Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-29
EDWARD SCHOENECk,
Nominee for LIeutenan
Governor.

SARATOGA, n. Y, September ca-The
republican state convention adjourned
sine die last evening after nominating a
state ticket headed by Henry L. StimsOn
Of New York for governor.
There were two sessions of the con-
vention. The first one was signalized
by the fight over the direct primary
plank brought OH by the majority of the
general declaration for the direct cleo
ton of party officers and party candi-
dates and pledged legislation to carry
out the principle so expressed. The old
guard had drafted a plank conceding
the direct election of party officials and
delegates to conventions and various inn
provements i'm the primary laws, but
nothing whatever in the matter of nomi-
mating candidates. The count showed $40
against the old guard plank to 403 in
favor of it, In the final vote on the
adoption Of the majority report the noes
were few and far between.
At the evening session the nominal lions
were made, and all work was over by
s O'Clock.
Roosevelt's Savage Speech.
Col Roosevelt made the closing speech
the afternoon. That speech will be talked
of in republican conventions for some
years to come. With the tide of battle
going against his faction when he took
the platform and threatening once there
after to overwheim him he turned
livid with rage, he hurled accusatio
after accusation and personality after
personality.
1--WE have now come to the vital mo-
ment in this convention Roosevelt be-
gan. Now by your votes you are to
determine whether the republican party
in the state of New York is to be the
party of progress or the party of the
reactionary.
THE gentlemen who present the minor
ity report say that they represent the re-
publican tradition. They represent ma
jority of the legislature composed of the
majority of the democratic members and
the minority of the republican party
Here the crowd broke into tumultuous
applause. Flags were waved, the band
played and it was some minutes before
the colonel continued.
Years Behind the Times.
Il ask that this republican convention
hind the republican governor Of the state
of New York and behind the majority of
the republican legislators of the state Of
minority of the republican legislators
plus Tammany Hall. Great applause.)
The minority represents what would have
been progress a quarter of a century ago,
and If the gentleman had introduced it in
the New York legislature twenty-five
years ago it would have been laughed out
of court by the spiritual forebears of the
individuals who back it now.
II congratulate you, my friends of the
other side, on having been dragged on by
the slow procession of the ages as far as
that report is concerned. But you are
still twenty-five years behind the times.
The principle expressed in the report
OF the minority does represent little
concession. 1t does represent little
progress; it does represent it enough to
make absurd the argument that to have
any progress means ruin. If to have any
progress invites revolution, then do not
pass even the minority report.
Radical Differences.
gentlemen, my friends, the difference
between us here Is indeed radical. We
trust the PEOPLE and you do MT. 1t has
been said openly by our opponents that
they do not believe in pure democracy l
do. l take issue fair and square on that
point. I hold 1t is our duty to try to
guide the people Alright. hold that we
are not to be excused If we try to mis-
lead them. 1 hold that the man who in
cites the mob to violence is the equal in
wickedness of the man who seeks to cor
rupt legislator. ! hold the man who
in any way misleads the people is the
enemy Of the people. Try to educate the
people, and when you have tried your
best abide by their decision.
Roosevelt's Closing Appeal.
"My friends, the republican party, owes
its existence to the fact that 1t is the
party of progress, the party Of the plain
people, the party of popular rights, the
party which believes that the people
should rule, and l ask you today to be
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