The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-25
|EC[lREs WAR.
ION PUBLIC CROOK
1eosevelt Says It's His Duty To Rout
CRATER From the Republican
N Party ~

BUFFALO, N. ", Aug. 25.-With a
K parting shot al. HIS opponents in the
\ political fight he Is leaving behind in
New York state. Col Roosevelt start
Cd on the long leg OF his western
trip today ~
Il feel that II is just little more
my duty to hunt the crook out OF pub
Tic life, because he happens to be in
my own party declares the colonel
~ breakfast given In his honor at the
/ Ellicott club And some 1--WE hundred
& Buffalo businessmen stood up and
shouted themselves hoarse. recogniz-
ing the old-time Roosevelt and his de-
termination to fight
The colonels train rolled into Buff
s falo about $3.50, but despite the early
hour q crowd was on hand TO welcome
him. He was hurried into an automo-
bile and rushed to the Ellicott club.
At the close of the breakfast the
colonel was greeted with a wild yell
{ a. he arose to speak. He began talk
on the need of preserving the water
supply OF the great lakes for poHu-
zion, but soon shifted from pure water
to politics.
I'VE must keep unpolluted the
waters OF the Great Lakes, the most
! wonderful body OF fresh water In the
world" said the colonel.
I'VE have also got to act likewise
IN the field Of moral, public and do
mestic life. We must see that things
are not polluted at the source. We
must keep the standard OF public
honesty and decency foremost In our
minds.
Il believe In pure government and
n 90 believing. recognize no party
Instruction II make any party dts
,tinction. 1t Is little more my bsisi-
luSns to hunt out a crook who belongs
70 my party than II he belongs to an
other. Friends, we must keep our
eyes fixed. Distrust above all other
men. the men who will inveigh the
dishonesty of another. Distrust the
demagogue who can't see crookedness
IN the grating labor leaders Dfstrust
4 him who sees crookedness In the poor
man alone and overlooks the imam
cier or head OF corporation
Don't let man think he Is 10 De
pftied because he listens to the voice
Of the corrupt financier. My expert
once Is that man who goes wrong
while in the employ OF corporation Is (
crook from the start, and he VIII
lust as quickly. when backed into
corner, blackmail that corporation.
IF the people at large pass By the
EFFORT to find this crook, IL they fal
to condemn his actions, they'll have
themselves to thank in the end. You
are not going to get honesty unless
you insist that man show honesty
to ALL"
Roosevelt has already made prelinn-
mary plans for the big fight that VIII
come when the state convention gath
ers at Saratoga, on Sept. q. Rooee-
welt realizes that he Is heavily handi-
capped. by his lack of a statewide or
Ranization, but he Is depending largely
on his personal popularity and the is-
sues he will represent to win support.
Before he left the home OF his
brother-in-law, Douglas Robinson, In
the Herkimer Hills at midnight, last
night, the colonel had begun the work
az organizing his forces for the fight.
Daring the afternoon and evening, the
telephone from the Robinson house
4 Was kept busy with calls to and from
New Y, ~k. Lloyd C.. Griscom, New
York county chairman, and Collector
(. OF Customs William Loeb. Jr., who
have been connected with the colon
els end Of the fight, were getting their
instructions.
They will bear The brunt Of the Skin
mishing from now until Sept. IL, for
until that time Roosevelt will be con-
Quoting long distance" fight from
points along the route on his western
trip.
There IL no doubt that the begin
ming or the colonel's trip has encour-
axed him nightly. His enthusiastic
reception In the heart Of vice-Presi-
dent Sherman's stronghold awakened
the old-time Roosevelt fire, and he Is
now In the fight ''for keeps"