Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-05-03
ROOSEVELT IS
WITHOUT MERCY
Invaded Delaware and AS
serted the Loyal Would
Vote For Him
" TAFT, | AM SORRY TO SAY J"
The Colonel Simply Couldn't
Make an Appeal to Corpora
tons and Bosses.

(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexicanl
Salisbury, Md, May 3.-Colonel
Roosevelt carried his fight for the
presidential nomination into Maryland
today beginning at Salisbury. He
spoke here this morning to several
thousand persons at an outdoor meet.
ing and received a cordial greeting
Roosevelt in Maryland
Colonel Roosevelt said he felt he
had the right to come to this part of
the country to make his appeal, as
he believed the present contest to be
greater than a mere party struggle
and that it was one in which he was
entitled to the support of the men OF
all parties. He repeated his state
ment that the present campaign was
straight lineup" between the polit-
ical bosses and the people.
In Baltimore Tonight.
The colonel left Salisbury by spe,
cial train for the remainder Of the
days tour, which will take him
through east Maryland to Whining,
ton. Delaware. From Wilmington, he
was to go to Havre de Grace for a
speech, and thence to Baltimore to
make an address tonight. He is to
remain over night in Baltimore.
High Treason Defined.
''The man who pays a bribe for a
vote and the man who takes a bribe
are both of them guilty of high trea-
son to the Republic" said Colonel
Roosevelt in his speech here.
THE man who sells his vote" said
Colonel Roosevelt, "is not only a
traitor to himself but he is a traitor
to the cause of self-government.
wish that all good citizens would join
together to see that there is no cor.
ruption at the primaries. | ask every
decent colored men in this state to
see to it that no colored man sells
his vote in this primary. Unscrupu.
Ions white men are willing to debauch
the colored man, taking advantage OF
his needs. The colored man who sells
his vote is doing unreasonable harm
to his own race.
IF any man attempts to purchase {
vote in my interest, I'll take more
trouble to cinch him than any one
else | don't want to win unless by
straight methods, but I'm bound tC
see that our opponents don't win by
crooked methods"
81 am Sorry to Say"
you cannot vote against us if you
are far-sightedly loyal to your own
interests" said Colonel Roosevelt
I'VE stand for the basic principle upor
which this government was founded
We, who stand for the progressive
cause, have everywhere insisted upon
direct primaries to select the nominee
for president. Our opponents, headed
l am sorry to say, by President Taft
lave said that they distrusted the i'm
pulsive judgment of the people.
ask you to speak for yourselves al
the polls. Don't have your votes de
livered by anybody.
Must Represent Plain People.
"Our opponents have said that we
are attacking the organization here
We are not attacking it so far as il
represents the people We believe in
organization most emphatically. We
want to have the organization strong
But it should represent the plain peo
pie.
Colonel Couldn't Do 1t.
Il can't make an appeal either tC
the boss or the big corporation mar
who stands back of the boss. | don't
expect the boss to be with us because
this movement isn't healthy for bosses
The big corporation man ought to bt
with us if he doesn't want any thins
more than a square deal. He is en-
| titled to his own vote but he is enti
tied to only one vote.
As Long as He Is Able.
Mr.. Taft has said | go about the
country preaching class hatred anc
discomfort The only class l preacl
hatred against is the class Of crooks
AS for discomfort, preach disconten
against nothing but injustice and
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