The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-28

ment," he continued, the Presidents po- litlcal fortunes are now committed to the political machines in the various states
 which are led and controlled by men like MT Tawney, in Minnesota; MT. Keeling, In Indiana; MT Penrose, in Pennsylvana;
 MT. Ballinger. in Washington, Messrs Barnes and Koenig. in New York; MT Gallinger, in New Hampshire; Messrs. Guggenheim and Evans in Colorado; MT. Aldrich in Rhode Island; MT. Cox, Tn Ohio and Mir Lorimer, in Illinois These are the men who. when his theory IS translated into actual practice, actually appear as that representative part ol the people which Is to govern all the rest of the people,"
 Colonel Roosevelt then referred to the primary election in New York yesterday to substantiate his charges. He referred
 to Samuel Koenig chairman of the New York county republican committee. as a 'tfgurehead' and said he was simply doing the bidding of the stronger men
 behind him, some of these stronger men appearing in the open. and others belhB the big sinister figures that are never seen in the light of day"
 IssCriminaI Farce
 Before the election took place. the speaker continued, "I denounced 1t as a criminal farce, because under the wicked law which had been thrust upon New York by the machines of the two parties,
 Mr. Koeng had been given the right to name all the inspectors at the primary election in the country or New fork' anu had already used that right to throw out over hundred of the inspectors simply
 because it was known that they were supporting the Roosevelt ticket. Every inspector kept was an anti-RooseVelt man Now l ask you yourselves to think Wha' such conduct means.
 ''If in any political contest here Tn iili- noh one party announced that It would not permit any inspectors except US own to superintend the polling, you would ac- cent It. as a matter of course. as an an- nouncement that the election was not to
 he a fair election. There is no other pos sible interpretation to be put upon such action. It is a mere matter of elemental decency that if a contest is to be fair inc inspectors shall, as a matter of course, represent both sides.
 Roosevelt Men Mistreated CT may add that even before l left yesterdav two or three men had come to me protesting that they were not being given an opportunity 10 vote that they could not find any Roose- welt tickets; that there were no Roose- welt watchers that they were nal | troateu. ana that hO PiDNNNN'0'- given to them when they appealed to the police: and I had to call up the commissioner of police over the tele- phone and ask him to issue, orders that |the police should protect theuYoters in their right to poll.
 q have received today from Judge Charles IT. Duell. chairman or our ex- ecutive committee in New York city. citizen of the highest type, formerly A judge on the bench, always a man of the utmost fearlessness, and the highest standard of integrity, a state ment of the following facts
 Judge Due1l telegraphs me that in the Seventh assembly district every one of the 80 election inspectors was re- moved and anti Roosevelt men substi- tuted
 Ballots Delayed
 "In 10 election districts of the Twen- ty-sixth assembly district, the ballots did not arrive until 8 o'clock in the evening. The polling places had then been filled up with the Koenig- aft men, who occupied the remaining time in voting and gave the Roosevelt mer no chance to vote until the polls closed lat o'clock.
 "In three election districts of the Twenty fifth assembly district the bal. lots did not arrive until four min. utes of Q. and here again the Taft Koenig men had taken possession ol the polling places"
 MT. Roosevelt then said similar con