The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-27
SaratO 4 Convention.


even into the presidents own state Oh
Ohio-the vice-president OF the Uni
ted States. James 8. Sherman?
Il want TO make clear once for all
why the vice-president was selected
and also to indicate the propriety.
and. indeed, the necessity for the So
lection by the state committee ut the
temporary chairman at a meeting
held for that purpose, and to set the
time and place for holding this con-
vention.
"This precedent was wisely estab-
lished two years ago when Senator
Root. then premier OF the national
administration, was selected at the
meeting OF the committee. held a
month before the convention. Such
course was and Is necessary +
proper and dignifed conduct OF our
conventions.
The correspondence between Col.
Roosevelt and myself just after the
meeting OF the state committee shows
more clearly than can otherwise be
presented. that his opposition to the
Nelection OF Vice-President Sherman
was not based on any personal
grounds, but because he desired an
opportunity to present his views as
to the policies which should hereafter
guide the destinies Of the Republican
party"
When Woodruff mentioned Col.
Roosevelt for the first time. the New
York county delegates started a cheer
which was taken up by portion OF
the spectators. The cheering lasted
80 seconds and subsidized only to
break anew q minute later. The ma
jority OF the delegates and the specta-
tors kept very quiet and the Roose-
welt people shouted: Whats the
matter with the band? Is 1t packed,
too"
Woodruff Reads Correspondence.
Woodruff then read the correspond
ence. His letter explained .ne selec-
ton Of Sherman by the state commit
tee to which Roosevelt replied that
he had never desired the position, but
haa merely said that he would accept
IL II were desired that he should do
so, concluding with:
If the vice-president Is correctly
quoted as to his position and II you
agree with that position, you are en-
tirely right In having him, and not me,
make the speech"
Woodruff continued
Col Roosevelt manifestly meant
that he desired to PROFOUND the doc
trine Of the New Nationalism, adinit-
ting with his characteristic frankness
that We were right in selecting the
vice-president II we preferred the
traditional Republication Of the ad-
ministration Of William H. Taft,
founded on the great national admin
trations OF Lincoln, Grant, Mckinley.
aye and Rooseve-. himself for which
James 8. Sherman, with his quarter
of a century OF splendid services iu
congress, and as vice-president OF the
United States. has alwayx stood AMI
stands today. s~AA aSs Z
Roosevelt listened intently to Wood
run with q sarcastic smile on his
face.
When Woodruff ended his speech he
recognised Delegate Hicks, of Nassau
county, who named Col. Roosevelt, as
he mentioned Roosevelt's name the
first spontaneous enthusiasm Of .he
convention developed There was
wild cheering by the New York cou1-
ty delegations and about one-quar:ar
of the gallery. The cheering lasted
about one minute and a half Hicks
said:
I'm the spirit of that noble senti-
ment Of Abraham Lincoln: With char.
ity for all and malice toward none
nominate Col. Theodore Roosevelt"
Gruber Flags Roosevelt.
Woodruff then recognized Abe
Gruber.
Twelve years ago on this platform
warned Republican convention
against turning the executive mansion
into shooting gallery. My advice
was not needed. Since that memoir
able day the man who has ever since
been shooting has seen his party or
ganization divided In every state, his
party's candidates overwhelmingly de-
feated, business depressed. and the
intelligent and honest workingman
without employment and hungry.
Looking for other fields for shooting
practice, this man IL now shooting at
the courts and It's judges.
This apostle Of Derringer practice
while he was president abused Judge
Humphrey OF the United States court,
a gentleman and honest man. for
rendering a decision which was made
according to law and to this day Is
unreversed. When the United States
appellate court reversed Judge Lands
the same shooter, not from the head
of a barrel, but from TIE White House,
sanctified by noraham Lincoln, told
the people Of the United States that
the judges had been guilty of miscar-
rying Justice.
When Haywood and Meyer were
on trial for their lives, this same
shooter with all the power Of the pres
ident OF the United States, sought TO
influence the jury by holding up these
leaders OF labor as undesirable citi-
zens. Men may under the spell OF a
first intoxication, s-eak words that
In their sober moments they regret.
but when a man offends. and again
offends, and keeps on and keeps on
offending he must be considered an
habitual slanderer. Lincoln and I,
Taft and I. both did the same thing,
cries the shooter. IL should have been
Bryan and |, Hearst and I.
when given power to shoot the
trusts he drew line between the
good ones and the bad ones. The
Steel and Sugar trusts were the good
ones. those which would not help along
the shooters political schemes were
the bad ones.
while under the table touch
Cox's feet, I cannot with Lorimer sit