Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-09-18
COLONEL MAKES
his CHALLENGE
ROOSEVELT DNRES ENEMY IN
SYRACUSE SPEECH.
PRAISES TAFT MEASURES


n,Iui-trutinu
n associated Press
sUurueo. 81. s.. Sept Il Coming
into .hr strouphold of the opposition.
Rc.a,,clt today boldly challenged the
ugj. .ntl of his political doctrines
tc c,mr out n the open and fight
lr tio. dared Ilc piophcslpd that
Ir .hoy did. they would be beaten
Ipc former presidents also gave a
"Hrm commentator " of Pre- Idcut
Tnu 1s n public official ana express
cd hlH approval of number of ac-
".unrhmcut8 of the Taft admins
trltlDr.
Roosevelt did not endorse the ad-
.rlti0u as % whole. Whut he did
hulc ~ sny. however. placed him on
record Tor the first time i'm regard
10 many moro Important features.
II ia breaking 10 silence which hr had
mnn'n ned sfradusty ON tue SUBJ
ier' ,sacpi for his few hricf refer
cnuo. o. his successor made while hc
was nu his Western trp.
Algl hc defended his recent rriti-
ci.ma or the two decisions of the
IJIt,u states Supreme Court mndc i'm
sp,.ch IN Denver and ouo,od the
w.wa Of william "A Tlu. written
whom hr was d mdse to support his
contention that the people have the
r'gat 10 crIticisc the decision of the
,p.rf'
Whom Roosevelt arrived th, s,a.c
fair Grounds. whore he smoke. were
tht.u.rd with % crowd which number
cd moro than 10000 Before ne went
to lhp sprrkcrs stand. Roosevelt
rode around the mile track at the
head rr n parnde ana received "a cor
1inl Welcome.
Almost an Of the members of the
committee winch will have The colo
mol n n nd during his sta, here are
identified with the Ouondaga County
Republican organization. OF which
Francis Hendricks. cN-supcrintcud-
az nuuncc. is the head. Hem
drrks rs 70 member of the Rcpubii-
can stare committee and vhoi
voted against Roosevelt when the
.tnte committee refused 10 endorse
him for ihc temporary chairman Of
the Republican state convention.
The colonel spent the evening no
two home 5r IJput. Governor Horace
White who gave "a dinner for him |
md there. too ne wns in the huuds
Uf men VINO lIN IlkIIE nIll In the .
rrhi AGAINST him. Timothy l..
woodruff. chairman of the RcpuhH- !
can state committee and one of the |
lcpdcrs of the oppos!tlun To Glose-
Nclt. Uns here today and shook hands d,
with the colonel and ate dinner with |
him Roe cvelt and his adyersaries |
met caoh other with cheerful faces
and tested about their differences I
-. 10,
cno or the shortest speeches an rec |
ord " hen he introduced Roosevelt at |
the far grounds.
"Wo nro here TODAY to welcome aud |
honor Theodore Roosevelt" ne said, |
and that was ALL
The colonel who had lust seated !
himself ut the rear of the stand to
wait mil White had finished his |
sp0pch. locked up IN surprise as the
: iculcn,ut governor was baciing from
tho lliling. DO sneak npw2" he
aqrpd
white said that the time had come.
ard ilc colonel arose lie was in
f,eh,pg Trim as he faced the crowd.
1Ia himself said So lie shook his
clonchod fists in the air ana thunder
cd falth his message with an the en-
orgy which he could muster. Several
timoe he departed from the text of
hit proparcd speech t. inject re-
marks tn show how earnestly he
meant what ne said.
"T wish my opponents would come
ont In the open" he said.
'Thcv shoot from tho bushes" he
declared at another place. but YOU
could not make them come out into
the open and nght the issue"
Another remark which cuuscd the
had agnin dared his opponcnts ~ nut