| Show j Fear Roosevelt Sentiment I WHILE the Republican national committee was in session in Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington recently the political reporters thought they saw evidences evidences evidences evi evi- dences of quiet plans to stampede the national convention for Roose Roose- velt They reported that there would be no systematic effort to gather del delegates gates openly but that the work would be done in Chicago after the convention assembles As the result of this a strong impression impression impression im im- im- im has been created create throughout the country that Mr rr Roosevelt is in readiness to accept a n nomination although although in no sense a candi candi- date Also it t was as recalled that no American ever declined a pres presidential t nomination and none ever will The situation does lees not seem to be worrying the Taft supporters but it is giving Senator Lafollette and his adherents some sleepless nights They seem to realize that the nucleus of a Roosevelt Roose movement movement movement move move- ment in the national convention must comprise the Lafollette delegates delegates delegates dele dele- gates they have so long claimed Mr Roosevelt as an insurgent and andin andin andin in sympathy with their ideas that the delegates who would ouId be first to break awa away from their pledges and support Mr Roosevelt would be those upon whom Mr Lafollette must count for support For Jor the purpose therefore of impressing upon Ohio Republicans that Colonel Roosevelt is not a candidate Senator Clapp Gifford Pinchot Jimmy Garfield and Louis Jouis D D. Brandeis will tour that state telling all ull and sundry that the form former r President Pl is not in the running They rhey believe that tho the credit given Pinchot and Garfield o of being in Mr Roosevelt's Roose confidence will give their words additional weight r The fhe Taft raft men in Ohio undoubtedly will be pleased t to have the Lafollette Lafollette La La- follette supporters lay Iny th the Roosevelt Roose ghost if they can It is certainly J more threatening at this thus time timo in the eyes of the Wisconsin senator than in those of Mr Ir Taft The latter does not seem to be he giving iving i it t tanJ tc c any thought astern phy are wrangling with newspaper writers over the thc common newspaper e that a patient died died as as the tho result of an 0 operation The surgeons declare that none dies as the Ihu result of an operation lint hut concede that p patients is sometimes die Cl after an II operation r All they to seem is that there agree sigree upon was d an n operation opt op op- op- op t ft l ration oration an and that the patient di died d. d The rhe reporters see a n connection between these two Iwo facts the surgeons are unable to distinguish any any it t rather depends upon th the point of view 0 w JI S. S |
