The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-08
TEDDY CLASHES
WITH SOCIALIST
Former President and Mayor Of
Milwaukee at Swords Points
on Paper.
ROOSEVELT IS CHARGED
WITH MISREPRESENTATION
Former President Comes Back
Promptly and Says His PO-
sitiOn Is Made Plain.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Sept. Short
~ after Colonel Roosevelt arrived here
today and before he sat down to break
fast at the Hotel Pfister, he found him
SELF involved in q controversy with
Emil Seidel, the Socialist mayor, who
had declined to act on the reception
committee which welcomed the colonel
to Milwaukee.
In contribution to the Big Stick, a
newspaper published by the Milwaukee
Press club for this occasion, Mayor
Seidel stated. "If Roosevelt comes to
Milwaukee holding the same ideas that
he has expressed in his magazine arti-
Gle of March 20, 1909. it is clear that
he cannot serve the cause Of honesty
and decency in American political
lfe''
cit is possible that l misunderstood
the article said Mr., Seidel, "but,
inasmuch as / am Socialist and he
has designated socialism as a thing
which is against morals and religion,
sabhorrent, revolving which would
replace the family and home life by
glorious state of free lunch counter
and state founding asylum Il am
sure that he will be pleased that L
am not personally connected with his
reception TO the city,
Makes Serious Charge,
Charging the colonel with a "cun-
ming and deliberate purpose to create
false impression he declared that
the visitor "could lay no claim to the
right of preaching either morality, re-
hgion or civic righteousness
''In the speaking tour of Mr.. Roose
welt through the west said the may
or, 81 fail TO see anything of import
ance beyond political plans and designs
AS such. Of course, 1t is of no special
service to the present city administra
tion, The problems that now confront
our city are of much the same nature
as those the nation faces
On being shown this statement, Colo.
mel Roosevelt promptly said:
''On this trip ] have made no parti
san political speeches. and of course
shall not break through the rule now
by discussing either state party meas
ures of municipal party matters. At
present, OF course, the dominant NUM-
cipal party in Milwaukee is the So
know my views on what is usually
called socialism, they will find them set
out In such fashion that it is impossi-
bic to misinterpret them, or misunder- |
stand them. III the magazine articles to |
which the mayor In his letter refers. |
and / advise them to read the articles
themselves and not what the mayor
says Of them -
Paper Dodges Some
The Press club S special publication,
=" The Big Stick" especially disavowed
responsibility for the mayors utter
ance, saying that "Mr. Roosevelt will |
In1ayefan1 bof y.
is none the less whole hearted-hardly |
the less unanimous-because the mayor
has seen ft to voice 4 socialistic dislike
for the former head Of the nation -
n spite of the failure of the mavor
to Join in welcoming Mr.; Roosevelt,
the Press club had prepared most
strenuous program, including half a
dozen speeches between breakfast and
luncheon time.
Realizing that this program was i'm
possible of execution, they cut it down
SO that the morning hours were to IN
rlude only visits to the boys and girls
trade schools, the colonel making it
PLAIN before he started to inspect them
that his visit would be purely one of
education for himself and not to teach
those conducting the schools anything
about their work.
Stands by La Toilette.
III mas been tsated TO INC since my
arrival here said Colonel Roosevelt
today, "that III spite of Senator La
Follette's having carried the primaries
In fair and open contest. an effort will
be made to beat him in the legisla.
ture. | do not for one moment believe
THIS; because any such conduct would
be from every point of view an OUTRAGE
that would be deliberate violation of
good faith
When in Oregon the Democratic con.
didate for senator, Governor Chamber.
lain. carried the primaries and il was
proposed that the Republican Iepisla-
tnre should turn him down, very
strongly and publicly took the position
that such an act would be one of had Ii
faith by the legislature toward the peo.
PIE and take the same position in re-
gard to Senator In Fo11ctia ,,