The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-10-04
7. R. OPENS UP MAN WITH BOMB
Colonel Addresses National
Republican League.
QUOTES ENEMY IN SPEECH
Declares Tammany, Backed by Rail
road Lobbyists, Controlled the
Democratic State Convention
at Rochester.

At Rochester.
New York, oct Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt made an address in
Carnehie hall at the opening session
of the National Republican leagues
convention.
The greater part of Colonel Roose'
velt's brief speech was confined TO
reading from and commenting upon a
clipping from the news columns OF
the New York Times. The colonel
voiced the opinion that the Times clip
ming better expressed his reasons TOT
wishing to see Mr.. Stimson elected
than Mr.. Roosevelt could express them
himself. and he therefore confined the
original part of his speech almost al
together TO comments upon what the
Times had 10 say and to approval Oh
the views to be found in the clipping.
Colonel Roosevelt laid his black
campaign hat on the desk and came
forward smilingly:
Il am here to report progress the
colonel began. I'VE have just held
state convention at Saratoga, and |
wish to say that there never was held
In the state of New York a convention
that was more emphatically a peoples
convention.
Not a lobbyist" the colonel contin-
ued. not n representative of great
special interest exercised a finger
weight Of influence In that convention.
1t absolutely represented the conyic'
tions and belief OF the plain. everyday
man who makes up the rank and file
Of the Republican party in New York
and 1t represented the independent
faith Of individual voters.
Three essential points" the speak
er went on. were made in the Repub-
lican platform. a platform of princi-
pies upon which the contest In New
York Is 10 he waged In the first place
we stand not tlmidly but aggressively
for honesty in public and business
life. Secondly. we stand for govern.
mental efficiency; and in the third
place we are for the right OF the PEG
ple 10 control themselves and not be
controlled by some one else.
Murphy Rules Democrats.
"The voters have a choice Of this
side or Of the other side which | shall
tell you OF In the language OF our most
enyenomed foes. | hold here clip
ping from a leading representative OF
Wall street Democracy. clipping from
this mornings New York Times From
our enemy. our bitter enemy, III read
+ its description of its party's oonyen'
ton at Rochester. | ask you to listen
to this description OF this convention
7 by its friend, the New York Times.
/ An day and tonight. (this is from
+ the New York Times). the Democratic
/ leaders have been going hat in hand
to Mr.. Murphy and asking him hum
bly, to favor this or that candidate. |
am quoting from the news columns OF
the New York Times, and the Times
in its editorials falls in with the other
Democratic papers. To resume, Never
I before has Tammany Hall been in such
unquestioned control Of state con
vention. Never before has any Tam
many boss been enthroned as the state
leader in the unlimited way in which
Murphy is recognized today. The CON
vention is in the hollow Of his hand
such a statement" commented the
colonel smilingly, coming from me
might seem extreme | am merely
quoting the testimony of a leading
Democrat. I'll 60 on.
Many Lobbyists on the Job.
"'Back of Murphy's control are ru-
mors Of strange and sinister influences.
You cannot throw a brick in any direc-
ton in Rochester without hitting some
lobbyist or railroad attorney
This isn't what say. 1t is what
the New York Times. describing the
convention of its party, says. Listen
1.-The woods have been full OF them
from the start They got here before
the delegates did. What was back of
the secret candidacy of another lead
ing candidate, never sprung until the
Gaynor movement was out Of the way,
but carefully planned weeks in ad-
vance? There are forty answers and
none of them favorable to the theory
that the Democratic convention is a
peoples convention
1.-THE Times here has answered its
own question" commented Colonel
Roosevelt. and he then read on, con.
Guiding with a paragraph which opines
that the convention session meant
nothing-the real convention was In
Mr.. Murphy's room
Gentlemen" Colonel Roosevelt con-
cluded, 1--WE read TO you the abso-
lutely truthful statement made by
leading Democratic paper about the
Democratic convention at Rochester.
And feel that we have the right to
appeal to every Democrat. II he be an
honest, up. .ght and decent man, to
stand by us at the polls"