New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-15
ST. 'ong Appeal for stin,son's Election

| POI NfCdt purposes.
ST. ,ong Appeal for Stin,sons Election
MT. Roosevelt made vigorous appear
for The election of Mr.. Stimson. and saio
that the Republican party had dared 70
smaE IN its machine He hoped the peo-
pie # New York State would not make
the ,ieplorable blunder of confiding their
inter ests TO the Tammany machine. He
asked them if they were prepared 10
answ er Yes TO Murphy's message that
they Were wanted at Room 2l2. ana
they replied emphatically MOI one
man said it would be No % on Novem-
Der $. and Mr.. Roosevelt replied: Yes
m-- Fl tend. you are right. It shall be
No .. on Election Day"
! Add ressing an appreciative audience in
the B sldwin Theatre, at Wellsville, Mr.
| Roose relt made one of the most effective
presentations of his argument in support
OF Mr. Stimson he has yet uttered. He
told his hearers that throughout his
! foreign trip he was deeply impressed
] by the fact that all who cherished the
| hope that a truly representative govern
ment might achieve great success had
| their eyes turned to America. but that
their hopes We're not unmixed with APP
prehension because of the reports that
! reached them regarding the corruption
| in American business and American pol
| itics. He said there We're also those VINO
| learned with sinister pleasure OF each
new revelation of graft and dishonor.
1 He declared that the one name which
political corruption was Tammany Hall.
| the one name that was synonymous with
graft and business dishonor was Wall
! Street. and these w'are the forces against
which the Republican party was fight
| ing the great fight in this campaign, as
| they well knew.
He described the Saratoga convention,
and insisted that il was an open one.
He said that in every fight which he led
and he led three distinct fghts-he won
some men and lost others. He secured
! from the convention all he could, and he
well know that he could secure no more
| than he got. In connection with this he
Endorsed Assemblyman Jesse L. Phillips,
saying that there were many honest diff
| ferences Of opinion in the Saratoga con-
vention. that he himself had favored the
direct primaries plank as IL was finally
adopted, but that every man who has
accepted that plank is just as much en-
titled to your support as if he had been
for it from the first. 1t is folly to specu-
late on the past and to ask the time, the
day and the hour when any man first
saws:he light.
The Boss in Room Pip.
Mr.. Roosevelt then described the
Rochester convention, telling Of the alb
solute domination of Mr.. Murphy, the
boss of Tammany Hall. He explained
Murphy's summons to Room 212, and
asserted that while the Saratoga con-
vention was s open a convention as he
had known in all his political expert
ence. the Rochester gathering was de-
scribed. even by the wall Street news
papers" as the most completely boss
| ridden convention this state had ever
known.
We are assured by those papers," he
said, that there were sixteen candi-
dates for the goVernorship before that
convention. If so, where were they?
/
but before Boss Murphy, in Room d.
The name Of only one. that of Repre-
sentative Sulzer, was presented to the
convention, and he got just sixteen
votes"
You may recollect.'' said Mr.. Roose-
welt, that a number of years ago the
Sugar Trust testified that it had con-
tributed TO the campaign funds of both
the political parties Well, l appointed
man as District Attorney, and he be-
gan prosecution Of the Sugar Trust.
He has compelled that trust to pay back
to the government far more than it has
in all time contributed to the campaign
funds to any. or indeed all. of the politi-
cal parties That man was Harry Slim
son" (Applause)
Mr.. Roosevelt went on to say that he
could not / We prevented Mr.. Stimson
from prosecuting the trust if he had
wanted 10. OF course he did not want
to. but that was the type of man Harry
Stimson was. Once he had been set in
motion he could not he controlled. He
must do the right as he saw it, and he
! did it fearlessly and courag eously.
IF my career. if my life means any
thing Mr.. Roosevelt said, st means that
never say on the stump anything 1 do
not say in private. that I never say any
thing 7 don't believe and that I don't
make a promise unless 1 try to keep it.
So ask you 10 take my words at their
face value when ] speak to you"
Before reaching Elmira stops were
made at Hornell and Corning. Mr. Roose- !
Welt being greeted by large crowds in
both places.
Leaving Elmira late tonight. Mr..
Roosevelt is due back in New York early !
tomorrow morning. After meeting some
Of the members of the state committee
and outlining his campaign trip through |
the state he is to go to oyster Bay for
a rest over Sunday.
]. Sloat Fassett. Representative of the |
$50 District. Joined the Roosevelt party |
at Wellsville and remained with it until
il reached Eln1ira. EX-State Senator |
Fancher Assemblyman Phillips and |
Senator Witter also accompanied the |
party during portion of the days trip. |
G. G. H. |
Register early. It's short day to-
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