Omaha daily bee., 1912-04-08
COLONEL TALKS In ILLINOIS
Attacks Opponents, Champions Lin.
coin in Beating Rain.
ROOSEVELT MAKING HARD FIGHT
Tit. IL First Great Repubiicsn state
where There 10 Direct Presi-
Dental Primary Eiec-
ttou.


dozen speeches and an encounter with a
slashiug storm Colonel Roosevelt yester-
day put In the first half OF bis cam
paign tour Of Illinois. lie made his frs,
speech OF the day in Rockford and his
last one in Springfield. Although In sew
eral towns the peop;e who listened to
him did 80 at the cost OF a drenchlng.
Colonel Roosevelt was met everywhere
by crowds,
The principal speech OF the day was
delivered in Springfield this evening, In
IL Colonel Roosevelt attacked Senator
Lorimer Of Illinois In emphatic language.
He took issue with Joseph choate and
other New York lawyers who have formed
an association to combat his ideas In
regard to the judiciary ana expressed his
opinion about what he termed the mice
exclusive persons OF great wealth. who.
he said, are easily frightened. especially
by the busbear Of majority tyranny =
Attacks Lorimer.
The formation OF the Lorimer.L Lincoln
league. which il opposed TO Colonel
Roosevelt furnished the theme for the
eolonel's remarks about the senator.
ut Is lnfamy and an outrage" said he.
that Lincoln, who stood for honesty In
politics as well as In every other phase
OF our national life should have his name
desecrated By its use In connection with
Mr.. Lorimer and his associates. They
stand for and typify all those evils
against which Lincoln's whole life was
a protest."
Colonel Roosevelt referred TO Mr..
choate and his associates as men who
said they were ehamplonlng the consti-
tuition. He declared they we're merely
pettifogsing the constitution and they are
pettifogging II in the interest OF special
privilege
In all Of his speeches OF the day Colonel
Roosevelt referred to lincoln. He de-
clared the principle for which he was
eontcniing In the present campaign was
the same as that in whose
behalf Lincoln had striven In this state
in isIs and 1850
Hard Rain Falls.
IL was when the Roosevelt train
reached Amboy that the ralnstorm was
AZ It's height
As the train stopped the rain drops.
propelled by gale. pelted the crowd
Many persons crowded around
Colonel Rooseyelt's cat, needless OF the
storm. The colonel slung an overeoat
over bis shoulders and went out to make
= speech. until the train drew away he
there, the ram streaming down
his face.
On the way TO Springfield the colonel
'poke at Rockford, Freeport, Polo. Dixon.
Amboy. Mendoza, La Sale. wenona,
Pontiac and bloomington.
chauneey Dewey. manager Of the
Roosevelt campaign in Illinois. and a
number OF his political associates, are
the trip through the state.
Leaders OF the districts trayersed today |
anne on board the train from time TO |
lime and Colonel Roosevelt was told Of |
he situation in illinois, The direct presI.
ien,ial preference primaries to be held /
- 7tasE htAA VIII De Inc Il
irst popular vote Of this nature In the |
arger republican states.
Hesult tn Illinois Important.
Colonel ROoseyelts supporters said to- /
lay that they believed the result of the
would be a factor Of great
weight in deciding the outcome Of the
ormer presidents campaign. Illinois has
ifty-eight delegates to the republican na.
ionsl convention.
Colonel Roosevelt expects to rest TO-
Id the morning he Will attend /
he service in the FIRST Presbyterian
hurch. which Lincoln attended. sn6 viii /
q in Lncoln's pew. In the afternoon he
; 70 visit Lincoln's tomb.
Plans for the remainder OF the trio
gere completed today. On Monday
,olonel Roosevelt will speak at Clinton.
,ecatur. Monticello. Champaign and Dam
lille. Leaving Danville at So D. m, he
) to reach Fort Wayne. Ind. at s.ie
nd will speak there for twenty minutes.
nd thence he win 80 over the Pennsyl-
ania railroad TO Pittsburgh. arriving
here At 6t4 Tuesday morning. He en-
ects 20 spend most Of the esy with
riends In Pittsburgh making q speech
4 the evening. His Phiiadslphia speech
J scheduled for the following night.