The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-21
ROOSEVELT
 AT GOTHAM
SPEAKS ON THE RIGHT OF THE AMERICAN PElPLE TO RULE"
 IN FIRST ADDRESS.
oenounees Taft's Policy for Govern ment by Special Class Who Regard Themselves as Above
 the Common People.

New York, March 20.-In the first speech of his campaign for the pres idential nomination, Colonel Roose- welt tonight contrasted his position with that taken by President Taft. The real issue, he said, was whether the American people should govern themselves.
 Colonel Roosevelt's speech was de livered before crowd which filled Carnegie hall So many persons wished to hear him that there was an overflow meeting in tThe smaller hall within the same building. The street in front of the hall contained a throng of persons who were unable to gain admission to either meeting. Colonel Roosevelt was received with marked enthusiasm.
 President Taft's recent speech at Toledo was referred to several times by Colonel Roosevelt, who devoted a large part of his remarks to a reply.
 "Mr Taft again and again, in quo tations l have given and elsewhere through his speech" said Colonel Roosevelt, expresses his disbelief in the people when they vote at the polls"
 He asserted that the presidents position was
 We have in this country a special class of persons wiser than the peo Die, who are above the people, who cannot be reached by the people, but Who govern them and ought to gov. ern them Colonel Roosevelt said this was "the old doctrine" which has tended to create a bulwark fol special privilege"
 This doctrine is to me a dreadful doctrine" said the speaker, flor iti effect is, and can only be. to make the courts the shield of privilege against popular rights"
 T prefer to work with moderate with rational conservatives" said thu colonel in conclusion, provided onl, that they do in good faith strive for ward toward the light. But when thel halt and turn their backs to the light and sit with the scorners on the seats of reaction, then I must part company with them. We, the people. cannot turn our back. Our aim must be steady, wise progress"
 The meeting was an enthusiastic one from start to finish, although the big crowd was at no time extraordi- narily demonstrative. Colonel Roose. welt received very cordial recep- tion when he appeared on the plat. form the cheers, handclappings and waving of handkerchiefs and hats lasting for a considerable period Cheers and applause punctuated his speech at frequent intervals, the manifestations of approval being sometimes quite prolonged. Perhaps the greatest enthusiasm was arous- ed when toward the close of his ad- dress he spoke of the different types of leaders and declared that to the true leader his individual fate meant little so long as it contributed toward a victory for his cause.
 Colonel Roosevelt at the conclusion of his speech went from the main hall to the overflow meeting which packed a smaller hall in the same building. To the cheering audience in this auditorium the colonel talked for 20 minutes or more, for the most part gonig over the most important portions of his main speech The crowd here was as enthusiastic as the one in the big hall and the speak CTS most effective points were as vigorously applauded.