Show INSURGENTS CAll UPUN RODS V ELI T Colonel Calls Them Fine Fellows After Their Depart Departure I II I ure tire DISCUSSED THE RECENT SESSION OF CONGRESS Roosevelt Gives Out a Little In Inside in inI Inside side Information I Ithe to the Press I OYSTER BAY N Y July 2 Three Kansans all Republican R Ican in insurgents insurgents of or the tho deepest dye talked 1 with Theodore Roosevelt for Cor three hours at nt Sagamore Hill today toda and went away awa satisfied When they the had gone Colonel Roosevelt called them tine fine fellows and said they thoy discuss discussed cd ed the work of or the recent session of congress All agreed that the tho BIl controversy was not broached Tho The visitors were Senator Jos L and Representatives Victor Murdock and E B H Madison all of oC whom fought hard for Roosevelt Roose elt pol policies ides when ho he was Tas In the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House That ho Ito appreciated their i I i I I I I I I I 1 1 1 I I I I I I I I services he made known with emphasis sis today the Insurgents were more emphatic in their praise of or Theodore Roosevelt When tho the four train had bad pulled out of Oyster Bay anti and the Uie correspondents trolled trailed up the hill hili Colonel Roosevelt wa W wan racing pacing the veranda garbed in a crash riding suit and riding hoots booth He lIe plunged into an explanation of or the th conference at once Those three Kansans he began are among mj my m most loyal loal supporters and were during the seven years I was in the White While House H use Can you tell us what was wag discuss discussed ed was ventured These line fine fellows and I havo have boen been discussing the recent session of If congress said Roosevelt But I wish to say gay right her he Q he pat nut ill lii WH ja n j f his lis il that bt wo we have not been discussing tho the Bal troubles My friend Madison is one of the judges juds s in that case and I would not aoL noti have hae it appear that I wished to exert any Influence in the matter matterI I owe an especial debt of oi gratitude de deto to Representatives Madison and Mar Mur Murdock Mardock dock for the stand s they thoy the took at the time when Representative of offered fored a n resolution providing that none of the appropriations for the time secret service might be used leed In in investigating InI investigating the conduct of members of the senate and house At that th o also a resolution of or censure aimed at myself was offered In congress and Madison and Murdock were right In that fight the provisions for or tho the thoI secret service should never have been stricken out Here the colonel paused a moment and then like a shot he said suta Would you like to know lena tIle the secret of that fight t It wa just thin thinA A number of members of congress realized that I was ws hitting bitting at thorn thom themI I am sin mentioning no names Senator Bristow a great service to his country in the tho postal Investigation He lie found the rascals and I put them out Colonel has never said just what he lie proposed to do in tho the face of the defeat of the Cobb bill but bul those who know him ag as a a fighter look 1001 upon his conference with Lloyd d dC C Griscom who is spending the time night as aH his hits guest as indicating g that t plans are arc being discussed 1 that will mean I much to the thc Republican organization in this state slate The three insurgents conic come down I off the hill huh a little different very v ry much Impressed with the fact that they tho were a focal center of f news and chary ch of the situation Now boys admonished a Victor Murdock whatever jou write dont say aa our faces were wreathed with smiles Here Herc is 18 what we have havo to say eay with the thc permission of or tho the colonel This statement will stand for tor all of us and there Is not a word Yord to add to IL it Mr Murdock then dictated the fol foh following lowing howing statement All An three of us wore were anxious to see Mr Roosevelt because we dont believe bellove he ho had three more more staunch supporters of o his policies throughout t his term terni of or service and antI we 0 believe he lie knows this better bettel than any nuy one else Bristow was his man m In uncovering and punishing puni tho the frauds and Madison Ma and I were weN among the tho who stood up jor for him when the fight wag wa made mado to deprive him of or the use uso of ot the te tJ e secret service men in uncovering Just juat such misdeeds misdeed as tho time postal frn da Naturally we feel eel much pleased to fo find him absolutely unchanged Mur Mm Murdocks docks voice rose a little unconscious unconsciously ly by l in emphasis as ho hue pronounced tho the thelast last two words word e eI Absolutely unchanged ho lw repeat repeaL I od ed in his attitude public questions and also to find IpU how hov closely closel he lie has luas kept in touch wt what whal has ham happened nell in the theJa lant lait year real I and an 1 a n Quarter Nothing more pleased us HR p than thun I at once congratulating us UI l those thoo tho a associated with us in haying sue suc succeeded in putting into the rate bill tho the provisions vitally IL naces necessary necessary sary in ill order ardor that it should represent progress along the lines linen of ot control of or Interstate common c eau car carriers 1 j jI As the tho train got under way tn Mr My lr I said t ti i You can cnn quote me T fou fot q t ln L r rJ J Continued Froth From From P g fI j r i 7 r INSURGENTS CALL UPON ROOSEVELT Continued on Page Four there was a a delicious quality about I the iced tea Yes added Mr Madison with de deliberation deliberation liberation we took that for a l com corn compliment compliment to prohibition Kansas You know we are a mighty might moral state The senator here never says anything stronger than by b gravy graY and whoa when the tho colonel said by br George Georgc once or twice he looked almost shocked Senator Bristow giggled They Thoy were all immensely pleased My lIy son broke out the tall son sen senator se ator from Kansas laying a lean hand handon on his Interlocutors knee I 1 can say sn one ono thing to Lo you ou Theodore Roosevelt Is a bigger and a broader man today toda than before he went vent away awa That man manIs manIs manIs Is a marvel What that he says tingles When Then he lie speaks he speaks the truth and naked truth whether truth naked Is beautiful or ugly It comes out like a shot and like a shot it goes right to the mark marle I never hover saw him show such Incisiveness Ills His jaw has a new angle an le of determination He Ha seems to me mo not nol only broader but butmore butmore butmore more alert 1 t f Was anything nn said about the Pin controversy No answered Mr Madison him himself hImself self aeU a member of or the chot eliot committee nothing We Wo thought the colonel avoided that subject sUl with admirable tact It was one one due that would have been difficult for me to talk about with propriety to t the col colonel colonel colonel onel Mr Murdock had been listening at attentively attentively checking a phrase here and there that ho he thought sounded too tho radical As Js an old newspaper man myself lot me ate turn the tables on you OU ho lie suggested suddenly Let me Interview my Interviewer How does this visit the more mere fact tact of it Impress you as likely to im fin impress press ress the tho country countr Well began the Interviewed in interviewer interviewer interviewer tentatively them there aro are a great greal many man people who will vill Interpret the bare fact that ou three Insurgents Insurgents insurgents gents were received here today and that you came away with the air of ot having been well received as encouragement encouragement for your our attitude on oil public questions Mr Murdock listened with his hlA mouth tightly shut but smiled out of the corners of ot his eyes ores and nodded as he listened lI Ill tell you ou something Im red redheaded redheaded headed he said I 1 dont go So where Im not wanted or where I 1 think Im not wanted I might get Into Inlo the wrong front yard ard by b mistake ke but there would surely be a fracas on tho porch lorch before I 1 got out when I disco discovered discovered ered eNd my error I suppose I was as radical as aa the tho forefront of o the insurgents gents I dont call myself a progress progressive lye ive Im an Insurgent And Senator Bristow here kept step with me In Inthe Inthe the tho senate I dont have havo to say sa any anything anything anything thing more to you ou with that preface after tho the statement we just jurt gave out Your statement that Colonel Roosevelt praised your attitude e to toward toWard toward ward tho the railroad rate bill seems es cs especially especially significant It was aR sug suggested suggested geste I dont dout think so said Senator The whole country countr knows that the Insurgents shaped the rail railroad road rond bill In all Its Important particulars ulars Our statement adds nothing to the general fund of Information We Vo hear henr that tho the administration Is pleased with tho the bill too |