Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-16
Olaims Campaign Has Now Been
Decidcd-Has Over 500
Delegates, He Says.
BROWNSVILLE RIOT RECALLED
AoveYns Responsibility but Quotes
Recommendations of Taft
Thot Cclored Soldiers
sc Discharged.

Dayton, Ohio, May lin the opinion Of
Theodore Roosevelt the campaign for the
rep ublioan nomination for president has
now been decided He dictated this state
ment to-uAght,
THE number of delegates necessary TO
nornanafe Is 500. OF the delegates already
elected, without counting tho ested
delegates, have more than 500. OF the
delegates yet to be elected. / am conii-
dent will receive enough to insure my
nomination on the first ballot" Colonel
Roosevelts claim was based upon table
Of delegates prepared by his secretary
A new broom was tied TO the rear plat
form Of the Roosevelt special train to-
DAY.
Colonel Roosevelt began the second day
Of his Ohio campaign at Elmria- where ne
made a speech before breakfast at $40
O'Clock and ended 1t at Dayton tonight.
He delivered 10 speeches during the DAY
to crowds Of large size. In MS ADDRESS
at springfield. Colonel Roosevelt criticised
Mr. Taft.
IMPORT NEGROES TO ASSA1L HIM.
"A certain Lorimer congressman
from lUlnO ne sdlu, WIZ 40 oup
porting Mr. Taft as his chief. Senator
Lorimer, did, has come into OHIO
brin ging a number of members OF the
two companies of the colored regiment
who were discharged on account of
the riot at Brownsville. These men
are brought here by the Taft man.
ayers to assail me for what l did at
Brownsville. to try to get our colored
fellow citizens to vote against me.
II always accept full responsibility
for what / do. / did take the action
at Brownsville and my judgment in
taking 1t as been ratified over and
over again by every competent man
who Investigated the matter. by
tribunal after tribunal. l want you
to understand that l am not taking
back by one fingers breadth any &C.
ton of mine. II should lose every
delegate in every State In the union
by taking It, I would take that action
over again.
II want to call your attention to the
fact that the Taft managers at a time
when Mr.. Taft is in the State himself
without one word of protest from him
are trying to use that incident to my
acted on the recomme ndation of Mr..
Taft when he was my secretary OF
war"
PROVES TAFT RECOMMENDED IT.
Colonel Roosevelt held UP a copy of
the annual report Of the secretary of war
for 1906 and read an extract from It In
which reference was made to the
Brownsville affair.
There Is Mr. Tafts own report, upon
which I acted" he continued. II do not
SHIFT my responsibility upon Mr. Taft.
I take 1t all. But Mr.. Taft should be
responsible for his action, too. Mr. Taft
recommended to me. as I have read to
you from his report, that these men
should be dismissed H., a heinous crime.
And therefore I hold that II Is wrong,
and I am speaking with guarded moder-
alton when I say It Is wrong, for Mr..
Taft, without a word Of protest, to al.
low his managers to import into the
State OF Ohio, while ne IL himself In
Ohio. men who try to persuade our
colored fellow citizens that !, and not
nc, should be blamed for what was done
J accept the full responsibility for what
] did but do not intend that no shall
shirk responsibility for what no did,"
In several OF his speeches Colonel
Roosevelt charged that no was beins
opposed In his cncSoaign by democrats
as we'll - ~ members OF his own
pe.rty.
AT Warrington the Lorimsr soma
tore among this democrats ard the en-
tiSo democratic organisation OF ths
lower house." he said "axs giving any
help they can 70 our oppouentA Tea
don't like to see the movement tr1uun,A
In the Republican party because they
fen THAI II would thsn spread ara
mean tha e.irnanation OF bossss and
special interests In the Democratic
party Another ~ssas0n why thay aS<
against mo 10 beuanse ttay don't Nk>
my style"
CALLS WALL. sTRENr HIS FOE
Tho colonel assertsc that many o
the large newspaLeYr in Nev YoTl
ana elsewhere in tho East wSsS oopo"
ing him at the behest Of WsN Street
Those papers in New York end Massa
chusstts are the chief source Of tn
itrenSth Of N. Tsft" ne said. ''Thei
policies are kecandssy to thor pockets"
Tns colonel also appealed in severa
yps4onss to the fameus saying that II wa!
ahtsP hght end not his
Ia some pieces the crowds were go grea
that Coloeei Roosevelt had consiaernb'
Difficulty In ge.sing TO and from the plac
CT TpNakins At Springfield wtsre h.
spoke In a large building erected for re
vival ssrvicS, a dos.n policemen wcr
Sr.Iufnsns1 tC extrcate him from the Jam
Gpr his arrival here he went to tn
soldiers home ana addressed the veteran
there In the evening he spoke to a iarg
crowd In Memorial han
At xen.a the broom. which some enthu
sinst had attached TO Colonel Roosevelt
car brought forth complaints from Der