Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-11
ROOT on
ROOSEVELT
Remarkable Defense Of Presl.
deaf and His Policy Before
Distinguished New
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10 RAsesls and Dishonest Poiifi
clans. The Greatest sons@r-
Native Force In Washington
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dinner.
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god 10 ~ home again. ose 81 yoa
sasd % ne toniShi. .f0 iook ike oli
Times Old times are good ebossh for
me-
Mr. Rod thea stnt into fsfnIniss
"a the olddays Union League
club Ne dseit On The memories Of The
men who have lied since BIZ vent %
Washington. He spoke of coming
back v take ha place 10 the ranka
u thoss Who are marching on In the
WORK u everyday III through the rcat
of his days
He said that he came back from :
place where criticism y ne leglsIa
tive branch " he gosernmen, y
most Easy &c aid 100. ma, hs
came hack iron the enefrise IL the
most arbitrary power in The World
lie came back With i deeper sense Il
Ihs ~bcnshccnce II representative
government, and thai arbitrary power
ought % be used only AZ Z temporary
e1pe4Ient
Nr Root spoke alphabetically VI his
growing h,eiieruent % public admits
Istration and iht steady approach n
rood gogerumcni u the IDEAL He
igelt VI the loyalty ~ he cabinets of
Mckinley ard Roosevelt ID theif
and then spoke ~ Sc Roose
ssli d 1ns mosi Vigorous member n
ihs club
Mr. Root aid ne, Ill OYER ceatmI
sn,i South merica here Has i crossing
IL out nation ~ ,he saviour w
liberty ne referred % tie poor III
Ne brown men who raised ne cry IL
freedom IA he Philippines without
moving what liberty meant did ssfd
he could foresee Tho day when
he Philippines would have substan
Tally ne same government mai O.
- has today.
II count II. my friends continued
ar. Root "onc Of the greatest PRIV
Of my life 20 have been able
shen that sad day came when or
president, Mckinley wa taken away.
. be ahis 10 stand By and hold up
no hands Of his true ami loyal success.
Ior.
II am told that he IL not popular in
be city Of New York-he who was
'orn and grew among Us. a member
4 this club. who made his hrst essay
public lie By going 10 represent Us
0 tho l~egislaiure-f am told IL not !