Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-18

NfhAn ~ MA ~ nOANhhN NAAAfhfAN
(By q, snaRg Herald A. ~ Lessee NNirel
chicago. il June is.--seldofn IN
the history OF American politics has
a more bitter ana unreservod denuR-
citation bern heard of president, OF
y candidate for tAv presidency and ~
the controlling faction OF an Ameri-
can party than the speech made last
night before a tremendous crowd in
the auditorium here hy Theodore
Roosevelt, arraignng william ~.
Taft and the national committee and
appealing to the people 20 support
the speaker against tue bosses" Air
Ruoseyeits speech was puuctuated BY
roars % anaiause Witch fairly shook
the buiiding.
Mr. Roosevelt said In part:
My friends ANA fellow citizens. 81
address YOU az my fellow Republicans
but ! also and primarily. address you
as fellow Americans, fellow citizens.
for this has nov become much more
than an ordinary party fight The
issue rs both simpler and larger than
that involved Ia any factional or IN
any ordinary party contest We are
ataudinE for the great Fundamental
rights upon which ali successful free
government must be based. We are
sianginR fof elementary dccency IN
politics. Wa are fiGhtlng for honesty
AAMNNHl NhMhM ANR4hN ftAAN WAVE
robbery Is concerned the important
auessiog, IS not the Identity Of the man
robbed but the crime Itself
As fAf as Mr.. Taft and ] are pcr-
sonaiiy concerned, Il little matters
what the fate of cither may be. Bur
with Mr. Tafts aeauicscencc or By
hla diree tou aud IN his interest. his
followers have raised an Issue which
Is an important 10 THIS country. II -
nn Important ISSUE; IL ls more than q
neli,icai issue. IL is "a great moral iE-
sue NJ We Cnndone political theft,
if We don't resent the kinds OF wrong
and iniugtlce that iniuriousiy anect
the whole nation not merely our dein-
ocrafic form 0f government but our
civilization itself cannot endure. II
tie methnds adopted by tho national
committee ere approved by the con-
Vantion which II about % assemble "a
great crime Will have been committed.
The triumph Of such proceedings az
tho noment would mean the wreck
~ the Republican party ana II such
proceedings became habiiua IL would
mean the wreck 81 popular govern
neRl The actions Of the TAFT lead
ers ia the national committee taken
with tho active aid az MI Tnfts prl-
waite secretary and of one Of Mr.. TAFT g
cabinet officers. are Tnanatrous and
they should 90 lnGiHnaatly condemned
BY the moral sentiment ef the people.
TONIGHT We come together To pro-
test naainst crime which strikes
straight az che heart ef every prin-
clrlc gf political dccency and honesty,
IA crime which represents tfehsnn to
the people and the usurpatica Of the
suVereiRnty OF the people by lrfcspon-
sIhle political BOSSES inspired by she
sinister Influence Of moneyed priv
iirRc
Ne. here IN this han, are engaged
not only Ia hght FOR Tie rights oi
every decent Republicaa, but every
decent American, whnisoever his party
may be-
When IN February last ! made un
ms mind that II wits niN duty ie chter
this hEht u waa after l0ng and careful
Aelihcratona had become con-
tlHcrd that mr. Tnfs HAD definitely
and completely Abandoned thi. cause
"a the people ana had surrendered
himself wholly tu the hiddinFs of the
professional political BOSSES and ~ tho
great privileged Interests standing be-
HlNd Thorn. . had isn hccumn c0n-
yincod chat unless j did make tie lght
II would not bc made az SD and that
mr. Taft's nomination would come 81
him without Opposition,
The event has Justified both hY be-
giefa. ! very earnestly ask our fellow
nfoeresaiVps Wh0 have supported
other candidates 20 remember that
one ~ the cardinal principles % the
d0otrines'Which we hold in common Is
cur duty nominally. Loyalty AND ~
Ho0e faith. 10 abide by tho well
thought out ANA honestly expressed
VIII ~ q ma inrity. Tle ovcrwAelm-
ing majority 0f the Republicans pror
gresslVes have declared foF me. II hef
become clear beyond "a shadow 81
doubt that n had not made the pro-
gressive light IL would have com-