New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
TURN HIS WEAPONS
AGAINST ROOSEVELT
Harlan and Bede Attack His
Professions and Call Him
Most Ambitious Boss.
ASSAIL. MEN BEHIND HIM
Coloners Description of An
drew Jackson Quoted to Show
What He Means When He
Claims Resemblance.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

ogden, Utah, Sept. H.-Turning on
Theodore Roosevelt his own denunciation
Of dlscredited politicians and bosses, John
Maynard Harlan. OF Chicago, and j.
Adam Bede addressed a most enthusiastic
meeting in the Orpheum Theatre here to-
night.
Representative Bede took for his
text the address which Colonel Roosevelt
delivered here last night in which he pro-
claimed defeat for. the bosses In NO
vember Mr.. Bede said:
Colonel Roosevelt said here Yesterday
that the bosses will be beaten two TO one
in November. There can be no DOUBT
about that. First OF all, he himself the
most ambitions Of bosses, controlling the
biggest corruption fund ever used in
American politics the hero OF the Har-
riman slush fund and beneficiary o,
standard oil, United states steer anu
the Harvester trust, the Bull Moose OF
the short grass country and the exalted
ruler Of the herd. dehorned, denatIred
and disgraced, viii bite the dust, to roam
the political plains no more forever
Mr. Bcde had much to say of other
Progressive bosses" including 'MediIl
Mccormick, George W. Perkins. "Btll
Finn, Tim" Woodruff, Frank Munsey,
pan" Hanna and Senator Beyeridge.
Then Mr.. Harlan was heard.
"Mr Roosevelt Is having much to say
said Mr.. Harlan, about discredited polt-
tlcians' / do not know OF any politician
who stands to-day more completely dis
credited than Theodore Roosevelt lie
went on
Look at his record IN his own state.
Abusing the prestige OF tile popular FAVOR
which he enjoyed when ne returned from
Africa, and with scarcely moments do
lay. no brushed aside every other Leader,
seized control Of the Republican, organiZd-
ton dominated absolutely-yes, bossed-
the state convention, dictated the nDmlna-
ton for Governor, wrote the party plat
form himself. and ran the party to de-
feat.
You all remember that tiasco Roosevelt
lost even his own precinct, so well nad
his neighbors come 10 know him lie lost
his own ward. mis- own county, his own
hssemhv District his own Congressional
District and his own state. All these he
turned over the Democrats.
Mr. Harlan spoke Of RooseveIt's effort
to win Democratic favor by proclaimins
his fancied resemblance TO Andrew Jack
son. and said:
Now lot ~ see what Mr.. Roosevelt
thinks of "Old Hickory that we may
means when he says that he resembles
Andrew Jackson.
In his "Eife Of Thomas II. Benton
Roosevelt describes Andrew Jackson as
an Ignorant headstroug' President
who appealed To the passions and pref
udices hut never 10 the reason of his
hearers" and who had been elected when
the public mind was In n wholly IRA
t'onal state
Roosevelts strange mOdesty Ia such
that he can see I'm himself the reincar-
alton of almost any one Of the Illus
.tyious dead whom YOU might mention.
from Oliver Cromwell down, but think
he has hit closer 10 the mark than usual
I'm thus comparing himself 10 Andrew
JacksOn-aS he. Roosevelt conceives
and has described him; not OF course,
the real Andrew Jackson
big audience greeted Messrs. Har-
Ian and Bede at Pocatello in the after
noon. but because of a delayed train
schedule only a twenty-mlnute stop was
possible there.