Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-14
Colonel Asks Indianans to Send
Senator Back for Another
Six-Year Term
ADDRESS IN INDIANAPOLIS
Railing Breaks When Men Fight
to Shake Hand of For
mer President
Associated Pressl

RICHMOND, Ind, oct. 19.-When the
Roosevelt special train rolled across
Indiana today Theodore Roosevelt
pulled off his coat, rolled up his sleeve
and plunged into .one of the hardest
fights of his political career He came
to Indiana to do what he could to send
Albert ]. Beveridge back to the United
States senate for six years more.
Early in the day he started in at the
western boundary, and as he ap-
preached the eastern boundary tonight
he said that there was f'victory in the
air"
Col. Roosevelt talked of honesty, good
citizenship and the good qualities OF
Mr. Beveridge. The issue in Indiana
he said, was one of decency in public
life as against crookedness. He assert
ed the whole Republican party would
be solidly in line on tariff program
before the next presidential election
came around.
Defends ACTION ON TARIFF
Senator Beveridge voted against the
Payne tariff bill. Senator Beveridge
presented bill for tariff commission
three years ago. Col Roosevelt defend
ed his action in regard to the tariff,
and his words were the nearest thing
to an expression of an opinion that ne
has yet made in regard to the new
tariff.
"Senator Beveridge did not split from
his party" Col Roosevelt said in ms
speech at Lafayette. "He merely stooo
hy the hulk of it, because the real party
consists of the mass of the people. The
mass of the people wished to see done
lust what he did. And before the next
presidential election comes around the
platform will be fairly and squarely
the platform on which Senator BeV-
erldge stands"
The colonel made his speech at In
dianapolis from a stand in front of a
hotel before thousands Of people. he
hit hard at some of his opponents. In
talking of the Alaska coal land cases
he paid his compliments to the men
.tfrorn New York and Colorado who
opposed his ideas on conservation, and
who. he said, wanted to exploit Alaska
for themselves. He said they must not
be allowed to rob the people.
''It is a great pleasure, very great
Measure. to be here today and to ad-
dress a meeting the like of which In
thirty years experience in politics 1
have never before seen," said Col.
Roosevelt. "I am not nervous about
Indiana, for we are going to win.
BEVERIDGE's LONG SERVICE
"I am here today to speak in Indiana
for the ticket headed by Albert j. BeV-
eridge for senator, because during his
eleven years service in the United
states senate. a service which I have
watched closely, he has shown that
he possessed honesty, courage and good
sound common sense"
on the question of conservation, Col.
Roosevelt said:
an Alaska our aim is to control
the development of the coal fields,
so that all the profit and use shall
not go to a single group of enormously
wealthy men. ,,
Alaska by exploiting the coal fields
purelv in their own interest are not
Alaskans. They live in New York and
Colorado. And these New Workers
and neople of Colorado, who have new
er seen Alaska, are filling the air with
complaints that we must not interfere
with local self-government in Alaska,
Colonel Roosevelt concluded his
speech with an appeal to good citizens
to support Senator Beveridge, regard
less of party.
At Anderson, when Colonel Roose-
Welt finished his speech, hundreds
nushed forward to shake his hand. In
the rush the railing of the stand was
broken down and men fought each
other to get near the colonel. One man
edged his way almost to Colonel
Roosevelt's side and reached out his
hand to touch him. Another man who
was Just beside him, struck the man
in the jaw with his fist to get him
out Of the way
The crush became so great that the
police feared a panic. Mounted police
forced their way into the crowd and
with their horses compelled the people
to stand back until the colonel and
Senator 'Beveridge had been rescued.