Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-10-13
'JACKPOTTERS'
SCORED BY
COLONEL
OEN0UNCES MEMBERS OF
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE
Roosevelt at Peoria Attacks
Men Involved in SCandaG
Pays Tribute to Work Of
Catholic Missions,

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wirel
Peoria. ILL.,, oct. t2.--Ex President
Roosevelt coming up from the south
into Illinois today, denounced cor
rupt legislatures and commended The
work which the Roman Catholic
church is doing.
Ii was Colonel Roosevelt's first pub
lie utterance to Roman Catholics. He
was the guest OF the knights Of CO.
lumbus. 20 whom he made "a speech
tonight.
In brief speech TO the crowd at
the railway station in Springfield. COL
onel Roosevelt made what was con-
strued as a reference to the allega-
tons of corruptions in the illinois
Legislature. Hardly had he begun to
speak when a man in the crowd called
out.
, "Giye it to the jackpotters, col
onel"
she others in the crowd, 70 whom
the expression had become familiar,
since the confession of members Of
the Illinois legislature that they had
shared In a corruption fund, ap-
plauded
The colonel took it up and attacked
the men involved in the legislative
scandal as vigorously as he did in his
speech last month al the Hamilton
club banquet in Chicago, from which
Senator Lorimer was excluded after
the colonel had refused to attend the
dinner unless the invitation to the
senator was Withdrawn.
Good my friends, I am glad to
hear you say that. lac said. NO man
who is worth his salt win have any
thing 70 10 with any ono ot the
creatures who was tainted IN tlIat
scandal. The most important thing
before US as a people is to drive from
public life the corruptionlst, the
brlbe taker, the bribe giver. The men
whom YOU speak of as jackpotters are
traitors TO The American people, trait
ors Of the basest kind. and 1t is in
famous in any one to condone their
iniqulty or to support them and stand
behind them, directly or indirectly.
The presence in public life Of such
men IS shame and a scandal. and [
DO not care a rap whether they be-
long to my party or TO some other
party. J hold ii my duty to be equally
hostile to them in either event
When Colonel Roosevelt arrived in
Peoria he went to the Country club
FOR luncheon. then visited the home Of
Bishop Spaldng. a public reception
followed Long before the time for
the reception the club house in which
It was TO be held was crowded By
the time the colonel got there. the
street outside was blocked, After he
had spent an hour in shaking hands
with hundreds of people the crowd in
front of the building was larger than
when he began. The people outside
were told that the colonel could not
shake hands with all OF them, but
they refused to go away until the
doors were closed.
Colonel Roosevelt made little
speech from the steps to pacify those
who could not get inside.
Al the dinner tonight Hourke Coch-
ran OF New York. Richard Henry
Little of Chicago and Dr. r. Emmct
Kane of ST. Louis made speeches be-
fore the colonel delivered his address.
Governor Deneen, who reached here
from Green Valley, where he left the
Roosevelt train in the afternoon to
address q county fair. arrived in time
for the dinner.
In his address tonight, Colonel
Roosevelt said:
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