Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1916 — "PIPE DREAMS," TEDDY SAYS. [ARTICLE]

"PIPE DREAMS," TEDDY SAYS.

Dismisses Suggestion He Is Looking for 1920*Nomination. OYSTER BAY, N. Y. “Pipe dreams,” is Theodore Roosevelt’s characterization of reports that he is looking toward the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. Aroused by the political significance attached in some quarters to the visit of George W. Perkins to Sagamore Hill, Colonel Roosevelt spoke emphatically on the subject. “I want it clearly understood,” he said, “that no amount of visits or talk can induce me to speak of the .nomination in 1920. I do not pipe dreams."