Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-07
MAYOR SE|DEL AND
COL. ROOSEVELT
MIIwaukee'S Executive Declined
To Act on Committee to Re-
ceive the Ex-President.
ALMOST CALLED HIM NAMES
Charged Him With u "Cmnine and
Deliberate Purpose to Create
False impression"

Milwaukee WIS, Sept shortly
'iier Col Roosevelt arrived here today
ana before he sat down TO breakfast
"t the Hotel Pnster, he found himself
involved Ia IA controversy with Emil
SeideL the Socialist mayor. who had
declined to act on the reception com
mittec which welcomed the colonel TO
Milwaukee.
IN "a contribution to The Big Stick.
newspaper published by the Milwaukee
Press club for this occasion. Mayor
Seidel stated "lf Mn Roosevelt comes
10 Milwaukee holding the same ideas
he expressed in his magazine articles
OF March 20. 1909 it is clear that he
cannot serve the cause Of honesty and
decency In American political life"
1T is possible that misunderstood
the article said Nj Seidel. but in
aSinuch as / atn a Socialist ana he has
designated Socialism as thing which
~ against morals and religion. alb
horrent revolving which would rc-
place the family and home life bv !,
glorious state of free lunch counter
ana state founding asylum ~ am sure
that ne VIII be pleased that am not
personally connected with his recep-
ton to the city"
Charging the colonel with a "cun-
hlng and deliberate purpose 10 croate
a false Impression" ne declared thar
the visitor could lay no claim to the
llEht OF preaching either morality,
religion or civic righteousness"
In the speaking tour OF Mr. Roose-
Net through the west said the mayor,
ran To see anything OF Importance
nnNnnn nnIfffenf Fafu
such Of course. IL is OF no speclaI
service To the present city adminlstra-
ton The problems that now confront
our city are Of much the same nature
as those the nation faces"
RoOsEvELTs REPLY.
on being shown this statement. Col.
Roosevelt promptly said:
''in this trip | have made no parti-
zan political speeches and OF course
shsll not break through the rule now
Dy discussing either state party meas
ures or municipal party matters. At
present of course the dominant muuic-
| ipal party In Milwaukee is the Social
.'si- F-'tt>l +-s,Isss -,stsssrs- 49, KNOW
my Nic~s on what is usually called
NociHusn they VIII find them set out
In such fashion that Il Is Impossible
10 m,sinterprct them. or misunder.
stand them. In the magazine articles 90
which the mayor ln HE letter refere
and / advise them to read the articles
themselves and not what the mayor
The Press clubs special publication.
The Big stick" especially disayoyyed
responsibility for tho mayors utter
ance, saying that Mr. Roosevelt viii
understand that Mlwaukee's welcome
rs none the less whule-hearted-.hardl
tho less unanimous because tho mayor
mas seen ~ To voice a socialistiC dislike
FOR the former head ~ the nation"
In spite Of the failure Of the mayor
to join I'm welcoming Mr. Roosevelt tho
Press club had prepared most atrenu-
Gus program. including half a dozen
speeches between breakfast and lunch
con time.
Impossible Of execution, they cut II
down so that the morning hours were
10 include only visits 10 the boys and
girls trade schools. the colonel ma
king Il plain before he started to in
spect them that his visit would be
purely one Of education for himself and
not To teach those conducting the
schools anything about their work
COLONEL OK La TOILETTE.
1T has boon stated TO mo since my
arrival here" said col Roosevelt to-
day, that in spite OF Senator La Fol
letto's having carried the primaries In
fair and open contest. an effort will be
made To beat him i'm the legislature.
do not for one moment believe this.
because any such conduct would be
from every point Of view an outrage
that would be deliberate violation OF
good faith
when in oregon, the Democratic
candidate for senator, Gov. Chamber
lain. carried the primaries. and II was
proposed that the Republican legisla-
ture should turn him down. I very
strongly and publicly took the position
that such an act would he one of bad
faith by the legislature toward the
people. and / take the same position IN
regard 10 Senator In Follettc.I