New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-18

Harlan DenounCes Bandanna as
the Red Flag.
DECLARES HE is A MENACE
Bede Tells Californians of Con.
tributions by Trusts to Roose-
welt Campaign Funds.
lBy Telegraph to Tn. Tribune


Los Angeles, Sept. 17.--Carrying the
fight into the city which the Roosevelt
forces claim as their strongest position In
the country, John Maynard Harlan. Of
Chicago, and j. Adam Bcde. OF Minnesota,
opened the Taft campaign before an en-
thusiastic audience In the Temple audi
forum hero tonight
Colonel Roosevelt tore things wide open
here last night. and the Taft campaigners
jumped into tho fray with q yigor that
brought forth cheers and applause
Mr. Harlan made most effective use Of
a reference 70 the bandanna handkerchief
as the disguise for the real red flag Of
anarchy. which Roosevelt has espoused
Re pleaded. too, for fair play for the Re-
publican electors, from whom tho third
terners had stolen a place OF the ballot,
bu. declared it useless TO appeal to Roose-
Welt for fair play.
Mr. Bedc satirized the Roosevelt move
ment with sharp strokes. and won APP
plause with his declaration that Roose-
velt's solicitation OF Hartman and Arch
bold contributions in 1905 was right, be-
cause the Ten Commandments had not
then been discovered.
The Taft campaign party left here late
tonight on a specill trip to speak to-
morrow at Tucson and Phoenix where
Roosevelt spoke to-day.
Red Flag Of Anarchy.
Referring 10 the red bandanna symbol
Of the third party. Mr.. Harlan said:
know Of nothing more typical Of the
whole Roosevelt propaganda than the
red flag that he flies at the masthead Of
his PARTY ship. Not even The black flag
Of piracy contains in II more dead =
menace TO American institutions than tho
red flag OF anarchy which he taunts from
the masthead in the place OF the Stars and
Stripes.
lie insults the people Of the nation by
calling il handana handkerchief and
pretending that il Symboli7es the grcni
plain people. Of whorn Lincoln ssid that
God must have loved them. for lie mado
50 many of them. But there Is nothing
in common between bsndana handkcr-
chief and the plain people. Why. you
could 20 out IN the highways and by"ays
of lie and ont OF thousand plain people
You would not find five who use tie
bandana handkerchief.
And his platform is built on Just he
same principle that he has panied his
flag To catch what he can OF the sober
Republican vote he has written RepG5-
lican planks into t. But the real essence
81 his platform. its resll,' basic and fund
anental principles. he has stolen iioln
H." Socialists.
II YOU are Republicans and believe in
the Republican principles Of the Bun
Moose platform, be honest and vote the
Republican ticket; vote for President
Taft
socialistic doctrines 'haJ Roosevelt has
put into his platform be honest and vote
the Socialistic ticket and vote for Eugene
Y. Debs.
To Undermine Government.
II Won are really anarchists, II your nag
is the red nag that symbolizes destruction.
II YOU want to uu.ermire the courts and
destroy the government framed by the
fathers and under which we have pros
percd then YOU can oe honest aud vote
honestly for Roosevelt and anarchy ana
the handanna handkerchief.
When Mr.. Bede spoke he talked at
length about the acceptance Of trust con-
tribu,ions for Roosoyolts campaign In
500. and said:
The colonel ia very anxious for me
welfare Of children. hut n was TAFT who
urged and signed the law for "nli.
orcn's bureau. thus starting the soclai
service work for the federal government
Tho colonel saws he doesn't believe In
the Republican policy of protection, and
no was eight years in the v hite House
without ANYBODY being able 20 ind out
what tariff policies lie does believe in:
In All that time he never recommended
tariff revision 20 tine American Congress.
In his younger years he vas free
trader, but no one knows what he stands
Tor now.
He Saws the Republican party protects
the big man and not the little one, but
are not the citrus fruit and sugar beet
raiscrs Of California mostly little folk.
Ind was the free trade bread line made
up OF malcfactors Of great wealth?
Tho colonel says he wants to ask those
who hold M the Constitution before Va
whose Constitution II IT, Well II Is not
mis- TO plav with as he likes. Conf
d,ntially. one may tell him IT Is the Con-
st,ution Of Washington. Hamilton, Madi-
son and Lincoln.
Most OF the things the colonel talks
a bout are things the federal government
cant do but he has not found II out.