Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-01
Asserts Grand Old Party Has Rights
to Votes of People.
FREE FROM SPECIAL INFLUENCE
Roosevelt Says that He is Present to
Report Progress.
THREE POINTS BROUGHT OF
stand Made for Aggressive Honesty,
for Governmental Efficiency ana
for Right People to Con-
troll Themselves.

NEW YORK, Sept. SO-Theodore Roose-
welt, addressing the National Republican
League, In session at Carnegie hall today
delivered his first speech of the state cam
paign. Praisng the platform and Henry
H. Stmson, the republican nominee for
governor, he compared the republican con-
vention with the democratic meeting now
being held at Rochester, and on the
strength of his comparison said he felt
the republicans had the right to appeal to
every decent citizen in the state. without
regard to party affiliation, to vote their
way. The Saratoga gathering he styled a
peoples convention" free from the in
| fluence of special interests.
John Hays Hammond, as president of
the league introduced the ex-president
The attendance was not large and Colo
mel Roosevelt was somewhat hoarse after
his labors at Saratoga. But" said Mr..
Hammond, "even hi swhisper is heard
! around the world, and we will follow him
up any San Juan hill he may lead US.
Colonel Roosevelt said in part:
ROOseveIt's Speech.
L am her to report progress We have
just held the republican state convention at
| Saratoga. There never has bean held in the
state OF New York convention that was
more methodcal-a peoples convention.
not lobbyists, not representative of q
single great special interest exercised a
| tingers weight of influence in that con-
Vention. That convention represented alb
solutely the opinions the reasoned convic.
tions and belief of plain. every day men.
Three points, three essential points were
made in our platform of principles. In the
first place that we stand not tinidly. not
haiI-way' but aggressively, for honesty in
public and in business life
In the next place, that we stand for
| governmental efficiency, and in the third
place. that we stand for the right of the
people 10 control themselves and not to be
controlled by rome one else
Now, the voters of this state v,tii ba,o
to choose between that on the one side and
on the other side this Chere Mr.. Roosevelt,
/ held aloit newspaper clipping) which 7
shall now describe to you in the Language
! or one of our most envenomed foes a
leading representative of the Wan street
| democracy, the New York Times of this
! morning, describing the democratic conven.
tion, now sitting"
Murphy is Ruler,
He read: "All day and night the deuo.
cratic leaders have been going bat in hand
to Mr.. Murphy and asking him humbIv ~
favor this or that candidate"
In the New York Times! And in its edi
torlal' the New York Times falls in witt
the other democratic leaders and asks fol
the nomination of candidate by the con
vention.
Now 1T goes on: Never before has Tam
many Hall been in such unquestioned con
troll OF a state convention. Never befor,
has any Tammany boss been enthroned a,
the state leader in the unlimited way II
which Murphy is recognized TO-DAY Tn,
convention is in the hollow of his hand.
Back of Murphy's control are rumor,
Of strange and sinister influence. You can
not throw a brick in any direction il
Rochester without hitting some lobbyist o
railroad attorney
Now this is not what l am saying 1t f.
the New York Times. The New York Time
describing the convention of it's party. l
continues:
The woods have been full of them from
the start. They got here before the dele
gates did"
When Colonel Roosevelt had finished
speaking the convention adjourned until /
o'clock tomorrow, when a platform will b.
adopted. Tomorrow night there will be ;
banquet at the Hotel Astor at which Presi
dent Taft will be the principal speaker