The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01
SUMS UP WORK
|, OF CONVENTION
Roosevelt Speaks at Repub'
lican Gathering.
QUOTES FROM NEWSPAPER


Views Better Than He Can Him.
seif-Euloeizes Stimson as Man
Whose Whole Life Is ExempIar OF
the Good Public servsnt--peeIares
No Special interests Represented
at Saratoga.
New York, Oct. 1.--Colonel Roose.
welt addressed the delegates of the
New York League Of Republican
Clubs In Carnegie hall. The greater
part Of the colone's brief speech was
confined 10 reading from and com.
menting upon clipping from the
news columns OF the New York
Times. The colonel voiced the opin.
Ion that the Times clipping better
expressed his reasons for wishing to
see Mr.. Stimson elected governor
than Mr.. Roosevelt could express
them himself, and he therefore con.
fined the original, part of his speech
almost totally to comments upon
what the Times had to say and to
approval Of the views to be- found In
the clipping.
Il am here 10 report progress" the
colonel began easily. I'VE have just
held a state convention at Saratoga
Uaughter.) And | wish to say that
there never was held in the state of
New York convention that was
more emphatically a peoples conven.
ton"
Not a lobbyist" the colonel con.
tinued, mot representative OF a
special interest, exercised fingers
weight OF influence in that conven.
tion. II absolutely represented the
convictions and belief of the plain,
everyday man who makes up the
rank and file OF the Republican party
In New York, and II represented the
independent faith OF individual
voters"
Three essential points" the speak
er went on, were made In the Re
publican platform. platform Of
principles upon which the contest In
New York Is to be waged. In the
first place we stand not tlmidly, but
aggressively, for honesty in public
and In business life. Secondly, we
stand for governmental efficiency;
and in the third place, we are for the
right Of the people to control them.
selves and not be controlled by some
one else. (Applause.)
These are the three essential
planks OF the platform. Our words
count only as they are made good by
our deeds, and we ask that we be
tested by our deeds. We placed on
that platform man whose whole life
Is an exemplar OF the good public
servant, honest and fearless, and in
the highest sense servant as well
as leader Of the people. That's our
platform and that's the kind OF a
man Harry Stimson is.
"The voters have a choice OF this
side or OF the other side, which |
shall tell you OF In the language of
our most enyenomed foes. | hold
here a clipping from a leading repre-
sentative of Wall street Democracy,
a clipping from the Times. From
our enemy, our bitter enemy daugh-
teri III read its description of its
party convention at Rochester. |
ask you to listen to this description
of the convention by Its friend:
"All day and tonight (this is from
the New York Times) the Democratic
leaders have been going hat in hand
to Mr.. Murphy and asking him hum
bly, to favor this or that candidate
| am quoting from the news columns
OF the New York Times, and the
Tines in its editorials falls in with
the other Democratic papers"
The convention ends tonight with a
banquet In honor OF President Taft,
who will deliver an address to which
1t is said great political importance
will be attached.