The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-30
COL. ROOSEVELT
RAPS HITCHCOCK
Declares Against Postmaster Gen.
erals Plan for Framing Constitu-
tons for New Mexico and Arizona.


PUEBUO. Col, Aug. 3O.-Constitu-
ton makers OF Arizona and New Mex
leo, and without mentioning any
names, theoretically the chauffeur OF
the Taft political machine, Postmas-
ter-General Hitchcock, were given q
Jolt today by Col. Roosevelt The
former president declared against the
Hitchcock plan" of constitution
building which proposes iron-bound
and practically unamendable consti-
tutions Tor the two new states.
Col. Roosevelt spent an hour in
Pueblo and made his speech at the
dedication OF the new Y. NJ. c. A.
building. He said
Experience has shown that not
only doctrinaries, but also designing
corporation attorneys often put into
constitutions matters which are not
thoroughly understood by the people
at the time and my plea is that the
people or the states should be left
with their hands free, SO that, il at
any time they feel that something has
been put into their constitutions
which they did not know was there,
or II they find that something is work
ing badly which they believed would
work well, they shall have an oppor-
tunity to easily make any change that
is necessary"
AS the Roosevelt train rolled into
Colorado Springs. the cheers Of
thousand people drew the colonel
tn the rear platform. After q
few remarks on local conditions, the
colonel resumed his attack on crook
edness" and promised his aid in the
work that lies before u.s. He said In
part:
II will do everything In my power to
take the corporation out of politics.
We want 10 break up the connection
between crooked politics and crooked
business. To do that we must insist
not only on getting justice. but on do
ing justice. Do not trust men who will
resort to any kind of blackmail. II
they'do that, they will DO you IL they
get chance. Stand by the clear
headed man, and above all, by the man
whose deeds make good mis- words
OF everything Roosevelt did during
his visit in Denver two are pointed
out today as significant politically.
One was the virtual ratification by the
contributing editor of the insurgent
movement In Colorado, when at last
nights banquet In his honor by the
Colorado Livestock association he In
dorsed Merle Vincent, insurgent can
didate for the Republican gubernatorial
nomination, saying that Vincent had
stated my policies more clearly and
comprehensively than could have been
done by their author
This Is expected to add very mate
rally to Vincent's strength.
The other incident was when Roose-
welt went out OF his way to honor
Judge Ben. b. Lindsey, who II Is
charged had been made the victim OF
deliberate insult by the committee In
charge of Roosevelt's reception. Lind
sey had been ignored by the reception
committees.
The Judge was the first man Roose-
Welt asked for when he reached Den
yer and when he saw the jurist at the
auditorium meeting. the colonel grab
bed him and pushed him. upon the
platform, despite the almost uncon-
cealed attempts OF the reception CON-
mittee to bar the judge.
At last nights banquet United
States Senator Guggenheim, one of the
seven GuRbeuuelm piothSto, WOO -
prominent figure and he had an oppor-
tunity to hear James r. Garfield and
Clifford Pinchot attack the Ballinger
conservation idea behind which, 1t has
been charged. the Guggenheims and
j. p. Morgan stand.
Before 10000 persons In the
Denver auditorium yesterday. Col.
Roosevelt criticized two decisions
handed down by the United States
supreme court, gave his advanced
views on conservation OF the nat
ural resources, deplored the back
wardness of the east and praised the
west for it's progress, and declared
that not a single acre OF our pubic
lands should hereafter pass into pri-
vate ownership except for the single
purpose of homestead settlement.
Mr.. Roosevelt did not attack the adj
mjnistration. In fact he did not refer
to II by spoken word. He ignored Tart
and he omitted any reference that
could possibly be construed as an In
dorsement OF what the administration
has done The reclamation service,
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