Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-26

| OF WnOm rode for a time in his car
| He said he was not talking politics and
refused to say a word on the New York
state situation. Even the news that del
egates from Orleans county to the Re-
publican state convention had been in
structed to vote for him for temporary
| chairman of the convention brought forth
no comment. The colonel merely smiled
Congressman Bates of Pennsylvania
and Thomas of Ohio and Judge Wana-
maker of Akron. Ohio, were among the
visitors on the train.
Colonel Roosevelt reached Elllhart late
today when the lowering clouds threat
ened rain. and was met by an attentive
assembage of men and women. Fhe col
onel reminded his audience that the right
kind Of men and women in the ranks of
American citizenship was the greatest
need of the country.
The stream does not rise higher than
| it's source" he said. You cannot get
| the right kind Of government unless you
have the right kind of citizens back of
| the government"
He warned the people against the cleo
| ton of corrupt men to office because
| they expected to profit through the bril-
| liancy Of such men
In the first place. you want an honest
| man." he said. Il don't care how able
| man is. If he is not honest the great
| er curse he will prove to the country
FDon't forget this is the case with public
| men as we'll of private citizens. DONE
support a man because he is smart. be-
| cause his smartness is of no use without
conscience. And | don't even care how
I honest he is. how game he is, if he has
not common sense he is of no use
Colonel Roosevelt passed through
South Bend at 607 o'clock tonight. Owing
| to the fact that his private on which
he was scheduled to arrive there were
| but few people at the station. The train
halted Just long enough for the mail to
be worked. Colonel Roosevelt was stand
| ing on the rear platform of his car when
the train arrived and during the stop
shook hands with several persons.
large number gathered at the station to
| meet the later train on which he was
| expected. only to be disappointed
Buffalo. N. Y, Aug. 25.-Theodore
| Roosevelt pledged himself to the men
of Buffalo today to help them and all
sincere citizens to fight crookedness
| wherever it was found.
"IIl help you just as I did in the
past" he said. speaking to the Eli
| oft Club. whose guest he was break
| fast an hour after sunrise. He made
a Plea for the punishment of crooked
and grating public officials and the
| election of honest ones in their places,
| a process of gradually but permanent
ly raising the morale of political and
business life, and said he thought it
his duty to hunt out crooks and espe-
cally crooks in his own party.
II believe in party government. ne
| said 'but the moment a question OF
honesty is involved. I recognize no
marty distinction or if I do make any
IT is a little more my business to put
tho CRATER and crook out of pubic
life If he belongs to my party than IL
TO another. This attitude demands that
ones attention be fixed not on flnah-
cial or social status but on conduct
Nearly 400 members of the Eihot'
| club and other citizens represehtlhs
| leading professional and business VII
terests and a wide variety OF poh'ica'
Affiliations awaited MI RooseNelt
coming from the New YORK oen.la'
station. where he arrived from o"ca
at $40 in his private car Repuphc. d.
| tachcd to regular train. me c'up
| rooms are high up in one OF the Guy
Wntown blocks
AS the ex-President entered lie was
| cheered and America was suns,
with the backing of res.,ne
| band. Breakfast was eHpeui'io"o,'
| served as there was less than al i'ou'
| hafore Mr.. Roosevelts departure !"
| chicago. The presence OF fred uiei's''
| Renublican leader of Erie county ""'
| generally commented upon III co''e
| t,or with tine recent meeting OIL Tue
| nutlicar state committee at WHICH
| Erie county members we're co!isp,ou
| ous for their absence. Mr.. Greiiel ''"',
.ubseouentiy stated that the 'oo'
| members were not present.
tbev had no inkling that temporary
chairman for the coming Repu','oa''
state convention at Saratoga was 10 oe
named, ,sneciallv
| Among those who got an especi"i,.
hearty greeting from Mr. hoose.e'
was "Tony" Gavin. Bnftaio poru ri
man formerly a Rough hioei. n
ooIons, shook his hand across 'ne
t,a and said some pleasant tmnss'
Mr. roosevelt made good use Oh | ,ne
* ,r;nutes available for MS re.ls ,.:s
The r. men who head him. who noted not s,,h ms
| aornestness in dealing with Tue s"
! loot of crookedness and grale,ns' go
who frequently broke IN win a;a,s
o,r,ause had in mind MS exp
,,;th;n the past few days 10 .1e 80 ~.
= M,et'" w. "thav will have all the fight thes
want"