Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-04-13
7. R. IN PH|LA.
The Colonel is Cheered by
Thousands.
CAMPAIGNFD ACROSS STATE
Candidate Continues His Defense
OF Proposition to Submit
Judicial Decisions to
; the Recall -ssx

Theodore Roosevelt was greeted b.
monster meetings that overfowed b.
thousands onto tbs streets surround
ing both the Metropolitan Opera HOUSE
and Textile Hall, at Second and Cam
bria streets, wheer he closed a day o.
campaigning across the state OF Penn
sylyania.
At both places Colonel Roosevelt
took up the cudgels against the indie
pendent Judiciary association, recent,
formed in New York to fight the re
call, and explained his policies espe
cially that of the recall of the judi
ciary and the referendum of judicial
decisions in which constitutional ques
lions are involved.
The colonel put Dr.. Nicholas Mur
ray Butler in the class of this "em-
battied attorneys" representing special
privilege, including him, not by name,
under the head AN embattled college
president who was standing for the
special interests just yesterday" The
colonei's falsetto brought big laugh
from his audience.
The cofenePs mere mention OF Sen.
atoy Penrose was rewarded with full
minute of 'boos" and misses"
When the colonel got TO his recall OF
judicial decisions, he went furthea
than he has yet gone In: this state.
ment:
''If the courts cannot bs recalled. to
justice In this way, it'll come i'm the
end to any means which may be me-
cessary to accomplish these ends"
How about the Oglesby case?" ask,
ed voice.
I'm that case wouldn't have rested
until I'd driven those judges off ths
bench. There ! do impugn the char
acter of the Judges" replied the col.
onel
Later he made this remark: II ann
the friend of the children and she chill
dren of the muiti-millionaire, far l. am
trying to make this country a safe
place for them to, live in"
Reading telegram that Maine had
gone solid for him, the colonel shout
ed at top voice, closing his address:
The fight is on the lineup is clear
between the bosses and the people.
hope you will be on Saturday.
"SIueged EN- Over the Ropes.r
I'VE sluggod EN- over the ropes,"
was Colonel Roosevelt's comment on
his Illinois primary victory, 1t was
the keynote of the colonel's journey
of triumph from one end of Pennsyl
vania to the other. He got an over
whelming ovation from Pittsburgh to
Philadelphia from tremendous crowds
all along the line. Johnstown, AL
toona, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Coates
vile, all fairly mobbed him, with
crowds that ranged from 10000 to rs,
600 and more.
Philadelphia had 400 police, a squad
ron mounted, at the Broad Street sta
ton to keep back the throng. A cheer
ing crowd filed the station. The
crowd S@llowed him along Broad
street. Even from the Union League
club the colonel got wave of hats.
Greatly stirred by his sweeping iii
nois primary victory and aroused IN a
pitch of energy and high enthusiasm
by these remarkable ovatiOns In Penn
sylvania, Colonel Roosevelt for the
first time in his campaign publicly de-
clared fis confidence that he would
win the nomination. He was in the
Chester Street Market. Hall in Aar'
riaburg. The colonel said:
IF, as believe, wei will succesa In
this fight want you toeremember that
our success must be made to tel for
social and industrial Justice"
The colonel made thirteen speeches
on his way to Philadelphia, in six
congressional districts. AT YOUNGSTOWN
the mill workers lined the streets, to
the Cambria theater. The banks, de
partment stores and shops poured out
their people. Crowds scrambled after
buttons, middle aged women debating
with youngsters for them.
The crowds kept increasing, in size
from Johnstown onA Railroad men in
the big yards at Harrisburg oheeret
, Elm from locomotive and rolmdhouss
/ At Lancaster the Pennsylvania Dutct
| turned out to give the colonial the big
| gest crowd of the day. He spoke from
an old-fashioned hotel balcony.
Delegation after delegation, numbers
of them candidates for convention lel
egates rode on the colonels train