Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-27
ASSERTS THE MEN CHOSEN
DO NOT REPRESENT PARTY
Does Not Consider Binding ANY Ac-
tion They May Take.
PROMISES HOT TALK TONIGHT
Former President Vigorously Ex-
presses Himself on His Way
to Chicago to Make
Three Speeches.

FORT WAYNE. Ind. March o7.-Thor-
oughly aroused by the outcome of tho
primaries In New York yesterday. In
which the Roosevelt forces were defeat
ed, Col. Roosevelt, en- route to Chicago.
declared today that the whole proceeding
was farce. He gave out this statement:
In New York state as a whole there
was no real vote OF the republican party
whatever. Outside of New York city
the primary lava is a farce. Inside of
New York city 1t has been shown TO be
a criminal farce. Even as it is, one
fourth of the delegates are straigh'out
Roosevelt men. and of the remaining
three-fourths the great majority of those
elected from New York city have no
more claim to sit in a republican con-
vention than IL they were sent to il by
Tammany Hall, for they were elected by
methods more outrageous than the worst
methods that Tamnany HAL itself ever
employed in an election. In my Chicago
speech tonight 1 shall take this matter
up In detail, and explain why these men
in no shape or way represent the repub-
hcan party, and why no action of theirs
should be accepted as representative OF
or binding Oh the republican party.
1T will be a fighting speech Col.
Roosevelt added.
The colonel learned of the outcome OF
the Indiana state republican convention
yesterday, but declined to comment On il.
Turnout for Roosevelt.
to meet Col. Roosevelt on the way across
Ohio and Indiana AT Canton, Ohio. sew
erai hundred men were waiting when the
in .ln n'C a
delegation climbed on board. In the hope
him to make a speech. Medili McCor-
mick Of Chicago, VINO is travelling with
col. Roosevelt, was aroused, nut refused
to disturb the former President.
AT Lima, Ohio, several hundred persons
were al the station. COL Roosevelt said:
Reiterates His Position.
Now, friends. the principles for which
1 stand and upon which am trying tv in
sist are that in the long run the Ameri-
can people can govern themselves better
thar any other body can govern them.
Now all want is to apply the same
principe to us collectively that eacn or
us appiies individually. Eacn man that
Is hit 10 cali nlmSen an American wants
to boss his own nfe. He wants to lead
mis- own Lie. Now he will make mus
taxes; any one of us wiIl-you or = Will.
but l want to make them myself. 1 do
not want any one else TO MAKE them for
me-.
Says he Was Robbed in Indiana.
In a ten-minute address from the plat
form of his car to a large crowd here
Col Roosevelt declared that the men
who, by unfair methods. in the Indian
apolis convention yesterday ruled by
affiliation with the republican party
Tine people of Indiana snoud be given
a fair representation" SAID Col. Roose-
welt, ''and If they are against me L
.uuld not say word, but when they are
for me and treacherous political methods
d employed against me and my sup
porters l will have 81 eat deal TO say.
THE same thing was done III the city
of New York. They take majority
against them and and by foul means turn
We're against us in your state convention,
and organized machine methods were
used.
I'VE Won in this state a clear majority.
but the bosses in The convention deliD-
erately turned out 20u delegates so as 10
give them a majority. We viii not stand
Tor that If they beat us fairly We VIII
not register a single kick, but if they
cheat us by foul means they are not IA +
representa- of the party, and We shall
see that the people of indiana have their
wishes fairly represented in the Chicago
convention.
Three Speeches Tonight.
CHICAGO, March 27.-Col Theodore
Roosevelt is scheduled to deliver three
speeches here tonight. one in the Audi
torum Theater and two in halls on the
west side of the city. \ mum ,er of con-
ferences with political leaders have been
arranged for the afternoon. lie is ex-
pected to arrive at O'Clock.