Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-03
Calls Ex-President the "Apos.
tie of Tumult."
SPEAKS IN CARNEGIE HALL
Charges Colonel With Making Al
lance With Hearst.
GAYNOR'S LETTER Is READ
Mayor Endorses Democratic Candi-
date for Governor-Bettin Odds
Advance to 4 to 1.

oaCe 1Or 0OVernOT-6eCt1ng OQuS
Advance to 4 to 1.
John A. Dix, democratic candidate for
governor of the Empire state, in his first
speech OF the campaign in New York
city last night went after Theodore
Roosevelt hammer and longs He
blamed the former President for making
of the campaign something other than
an appeal to reason and attributed to
him "inordinate vanity, dangerous ambi-
ton, and reckless conduct" He also
characterized him as the Apostle of
tumult and the protagonist of misrepre-
sentation."
The meeting was held in Carnegie Hall
and, aside from Mr.. Dix's speech. was
made notable by the reading of Mayor
Gaynor's Compromised letter indorsing
the democratic nominee for governor.
Herman Ridder. president Of the Inde-
pendent Business Mems League, under
the auspices Of which the rally was held,
presided Other speakers were Martin
II. Glynn of Albany. former state con-
troller: DR.. Melanchton w. Stryker, presl-
dent Of Hamilton College, and Herbert
P. Bissell of Buffalo.
An incident Of the meeting was the
suffrage to get Mr.. Dix to commit him.
self on the question OF votes for wom-
en-" The speaker merely stood silent
until two policemen had evicted the In
Mr.. Dix charged Col Roosevelt with
having formed an alliance with William
r. Hearst, whom four years ago Roose-
vent publicly branded as responsible for
the assassin's bullet which made him
President"
The Questions Involved.
'This campaign" said Mr.. Dix, like SO
many in the past, involved questions OF
policy and expenditure, of reform and re-
trenchment,- and the other questions
which necessarily have to do with carry
ing on the well ordered business Of gov
eminent.
such questions would have been set
tied i'll the usual way by appeals to rea-
son and to experience and by that appli-
is SO distinguishing an attribute OF the
average American. But this was not to
be- Into the center of the stage there
has been hurled--by the inord1nate van
ity, the dangerous ambition, the reck-
less conduct of q man who has become
of misrepresentation momentous
question of whether or not our very re-
publican institutions should survive, or,
under the assaults of the agitatOr and the
egotist, should go down to destruction, as
have other great countries under similar
assaults.
Fortunately for our country the battle
ground chosen for this fight was that
which combined patriotism, intelligence
and public spirit in their highest form,
nd ho ca MI hofn
this creator of unrest. this instigator OF
panic and this destructive agent of bust
ness depression will not alone retire him
to a sphere of we'll earned and unenvied
seclusion. but VIII serve for many years
to come as a signal warning to all other
men who may let their ambition blind
their judgment to the fact that there is
and must remain a government Of the
people and by the people.
Compared With Predecessors.
Never before have we, in our history.
had SO much occasion to blush for the
conduct of a man who had been the first
citizen Of our country, and no greater
and more striking difference could be
found in our history between the last
republican President and the illustrious
men who preceded him in Office than Is
found by their conduct after they had
retired from the great office which they
had held
Search all through the history of our
cOuntry-examine and study the charac-
tiers and careers Of all those who have
been chosen to fill this greatest OF hui
man positions-and where shall we find
in all the long line Of men who have
stood forth in their day and generation,
each as the foremost American citizen
where shall we find man whose quail
tiles. whose conduct, whose career after
leaving Office has been 80 lacking in dig
nifty and in self-respect.
Look for a moment upon the man who
is now rushing up and down the state
shouting, threatening. abusing and will
fully misrepresenting: bringing contempt
and ridicule upon the great Office he has
the real issues of this campaign, and
then upon his great predecessors, who
never forgot that they owed to their
countrymen the duty of bearing them
selves always with dignity and with
honor.
Cites Attacks on Courts.
Look, first. upon the man whose every
thought is of himself, regardless of the
fortunes. the welfare or the reputation
of his fellow-citizens, and then upon the
men whose every thought was of their
country, and In whose conduct all of their
Coulli yIuSIi, IcSdIuiCOS VI party
ences, took pride.
Look first. upon the man whose reck-
less utterances and Misrepresentation
one of the most distinguished
jurists of the country may have him
dragged to court to answer the charges
of willful SANDER. and then call to your
minds the men who weighed their every
word lest they should do injustice or
harm to those who differed with them on
questions Of governmental policy or pub
lie affairs.
Look, on the one hand, at the man
who typifies assaults on our courts, the
bulwarks of our liberties, and on the free
dom of the press. than which no right is
more sacred to freemen, and then on the
men whose every thought and act taught
respect and regard for lawfully consti-
tuted authority, and say with which of
these men and their policies You would
prefer TO stand.
Il say to you, my fellow citizens OF
New York, that when the shouting and
tumult shall have died away, when
the verdict OF impartial history shall