Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-26
ROOSEVELT WILL
HELP HONEST MEN
Former President is Against Graft Of
Every Form aud Pledges Aid
in Fight,
STRAIGHT MEN FOR OFFICE
Loyalty to Party Requires Punish.
ment of Crooks.
INTEGRITY is ABOVE PARTY
When Question of Honesty Arises
Other Distinctions Vanish.
WOULD CLEANSE OWN PARTY
COIoneIs Especial Business lie to Put
Loyalty to Party Requires Punish.
ment of Crooks.
INTEGRITY is ABOVE PARTY
When Question of Honesty Arises
Other Distinctions Vanish.
WOULD CLEANSE OWN PARTY
COloneIH Especial Business Is to Put
Grnfter and Crook out of own
OrEaniHntion--Atten
Fixed ON Conduct.

BUFFALO, N. Y. Aug. 26-Theodors
Roosevelt pledged himself to the men of
Buffalo today to help them and all sincere
citizens to fight crookedness wherever Il
was found.
"I'll help you Just as did in the past"
he said, speaking to the Elicott club,
whose guest he was at breakfast an hour
after sunrise. He made a plea Tor the pun
lshment Of crooked and grating public Of
ficials and the election OF honest ones IN
their places. process OF gradually but per-
manently raising the morale OF political
and business life. and he said he thought
IL his duty to hunt out crooks and espS-
cially crooks In his own party,
II believe in party government" he said
but the moment question of honesty Il
involved l recognize no party distinctions,
or, II do make make any, II is a little
more my business to put the CRATER and
crook out OF public life 10 he belongs to
my party than ~ TO another. This attitude
demands that ones attention be fixed not
on financial or social status but on con-
duct"
Nearly 400 members Of the Ellicott club
and other citizens, representing leading
professional and business interests and a
vide variety of political affiliations. awaited
Mr.. Roosevelts coming from the New
YORK CenIIdl SNdAloIft WHeIe ne naQ arrived
from Utica at $40 in his private car Re
public, attached to a regular train.
CrOOkedness and Grating.
As the ex-president entered he was
cheered and America" was sung with the
backing OF a regimental bano. Breakfast
was expedltiousy served. as there was
less than an hour before the time for Mr..
4 Roosevelts departure for Chicago Among
those who got an especially hearty greet
ing from Mr.. Roosevelt was eTony" Gar
vim. a buffalo policemen, formerly arro,ieh
rIder, The colonei shools his hand acrosr
the table and said some pleasant things. ID
which the words Bully glad TO see you,"
recurred.
Mr. roosevelt made good use of the fif.
teen minutes available for his remarks
THE men who heard him. who noted his
.arnestness in dealing with the subject of
o-ookedness and grating, and who fre-
ouan,lv broke in with sharp applause.
ssd in mind his expressions within the
,ao, few days that 'They will have all the
,Ight they want" Mr.. Roosevelt first
! a1sslt on a subject of party local Interest,"
| tne necessity of preserving unpoluted the
wonderful fresh water supply of the Great
| Lakes"
1--WE claim to be a civilized people, he
/ kdlQ. AS buCU We OuBnl 10 DS dDle 10 QlS-
pose of our sewerage without putting
It in drinking water. State and ma
tion must combine in preventing further
contamination and In making the purity
OF lake water as absolute as possible. So
also in the field OF morals. public and do
mestic," he continued, there must be no
pollution of the sources
| This led naturally to his grimly earnest
| expression of intention to seek out and
bring TO accounting grafters, big and little.
Against All Crooks.
''Distruct. however" he said, "fnancierA
who can only see crookedness in grating
small politicians and grating leaders. dis
trust also those who can see IL only in the
flnanciers. Xou must attack a man be-
cause he is crooked. II poor and crooked,
attack him II rich and crooked, attack
him. In fact. attack the rich crook tr1fle
stronger. Yes will put it-attack him
|. very strongly"
The gathering At the station had been
considerably augmented during the hour.
standing on the rear platform Of his car,
Mr.. Roosevelt waved his hat as the train
Suled out westward shortly after 7:SO
When Colonel Roosevelt appeared on the
rear-end platform At Dunkirk, N. T., he
was met by large gathering OF railroad
men.
II have always admired the railroad men
because they have certain qualities like
to think of as typical of Americans. They
know how to act, each for himself and
also in combinations. They know how to
work. They know how to obey orders and
. how to act, each on his individuality. The
| average American in our political, indus
trial and social life must show just these
traits"
The train moved off as some OF the men
shouted, do them up in the convention
, Teddy" Colonel Roosevelt smiled broadly
but made no reply.
Great Crowd at Erie.
Fully 5000 people greeted Colonel Roose.
! welt when his special train arrived in Erie
{ at 9:2s this morning. The colonel spoke
briefly CHIEFLY along the lines of the ear,
D lier speech he made at Buffalo regarding
pure water in the great lakes cities.
He was met at Dunkirk by a reception
, committee from Erie consisting OF Con,
gresham Arthur j. Bates, Frank ID
Schultz, president OF the Chamber of Com
lmerce; X. c. Sturgeon president OF the
Board OF Trade, and William b. Trask
Congressman Bates was a member OF the
lower house during the seven and one-hali
years that Roosevelt was president. and .
long conversation was held in the private
car as the train rushed through the north,
weston Pennsylvania grape belt At every
town and hamlet hundreds lined the tracks
Hello, Teddy" was heard from the sea
OF humanity that lined the station plat.
form when the train pulled into Erie and II
was some time before dhs colonel's voice
could be heard.