The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-11
ROOSEVELT COMES BACK
At HIS LAWYER CRITICS
Calls Members of 'Indcpendent
Judiciary Association
Trust Attorneys.
NOT WITH PLAIN PEOPLE
The Colonel Gets Hearty Recep-
ton on His Trip Through
Pennsylvania.
NOT WITH PLAIN PEOPLE

PHILADELPHIA. April io.-.We slugged
'ein over the ropes" was Mr.. Roose
velt's comment OH his Illinois primary
victory. and it was the keynote Of his
Journey Of triumph from one end Of Penn
sylvania to the other to-day.
He got ovations from great crowds all
along the line from Pittsburg to Phila-
delphia. Johnstown. Altoona. Harrisburg
Lancaster and Coatesville fairly mobile
him. with throngs that ranged from 10 ,OOO
to 25,OOO and more.
Philadelphia had 400 policemen and q
mounted squadron at Broad street sta
ton to keep back the people. A cheering
crowd filed the station and followed
him along Broad street Even from the
Union League Club. the Colonel got a
wave of hats.
Nowhere in the West, where he was sup
posed TO have his strength. did Roose
welt meet such crowds He had to come
East again for his real reception.
Col. Roosevelt to-day for the first time
in his campaign publicly declared his
confidence that he would win the nomina-
tion. II was in Harrisburg The Col
onel said:
IF. rs I believe We will we succeed IN
this fight. | want you to remember that
our success must he made to tell for So
cial and industrial just ice"
I'VE slugged 'em over the ropes" said
Mr.. Roosevelt at breakfast in Pitt-burg
and finished mp his prize fight figure be-
fore "a big audience at Harrisburg. I'VE
knocked 'em over the ropes in Illinois,
and the crowd yelled: But | want to see
'em take the count in Pennsvlvania
believe that Pennsylvania will do on
Saturday what Illinois did yesterday
after what I've seen yesterday and to-
day"
The Colonel made thirteen speeches on
his way to Philadelphia. The crowds
kept increasing from Johnsfown on
Railroad men in the big yards AT Harris
burg ch-ered him from locomotives anc
round houses for over mile on the way
into the stat ion. Al Lancaster the Penn.
syi>ana Dutch turned out TO give IN.
Colonel the biggest crowd of the day
He spoke from All old fashioned hote
balcony where Lincoln had spoken. ano
Peter fordney. who introduced Lincoln
also introduced the Colonel
At Hun tngdon Roosevelt struck d
snaE and didn't like it. A biz fellow
broke in at the start. In Your administ ra
ton why didn't YOU" he began.
I'm not here for joint debate.
answered the Colonel. The man kept ur
Anything ! did in my administration
WAS perfectly straigh, and nobody Will
any sense would question it.
The train WAS pulling out and for ono.
the Colonel didn get Ia say u word fol
himself
The Union League clubs OF New York
and Philadelphia. which have condemned
tho t'nInnpl'S nnnfripss . hos nj
ject FOR his opening attack in his Philadel
phia speech before 5000 people in tn.
Metropolitan Orlera House.
These worthy silk stockings rank
themselves behind the crooked politician,
in each State because behind these crooked
politicians stand the crooked interests
he declared.
1t is treacherv to the past for thes.
two clubs. now in their old age to ranl
themselves with the bosses against IN.
plain people. They have turned in theil
old age to become the spiritual i-irs o
tls enemies OF Lincoln The wo st thai
the enemies Of the Union League Cut
at their foundation said against Lincoln
these clubs now in their old age say a bou
those who follow the policies that Lincoln
fought for. These same people now
turn shvering and shuddering when W.
ask them to defend these same prnci,
pies"
When the Colonel got TO his recall OF
judicial decisions he abandoned his manu-.
script to say: IF the courts cannot be
recalled 10 justice in this way il will come
in the end to any means which NAV be
necessary to accomplish these ends"
In his attack upon Mr.. Choate and Mr.
Milburn he summed up in the sentence
-Messrs. Choate and Milburn are de.
liberately trying to mislead their fellow
in his set speech Mr.. 10 osevelt said in
part
In the New York Worh recently ap
peared a detailed statement that some yer,
eminent lawyers OF New York have under
| taken the formation OF wha, they STYLE The
Independent Judiciary Association The,
propose 10 Use their own words. TO comba
the spread of two ideas namely. the recal
of judges and the referendum to the pcopl,
OF u certain class OF cases of judicial de
cisions, and they assert in President Taft,
words that these ideas Law the axe at the
root Of the tree OF we'll ordered freedom
Many of the signers are istinguished men
standing high In their community. but we
can gain clue as to just what kind OF wei
ordered freedom they have in mind. IN,
kind OF freedom" to the defence OF which
they are rushing. when We see among tn,
signers OF this call the names Of attorney,
for number OF corporations not dstin
guished for high keyed sense OF civic duty
or for their dislnterested conduct towar,
the public. such az. for instance. the stand
ard Oil Company. tho sugar trust. IN,
American Tobacco Company, the Metro
politan Traction Company of New Yorl
and certain defunct corporations the loot
| ing OF which has passed into the history q
/ financial and stock jobbing scandal anc
forms one OF its blackest chapters ! fine
also the name OF one OF the attorneys 70,
the Northern Securities Company, which
some years ago was dissolved az the sui
OF the Government instituted by my direc
ton I notice the name OF the attorney fo
/ the New YORK Stock Exchange. and do no
overlook that of a member OF the bar of New
/ York who some years ago was denounced