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Show PINCHOT TO TAKE STUMP After Conference With Teddy He Announces His Insurgency New York, July 12. OIlTord Pin-cbot Pin-cbot announced today that he would leae for California tomorrow to take the stump In behalf of Hiram Johnson, John-son, who is seeking n,e gubernatorial nomination and is endorsed for that honor by tho LInculn-Rooscvolt league of California. Mr. Plnchot's announcement, was made shortly after a conference' with Col. Roosevelt, in which Marshal Stlm- ' son of Los Angeles, Calif., also tool; part Mr. Pinchot said he would make ' several speeches In behalf of Mr. ' Johnson's candidacy, which he Jndl- i cated was being strongly opposed by ' the old-line Republican organizations ' of that state. j Neither Mr. Pinchot nor Marshal I Stimson would say that Col. Roosevelt has given his assurances of support to Mr Johnson's gubernatorial aspirations, aspir-ations, but the fact that Mr. Pin- j chot's announcement came within a j few minutes after leaving Col. Roose- ! velt's office caused the genera he- ' lief among politicians that Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt endorsed Mr. Johnson. Marshal Stimson ald Gov. Gillett would rot seek another nomination and that the old-line Republican organization or-ganization was backing the candidacies candidac-ies of Charles F. Curry and A Wen Anderson. He declared the Lincoln-Roosevelt Lincoln-Roosevelt league was seekiDg for a more representative party government. govern-ment. After making his announcement. Mr. Pinchot said: "I shall make four speeches in C?.I-! C?.I-! ifornla In behair of William Kent, an Insurgent candidate for the nomination nomina-tion to congress. Mr, Kent is opposing oppos-ing Congressman McKinley who seeks renomlnation." I Mr. Pinchot said he had already made ' arrangements to make oni speech for Mr. Johnson in California, but did not know how many more he might make. He said he would stop at Kansas City and address tho Knife A- Fork club on "conservation." on July 15.- It was heferre this club that Speaker Cannon made his attack on the insurgents. , , Besides Mr. Pinchot and Marshal Stiuison, Col. Roosevelt, who came to the city from Oyster Bay, had several other visitors . during ..the day. .The callers Included Herbert ICnox Smith, commissioner of corporations; - Prof. L.. Bailey of Cornell, chairman. of the Roosevelt country-life commission: Representative W. S- Bennett of New York, and Charles N. Fowler of New. Jersey. . . A delegation from Micon. Qa,, composed com-posed of E. W Stetson. W. E. Dun-woody, Dun-woody, a cousin of Col. Roosevelt, and Postmaster Harry Stlllwell Edwards, called on Col Roosevelt to request him to make a speech at Macon. - CoL Roosevelt, during the forenoon, held a conference, with Janres W. Wadsworth. Jr., speaker of the assembly as-sembly of New York. Mr. Wadsworth was the first of the Republican state leaders, who have opposed the Hughes primary measure to call on Col. Roosevelt |