Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-23
COLONEL TALES tOa LODCE
Roosevelt Says Failure Of Reelection
Would Be Calamity.
AssAILS EUGENE ross SHARPLY
Speaker Asserts thst the ERtire re
publican Farty IL Prosrcssive--
Commenda Massachusetts,
Tariff Plank.
AssA1IS EUGENE ross SHARPLY


L BOSTON. Mass. oct 22-Theodore
Roosevelt spoke here last night in behalf
OF the republican party OF Massachusetts,.
BE said II would be a calamity 10 the
nation II Senator Lodge should fail OF re.
election. He said the senator was a friend
OF progressive legislation. That there was
no difference OF opinion a. 10 the basic
principle Of protection. as the republican
party stood solidy on the tariff commits
sion plan as contained IN its last national
platform, was another OF his statements.
The colonel made no reference to the
Payne-Aldrich BILL combining his remarks
TO an endorsement OF the tariff plank OF
the republican state platform and Of the
tariff board scheme. He said he was
advocating the same political principles IN
hts speech OF tonight that he had adSo-
Gated in eli OF his speeches during the
summer. from the Rocky mountains to the
eastern seaboard. Colonel Roosovelts re-
eepton In Boston was an enthusiastic one.
Colonel Roosevelt will depart for New
Hampshire in the morning to make cam
paisn speeches for Robert p Bass, re-
publican candidate for governor.
Crowd IL G.arEe.
When Colonel Roosevelt arrived az the
arena where the rally was held be found
q crowd which thronged the great building.
Thousands OF persons. unable 10 gain ad-
mittance, blocked the street outside AZ
Colonel Roosevelt mounted the platform
he received one OF the most enthusiastic
Greetings which has been given him on his
travels during the last few months.
The opponent Of Governor Draper has
said that the tariff Is an issue IN this
campaign" he said. IAN / ask is that the
voters compare the attitude OF the two
parties in regard to the tariff on the
republican side there ls no difference as
TO the principle to be observed. In every
state the republicans are a unit In ad-
herence 20 the principle expressed in the
republican platform that there shall be
an equalization Of the cost OF production
here and abroad. The difference has
merely been as to the way Of achieving
the common purpose and more and more
we are coming into complete harmony az
70 the method to be adopted Our op-
ponents have no such harmony
The colonel read and commended the
tariff plank in the Massachusetts, repub.
hcan platform, which endorses the plan
for tariff board. He said President
Taft. by working for the tariff board and
for satisfactory tariff relations with
foreign countries had pointed out the way
IN which the party was to follow
Experiences has shown that the present
system OF tariff making is unsatisfactory. -
the colonel continued. our principles were
right In the past. We propose TO adopt
methods which shall guarantee the prin
ciples being carried out with justice and
equity"
Taking the Massachusetts, situation.
Colonel Roosevelt assailed Eugene Foss,
democratic candidate for governor
-.
OF this state he said. Ito elect q man.
who, having tried to dominate one partv
and having failed, now seeks TO dominate
another party"
Massachusetts, said Colonel Roosevelt
rs really progressive state In spite OF the
fact that other states are apt to ascribe
It TO conservatism which It does not have.
He said that he was radical because he
espOuaed some things which Massachusetts
already had, such as the physical vaIua-
ton OF railroads. The whole republican
party he continued. was progressive.
Colonel Roosevelt closed with a tribute to
Senator Lodge and an appeal 70 the people
lof Massachusetts to send him back 20 the
senate. He said he watched the work OF
the senator In Washington for a quarter
of a century.
Il feel Il would be q calamity not only
TO Massachusetts,. but 70 the nation" he
continued, ~ Senator Lodge were not
returned 70 the senate. Senator Lodge has
stood for progressive Liquidation. ask
that Massachusetts be- true to it, great
traditions Of the past and send back 70
the United states senate for the honor OF
the country that statesman who has him
self been true to It's traditions"
GENEVA, n. Y. Oct. 22.-QuotnE from
the court record in the recent trial Of
former State Engineer Frederick skene,
In an effort to show that Deputy Engineer
o'Nelll was put there as the collector
OF Tammany hall by Charles F. Murphy
TO squeeHe money out OF the contractors
and that he did this" Henry l.. stlmson.
republican nominee for governor, IN an ad-
dress at a mass meeting here tonight said
There is an instance OF what Tammany
hall government in the government Of the
state OF New York means and has meant
for two years. Do YOU want any more OF
az Do you want 20 put IN a ticket that
was nominated by Charles p. Murphy from
top 70 bottom?"