The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-03-16
SAYS ILLINOIS SENATOR AND
OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR ARE
UNFIT FOR OFFICE.
TALKS AT ALBUQUERQUE
Former Prcsiden. Makes Appeal for
Direct Election Of Senators and Also
Makes Strong Plea for Good Citizen.
ship-ls Warmly Received Through
out New Mexico.

Albuquerque, n NJ. March 15.-Coi-
orei Roosevelt paid his respects ~
name to Senator Lorimer of Illinois
aud Governor Haskell Of Oklahoma to-
night. He denounced both as unfit
10 hold public office" Their election.
he said was disgrace to the COM
munitics which elected them.
Tie dcnuncation was made IN the
course Of Colonel Roosevelts address
TO an audience which crowded the OPP
era house and left hundreds standing
outside. In opening his talk. the col
onel declared that In its failure to
grant New Mexico statehood during the
last regular session OF congress the
national government had committed q
breach OF faith. Arizona. he said.
might have offered ground for ques-
tion. although lie favors It's admission.
but with New Mexico there was no
question.
Turning 10 the duties which the cit
i2ens of New Mexico must take up
when the territory did become a state,
Colonel Roosevelt warned his hearers
that while good laws are necessary
rood citizenship must back them up.
He said that unfit men had been elect
ed TO office both by popular and rep
resentatlye vote. Such man re-
mained unfit FOR office, he said,
whether he Is unfit as Mr.. Lorimer
is unfit. who was elected by the lcgls-
lature OF Illinois. or as Mr. Haskell Is
unfit, who was elected by popular
vote"
Direct Election Of Senator'S.
The colonel recommended n drastic
corrupt practices law for New Mexico
when II becomes q state. He also de-
clared for direct election of United
states senators. In this connection he
said New York offered an object les
son. With direct election Somebody
would have been elected senator from
that state. he concluded. He also
declared that justice toward corpora
tlons must characterize all dealings
With combinations of capital. and de-
voted the rest OF long address to a
long plea for good citizenship.
Family Reunited.
The Roosevelt family was reunited
today when Colonel Roosevelt's car
stopped In front OF the hotel where
Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter Ethel
looked from the window. The colonel
was welcomed as he stepped from the
car by Governor W. J. Mills of New
Mexico. The governors staff In full
military regalia helped force a way
for the former president through the
dense crowd that had gathered to wit
ness his arrival.
The colonel went at once TO the
rooms reserved for him In the hotel
and dined tonight with Mrs Roose-
welt and his daughter. Miss cordela
Landon friend OF Miss Rooseyelts.
and Judge and Mrs. Cooley OF Silver
city. with whom Mrs. Roosevelt has
been staying. were also of the party.
Colonel Roosevclt's stay in Albu-
querque was limited TO the evening
hours, but they were not idle ones. His
program included an address TO n pub
lie meeting and the reception Of many
friends, former members of his rough
rider regiment and his frontier days.
His special ear was attached to the
regular train for Grand Canyon. which
passed through albuquerque after
midnight, Mrs, Roosevelt. Miss Roose-
welt and Miss Landon continuing the
journey with the party.
Williams, Arlz.. will be the first reg
ular stop tomorrow. The stay will
only be for an hour, however. as the
train viii pull out for Grand Canyon
at l.3O p. m, arriving late in the
afternoon. Archie Roosevelt. the
colonel's 15-year-old son, who is at
tending school at Mesa, Ariz.. will join
the family at Grand Canyon. going as
far as Phoenix.