has ha not tor forgotten that Mr Roo Roosevelt evelt was tho the potent Influence that nominated and elected him governor Odell's Odds scheme to destroy Roosevelt is represented as part of a general anti administration movement which has for its purpose the nomination t of ufa ofa f fa a conservative or reactionary or anti anil- Roosevelt candidate h by the Republican can ron national convention next year car Fairbanks Knox Cannon Cortelyou or 01 Hu Hughes if Hu Hughes he can he be made madelo of the thc to lo appear as m an adversary I President will be entirely entirety satisfactory tor tory to the leaders lenders of or this movement These leade leaders leades claim that thai Roo Roosevelt velt himself will be a u candidate for r re- re nomination by hy the time the national convention assembles assemble and the they their attitude In part by the third anti term argument However HO It is noted that they are arc Just as much against Secretary Taft TaCt as ns tho they ar ire are against Roosevelt and the administration adminis l leaders see sect much that Is rig tig- iJ- iJ In this It has hac bc n made as clear as a anything anything any any- thing of or the he kind can cnn be made maths that Roosevelt will not nol be bo a candidate nor will he accept and It IS ts no longer a secret that he favors the nomination of or Taft raft whom he ho regards as as' as tho the man at once most available a and best qualified to take up the work he will In lay down on March 4 1909 This flits pro Hughes and an anti Roosevelt kR movement on the part of O Odell ell et al tl thus becomes an Taft anti movement although It is recognized that Hughes and mid Taft are In man many respects respect tho the same game type of or men politically and as us public officials Republicans from the Middle West Wet and tho the West est who tho arc are strong supporters supporters supporters sup sup- porters of or the Roosevelt dt administration adm tion lion who have been in the tho East re recently re- re conti have been the thc Idea a that at trio bottom of the Hughes talk there is an Roosevelt anti scheme They have been told that Odell arid his associates hope t to tp defeat detent Taft b bo- bo s- s cause he lie Is favored by hy cSt I make male tho the of or the Provident Provi dent Impossible nominate a decided anti administration man and absolutely absolutely destroy Roosevelt's noose political strength in New ew York and the country country coun oun- try at large tarsa In short after 1909 th the they hope to seo tco Mr Roosevelt Hoose In tho the unenviable un un- enviable plight EO W far as tho the Republican lican party purl i is concerned that former President Grover GlO has occupied oc 0 o with re respect to his party part since h he ho left tho the White House Hous e. e As S ha has haM been heen said paid proof that th tin tin- Hughes Hug movement la is an nn antl anti movement In reality Is tR found in inthe tho the Gruber Interview which appealed In tho the following article published In Ina Ina ina a a re recent ent Issue of the New Now York Evening Evening Even Evon- in ing Mall Mail Odell men are arc for Hughes for Pre President It i is IR not because the they love I the thc governor but because the they hate President I Roosevelt They fl figure ure out that the President ard the tho governor wilt will be he antagonists ts tsIn in the coming campaign Mr tr Odell was wa in town last night and conferred with several se of ot his old ld Id political followers A Among ong the numbe number num nuni- be ber was Colonel Abe Abc Gruber leader leador of the Seventeenth a assembly embly district who j When c een en today ticlay made somo some Interesting interestIng Interest interest- ing tn- comments on the situation Yes Ye I had a talk tall with Governor Odell but there Is nothing doing oln at present There is no reason to do anything but bitt keep still Hughes hes will get et tho the delegation from this state to the national con con- It Jt will be he easy cay Im I'm for Hughes Will there bo he a fight between tho the Roosevelt t and Hughes Hug forces torce Surely Roosevelt Is out for the nomination all right but tho the third term Idea Is repugnant to our citizens That's tho the Issue Rebating Is on only Third term 11 is smallpox Hughes will have a n fine organization back of him when tho the times corner come r But he rays that you Iou machine politicians have had your w way y to I. Oh yes es exclaimed Colonel Gruber Gruber Gru Gru- ber laughing but hut he lie didn't object to th the old fashioned politicians when Ien the state convention was in s session lon 51 at ut I Saratoga All the time old-time bo bosses ts rc- rc the their ir orders from Washington to nominate Hughes Bushel and that's how the hc trick was vas don done clone Since th then n Hughes is against hoss bosses s. s The fact Is continued Colonel Gruber Im for anybody y to beat heat Roosevelt and Hughes hes is the thc man that can do it Hughes sentiment i in is strong In my district noo Roosevelt has become very sery weak weal Xo So there is no occasion for tor us to be begin in fighting this thi fa fall 11 If It vo we wait walt until spring the tho thing will drop of Ut The train Is IH coming down don the track with Hu Hughes at the throttle Were We're waiting at the station with nir ur grips packed and will step aboard when the train rolls in i here is no occasion to ru rush h up UI the thc track to meet It It The ThC man who ru rushes to meet moet a atrain atrain I train sometimes gets sots run over o That's why everything everythIng- is so 0 quiet Inlet Just jURt now In Republican politics But nut wait nit I to spring I I |