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Show Indiana Senator Announces An-nounces Allegiance to Roosevelt Washington, March 2. The acquisition acquisi-tion of former Senator Beveridge os Indiana to the Roosevelt forces was annouueed hero today The Colonel's headquarters wero moed Into a largo suite of offices occupying tho entire front of a down town office building Senator Dixon signalized his advent as manager by securing enough space for tho full expansion of the campaign force. Senator Dixon announced he would take chargo of the campaign Monday. Mon-day. "Thcro is no question in any man's mind," he said today, "that an overwhelming over-whelming preponderance of the Republican Re-publican voters of tho nation are for tho nomination of Mr Roosevelt They believe that, if Roosevelt is nominated, nominat-ed, ho will be triumphantly elected In November, and they are fearful of a political calamity to the Republican party should Mr. Taft be nominated. Tho Republican party owes tho nomination nom-ination for president to no man. "If this overwhelming preponderance preponder-ance is given expression in the election elec-tion of delegates to the national convention, con-vention, Theodore Roosevelt certainly will be the nominee "The only hope of those Republicans Republi-cans who nre against Mr. Roosevelt Is to secure, by the use of federal patronage pat-ronage In tho south, the control of delegates from skeleton political organizations or-ganizations in those states and the suffocation suf-focation of the real sentiment of the Republican voters in certain northern states in the matter of the election of delegates. "I have not yet had tlmoyto thoroughly thor-oughly investigate conditions In the far eastern states, but detailed information infor-mation from every congressional district dis-trict in the states of the Mississippi VPlley, like Ohio, Illinois and Michigan, Michi-gan, 'give us assurance of practically a solid Roosevelt delegation, while from the states lying west of tho Mississippi, with scarcely a single exception, ex-ception, the Roosovelt sentiment Is Irresistible. Ir-resistible. "I cannot believe there Is any question ques-tion as to tho ultimato result at Chicago." Chi-cago." Roosevelt Chopping Wood. Oyster Bay, L I., March 2. Theodore Theo-dore Roosevelt dropped politics today and took a rest In preparation for the campaign before him. Ho said ho hoped to spend most of tho next fortnight fort-night at home with a few trips to Now Yorli Ho took a long horsoback ride and put in a few hours at chopping treos, which, next to riding, Is his favorito form of exorcise. Mr. Roosevelt said no change had occurrod in the political situation so far as he knew |