Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-28

succeed hltn,
he drew a line between the good ones
and the bad ones. The steel and sugar
trusts were the good ones, those which
would not help along the shooters point
ical schemes were the bad ones, As now
those who cry "Vivs le Roi' are sood
Republicans and those who are putting pa
triotism above all else and therefore VIII
not join in the cry, are bad Repuo-
Hcans.
while under the table touch cox's
feet. cannot with Lorimer sit down ana
eat
Fellow citizens of New York, has the
| correspondence with Hartman passed
from your minds? While the firm was
Roosevelt & Hartman and not Roosevelt
& Lincoln, the shooter and the railroad
man were engaged in a joint plan to get
money, and, in writing, the senior mem
ber of the firm assured Hartman that
they were both practical men and haa
better keep the partnership under cover
Every generation gives opportunity to the
patriotic and brave to keep our ship OF
state headed in the right direction, and
all of us-business men, farmers, labor
ing men, professional men, and, yes, even
the women Of this country-may now, IL
they will Join in the great fight begun
in this convention to prevent third term
or something worse.
No one enjoyed Gruber'sA speech
more than Col Roosevelt, who chuck
led repeatedly. Delegates hissed Cru
ber's statement that it would be found
that two-thirds of Roosevelts strength
in the convention came from federal
office holders.
At one point the jeers and catcalls
became so great that Col. Roosevelt
leaped to his feet, and waving his
hands at the delegates cried;
"I ask a full hearing for Col. CRU
ber."
The speaker continued, but Kisses
almost drowned his attacks on Col.
Roosevelt.
Comptroller William A. Prendergast
of New York city was the champion OF
the progressives and made a reply to
the old guard onslaught.
The convention had well prepared for
the outcome of the contest for tenn
porary chairman, William Barnes, Jr,
leader of the old guard forces, having
early In the day conceded the election
of Col. Roosevelt.
MIR. RoOSEVELT'S SPEECH
Mr.. Roosevelt in his speech as tenn
porary chairman said:
In the last eighteen months a long
list of laws, embodying legislation
most heartily to be commended as COM
bining wisdom with progress has been
enacted by congress and approved by
President Taft. The amendments 10
the interstate commerce law begin
ming of national legislative program
for the exercise of the taxing power
in connection with big corporations do
ing an interstate business; the appoint
ment of a commission to frame meas
ures that do away with the evils OF
decentralization and improper ana
excessive issues of stocks and Dondsi
the law providing for publicity Of cam
paign expenses the establishment OF
the maximum and minimum tariff pro-
visions and the exceedingly able ne
gotiation of the Canadian and other
treaties in accordance Herewith; the
inauguration of the policy OF providing
for a dislnterested revision of tariff
schedules through a high class com
mission of experts who VIII treat each
schedule purely on It's own merits, with
a view both to protecting the consumer
from excessive prices and to securing
to the American producer and espe-
cally the American wageworker What
will represent the difference Of cost OF
production in countries where labor is
less literally rewarded; the extension
of laws regulating safety appliances for
the protection of labor; the creation or
q bureau of mtnes-these and similar
laws backed up by executive action
reflect high credit upon all who sue
ceeded In putting them in their present
shape on the statute DOCKS.
PARTY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
believe in the party TO which we
belong, because 1 believe in the prin-
clples for which the Republican party
stood in the days of Abraham Lincoln;
and, Furthermore ana especially, be-
cause I believe in treating these prin-
ciples not as dead, but living Empty
glorification OF our past amounts to
less than nothing il we nut 1t forward
as an excuse for not doing our duty
in the living present. We can deserve
the confidence of the people by prov
ing In deed as well in word that
we face the problem of dealing with
political and business corruption and
OF working for social and economic JUS
tice and for the betterment of the con-
ditions of life and the uplifting of our
people with the same fervor and sim
cerity that Lincoln and his followers
brought to the great tasks allotted to
them in their day.
We should at once introduce in this
state the system of direct nominations
In the primary SO that the people shall
be able themselves to decide who the
candidates shall be. instead of being
limited merely to choosing between can
didates with whose nomination they
have had nothing to do
Our country offers the most wonder
fll example of democratic government
on a giant scale that the world has
ever seen, and the peoples Of the world
are watching 10 see whether we sue
ceed or fail. We believe with all
hearts in democracy; in the capacity of
the people to govern themselves, and
we are bound to succeed. for our sue
cess means not only our own triumph,
but the triumph of the cause of the
rights of the people throughout the
world and the uplifting Of the banner
OF hone for all the nations of man
kind.
The victory Of Col Roosevelt did not
appear to dishearten the old guard, for
they continued to fight on the conven-
tion floor when the progressives sub
mitted resolutions whereby the COM
mites should be made by representa-
tives from each congressional district,
the members to be named by the tenn
porary chairman.
CANDIDATES ARE BUSY
Seeing that this gave absolute power
| to Col Roosevelt, Speaker WadsWorth
of the assembly strongly opposed the
resolution. He took the position that
| each congressional district should name
! it's own member, as in previous Repub-
| lican conventions for many years. The
| progressiVes, however, were in the as
cendancy and the resolutions as drafted
by friends of Mr.. Roosevelt were car
| ried.
The makeup of the committee on
| resolutions which was to thresh over
the important direct primary plank
caused Colonel Roosevelt to hold up
the convention until he could go over
the names before him. He called Rep
resentative Herbert Parsons of New
York to the speakers stand and after
striking out three names of the reso-
Iutions committee-W. j. Barnes, jr.,
Speaker Wadsworth and William Cobb,
of tba rarpOtlV defeated nri-