The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-09-24

tion within the republican party In this
state--a dissertation on popular self.
control and party leadership, a distinc.
tion between the boss and the leader.
1T is necessary and desirable, said
the colonel, "that there should be lead
ers, but 1t is unnecessary and undesir.
able that there should be bosses. The
leader leads the people; the boss drives
the people. The leader gets his hold
by open appeal to the reason and con.
scious of his followers, the boss keeps
his hold by manipulation, by intrigue,
by secret and furtive appeal to many
forms Of self interest and sometimes
to very base FORMS"
Progress there must be, but il must
be wise, sober AN. moderate, II IL were
to be permanent. Prosperity must be
preserved, for material well being was
"A great food, but IL WIS only II found.
alton of u lofty national life, raised
In accordance with the doctrine that
righteousness exalteth a nation.
When Colonel Roosevelt arrived at
the state fair grounds, where he spoke,
were thronged with a crowd which mum
bered more than forty thousand. BE.
fore he went to the speakers stand,
Colonel Roosevelt rode around the mile
track at the head of n parade and re.
ceived a cordial welcome. Almost all
of the members OF the committee, which
will have the colonel in hand during bis
stay here are identified with the Onon.
daga county republican organization of
which Francis Hendricks, ex.superin-
tendent of insurance, is the head. Mr..
Hendricks is "a member of the republi
can state committee and voted against
Colonel Roosevelt when the state com
mittee refused TO endorse him for TEN
porary chairman of the republican state
convention.
The colonel spent the evening at the
home Of Lieutenant Governor white,
who gave "a dinner for him. There,
too, he was in the hands of men who are
taking part in the fight against him.
Timothy L.. Woodruff, chairman Of the
republican state committee and one OF
the leaders of the opposition to Colonel
Roosevelt, was here today, shook hands
with the colonel. and ate dinner with
him. Colonel Roosevelt and his adver.
saries met each other with cheerful
faces and tested about their differences,
Lieutenant Governor White made one
of the shortest speeches on record when
he introduced Colonel Roosevelt AT the
fair grounds.
We are here today to welcome and
to honor Theodore Roosevelt" he
said, and that was all.
The colonel, who mad just seated him
self at the rear of the stand TO wait
until Mr.. White had finished his speech,
looked up in surprise AZ he saw the
lieutenant governor backing from the
railing.
"Do | speak nowf'' he M ked.
Mr.. White said that the time had
come and the colonel arose. He was
in fighting trim as he faced the crowd.
lie himself said so. lie shook his
clenched fists in the air and Numbered
forth his message with all the energy
which he could muster. Several times
he departed from the text Of his pre-.
pared speech to inject remarks to show
how earnestly he meant what he said.
~ wish that my opponents would come
into the open,' he said.
They shoot from the bushes, - he
declared ut another place, "but you
couldn't make them come into the open
and fight the issue
Another remark which caused the
crowd to cheer was made just as he had
again dared his opponents to put them.
selves on record as against him.
Friends, they won 7 do IT,. he said.
"They may criticise me, but they will
walk as though they were treading ON
eggs before they take the other side.
After he has asserted that leaders
In business must act m servants Of the
people and that the corporation must
be the creature and not the master of
the people, he added:
"To paraphrase the words Of Pat.
rick Henry, If that be socialism make
the most Of 1t.
That's a fairly decent deal, ism 7
iti' he asked, after he had declared
that each man should have 4 fair chance
with specia, privileges for none "There
Is no appeal to the mob, nothing danger.