Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-27
ROOSEVELT WILL
WAR ON BOSSES
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ShEAA bAha Ia kOhlAAdto
he recognized Delegate Hicks, of Mas
sau, who named Col. Roosevelt, where
upon the first spontaneous enthusiasm
of the convention developed. There
was wild cheering by the New York
county delegation and half of the gal
lery. The cheering lasted one minute
and one-half. Hicks said:
Gin the spirit Of that noble senti-
ment of Abraham Lincoln, with charity
for all and malice toward none, L nomi-
nate Theodore Roosevelt"
Members of the Nassau delegation
tried to get Roosevelt on his feet to
acknowledge the cheers, but he sat i'm
passive throughout. There was an air
of expectancy when Abe Gruber took
the platform. His hostility to Roose-
welt was well known. When he began
his vitriolic attack on the colonel, the
Roosevelt followers Kissed him repeat
eddy. In opposing to substitute Roose-
welt 3 name for chairman Gruber said:
Twelve years ago on this plat
form / warned the republican con-
yention against turning the execu-
tive mansion into a shooting gallery.
My advice was not needed. Since
then the man who has been doing
the shooting has seen his party di-
vided in every state, his party can
didate defeated, business depressed
n working men without employ
ment. Workingmen, do you recall
when Meyer and Haywood were~on
trial for their lives? This shooting,
with all the power of a President Of
the United States, sought to infiu-
ence the jury by holding up these
labor leaders as undesirable citi-
zens when q man offends, again Of
tends, and keeps on offending, he
must be considered a habitual SLAM
derer."
Gruber started a real row with his
speech and there was kissing and
c~at-calling unparalleled in the his
tory Of the republicans of New York
state. Delegates were cursfng. each
other in a monotone and 1t would
have taken very little to have start
ed a free-for-all fight. Finally
Roosevelt could stand 1t NJ longer,
and leaping to his feet, his hands
appraised. he shouted:
Gentlemen, be quiet. Let him
talk. Each side should have a
chance to express its opinion
Things quieted a trife after that.
Comptroller P~rendergast, of New
Comptroller Prendergrast, Of New
York, took the platform and impas-
sionately defended Roosevelt. He
was hailed from the gallery as Our
next governor"
II congratulate Col. Roosevelt on
Mr.. Gruber's speech" he said, and
the crowds went wild. II stand to-
day as / did six years ago, for de-
cency. 1t is not a question of who
was deceived at the state committee
meeting. Who'd think of deceiving
one of those innocent gentlemen?
Last night they ~cleverly explained
that they had never been deceived"
Marching under the blue silk banner
of the New York county committee,
right behind the band, the colonel
made his way through a cheering
crowd of 5000 persons. Men cheered,
boys howled, and women waved hand
kerchiefs and screamed, "Oh, you
Teddyw
The reception accorded the colonel
took the last vestige of starch out of
such of the old guard as had been
wavering. The scramble to get on the
Roosevelt band wagon will be fierce.
Colonel Roosevelt will try to put
through the direct primary plank, and
1t is rumored that he will get behind
Henry L. Stimson, special United
States prosecutor In the sugar cases,
for governor.
Mr.. GrlscOm said that In the event
of Colonel Roosevelt's defeat In the
convention the whole Roosevelt section
would support the old guard ticket.
But Mr.. Griscom said he did not ex-
pect to lose.
Friends of Colonel Roosevelt who
came from New York with him assert
ed emphatically that he would not
take the nomination for governor IN
der any circumstances.
In answer to a direct question in re-
gard to the nomination of himself,
Colonel Roosevelt replied:
II have nothing to say"
When Sherman was finally corralled
by the newspaper men, he was asked.
who is going to be temporary chair
man?"
~ am" he said.
isn't the outlook q little funereal?"
mo-" said Smiling Jim grimly. sit
is perfectly delightful"
One of the first men to greet Mr..
Sherman was Cornelius v. Collins of
Troy, Colonel Roosevelt's upstate lieu
tenant, who was talking on the hotel
veranda with Charles Francis, former
ambassador to Austria.
Mr.. Collins and the vice president
shook hands cordially and turning to
Mr.. Francis Mr.. Sherman said:
How are you, ambassador
II am only an ex-ambassador now"
~laughingly replied Mr.. Francis.
II guess we will all be ex's soon,"
said Mr.. Sherman quickly which
caused a laugh among those who heard
him.
Barnes was asked how it looked. He
said:
Neither side has a majority, al
though the other fellows claim to have.
Nobody will know how the thing
stands until the convention meets"
"Going to make a fight for the plat
form"