Omaha daily bee., 1912-04-07
COLONEL FACES
CRITICAL TEST
First Real Trial of Strength is to
Come in Illinois Next
Tuesday.
ROOSEVELT MAKING HARD FIGHT
THIS is First Great Republican state
where There 0. = Direct Presi-
Dental Primary Elec-
tlon.


ROCKFORD. ILL.,. April s.--what Is re-
garded by Roosevelts supporters as
critical period In the former presidents
campaign began today. Colonel Roose-
welt delivered speech at Rockford at
the opening Of his two-day trip through
Illinois, during which he Is to make q
determined fight for the states fifty-
eight delegates to the republican national
convention. Illinois Is the first OF the
great republican states in which at a
direct preferential presidential primary
the supporters OF the president and the
former president will be able to measure
their relative strength
Colonel Roosevelt was told that chaun-
ey e. Dewey. manager OF tho Roosevelt
campaign in Illinois claimed every dis
+irict in the state except senator Lori
mer's bailiwick In Chicago and possibly
the East 81. Louis district.
, II am a warrior anc not prophet" /"
the, colonel replied, '.the primaries are
to be held next Tuesday"
In the intervening time Colonel Roose-
Welt is TO speak in six congressional dis
tricts including those OF Congressman
Mckinley, President Taft's campaign
manager and ex-speaker Cannon.
In his speech here the colonel empha-
sized his belief the issue in this cam
paign Is one which affects fundamentally
the welfare OF the country. He said he
was making the fight for the benefit
Of the rich man as well as the poor man.
ratnn.f pao..yatt rAaau,.d hf. attach
on Senator Lorimer to whom he referred
as a representative OF . type Of men
opposing him. He said that these men
stood for the small representative part
Of the people" who, the colonel declared,
seek to rule the people.
81 protest against the use Of Lincoln's
name" Colonel Roosevelt said in connec-
tion with the activities of senator Lori
mer. during his second speech, made TO
a large crowd at Freeport. THE prin-
ciples Of Senator Lorimer are the direct
reverse of the principles Of honest Abe
Lincoln"
Wilson speaks at GaIesburg.
GALEsBuRG. ILL.,, April s.-Governor
Woodrow Wilson Of New Jersey. In q
short speech delivered this morning 10
many voters Of this vicinity. made an
attack upon government for the inter-
ests. the present system Of choice OF
candidates. the republican tariff meas
ures and also made a strong appeal for
the support OF the voters at the preferen-
tial presidential primaries next Tuesday.
He said ''the people are tired Of being
governed for the especial benefit Of the
interests and they are clsmoring for q
president who win take the lead and
see that things are done for the benefit
of the general public.
IAN government needs to be taken back
to the general public in frank confidence.
A nation does not grow from the top,
but from the bottom. and the future OF
America depends upon the men who are
making the struggles. rather than upon
the men who have fought their way TO
the top.
The question OF the present time Is
not so much what party is going to win
at the coming election. but which party
is going to draw 10 itself the forces Of the
nation, and work for the renewal Of the
power Of the United States
Average Man Must Get Into Game.
MoLiNE, ILL.,, April s-"There never
VIII be a permanent and settled tariff
policy IN this country until the average
man Is brought into the game and pub
lie opinion has been fully consulted" de-
eIsred Governor Woodrow Wilson to q
gathering Of citizens which assembled at
the railroad station here today. The
trouble Is that the tariff schedules have
been made up after consultation with
small group Of interested persons.
Il am for the laboring man. because he
is part Of the great body Of the ma
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