The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18
Line OF BATTLE.
is LAID DOWN
Col. Roosevelt in Speech to a
Huge Crowd
Indicates How His Fight VIII
Be Made i'm Convention.
UNCONTESTED DELEGATES
Alone Will Be Recognized as
Having Right to Vote.
Call the Supporters of Taft
'sSure Thing Men,"

chicago June 1S.-On the eve OF
the Republican national convention,
Colonel Roosevelt last night disclosed
thaf1ine of attack which he will make.
He laid down two principles. He SAID
.he delegates whose selection he con-
tests must not vote in the organization
of the convention or upon the set
Element of the contest, and made II
clear that he would resist it. He de-
clared that no action of the conVen-
ton based upon the votes of these
''fraudulently seated delegates would
be binding upon the Republican
party"
IT was at the Roosevelt rally in the
Auditorium that the ex-presldent
made his challenge. He was racing
a cheering throng, which damned the
bnqa building as tightly as the fire
marshal would permit. Reaching idi
70 the rear. to the last line OF seats
end IN the top of the topmost bal
conv were solid rows of men ana
s-,az-a,. delegates from every part OF
che country. Roosevelt leaders and a
,as+ ~ nrivates in the Roosevelt army
Thev gave the ex-president Iiilsh'S
Goionel Roosevelt made fighting
s1eech His hearers were IN ny
mood. They cneereu nliiI ~ ,,.4ad to
nounced his opponents ana snouteu ~
hit ..Go at them, Teddy" Knock out out
the steam roller" Hit them agaih -
Long before Mr.. Roosevelt red lIl',,
.t. hTditorium every seat was tahe IL
outside Ont the building were thoqsar9s
10 were unable to gain adI1lsSlo ii
TWO hundred policemen
them back ooI, while
49,, n~oTrd was waiting for ColoheI
Poosevelt. His remarks were prousIie
~ on nntimely end when the pe0pie
leaned to their feet with yell Ahe
colonel had come. ,,ir,,+es later
-. ~ &c uproarious welc ONE subsldeo'
The colonel stood on the platiorhi'
waved his hands and smiled
Eager to Cheer.
The crowd was live ana eager
o,,anr colonel Roosevelt was constaiaGt
cheel. -,,n+ed during his speech with
t,-,,- of applause. He ffeeaentIs oe
ss.,.+.5 from his prepared Speech Tor an
<-+e1n noraneous thrust which hroushI
- r1non1e to their feet, shouting and
Travinc the flags which were handeu u
-, ,7erson on entering the nan.
! II made my fight square anu Ialr III
the open and 1 won." he SAID.
II don't intend that my opponents
shall cheat me out of 1t.
The colonel gave a new dehnltlon Vi
the national committee.
.srr1n national committee" he eX-
o,a;r,ed who are they? About so peo-
ME with the ratio of honesty ranging
from about IA to 20, and the remaining
40 sllre-thing men,.
Colonel Roosevelt began to call the
roll of some of his most prominent op-
moments. At the first name he mention
Cd a sroan came from the crowd. Win
the next name the groan became a roar.
To nreserve peace the colonel gave
up his roll-call
He said his chief opponents on the
national committee were men who hao
been repudiated in their own states.
"It is bad enough" he complained,
''to have the victory stolen by the bos-
SEES that are living, but it is an out
rage to have it stolen by bosses that
are among the unburied dead"
When Colonel Roosevelt said that am
action of the convention. if brought
about by the votes of delegates frau |
dulently seated would not be binding
upon the party, there came the widest |
outburst of applause of the evening. |
The crowd leaped up with a shout and
refused to be Quoted. despite the col |
oneIs attempt to continue.
'If they ask for the sword" said he. |
when at last he could make himself |
heard. they shall have it,
Colonel Roosevelt made it plain, in a |
sentence which he interjected, that the |
d6clS We test IN the convention PROB /
ably would be made on the vote for
temporary chairman.
1T is perfectly possible said he, /
that under parliamentary ruling the |
one way to vote upon these fraudulent |
delegates on the roll-call will be by |
voting for the temporary chairman. |
Any man who under these circum- |
stances accepts the nomination of the |
committee for temporary
chairman becomes the representative |
of the men who have been guilty of |
these infamous frauds"
He appealed to every delegate |
elected for Mr.. Taft who is an honest |
man. to stand with his supporters in |
the convention.
William J. Bryan sat in reporters |
row in the orchestra pit. He was |
cheered loudly when he appeared. but /