Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1916 — FORMER NAVY SECRETARY DECLARES FOR ROOSEVELT [ARTICLE]

FORMER NAVY SECRETARY DECLARES FOR ROOSEVELT

George von L. Meyer Says Colonel Is Psychological Candidate For Republican Nomination. Oyster Bay, L. 1., April 8. —George von L. Meyer, secretary _of the navy in the administration of former President Taft, called on Colonel Roosevelt today, and after a conference announced unreservedly that he believed Roosevelt was the psychological candidate for the republican nomination for president. With Mr. Meyer as he expressed his views was Charles G. Washburn, who was Senator Weeks’ campaign manager in Massachusetts. Mr. presence here has been taken as an indication that Senator Weeks will not do anything to head off the Roosevelt boom and may even go so far as openly to support the colonel.