Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07
MAKES SENSATIONAL SPEECH
He Pleads for the Elimination of the
Strenuous One.
DAY OF oNE.MANIsM IS PAST
Ohio Senator Is the Man, He Says, to
Lead the Republican Forces
to Victory.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
! PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April Elm a
| tense but deliberate speech delivered at the
annual banquet of the young republicans
at the Bellevue Stra tford. former Senator
John NJ Thurston OF Nebraska fired the
opening gun of the antiRoosevelt forces.
He was Joined by Mayor Reyburn of Phila-
delphia. former congressman and personal
friend of Senator Penrose
TEurston's cryptic sentences were a plea
for the elimination of Roosevelt or the
choice of Roosevelt for the presidency. He
declared that this country had no policy.
There is an unsettled. unsteady senti-
ment in the republican party he said
that is seeking to Guido even the socialstic
program of the opposition. the policy of
Roosevelt.
Then. moment later. the former sena-
tor cried: There should be no one-man
policy in this country" and then. toward
the close of his sensational speech, after
averring that he is not member of the
So,c"o.eoo antiRoosevelt conspiracy club.
he launched his boom for Foraker 8
Before sending forth his glowing
eulogy of the senator from Ohio, who has
placed himself in opposition D Roose-
velt's friend and adviser Secretary of
War Taft. the speaker delicately dealt
with the achievements of all the other
men who have been mentioned in connec-
ton with the candidacy for the presi-
dency.
Foraker Fearless Leader.
Referring to a third term for any Presi-
dent as "a bugaboo,' and driving In the
fact that Roosevelt has declared that he
would not accept another term. the former
senator from Nebraska described all the
candidates He mentioned Taft and called
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania 1.-The little
giant He went on down the list until, as
the grand climax. he reached Foraker In
him. he loudly proclaimed the country had
"A fearless leader-a man free from cor
poration influences"
No One-man Rule.
Following ex-senator Thurston. the
mayor of Philadelphia. John r. Reyburn,
was called upon, and he, too. pleaded
against any one-man rule lie declared
his belief that Roosevelt should not med
die with the states and that the mer who
framed the Constitution of the United
States never intended that there should
not be free and untrammeiei trade be-
tween the states. The sum of his argu-
ment was that the rates petween states
should not be fixed at Washington.
Senator Weldon G. Hepburn of Idaho
was to have been one of the principal ora
tors Of the evening. but he was stricken
with acute indigestion in his room at the
MISREPRESENTATION late in the afternoon
His condition became SO serious that his
vile and family were telegraphed for, and
they started at once to this CITY
The tinkling of glasses and murmur Of
voices ceased when Thurston got I'D. He
said he was embarrassed and did MT Ioo,,
as II he was. Then he said he must be
careful. as the newspaper representatives
were present. and more than once in his
speech he hesitated if doubtful as to the
advisability of proceeding.
Il want to say" he began that 7 am
not member of the s., 600. 600 Conspiracy
Club. and that if I had made a statement of
that kind | might have made it $50 900 900
1t would have been just as easy
Here the speaker paused to give utter
ance to an epigram.
The speaker who preceded me-" he
said. expressed the idea that the visor of
youth, combined with the wisdom of old
age, was splendid thing If I had the
vigor of youth I would not give a hang
about the wisdom of old age and as he
made this observation the speaker began to
fire the antiRoosevelt gun.