Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-03
Makes Warm Reply to
Root in New Yerk
Speeches.
SEEMS UNDAUNTED
Asserts Those Attacking Him
Are in Grip of Corpora
ti0nS.

New York, Nov 3.-Undaunted ap-
parentIy by the onslaughts made upon
his candidacy recently, William r.
OF the city last night. He was sched-
uled To talk i'll IL places, but his voice
worn to a shred by his efforts upstate.
and he was compelled to cut his pro-
gram in half
Wherever the candidate did go, how
ever. he met with enthusiastic recep-
tions. Crowds cheered his appearance
at many places and other crowds that
hoped to see him and did not, cheered
for him just the same.
Adopt Resolutions.
At Hearts second meeting the audi
ence adopted resolutions disappearing
OF the action of President Roosevelt in
permitting his views on New York stats
politics TO be made public by Secre
tary Root. The resolutions:
We deem it due TO the dignity of
American citizenship that we should re-
sent this flasrant attempt at federal
dictatiOn to the electorate of this state. !
and that We should make known TO our
servant in Washington our view of his !
interference"
Answers Root and Croker.
1t was not until he got well warmed |
up TO his work late at night that Mr..
Hearst turned himself loose on Secre-
tary Root and Richard Croker Then
he spoke at several meetings as fol-
lows:
Il was attacked last night by Mr..
Croker. who claimed to represent
democracy. and Mr.. Root. who claimed
to represent republicanism. l know
nothing that has tended more clearly
10 show The truth of my statement that
in this campaign corporation demo-
Gratis and corporation republicans were
united in support of the corporation
ticket.
MIR. Croker. whose ice trust mayor
drove out of Office. endorses McCarren
as a noble example of corporation dem
Ocrat. Mr. Root. corporation attorney
for the Metropolitan Traction company ,
in the Jake Sharp bribery cases. and
for the whisky trust, the tobacco trust
the steel trust, the sugar trust. the gas ,
trust. the watch trust and the insur- .
ance trust, endorses Mr.. Hughes, cor i,
pOration attorney for the lighting /,
trust. the shipbuilding trust. the New ,
York Westchester and Boston franchise
grab. and the sugar trust. ,
Calls Attacks Indecent.
Mr. Root, a public official. VINO oc- Y
cupies high place in the United States e
government. and who should represent I
the whole people of these United States, o
regardless of party. has dragged his
high position into partisan campaign
and into a personal attack in a local :;
situation in order to serve his cOrpor- :
ate masters.
Last year Mr.. Ryan issued through !,
Mayor Mcclellan postal cards bearing :,
libelOus and indecent attacks upon me.
which the United States government
stopped in the mails This year Mr.
Ryan puts forth these same indecent
and slanderOus attacks through his cor
pOratiOn attorney, through a man who :
is still his faithful servitor. though in
public office, and partly paid by the
people
NATURAL Course.
''It is natural that Mr. Root. who de-
Tended Boss Tweed the most corrupt -
politician of his day, should join hands =
with Boss Croker, the most corrupt
politician of the present day, in sup =
port of Mr. Hughes 1t is natural that :,
Mr. Root, who appeared for the Met a
rOpolitan Traction company in the :.
Jake Sharp cases. and who was him ;,
self accused of bribery by four men =.
who testified under oath that he had ;,
given them money for their votes, !,
should unite with Patrick McCarren,
the professional briber of the Standard n
Oil company. the gas trust. and the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, to support Mr. c
Hughes.
Proud of Root as Enemy.
81 have said l am proud of the en- E
en1ies | have made and | am prouder :
Of none than am of Elihu Root, Boss y
Croker. and Pat McCarren.
You know this man Croker is fight
ng me because I fought his ice trust
mayor for betraying the people and
lrove him out of office.
''You know that this man Root is op- G.
posing me because I have fought the NJ
that own him, the street "
trust and the whisky trust, the IL