The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-28
nDYS BIG STICK IS STILL in EVIDENCE

state committee at its meeting last
| night. - Mr.. Woodruff continued, "was
wisely established two years ago, when
Senator Root, then premier of the ma
tlonal administration. was selected at
the meeting of the state committee, held
| Il month before the convention.
"As chairman of the Republican
state committee. no one had suggested
to me, or rs far as | know to any other
member of the committee, the name OF
any other person than the vice presi-
dent as temporary chairman until Mr..
Griscom, sitting in the committee as
proxy, moved to substitute, another
name for that Of Vice President Shcr-
man after the latter's name had been
properly presented What was the OBJ
| lect of this aCtion?'
There we're cheers for the vice presi
dent and Joseph Hicks of Nassau coun-
| ty, who, IN a short speech, nominated
Colonel Roosevelt for temporary chair
man.
The convention broke into wild
cheers and continuous applause. dele
gates waving thcir hats and clapping
their hands while the band played n
fanfare.
Abraham Grubcr of Now York. who
had been selected TO fire the broadsides
of the old guard against Colonel Roose-
made his way TO the platform. Col.
Grubcr said in part:
Cites Some History.
I warned a Republican convention
against turning the executive mansion
into a shooting gallery. My advice was
not needed. Since that memorable day
the man who has ever since been
shooting has seen his party organization
divided in every state. his party's can
didates overwhelmingly defeated, bust
ness depressed and the intelligent and
I honest working men without employ
ment and hungry. Looking for other
: fields for shooting practice this man is
now shooting at u courts and IT'S
Judges. Himself posing ns Il LAWYER
who never had Il case or drew a brief
he now finds sport in holding up the
; courts and Judges to the scorn of the
: mob. But this is not new symptom
"lt is an old disease This apostle
of dcrrin"cr practice, while he wa.
president, abused Judge Humphrey, n
4 gentleman and honest man. of render
ing 4 decision which was made accord
ing TO the law and which 10 this day /:
unrevcrscd. When. The United States ap
, pellate court reversed Judge bandiS
! the same shooter, not from the head o.
. n barrel. but from the white house
sanctifed by Abraham Lincoln, tolt
u the people Of the United States that th'
5 Judges had been guilty Of mscarryinI
n justice.
Working mon of the United States
do YOU recall that when Haywood an'
\ Mover were on trial for their lives, thi
same shooter with all the power o
C the president of the United States
sought TO Influence the jury by holdln
MP these leaders of labor as undesirabl
: citizens?
Sarcastic Comment.
GA French king once said: Il ar
the state No sane man may ever say
: !, i am the United States. The lung
!. Of the country are not its brains. Me
: who Il few months ago believed, nov
d disbclicvc; men who worshiped ther
IS now cxecrate and throughout the couI
q try the business mon as such are facin
=, panic, and as lovers of their rights an
!, Il liberties are fearing revolution. Fror
.r Caesar TO Napoleon; from Napoleon
q the American Jack Cade,"
" No one enjoyed Gruber's speech nor
n than Colonel Roosevelt, who chucklc
e repeatedly. The delegates hissed Grl
ID ber's statement that it would find tbs
~ two-thirds of Roosevelt s. strength !
~ the convention came from federal o
IF fee holders.
IS At one point the icers and cat cal
became SO great that Colonel Rooseve
.e eaped to mis- feet and waving his hanC
n, at the delegates cried
1T "I ask a full hearing for Colon
If Grubcr.'
IS The speaker continued. but hisses a
most drowned his attacks on Colon
Id Roosevelt.
Fl Colonel Gruber concluding. Comptro
" Ter Pendergast of New York was rcco
le nized TO speak for Colonel Roosevelt.
ne Mr.. Pendergast congratulated Col
ID mel Roosevelt on Colonel Gruber
90 speech. lie said lie knew of nothlr
I'd better to show the line Of cleavage b
,p tween Colonel Roosevelt s friends Al
IS, other people in this convention. III
or speaker assailed the action of the sta
committee last night.
n. A roll call on Craftsmanship was o
~ dered at 2:22.
of Chairman Woodruff interrupted &
roll call al 2:d5, saying that at the ra
IT. the roll call was being made it wou
take an hour TO complete. He sugge:
ne ed that the call be concluded in the re
ular way, but the delegates protest.
a that each man cast his vote as an
er dividual.