New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-29
ROCHESTER CROWDS
CHEER Ex-PRES|DENT
Closes Upstate Campaign Trip
with Two Enthusiastic
Meetings.
SHOWS INCREASED ENERGY
Completes a Hard Week in
Fine Form-More Sharp
Thrusts at Dix and
Murphy.

Thrusts at Dix AND
Murphy.
| By Telegraph to The Tribune.
| Rochester, Oct. 2S.-With his long speech
at Rochester this evening ex-President
Roosevelt practically completed his swing
through this state although It IS his pur-
pose to speak at Kingston tomorrow fore
noon and at Buffalo on November l. He
made only six speeches to-day two each in
Rome Lyons and Rochester but, proba-
| bly, because he was less hard worked he
spoke with greater energy, humor and eff
| feet than ever. No one would have
dreamed that he was just completing
hard week Of campaigning had they judged
| by his form. II they had seen the audi
| ences earlier in the week however they
would have been compelled to acknowledge
| that great change had taken place, that
he. had set the campaign in motion and
that 1t had assumed pace which could
hardly have been considered possible
week ago. Everywhere Mr.. Roosevelt was
greeted with the utmost enthusiasm and
the halls and opera houses in which he
spoke were crowded to their extreme ca
pacity.
His reception here this evening exceeded
anything he had previously experienced
since he returned from Europe. The cheer
ing which greeted his entry into Conven-
ton Hall can only be compared to that
which followed the mention of his name
by Senator Lodge in the national conven-
ton of 1908.
From beginning to end of his address he
had the crowd absolutely with him, and
he was compelled to permit the audience
to express its approval every few minutes.
Mayor Edgerton and George w Aldridge
escorted him to the stage
In addition to the four thousand persons
in Convention Hall, not less than five thou
sand awaited his coming on the outside,
making entry for his party next to impos-
sible. Captain Ryan, of the Rochester po-
lice force. confessed that he and his men
were practically powerless to control the
situation. At s o'clock the woud-be audi
ence broke down the doors and filed every
seat except those on the stage. When
Mr.. Roosevelt reached the hall the crowd
was packed so solidly around the stage
door that the police were unable to force
a passage for him, and they were COM
PEELED to resort TO a ruse finally outwit-
ting the crowd and getting him in a side
door which had not previously been opened
Murphy's Convention Described.
In his speech he described the Saratoga
convention, and then, taking up the Roch
ester convention, made use of a part of an
editorial in The Tribune of this morning
He said:
It was Mr.. Murphy's convention, and.
my friends, you do not have to tau my
ford for il. ] will read you what three of
the newspapers which now the most
ardent supporters of Mr.. Murphys nomi-
nee said of the Rochester convention foar. on
ample. Its correspondent in Rochester re
PORTED on September %: Murphy is the
dominant factor in the situation. He, Nc
Cooey and Fitzgerald, ConnerSS successor,
control
The correspondent of THE Evening Sun
had this to say: The situation lay abso-
The New York Times's" correspondent
described the situation in these words;
Never before has Tammany Hall been in
such unuuestioned control Of a state con-
vention Never before has any Tammany
loss been enthroned as the state leader IN
the unlimited way in which Murphy IS rec
cgnized to-day The convention is In the
hollow of his hand
Mr. Roosevelt also spoke Of Mr.. Dix and
the Wallpaper Trust He gave his reasons
for asserting that TO all intents and pur-
poses Mr.. Dix was a part OF the trust
citing as his authorities the Directory or
Directors "Moodys Manual and de-
cision of the Supreme Court of the United
States He insisted that nothing whlch
had been said in Mr.. Dix's defence, either
by himself or by any one else, even MT
Huppuchs affidavit. had served to relieve
the Democratic nominee Of responsibility
for attempting to boost the price OF this
,.acessarv commodity by the creation Of
monopoly and by seeking to induce Con-
greg. TO increase the duties.
He referred to Dix's labor record. and
asserted that he was inimical to the in
terests of the workingmsn, his wife and
his children; that he had oppressed his own
emnloves. compelling them to work long
hours at less wages than were paid by his
competftors and that his entire attitude
toward labor legislation was decidedly ret
progressive.
Walter NJ Chandler. of New York, pre-
coded Mr. Roosevelt and in beginning his
speech said he would take his text from
that good old Republican newspaper, The
New-York Daily Tribune" He then read
from the issue of October s a news para
graph saying that the leaders conceded
that Wall Street would throw its influence
against Stimson and the Republican ticket,
and that the Democrats would have the
largest campaign fund this year that they
ever had. To that text he addressed him.
self denouncing in emphatic terms the
coalition OF corporate wealth and crooked
politics.
LET ii never be forgotten that the Re |
publican party was not born to make men |
rich 1t was born to make men free" |
shouted Mr. Chandler, and the audience |
applauded. Explaining why Mr.. Roosevelt |
after having been President, refused to re- |
main quiet and become a barnacle the |
body polite. Mr. Chandler said: The |
Democrats are asking too much when they |
ask him TO be still. He can't do 1t. and he |
won't, till he's dead"
To Oyster Bay After Election.
Speaking at Lyons of the charge that he |
was a menace TO business. Mr.. Roosevelt |
said After Election Day am going back |
to oyster Bay to stay there. so / won't be |
a menace to anybody unless somebody |
menaces me-"
over and over again Mr. Roosevelt rang |
the changes on his new slogan, Honesty |
and the workshop against crooked politics /
and the bucketshop." with telling effect,
While Mr.. Roosevelt said little to-day
that was new to readers of The Tribune he
has the faculty of improving and rounding
out his periods and sharpening his argu-