Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-26
Roosevelt More and More
Outspoken Against
the Bosses.
HE PLEASES POPULACE
He Finds Time Between Rear
Platform Speeches to Make
a Statement.

Carroll, Iowa, Aug. 26.-Roosevelt
definitely aligned himself with the
progressives of New York state in a
statement which he issued on the
train today as he was travelling across
Iowa. Roosevelt declared the main
issue in the fight in New York was
not any specific reform measure, but
bossism. Bossism, he declared, fire.
quentIy led to corruption and he
said he would wage ruthless war on
corrupt alliances between business
and bosses.
Replies to woodruff.
Roosevelt was asked about the re-
marks of Timothy L. Woodruff New
York republican state chairman, in
regard to the factional fight in New
York. In replp he issued this state
ment:
1.-The progressives are emphatical-
ly in favor of taking a real step for
ward about direct primaries, sub
stantially on the lines of Governor
Hughes proposition, but this is not
the main issue.
Favor Popular Rule.
"The main issue is that we stand
against bossism, big or little, and in
favor of genuine popular rule, not only
at election, but within the party organ
ization, and, above all, that our war is
ruthless against every specie of cor
ruption, big and little, and against an
alliance between corrupt business and
corrupt politics, as to which it has been
found that too often in the past the
boss system has offered a peculiarly
efficient and Objectionable means of
communication.
Hits Special Interests.
1--WE are against the domination of
the party and public by special inter
ests, whether these special interests
are political, business or a compound
of the two"
Called Out at MarshaIItOwn.
Marshalltown, Iowa, Aug. 26.-The
Roosevelt train passed through here at
$40 this morning, making a stop of
seven minutes A large crowd was at
the station and cheered until Roose-
welt appeared on the rear platform and
made brief speech.
Joined by CummIns.
Boone, Iowa, Aug 26.-The Roose-
welt train arrived at Boone at $50 and
departed at S:42. Roosevelt addressed
a big crowd. Senator Cummins board
ed the train at Ames and appeared on
the rear platform, but did not speak.
Escorted by Militia.
Carroll. Iowa. Aug. ga company
of state militia met the train and es-
corted Roosevelt to a nearby stand,
;ol, h,
Crowds Wildly EuthusIastIc.
Chicago, Aug. 26.-Theodore Roose-
welt travelled across Ohio and Indiana
yesterday and was greeted every
where by wildly enthusiastic crowds,
to whom he talked of honesty and re-
spect to corporations. He expressed
his belief on questions which concern
the public in a more emphatic fashion
than he has done since his return from
Africa.
During the day Roosevelt made sew
eral speeches, although he said before
he left Oyster Bay that he did not in
tend to talk from the rear platform.
The crowds which greeted him were
larger than those which turned out to
see him during the trip across New
York state, and were so insistent in de-
mands to see him and hear him speak
that he responded.
Avoided Reception at Chicago.
Colonel Roosevelt avoided a formal
reception during his stay of little more
than an hour here last night, but in
stead spent half an hour as the guest
of the Chicago Newspaper club. The
rest of the time while his car was be-
ing switched to the Chicago & North
western tracks he spent in an automo-
bile ride about the city.
At the club Roosevelt commented on
the failure of either lions or rhinocer-
oses to prevent his safe return from
Africa, recalling the prediction offered
by Professor Frederick Starr of the
University of Chicago that the hunting
trip would be the death of the former
president.
Disappointed Wall Street.
81 am especially glad to show this
professor how wrong he was" said
Roosevelt. 81 was not the one who was
killed. Not a lion did its duty And
then, on toward the end of the trip, l
think Wall street pinned its hope on
some rhinoceros, but even that hope
failed
The Roosevelt party was augmented
here by number of Chicago newspa-
per men, who will remain with the for