The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-04
Immense Audience Is Told in
Baltimore That Rous h
Rider Has Just Start
ed Campaign
RlDICULES THE IDEA
THAT PRESIDENT HAS
PATRIOTS SUPPORT
TAFT Afraid People CANE Do
heir Own Ruling. He
Declares to Throng,
" h.ch Howls APP
prevail

BALTIMORE. May 3.-Inspired by
bis Massachusetts fight. with The even
break Of delegates to Chicago. Colonel
Roosevelt here tonight, told an i'm
nlense audience at Lyric theatre that
he is going 10 keep hard at the cam
paign. with the hope Of winning the
nomination.
Our opponents may 1ust as wcH
u.aSe UP their minds thai We have
only begun" said tht eA. president
why, We have hardly started, we
are going right ahead with the cam.
paign. 1t locks as Il We had the peo-
pie on our side"
The colonel made no aIinslon to
the Massachusetts r1suii-- n1r his a.
tion In handing to President Taft the
eight delegates at large. HE renewed
his attack upon MIR TAFT Tor the
Presidents assertion that the leaders
supporting him are patriots" rather
20 bosses"
..dicuHng this. Roosevelt observed:
a. these patriotic leaders OF Mr.
.lls.s want 30 do rs run your govern
inens for you. That might NOT tie so
bad x they did II the way you want
II run, bat they have their own way
and It's mighty bad way. We don L
want that type OF patriot Ia be goV~
ert1ing us,
Charles j. Bonapare. attorney gem
arstl IN Ree=eeelt-s rexifrfE-. wflu came
our with . statement during The re-
cent Harvester Trust broil. backing up
Roosevelt. introduced the colonel
-tsgFta fg71FEss Essrf orr ift ffsF Of Traders
supporting Presidenl TAFT. and adopt
ing the manner OF the ex-president,
called them all bosses. The former
attorney general avoided any refer
ence 10 the Harvester Trust.
For Direct Eiec ion.
In telling the throng what he wanted
10 do respecting progressive legisla-
ton, Colonel Roosevelt promised that
he would try 10 bring about the d.
rece election of United States seua
tore. $50 We can improve on some Of
the kind we have now
Maybe we will not always get the
best men for senator's said Roose-
Welt. but it will be better Than hav-
Ing the bosses pick them out"
Taking up the presidents accusa-
ton thar Roosevelt had sarbled his
Toledo speech upon the capability Of
the peopfs 10 rule themselves, Roose-
Welt exclaimed
Taft Doesn't Trust People.
III you study Mr. Tafrs speeches
for the last few months. with his
subsequent explanation. you will find
that. when its all summed up. the
president is really afraid the people
cannot do their own ruling. That's
the only Interpretation you can MAKE
OF IT, He thinks the people will fall
into mistakes, that their Judgment
l. tk~S.. Hats hot has mill
wrong. the president is in error. The
people know what they want and IL
they are given the chance they will
drive rhe bosses out and show what
they can do"
The en- President found Maryla nj
4ss4.rfsfug win politics ON his run which
ended here tonight. The Taft forces.
led by National Republican Commit
teeman William b. Jackson. and Col
lector of Port Stone. of this city. are
fighting desperately to deliver the
States sixteen delegates over to the
President at Mondays primaries. The
Roosevelt leaders. arrayed against the
phaianx of ofilceholders. have con-
Quoted a hot campaign to smash the
machine
When Roosevelt's special reached
Salisbury, on the States eastern
shore. early In the day. the ex-Presi-
dent was Informed that the Taft
workers had dumped cart load OF
money into the campaign. Open
charges were in the air that the OPP
position was trying, by the use OF the
fund, to influence the votes of the
negroes.
Colonel Aroused.
Roosevelt was aroused over the re-
ports OF use of money, and, in his
speeches. sounded a warning to the
negroes not to allow themselves to be
corrupted He started In denouncing
bribery of voters in his Salisbury
speech, before an audience Of 5000,
and repeated 1t at his only other
Maryland talk on the days run. at
Havre De Grace. where another large
crowd was on hand. II want to warn
the negro voters of this State that
they are endangering their en-
franehisement II they sell their votes,'
cried the colonel. The man who
accepts a bride for his vote is guilty of
treason 70 his country. He ought to
have the right Of suffrage taken from
him, and be severely punished by law.
The white man who offers a bride
ought to be In the peniteptiary. and /
want to say that I will do all l can
TO put any such scoundrei right there.
N any man uses a bride to get one
vote for me. shall take infinite
pleasure in 'cinching' him.
Doesn't Want II Dishonesty.
II do not want a delegate who Is
bought. II I cannot get the nomina-
ton by honorable means - not want
It. The presidency is not worth hav-