Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-15
Y WAGE WAR ONLY
AGAINST CROOKS
Col. Roosevelt Makes Singing
Reply to Taft at
Canton, O.

CANTON. O.. Nav 15.-Colonel Roose-
welt last night, in his first speech in this
State prior to the Ohio primaries. said
that it was his desire TO open the cam
paign in the home town of the late Pres
idenf Mckinley, whom he referred 10 as
my old chief" He said that President
Mckinley was "a man who all his life
long kept in peculiarly close touch with
the plain people"
Colonel Roosevelt renewed his attack on
President Taft and the men prominent in
directing the Presidents campaign for re-
nomination. He referred to Senator Lori
mer. of Illinois. as Mr.. Taff's ifeIfenanf.
He strongly criticized Representative
William r. Mckinley, manager of the
Presidents campaign. for referring, the
colonel said. in n public statement TO the
men who opposed President Taft in the
Maryland campaign as 1.-THE rabble of the
cities"
From the writings and public addresses
of Abraham Lincoln Colonel Roosevelt
quoted more literally thar at any time
previously during his campaign for the
Ait6iutHtihl i1Fiiiilidlipii. ' 0ertt iIh
that the Progressive Republicans today
stand for the principles which were ad-
yocated by President Lincoln.
What Colonel Said.
Colonel Roosevelt, III part, said:
I'VE who stand for real progress with
In the Republican party have been ac-
cnsed OF preaching discomfort and class
hatred Lincoln preached discomfort
with slavery. and in the same way we
preach discomfort with industrial tyranny
and oppression and with any failure
of legislator or judge to see that the
rights of the wage-worker and the
farmer are properly safeguarded.<
AS for the allegation that | stir up
class hatred l can only answer that there
Ii not a class in this country against
whom ! war except the class of crooks,
financial crooks and political crooks, big
cooks and little crooks. Against all
these | do preach war.
The first of the fundamental differ
ences between us and our opponents Is
that we do really believe in the people
and that they do not.
whose Constitution is ii, anyway 1t
IL the Constitution Of the plain people.
They made 1t. They fought and died
for It. The plain people, the people of
the United States, have purchased their
Constitution at this price. Are they now
10 be told, forsooth, that the rights which
the Constitution enshrines are not dear
10 them that they will destroy their
Constitution unless some special and Sc
lect class is set up to guard 1t?
az Preach LincoIn's Doctrine"
.Do you think that | am preaching
revolutionary doctrine2 Well, | am only
preaching the doctrine that Abraham
Lincoln preached, which the %standpat-
tiers Of his day. the bosses and the spe-
elal interests. denounced as revolutionary
and which everyone recognizes now as
sane and conservative. Well, | quote
Lincoln when he said: NC man is good
enough to govern another without that
others consent / stand for referendum
and Mr.. Taft is against 1t. Again l
quote Lincoln when he said. Allow all
the governed an equal voice in the gov
rnment; that only Is self government.
4 ask a referendum on a certain type of
State judicial decision: | ask that the
court, as well as executive and legisla-
tive, genuinely represent the will OF the
people. Mr.. Taft says he will protect
the courts from the majority of the
people. Here again let me quote Lin
coin when he said; The people of these
United States are the rightful masters
of both constitutions and courts. not to
overthrow the constitutions, but to over
throw the men who pervert the Constitu-
ton.
= Ter three and a half years of actual
X feiience of MI. Taft the bosses now
support him. They have not changed
position. they stand exactly where they
were, 1t is Mr.. Taft who has gone
over to their side. Therefore, our atti-
tude toward Mr.. Taft can be expressed
In the words of Abraham Lincoln when
he said: I will stand with anybody
who stands for the right: stand with
him while he is right and part with him
when he goes wrong