New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-14

pedestals which surround the main
shaft of the monument.
On the stand with Colonel Roosevelt |
besides Senator Beverage and a local
committee. William Dudley Foulke and
Thomas r. Shipp, secretary Of the Ma
tionaI Conservation Association, occu-
pied prominent places.
An interesting feature Of the meeting
was the Introduction Of ex-President
Roosevelt by Vice-President Fair
banks, who paid a high tribute 70 Ind
iana's distinguished guest, and said
among other things: The head of the
nation is always entitled to the support
Of good men if he is honest minded. true
hearted and patriotic. These qualities
are all associated in the fullest degree
with our distinguished friend" The ex-
/ Vice-P President then went on to say that
/ in nearly eight years service in Wash
/ ington he had always supported Mr..
Roosevelt. withheld from him no as
sistance and gave him what help I could.
hot grudgingly but cheerfully and
promptly"
In beginning his address. Mr.. Roose
T
man who served with me in Washington.
he as Vice President, I as President"
and said, NO man ever had a more
loyal colleague than he was to me"
Feels Sure of Indiana.
7 am not nervous about Indiana now
Mr. Roosevelt said. I'VE are going TO
win. We are going to do the trick. and
DO it we'll" He continued in part as
follows:
1 am here to-day 10 speak IN Indiana for
the ticket headed by Albert J. Bevertdge
! years service in the United States Senate,
which have watched closely, he has shown
that he possessed honesty, courage and
/ good sound common sense.
4 few years asO We found out that the
Beef Trust was canning and selling meats
under a condition which made the traffic
dangerous 10 the health of our people. AC-
. cOrdngIy, the federal government inter
fered- I was puzzled at the time l was
deluged by complaints that / inter
fering with American industries that l
was The enemy of the business world. We
went ahead and we put it through. We
put it through against the bitter oppos-
ton of the men who represented the spe
cial interests, and the tight in Congress was
under the leadership of Senator Beveridge- /
Mr.. Roosevelt then reviewed the tariff
commission plan, which Senator Bever- |
idge had supported. Speaking Of con- /
servation. he said:
In Alaska our claim is TO control the /
development of the coal fields so that all /
the proht and uses shall not so to SIN /
gle group Of enormously wealthy men. /
Now. want to give them proper prOht, /
and that is their objection TO IL
The people who want 70 develop by eX- /
plotting the coal fields purely in their /
own interest are not AlaSkans. They 1--we /
In New York and Colorado. And these /
N-arI EnTi.a md 10 n
rave never seen Alaska are filling the |
air with complaints that we must not IN
I have been immensely amused by some
OF the pleas Tor states rights maze 70 me
this year l hold that the national govern
ent should exercise control over the water
power sites. and when I advocated that l
was assailed by some very worthy citizens
Of nv own state-New York-and one or
two others of Ohio, who stated that il
was an outrage to infringe on the state
rigb+s o4 colorado because colorado want
ed to give New York and Ohio something
TO which they were not entitled. We are
mean popular rights. the rights Of the peo-
pie: and for national rights
Wherever national rights mean the rights
Of the people.
He closed with an appeal to good citi-
gems to support Senator Beveridge. re-
CARELESS Of party.
Tour Great Help to Beveridge.
There are difficulties in the way of
Judging correctly the political situation
fr this state Mr. Roosevelt has had
excellent audiences at every stop. but
they have shown a remarkable lack Of
enthusiasm. Mr.. Beveridge's friends say
this is due To the fact that the audiences
were unusually thoughtful and that they |;
were weighing Mr.. Rooseveft's every
word Perhaps that is the correct ex-
PLANTATION. Certain it is that the people
were all quiet and attentive, and 1t is
Roosevelt said. There can be no doubt
that this stumping tour will make thou
sands of votes for Mr. Beverage.
Speaking Of the political situation in
Indiana. there is reason to believe that
the LIQUOR question Will prove an i'm
portant factor in the coming election.
The Democrats have declared positively
for a city. town and township option {
law which would. of course, mean the {
repeal of the Republican county option
law and eliminate the possibility Of Ger
tain towns and cities being compelled to
rorego the sale of liquor against their
wishes because The people IN the rural
districts are sufficient in number TO out
vote the residents of the cities. The Re
puhlicans. on the other hand, have re-
rnained silent on the subject. This
means in effect. that the liquor inter
ests. that many who believe material
prosperity is allied with the sale OF !
Iio1,or. and that a considerable percent
80 - the German vote arc ODDosad 70
the Republicans, regardless of party.
The Republicans viii, however doubtless
draw considerable strength from those
Democrats who believe in prohibition.
And finally. the insurgent movement APP L
pears to he destroying party lines 10 no /,
inconsiderable extent. The insurgent II