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ROUSEVELTTELS HOW HE STANDS TOWARD 1912 ‘witends Wil Do Me Do Me Cruel In-| | pastice if They Try to Make vu, Me a Candidate.” WORK LAST FALL. Favors Direct Election of Dele- Bates to National Conventions and of U. S. Senators. Whe Saturday Evening Post of this ‘week contains an interview with Theo- Gore Roosevelt written by Henry Beach Meetham, entitied “Where Roosevelt @ands To-day.” A tow of ite best parte are given below: “I am not a candidate for the Preat- Gency, And my real friends will do me © cruel injustice if they seek to make me such. “Of tho ten hundred and fifteen dele- @ates at the Saratoga Convention per haps not more than fifteen, certainly Jess than one hundred, were real sup- Porters of mine. | “Most of the delegates aid not agree with me on the tariff question and dis- | trusted me as being too radical tn other | matters, but they wished to fight for | honesty and popular government and | @gainst boss rule. They knew that they } Could win only under my leadership, but they made no secret that they were against me personal! No Power Over Them. “Take the Committee on Resolutions. their first draft of the platform there to me, w > public lif y, but th this out ponent of finally struc! jwouldn’t stand for tt. committee majority were de- mined to keep out of the platform Y allusion to me personally. This by itself shows the utter absurdity of inking I could influence them on the tariff. “*I hadn't it in my power, aa they Imew, to reward a human being or to punish a human being. Not one man who voted aguins: me at Saratoga had anything to fear from me for so doing; met one man who voted for me at Sara- | toga had anything to expect from me | for his support. I got out of that con- | vention every ounce of progressive ac- tion that it was humanly possible to! wat out of it. “Gov. Hughes and his supporters were | e@mtirely responsible for my appearance | @t Baratoga. 1 didn't get them into the fight. They wore in the fight. All I did was to try to help them out in a fight | Lexington to 3d Ave. United States Gold Bonds. Greatest Plano Sale arr Otter Walters $450 List Style Excel sior Piano Walters $550 List Piano..... $200 $5Down &$1PerWeek* Style D Stencilled Pianos. }\,°\\\." The Name Wei ers ona Piano { Piano as one purehas Cc autio Under x» eeoond hana f On Cash Sali Exchange Baie eg lg sn a siya kel, | People, and although the form of the | ALL CARS TRANSFER TO The Scfest Piano Invest- ment Is a Walters Piano Investing in a Walters Piano is as safe as investing in $1,000 List Walters 88- Note Mastertone Player-Piano | Outhts, Fines. 88-note player-piano made, with twelve and cover, $10 down, $2 per week Don’ be a Piano elas Nt Be Blo nningdales’, Lex, to 3d Ave., 59th to 60th Stace! ‘a whioh they were right. As long as they were In it I couldn't stay out. “When I got back from Europe I wanted to go home and a quiet; I didn't want to mix in politics. Bi at 1] was importuned on every hand—t ineurgents of the W greseives of ‘my the movement in the pol seemed to me that { my duty to try to help them in the fight for popular government, without any regard to what the effect might l didn't see he | fight and retain respect, so 1 ‘wont Into it. | “In my judgement the Constit should be so amended as to prov the direct election of United st ators by the people. I emphatically be- | Neve in that change. Those opposing suoh an amendment are merely express- dng the same fear that moved the fram- | ers of the Constitution to commit the election of President to the Electoral | College. “Comparatively short experience con- | vinced the nation that the President should be voted for directly by the Electoral Coliege has been retained the electors have no function except to rat- sty the popular verdict. And tf it should | be thought necessary, even this super- | fuous machinery could with advantage | be abolished, | “I believe, also, that there shoud be | Girect election of delegates to national || conventions,” Mr. Needham quotes Col. Roosevelt's | Rough Rider, John ©. Greenway, ae | saying: | “Col. Rooweveltts rreatest ambition te | to be shot on the field of battle.” | —_——_ lee Bank AE WHID Geant THE ROOF hie HEAD, Is {t your own? Or are you still paying your land- lord for the privilege of renting his property ? If the latter, we can improve your condition. For instance: We can sell you a new 2-family house for less’money each month than you now pay for rent. We guar- antee to get you a tenant, whose rent will pay most of your — carrying charges. You will Jive better and yet will save money. Price $5,250. Cash $300. Call, ‘phone or send for list No. 1 of 1 and 2-family houses to HOUSE DEPARTMENT, elu 60 Liberty St., New York. Telephone Cortlandt 7440. 59th to 60th St. We Have Ever Held [PNtreorama— ney Offer! no List Style Plym. 00 List Celebrated $395 rolls of music, bench Age EE "Sauce ll ay tH THE EVENING ALTE 7 HURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1911. Women’s 15c Vests at 8c White cotton ribbed vests, neatly trimmed at the neck, strictly first quality, in regular and extra sizes, at the special price of Se. Women's Vests, Swiss rib bed lisle thread, of fine quality; French band pants to match; well made; regular and extra sizes; 29c value, at,each...... 15¢ Women's Union Suits, of lisle thread, white, Swiss ribbed, tight knee or umbrella style; regular and extra sizes; value 69c, at the special F-i- day price. joomingtiaies’, “Main” Moor ALL. CARS TRANSFER 7O LEX. ro 3&E, f\ Women’s Skirts \ Worth$5 at $2.88 They are excellently made and come in imported mixtures, fancy worsteds, chiffon Panamas, all wool Panamas, high grade voiles, || etc.; mede up in gored and pan- elled styles; in black, navy and grey; sizes 23 to 32 waistband, 36 to 42 inch lengths; special Price, $2.88. picomingtale’, 91 Moor. Men, Have Your Spring Clothes stylish effect: manner A Suit, Choose from cies and staple Men’s & Boys’ 59c Shirts at 35c All new designs, plenty of neat stripe effects, cut full, service- able quality. Percale and corded madras. Attached Cuffs. Sizes 12 to 18, 35ceeach; 3 for $1.00. Men’s $1.00 Negligee Shirts Very Special at 59c In these shirts you'll find extra big values such as are seldom obtainable. All the shirts are coat style, with attached cuffs, and come in plain and pleated effects. In the newest Spring patterns, in both light and medium stripes. Generously cut, fin- ished with ocean pearl buttons. Sizes 14 to 18. Also youths’ sizes 12 to 14. 59¢ each or 6 for $3.00. Men’s $1.25 Percale Shirts at 74c Of extra fine quality, pleated, coat model, cuffs attached; possess every feature of high-class shirts; new Spring designs, light and medium grounds, plenty of blacks and whites as well as colored stripes. Sizes 14 to 17, 74c each; 3 for $2.00. Men’s Four-in-Hands, 2 for 25c Barathea and Bengaline Reversible. Slip easy, look dressy, tie nicely with the close setting collar; 30 new Spring designs, including plain white and plain black. Rlogmingdales’, Main Floor, 60th St. Side Women’s& Misses’ @e $1.00Wash om (7) Dresses at 7 ICH? figured designs, and made up in indoor or outdoor use. ender and blue. This Great ecmangene Merchant Tailoring Sale No matter how tall, thin, stout or short you are we will make to your measure in the best possible Albert Coat and 51? 80 Vest or Raincoat 44 including blue serges, grays, tans, plaids and fan- row. Your money back if you're not satisfied. A Sale of Silk Dresses at $6.99 For Women and Misses. All smart and natty styles, in foulards and satins; made kimono effect and trimmed in ccntrast ing colors. In the foulard are the very popular dots and stripes, besides some exceedingly pretty figured designs. All the Spring shades and every size, $6.99. Bidomingdales’, 24 Poor $; suitable for either \ 4 Pink, lav- All sizes. Bloomingdales’, 24 Foor, Made to Order in Top Coat, Prince a hundred fashionable materials, blacks. Place your order to-mor- Lot of rough nacre braids; 12 69c new blocks; regular $1.50 value; at DAYS OF SALE: Seb Women’s Low Shoes, $1.55 A Very Interesting Sale for Friday Only They are the smartest nov- elties for Spring, and were Made to Sell for $2.50 and $3 Including Oxfords, plain Pumps, Colonial Pumps and strap Pumps with or without tips; sizes 3 to 6 only, in all black or tan leathers ; At $1.55 Girls’ Pumps, Were $1.69 to $2.48, Now $1.00. Special After-Easter Clearance of odd” lots of Misses’ and Children's Black and Tan Pumps, ankle ties and Oxfords, in cluding Suede Kid and ‘patent leather; former prices, $1 00 $1.69, $1.98 and $2 ai ch . si i (Sale of Long Silk Gloves at 59c They are 16-button length pure silk mousquctaires, reaching above the elbow, with double finger tips. Colors are tans, pink, champagne and navy; also black and white. Women's Silk Gloves, two-clasp, | Women's Gloves, 16-button Black with double finger-tips; every pair] isle thread —_mousquetaires; guaranteed; black and 39c clasp black silk finished 2c white; 50c quality; at lisles, at Main Floor, $3. 49 Dinner Sets pie: for $2.49 Good American Porcelain— per- fect pieces; mo seconds, no chips. Each set contains 48 of the most useful pieces required ty a family of 6 persons. Neat decorstions. Regular $3.49 sets, very special, at... $2.49 Also These Very Special Items in Separate Decorated Dishes Bread and butter plates, pie plates, berry plates, all at... de Tea and coffee cups and saucers, dinner plates, tea plates, soup plates meat dishes, uncovered vegetable dishes, salad bowls, cream and @ milk jugs end breakfast plates, all at Py c. Children’s White Cotton Socks at 11c With checked and platd t Sale of Men’s $2.50 Shoes 7 $1.65 fo ma ul eee | D oie : = ee $2. 00 Framed Pictures at 99c Cuhes a af] A very attractive lot of framed pictures, 600 all told, in t i] Friday sy le. There \ colored lar e83 in wide va Shriety, marit ees, animal pic oi! tures, etc., framed in sy weep pe 4 tern deep gilt frames, gold bur nished. Size of glass 16x2( inches. more d $2.00 value, at 99¢ = 1} ‘i This is One of the New Royal Wor- cester Cor- sets at $2.50 STYLE 657. 1 | ‘Shoe Trees, pr., 25¢ | pr., 25¢ | We have an accumulation of | models, but the range of sizes is | broken. If your size is among the lot, you can count yourself for- buy shoe trees pairs 2OC ‘ore, Main Floor FreshFish for Friday | All fish cleaned free of charge. k, Flounders or 6c Haddock, Herring, Ib. a ) This Substantial 45° “30c Varauhed Chandelier, » $2 49 | Racoon pet 10¢ A Great reduction *10¢ The very best chen | delier bar (Patent Takes Belts, 10c &15c les in two widths, 114 can be had in biack, k only 59% ro 60%Sr. white. ers- inch. some, skits; Here’s a Startling Friday Sale of Untrimmed Hats Worth $1.50 to od. 00, at 69c, $1.99 and $2.49 We've arranged them in three lots; but no matter from what lot you choose you are sure to get the very biggest hat value known this season. details, and be sure to attend the sale tomorrow Friday. 15dozen Sample Hats, | Lot 2—10 dozen French Chips, $25.00 Suits at $12.69 An assortment embracing hand- serviceable suits, made with the 26-inch hipless coat, satin and peau de cygne lined, and new style all colots end all sizes; an astonishing bargain at $17.69. Men’s Underwear at ee Men's Genuine Porous Knit Shirts, with} short sleeves, also ell knee drawers, in All sizes. Special price is Men's Fine Balbriggan Shirts and ‘Draw. The shirts come with Jong or sacrt sleeves, the drawers with pearl buttons and double gussets. Special price is, cach Sizes from x the 29 mnineiaies’, MAY) Floor. Bivominglales’, 24° lotr Read the Lot 3--15 dozen Fine Milans, black and colored;’ two] black and colors, regu- toned; large, medium and] lar $2.99 and _ $3.50 small shapes; regu iar 9398 vatacsea LOO] ae 1.99 ant 2.49 Bloomingdales Trim Hats Free of Charge, "A" Pr tes Ate getom faction.” good quality gingham, in checks and fancy ; Dutch and assortment of good styles and patterns, full pleated skirts; 6 forts years. OL Bargains in Girls’ Wash Dresses Bloomingdales’ offer you the variety of the spe- cialty stoies, with the advantage of the low prices always prevailing in “The Store of Certain Satis- Instances for to-morrow: Children's Dresses of Girls’ Dresses in pretty plaids and plain ginghems, Dutch and 3, sleeves, plaids ‘trimmed with’ em broidery, and plain colors trimmed with esses inwash-| year able percales, linene and chambrays; ‘an Girls’ Dresses in eaiceed and white repp, Dutch neck front of waist, cuffs on 44 sleeves of s allover embroidery; 6 to 2 8 7 14 years... Jes’, Henn Bloor, nla 6 to 14 Bad 4 Fitty-ninth Street Site. Women’s Silk they can hardly be noticed. Women's Cobweb Silk Hosicry—Strictly first black and a variety of colors; value 69¢ 5,000 pairs, pure thread silk, seconds, with imperfections so slight that No mail orders filled, ‘Thread| Women's Fine Quality Thread quality; made with linen heels and toes; Stockings at 29c Silk Hoslery--Full fashioned; made with extra porter welt; in black only; worth 98¢; very special values at + 09¢ Women's Pure Thread Silk Hosiery—Full fashioned; made with double garter hem; a new pair for any that docs not prove sat; factory fusset tans, black and white; value $1.25; special, at 79 Bloomingdale's, Main Ploor. ot Gray KE isting of Bungalow Kitchen Outfits, $3.50 Piece Suit of Slip © mport 50-in, linen, Lin the best 4 g 12 yds. for Made of Cretonn e, French tafictas or {int ner; aiicetn « regular value $10.50. ‘Order Slip Covers Here é Now | : Suit of Furniture Ms 4t licking, 13 ,Rina Razor Sets, 69] Sait Cases “for 85¢ al Friday Gale Ina Speci | Tian ei 2B 2 Nem NEES forbs asl Bhat =The Stor io of Certain “Satiefaction— BLOOWINGDALES’ Lex. ne ad 4 Ave., 59th to 60th St=—= Bags Friday Ms é: Every one a great bargain " 29 rT RS RRR RE i