Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-01
|. R. OPENS CAMPAIGN
TELLS REPUBLICAN LEAGUE
PLATFORM APPEALS TO EVERY
DECENT CITIZEN.
PRAISES PARTY NOMINEE
FOR GOVERNOR, sTIMsoN
Quotes Democratic Newspaper to Show
How Tammany Controls New York
Demoeraey-strons Appeal to Decent
Citizens and Defends Work Of tho
Rochester Convention.

New York, Oct. Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, ADDRESSING the National Re-
publican League at Carnegie hall, de-
livered his first speech OF the state
! campaign. Praising the platform and
Henry l.. Stimson, the republican NOM
inee for governor, he compared the re-
| publican state convention with the
! democratic convention, in session az
/ Rochester, and on the strength of his
( comparison said he felt the republicans
had the right to appeal to every decent
citizen in the state, without regard TO
party affiliations TO vote their way.
The Saratoga gathering he styled
! peoples convention. free from the IN
huence of special interests.
John Hays Hammond. as president OF
the league introdu, a the ex-president.
The attendance was not large, and COL
cnel Roosevelt was somewhat hoarse
after his labors at Sarago1a- But,
said MIR. Hammond, even his whisper
is heard around the world, and we Will
follow him up any San Juan hlil ne
may lead u.s."
Colonel Roosevelt's Speech.
Il am here to report progress" said
Colonel Roosevelt. We have just held
the republican state convention at Sar-
atoga. There never has been held in
the state of New York a convention
tnat was more methodical-a peoples
i convention-not lobbyist. buta repre-
sentative of a single great special IN
terest exercised fingers weight or
influence in that convention. That con-
ton represented absolutely the opin-
ions, the reasoned convictions and be-
lief of the plain, every day men VINO
make up the rank and file of the re-
publican party in the state OF New
York: and il represented equally the
reasoned faith of the independent
voters
Three points, three essential points,
were made IN our platform OF princi-
ples-,he three points upon which the
contest this fall in New York is TO be
waged In the first place. that we
stand not timidly, not half way, but
aggressivelv, for honesty in public ana
in business life In the next place, we
, stand for governmental efficiency. and
in the third place we stand for the
right Of the people to control them
selves, and not 10 be controlled by some
one else These are IN sum the three
essential points Of our platform.
Words to Be Tested by Deeds.
Now our words counted only in so
far as they We're made good by our
deeds. and We ask that our words be
tested by our deeds, for upon that plat
form we place a man whose whole
life has made him a typical exemplar
Of that public servant who IS absolute
~ fearless. absolutely honest. and in
the highest and best sense the servant
as well a the leader of the people.
That is What our action was. That is
what our platform is. And that Is the
kind Of man that is our candidate.
Harry Stinson.
Now the voters of this state will
have TO choose between that on the
one side and on the other side this
(here Colonel Roosevelt held aloft
newspaper clipplng). which I shall now
describe to you in the language OF one
Of our most envenomed foes. leading
representative of the Wall street de-
nlocracv. the New York Times of this
morning. describing the democratic
convention now sitting. Now. mind
YOU l am reading what eppears IN the
New York Times-our enemy. our bit
ter enemy-and I am reading its de-
sC,ription of its party's convention.
/ lLaughter1
Quotes From Newspaper.
which the party convention is de-
scribed by its friend:
"'All day and night the democratic
leaders have been going. hat in hand.
to Mr.. Murphy and asking him humbly
10 favor this or that candidate
I'm the New York Times. And in
its editorial the New York Times falls
in with the other democratic leaders
and asks for the nomination of q cam
didate by the convention. Now il goes
on:
"'Never before has Tammany Hall
been in such unQuestioned control OF
state convention. Never before has
I any Tammany boss been enthroned as
the state leader in the unlimited way
! in which Murphy is recognized today
! The convention is in the hollow of his
hand
"Such a statement from me might
! seem extreme. / am merely quoting
! the testimony of a leading democrat in
! speaking Of the democratic state con-
vention. I will go on:
! Back of Murphy's control are ru-
/ mors of strange and sinister influence.
You can not throw a brick in any d.
! rection in Rochester without hitting
some lobbyist or railroad Attorney
| Now this is not what I am saying.
It is the New York Times. 1t is the
New York Times describing the con-
vention of its party 1t continues:
| 1.-The woods have been full of them
/ from he start. They got here before
the delegates did
Appeals to decent Citizens"
| "Gentlemen, have read to you the
! absolutely truthful statement made by
| a leading democratic papern in de-
| scribing the democratic convention at
Rochester. have given to you the abb
! leading democrats conven ion a,
solutely truthful statement of what our
! convention was of what it did, and Of
whom it nominated, and1 feel we have
! right to appeal to every decent citizen
/ in this state, without regard to party,
SO long as he is a good American and
an upright and honest and a far seeing
man. he stands with US at the polls and
| IN ,,u- Harry iStinson in the governors