The Sunday Oregonian., February 11, 1912, Page 2, Image 2

T7TT: SUNDAY ORISGOXIAX. rORTLAXD, FEBRUARY 11, 1912,
EIGHT GOVERNORS
WANT ROOSEVELT
PEOMTNXJTT FIGUEES IN ORGANIZATION FORMED IN CHICAGO TO
BOOM ROOSEVELT FOR PRESIDENT.
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Conference, Favoring Direct
Primary, Says People Will
Not Brook Declination.
LETTER NOT GIVEN OUT
Conference, In Secret Session, Names
Committee to Pnih Candidacy
Mofnenlons Questions Press
ing for Solution.
CHICAGO. Teb. 10. Eight Oorernors
and delegates (rem SS states met to
da jr. and In an Informal cooferencs or
icanlssd a permanent commutes to push
ths candidacy of Theodora Roosevel
for President. Tbs Oovsroors. after
an ezecutlrs conference by themselTes,
addressed a letter to Colonel Rooserelt
ssklnK that ha let It become known
that a demand from tbs people that ha
accept the nomination would not b nn
heeded.
The permanent organisation of ths
committee which will carry the Roose
vrlt light to the convention Is aa fol
lows:
Chairman. Alexander 1L Revall; Tlce
chairman. Edward J. Bruadsge; seers
tary. Edwin W. Sims; treasurer. Dwlght
Lawrence.
Ileates from ths different states
told of work already done toward pro
noting the ex-Freaident s candidacy,
OoYfrnor Osborn. of Michigan, and ex
Governor Fort, of New Jersey, 'de
scribed plans of campaign nearly com
pleted.
laeVseadrat Vote Wanted.
The meeting was without disagree
ment and the resolutions adopted de
r tared: "All are agreed Theodora
Kooaevelt la the one man who can. at
this time, unite all elements of the
party and attract a large number of
Independent voters."
The resolution further favored "an
expression of the people's choice for
President by direct vote for a candidate
In sach state. and appealed to all
agreeing with that sentiment to Join
the movement. Tbey concluded with
a protest "against the use of organised
political machinery, based on patron
age, to deprive the people of any voice
as to their real choice." ,
Eaaal Jaatlce Sought.
In a statement sitrned by tbs eight
Governors. Walter It Stubbs. of Kan
sas: Charles ti Ok born, of Michigan:
H. &. Hartley. cf Missouri: Chester H.
A Id rich, of Nebraska: Robert P. Haas,
of New Hampshire; W. E. Glasscock,
of West Virginia: R. E. Vessey. of
South Itekota. and J. M. Carey, of
Wyoming-, the following" was set forth
"Momentous questions are pressing
for solution: What the country la seek
Ing is justice between man and man.
It wants equality or Justice safeguarded
by adequate law. A principle is of no
avail without a man: a cause is lost
without a leader. In Theodore Roose
vrlt. we believe the principle baa the
man. the cause, the leader. It Is our
opinion that thla is the sentiment of
the people In the states we represent.
Refaaal .Vet Expected.
"It la nothing to us that Theodora
Roosevelt Is not a candidate for the
Reoubllcan nomination. We believe
that the people have decided to make
him their candidate. It is ror tne peo
ple to determine who shall be their
leader. Irrespective of the wishes of the
cltlxen selected.
"Knowing the high sense of public
duty with which Colonel Roosevelt la
Imbued, we are satisfied that he will
not refuse to heed tba call of the peo
ple; that he will. If nominated, accept
the nomination, and. If elected, will
discharge the duties of the Chief Mag
istrate with the same faithfulness and
consideration of the Interests of all the
people and display the same ragged
courage and will apply his well-known
doctrine of the square deal that bia paat
record Indicates."
Ths conference was executive, as was
the meeting of the Governors, who de
clined to give out a ropy of the letter
they sent to Colonel Roosevelt.
A suggestion that a Roosevelt en
thusiasm convention be held In some
central city, probably Cincinnati, prior
to the Republican National convention,
was referred to the executive com
LA FOLLETTE IHS SIPTORTERS
Minnesota Progressive" PIU
Redoubled Efforts.
ST. PAUL, Minn.. Feb. 10. High Hal
bert resigned as member of the board
of directors of the Minnesota Progres
sive Ilepublicsn League at a meeting
tonight which had been called to con
sider ths probable withdrawal of Sena
tor La, Fuiletta from tba race for the
Presidential nomination. Verbal clashes
marked the meeting.
"W hile Mr. Halbert contended that La
Vollette was out of the rsce and pro
duced telegrams from Gilford Plnchot,
a former supporter of the Wisconsin
Senator, and others to prove that the
latter virtually had abandoned the race,
a resolution was adopted Indorsing La
Follette and urging all men In the
Plate of Minnesota to rally to hla sup
port. After the session, the following tele
gram was sent to Senator La Follette:
"Executive committee of the Minne
sota Progressive Republicans. In ses
sion, sends this hearty greeting and
prays for your speedy recovery, and
renews its pledge of loyal support.
Your Illness prompts us to redouble
our efforts In behalf of progressiva
principles."
EDISON ISY0UNG AT 65
(liewlng Tobacco Only Bad Habit;
lie Sleeps Dreamles.ly.
NEW YORK. Feb. 10 (Special.)
"I feel as young as when I was IS."
uii the comment this afternoon of
Thomas A. Edison, who will be CI
years old tomorrow. His friends and
neighbors were congratulating him
and wishing him "many more years" of
continued bspplness.
At bis home at Llewellyn Park in
West Orange. N. J.. Edison declared
that he could "run up six flights of
stairs st a time without getting out
ot breath.
"I've only one bad habit." he said,
"and that la chewing tobacco. I al
ways eat epsrlnsrly. Sleep? Why. four
01 five hours In bed every day Is
(uoush fr me. But I sleep whenever
I feci tired: sometimes I doxe off st
the laboratory. I never dream though;
never."
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Whipple Says Taft Quieted
Charge Against Ray.
he feared Major Ray had "presumed"
on the value of the service rendered.
OFFICER HANNA HENCHMAN
Retiring: Paymaster Says Twice
Army Man Escaped Trial Through
Intervention of Executive.
Letters Tlaced on Record.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. Brigadier-
General C. H. Whipple, retiring Pay-
Master-Genersl ot the Army, today told
the House committee on expenditures
In the War Department that charges
f conduct unbecoming a gentleman
nd an officer against Msjor Beecher
B. Ray. of the Army Pay Corps, had
been suppressed at ths suggestion of
President Taft.
Ray. It Is charged, took an active
part In the Taft campaign of 1908. and
Is political activity has been under
nveatlgatlon by the Congressional
committee.
It has been charged that Major Ray
cted aa a "walking; delegate" tor tne
Republican party.
General Whipple said that twice Ma
jor Ray had escaped trial on charges
which be, the General, believed war
ranted prosecution. He said he went
to Beverly In 1010 to see the Prealdent
and that Mr. Taft had dictated a let
ter la his presence advising; that for
the honor of the Army and the good
name of a woman, stories of the Ma
jor's acquaintance with the, wife of an
mploye of the department be kept
from the records.
This letter and two others by Presi-
ent Taft were pat In the record to
how the political connections of Ma
jor Ray. The paymaster waa appointed
to the Army after serving in the cam
paign of 1S9 under Mark Hanna in
rounding up the railroad tralnmen'a
vote. He la said to hsve done similar
work In the campaign of 1908 for
President Taft.
In one of bis letters. President TnTt
said Major Ray had been active In the
campaign at the Instsncs of his (the
President's) brother, and added that
CHARGES FAL8E, SAYS HAY
Major Denies "Political Pull;" Will
Not Tell Woman's Name.
CHICAGO. Feb. 10. "The charges
made by Brigadier-General Whipple are
absolutely without foundation. said
Major Beecher B. Ray here today.
"In the first place I have no political
pull whatsoever. I was transferred
here recently, but why I don't know. 1
know nothing about the order for my
transfer, other than It was made and I
changed positions. I never rounded up
the trainmen's vote for Mark Hanna,
President Taft or any one else.
Charges that I have been favored be
cause of political activity are untrue.
"My relations with the woman re
ferred to in the dispatch were perfectly
proper. I know to whom the story re
fers, but I will not give her name."
ARIZONA SOON TO BE STATE
President Taft Will Sign Proclama
tion on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Official re
turns from Arlxona's first election un
der the enabling act, which will admit
her as a state, were laid before Presi
dent Taft today by R. A. Kirk. Mr.
Taft has been asked to sign the proc
lamation admitting Arlsona to tha
Union on Monday, Lincoln's birthday.
president Taft will be In New York
on that day. however, and will sign
the proclamation on Wednesday.
WILL IS SAID TO EXIST
(Continued From First Pace.)
an Interviewer what she would do with
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Chlldrea to Be Edacated. .
"The first thins I shall do with any
money I get la to Insure a proper educa
tion for my children. I myself had a
hard life and I know what an insuffi
cient education means. I do not sup
pose that all the millions In all the
world can buy anything: more precious
than knowledge and training. I would
rather my children had old-fashioned
clothes than old-fashioned ideas. The
greatest opportunity that money brings
is the opportunity for mental development-"
"And shall you give your children all
the money they want?"
"Indeed I shall not," said Mrs. Cran
dail. "Although I want my children to
have every advantage of the best edu
cation. I want them to feel, too, that
it is their duty to make their own way
la the world,"
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Ifl CLARK'S FAVOR
Missourians Agree to Bryan
Suggestion and ex-Gover-.nor
Releases Friends. '
CORDIAL WORD EXCHANGED
Ex-Oovernor Folk Issued a supple
mentary statement tonight in which he
said that he had contemplated today's
action for some time.
"The acceptance of the Bryan plan
enabled me to say what I should have
liked to have said long- ago," said Gov
ernor Folk. "When the Bryan plan
was first proposed it was my Intention,
If accepted, to have refused the Instruc
tion for half of the delegates.
"Such instructions would not have
been Impressive and would have im
posed the burden of an active campaign
of the other states, for which I have
neither the money nor the organiza
tion. "The delegation, under the accepted
plan, will be comprised of half of my
friends and half of Mr. Clark's, as near
ly as practicable. This announcement
would have been made some time ago if
plans could have been agreed upon
earlier, but I had no control over that."
KNOX 10 GO SOUTH
Speaker Says He Especially Desires
Party Harmony Folk Recognizes
That Opponent Probably
lias Better Chance.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 10. An adjustment
of the differences of Speaker Clark and
e-Governor Folk, by which Folk ,
virtually eliminates himself from the
race for the Democratic nomination for
President, was reached today, after
a long-distance conversation by tele
phone between the spesker In Wash
ington and the ex-Governor in St.
Louis.
Both accent the Brvan clan, which
was that the delegation to the Na- j
tional convention be divided between
the men and the full vote be given
later to the one developing the most
strength in the entire convention, but '
Mr. Folk does so with the statement
that he recognizes the fact that the
Speaker's prominent position probably
gives him the better chance ana ne
therefore releases bis friends from any
obligation In bis behalf.
On Ambition Subordinated.
Mr. Folk Issued the following state
ment after he had talked over the tele
phone with Speaker Clark at Washington:
I have read Mr. Clark's statement 1
with pleasure, and sincerely appreciate
the spirit manifested therein. I heart- i
ily concur In the sentiments that per
sonal ambition should be subordinated ,
to the Interest of our party in Mis- i
sourl, and now that Mr. Clark l as ex-
Dressed a willingness to nave tnis
delegation divided between him and
myself, as suggested recently by Mr.
Bryan. I shall now request my friends (
to make no further effort In my behalf.
1 believe, from reports received i
from other states, that Mr. Clark, ow- j
Ing to bis prominent position In Wash- !
lngton at this time and nis long ana
honorable service there, baa, psrhapa,
hotter chances for the nomination than
any other Mlssourlan, and I shall
therefore release all claims i may nave
on the delegation, and request my
friends to Join with me In giving Mr. i
Clark the United support of Missouri I
in this contest."..' i
Mr. Clark's statement, as received by t
-Oovernor Folk, follows:
"Esneclallv desirous of bringing the
Democracy of Missouri together, and
to avoid as far as possioie any acri
mony In the state. I have, after con
sultation with numerous friends and on
due deliberation, determined to agree
o and accent the suggestion made by
Mr. Bryan to divide the Missouri dele
gation to the National convention Be
tween Governor Folk and myself.
Co-Operatiea Clark's Desire..
Provided always, of course, that the
Democrats of this state are In the
main for one or the other of us.
"I am especially anxious tnere snouid
ha harmony and co-operation among
the Democrats of Missouri. Whether
tha JoDlin convention would, oe ror me
or Governor Folk is a question which
It is unnecesssry and which would be
bootless for me to discuss now. It is
sufficient to say that in the Interest
of Dartv harmony in this state, I have
determined to say that I am willing
to accept the suggestion made lor a
(vision of the state delegation, ana 1
hope my friends through the state will
heartily agree to this suggestion and
co-operate with me in carrying it out."
Lon Sanders, campaign manager ior
Governor Folk, after the statements
were given out. said:
This Drsctlcally means Mr. Folk s
withdrawal from the Presidential race."
CLARK MISSOURI FAVORITE
Seyent y-Seven of 81 Counties Re
turn Democratic Delegations.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 10. Seventy-seven of
the 81 counties which reported up to 11
o'clock tonight on the Democratic pri
maries showed Speaker Champ Clark
delegations, according to returns at the
Clark-for-President headquarters. Three
counties Cape Girardeau, Barton and
Mississippi returned Folk delegations.
The result in Linn County was In doubt.
Secretary to Visit Latin-America
to Learn Conditions.
FRIENDLY INTEREST SHOWN
CLARK HELD SURE NOMINEE
Senator Reed Says Folk's With
drawal Gives Speaker Place.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. After the
announcement of the withdrawal of ex
Governor Folk, United States Senator
Reed, a supporter of Folk's candidacy,
said:
"This means the nomination of Champ
Clark for President at the National con
vention. Missouri and Oklahoma are
absolutely sure already."
How stamp eollectlna- has become ipeclal
lied is instanced br the aale in Paris some
time aa-o of a collection of Swlas stamps
(or about (40,000.
Cruiser Washington to Convey Offi
cial Party, Which Finds Prece
dent for Visit in Previous
Trip of Root.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. For the pur
pose of solving diplomatic problems
and acquiring more accurate Informa
tion as to conditions in Central and
Northern South America, Secretary of
State Knox, by direction of President
Taft, will make a five weeks' trip to
the Spanish-American republics border
ing the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of
Mexico. As row planned. Mr. Kno ;
will not visit Mexico, but that country
may be included in tne programme be
fore be returns the first week of April.
Havana will be Mr. Knox's first stop,
and It was reported that In Cuba he
might attempt to "solve the problem"
that brought about hints or American
intervention there a few weens ago.
Aside from a possible peace-making
expedition to Cuba, the purpose or tne
trip was announced to De tne promo
tion of friendly relations In Central
America. In many respects It will be
similar to that taken around soutn
America several years ago by ex-eec
retary of State Root. The official an
nouncement says:
"The relations of the United States
to the Spanish republics surrounamg
the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of
Mexico are of the utmost importance
to us. in view of our interests and
responsibilities In that region. The
President thinks It will be of great
assistance in solving the diplomatic
problems that are presenting them
selves from day to day if we manifest
our friendly Interest in those, our
neighboring republics, '.y a visit to
them by the Secretary of State. This
will be the first time that an Ameri
can Secretary of State has visited those
countries."
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