The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-28
ROOSEVELT
 COMPROMISES
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 Following the debate on the. plat "Old Guard replying to Senator Dav- exports defense of the primary plank in the majority report, said;
 t.1t Is not right that we should ac- cept the arguments of the radicals to save ourselves and secure a tempor- sary victory at the polls.''
 Barnes was .hissed when he de- eIared, 'fThe citizen is now getting hll the rights to which he is entitled"
 We cannot compromise with the mob,'' were his closing words.
 The speech of the Albany boss fell flat and he took his seat amidst an impressive silence.
 Former Minister to Spain Stewart l.. Woodford declared that if the con- vention rejected the direct primary We will be beaten in November and will deserve to be beaten. Don't be
 Colonel Roosevelt closed the debate on the majority report and was cheer ed enthusiastically as he ascended the platform.
 My fellow members, we have now come to the vital moment in this con- vention. By your votes you will now determine if the Republican party of the State of New York is to be the party of the progressive or the party of the Bourbon and the reactionaries. want % to eoreet @ some dTaisiapprshent gi1aat nominations. have heard the Re- publicans of the west held up as ex- anples not to follow. In my Repub- licanism I know no east nor west.
 .'In wisconsin, which has been mentioned in the recent election there all the money was used against the ticket that " successful
 He then spoke of an al1usion being made to the case of Congressman Siblay, where great sums were spent in securing his nomination. While discussing the subject, the Colonel was interrupted by misses and eat calls Tt was because the money was spent to influence a direct pri- mary that the expenditure was found out and Sibley will not be a Congress man where if it had been a cpnven- ton he would have been nominated, :
 Wild cheers and yells greeted this and Roosevelt, his face af1ane and his hand clinched and upheld, waited for it to subside.
 s.The gentlemen supporting the minority report say they represent ty,'' he continued. 9HThey represent a majority of the legislature composed of the Democratic legislators and a minority of the Republican party.
 ''I ask that this convention put the Republican party behind the Repub- Hcan governor of the state of New York and let those who do not want it behind the great governor of this state,1et them go over to Tammany Hall.
 other side for having been dragged on by the sober sentiment of the na- ton as far as their report went today but they are still 25 years behind the times. The minority report repre- sents what would have been pro- gressive for a century ago. It has been contended that you can't tell what the majority plank means. You can. It means just what it says.''
 t'It means that as speedy as pos sibIe we shall introduce the system of direct nominations as advocated or approved by Governor Hughes, which will provide for the direct nomination fo legislature, the men who make the laws" Marching to the front of the platform Roosevelt shouted directly at Barnes and Wadsworth:
 tHThe difference between us here is radical, indeed. We trust the people and you don't. It has been said by Mir. Wadsworth that he does not be- lieve in Democracy. T do. I take the issue sQuarely on that point.''
 'tIn the name of expediency and in the name of a higher principle. right eousness, I ask you to be loyal to the principles of true Republicanis1n and adopt the report of the majority of your committee
 The vote on the Wadsworth amend ment was 403 ayes, 61O noes, two not voting.
 The majority report of the com mittee adopted.