New-York tribune., 1910-08-24
ROOSEVELT WITH
TAFT AND HUGHES
Ex-President Makes Position
Clear in a Speech in Mr..
Sherman'S Home City.
VICE-PRESIDENT ABSENT
Ten Thousand Farmers Give Mr..
Roosevelt an Enthusiastic
Reception at Grange
Picnic.
VICE-PREsIDENT ABSENT
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president
Senator Root in the first speech of his
Western tour by lending the weight OF
his influence to promote the renonllna-
ton of state Senator Frederick NJ. Dav-
enport, whose candidacy has been op-
posed by Vice President Sherman.
To the candidacy Of Mr.. Davenport
Mr.. Roosevelt lent an impetus which IN
the opinion Of many of his auditors Will
prove amply SUFFICIENT to insure the re-
turn Of the Hughes Senator, who was
chosen bv Senator Root as the recipient
of the telegram urging the passage OF
the Hinman- Green bill-a telegram
which was sent with the hearty con-
Currence of President Taft. Turning
to Senator Davenport. who occupied
front seat on the platform at the second
annual union picnic of the Herkimer and
Oneida oranges, Mr.. Roosevelt said:
'I am glad to see on the platform Sen
stor Davenport. because the only kind
Of politics that I care for is the kind Of
politics where decency is combined with
efficiency. and I hold that the only way
by which politician can efficiently
serve his party is by making that party
efficiently serve the people
The enthusiasm with which this state
ment was greeted led Mr.. Roosevelt to
add: You will notice that my utter
ances are free from ambiguity"
Mr. Sherman Absent.
President Sherman was absent
In the vernacular of the district he had
oil ?; 3Tag- there
were present more than ten thousand OF
Mr.. Sherman's netghbors- Whether
they were his friends might be seriously
questioned from the cheers which greeted
Mr.. Roosevelt's remarks. and later those
OF Senator Davenport himself.
The first annual picnic Of these united
oranges was addressed by Governor
Hughes. and he had an audience esti-
mated at upward Of six thousand; TO-
day special trains were run from all dl-
rections. and ten thousand is COncerva-
tive estimate Of the audience gathered
to greet the ex-President in the great
natural ampfitheatre. which rose like
we'll arranged auditorium from the plat
form to the grove Of handsome naples
which crowned the crescent shaped
ridge.
Mr.. Roosevelt's theme was the utlllza-
ton of modern methods and scientific
knowledge for the Improvement Of the
farm and the betterment of rural hfe'
and his little homilies were delivered
with characteristic emphasis and pict-
uresdueness, but it was when he talked
politics that his audience become thor
oughIv aroused His auditors went
along with him as he talked of agr1-
culture, occasionally applauding, only
few men and women quietly slipping out.
But when he reverted TO politics MS
audience took a new grip on its chairs.
and then greeted the end of the period
with APPLAUSE There were probably no
members of the old guard" present
they are getting scarce in this state
but had they been they would have re-
ceived a valuable lesson
Mr.. Sherman's friends, by the way,
frankly deplore his having permitted
himself TO be used by the WadsWorth-
Woodruff Barnes coterie at the meeting
of the state committee.
Always Against Crooks.
In the main Mr.. Roosevelt stuck to
the text Of his prepared address, though
his digressions were the more entertain
ing. as when he said, for instance, L
want TO be able to recognize the Chris
tian by the way he acts on weekdays,
or again, when he declared: L am the
moor mans friend if the poor man is
straight. I am the rich mans friend if
the rich man is straight. and I'm against
the crook. be he rich or poor
That MIR. Roosevelt has no purpose to
remain idle in the arena Of public events
NAV be Judged from his declaration
that what you farmers rightly demand
for yourselves. and what III try my best
to help you get, you should seek equally !
Ia get for your farmhands. for the |
motto of this country must be all men
Ilp. not some men down
It was clearly evident from the way
that he reverted to the subject of moth !
ers that the ex-President IN no way has |
modified his race suicide views. although |
he did not actually discuss that sub !
iecr. To the veterans who had escorted |
him 10 the stand Mr.. Roosevelt paid |
more than one glowing tribute
Mr. Roosevelt was introduced by ex-
Governor N J. Batchelder of New |
Hampshire. national master of the |
grange, who described the distinguished |
guest as known from the jungles of |
Africa to the North Pole. from Wall |
Street to the humblest hamlet. from |
President Taft to the widest Indian of
the Northwest"
Euloqy OF Mr.. Roosevelt.
Immediately on the conclusion of Mr.. |
Roosevelt's address there were cries for |
Senator Davenport who responded with |
a brief eulogy Of the eX-President. saying |
of him. He represents better than any |
man since Abraham Lincoln the heart |
and the conscience and the courage of |
tie great body of our people. He has
heen my ideal, and So | want to stand |
for the things he stands for" Mr.. |
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