Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-10-07
Roosevelt's COnvention.

The New York State Republican conven-
ton adjourned the latter part of last week.
Roosevelt took possession of it and licked
the ''Old Guard" to FRAGILE. as he says. He
defeated Vice-President Sherman for the
Craftsmanship, nominated Henry L. Slim
son for Governor, wrote the platform. Sc
ected the new State committee and split
the party in twain. But before he got
through with the licking he received several
singing blows from the forceful Abe Cru
Der, prominent Republican politician of
the State, of the kind that follows
Twelve years ago on this platform
warned Republican convention against
turning the Executive Mansion into shoot
ing gallery. My advice was not needed.
Since that memorable day the man who
has ever since been shooting has seen his
party organization divided in every State,
his partys candidate overwhelmingly de-
ieated, business depressed and the intelli-
gent and honest wOrkingmen without en-
ployment and hungry. Looking for other
lields for shooting practice, this man is
now shooting at the courts and its judges.
Himself posing as a lawyer who never had
case or drew brief, he now finds sport
In holding up the courts and judges to the
scOrn of the mob.
But this is not new symptom; 1t Is
an old disease. This apostle of Derringer
practice, while he was President, abused
Judge Humphrey of the United States
Court, gentleman and honest man, for
rendering decision which was made ac7
cOrding to the law and which to this day
is unreversed. When the United States
Appellate Court reversed Judge Lands the
same shooter not from the head of bar
REL but from the White House sanctified
by Abraham Lincoln, told the people of
the United States that the judges had been
guilty of miscarrying justice.
"Workingmen of the United States, do
you recall that when Hayward and Meyer
were on trial for their lives this same
shooter, with all the power of the Presi-
dent OF the United States, sought to infiu-
ence the jury by holding up these leaders
of labor as undesirable citizens,
"A French King once said, 4 am the
state. No sane man may ever say, 1 am
the United States. The lungs of the coun-
try are not its brains. Men who few
months ago believed. now disbelieve; men
who worshipped them now execrate. and
throughout the country the business men
as such are facing panic, and as lovers of
their rights and liberties are fearing revo-
luton. From Caesar to Napoleon, from
Napoleon to the American Jack Cade
when given power to shoot the trusts
he drew line between the good ones and
the bad ones. The Steel and Sugar Trusts
were the good ones those which would not
help along the shooters political schemes
we're the bad ones. As now those who cry
'Vive lie Roi are good Republicans and
those who are putting patriotism above
all else. and. therefore, will not join the cry
are bad Republicans.
While under the table touch Cox's feet
! cannot with Lorimer sit down and eat
"FellOw-citizens of New York, has the
correspondence with Hartman passed from
your mindsY While the firm was Roosevelt
and Hartman, and not Roosevelt and Lin
coin, the shooter and railroad man we're
engaged in joint plan to get money, and
in writing, the senior member of the firm
assured Hartman that they were both
practical men and had better keep the
partnership under cover
Every generation gives opportunity to
the patriotic and brave TO keep our ship
of state headed in the right direction and
all of us, business men, farmers, labOrin9
men. professional men. and, yes, even the
women of this country may now, If they
will, join In the great fight begun in the
convention TO prevent a third term or
something worse"