New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
ROOSEVELT BOOK QUOTED
Abraham Gruber Reads from
American Ideals" with Evil
dent Glee-Barnes Persists
That Question Is One
of Platform.

call ana the thlru term.
OF the three hundred and fifty MEM
bers present there was not a single dis
sentng voice on the adoption of the
resolutions and the reading Of them
brought round of cheers which burst
out again with the unanimous chorus
of ayes" Men prominent in RepubIi-
can political organizations WED with
members Of the rarty whose names do
not appear in accounts Of organization
activities in their enthusiasm over the
resolutions. and list of those present
meant practically a list of every mem
Der IN the club roster who could pos
siby attend.
State Chairman Barnes County Chair
man KCenig, j. Van Vechten Olcott,
! John r. Eustis, otto T. Barnard Edward
| K. Finch Robert G. Morris. Judge May
| er. james $. Lehmaier Herbert Parsons,
| Abraham Gruber. William 3 BenncL
! James r. Sheffield. Robert \. Kenyons
VINO drew the recent and similar Union
! League club resolutions; Paul X. Towne,
! Justice William Young, John \. Dutton,
Jacob Halstead. John Henry Hammond,
! I nd1lcS ~. AldtS, lsoIIS MAI SIhii, <hhS''
G.. McCook Mortimer c. Addoms, j. Ed
gar Leaycraft, John Boyle, jr, and Abra-
I ham s. Gilbert were among the number.
| Christian ~ Bovee presented the reso-
( lutions, whicl. were introduced al reg
ular meeting last Monday night and
made a special order of business for lasC
nights meeting, which was called 70;
the sole purpose Of considering ami
adopting them. Mr.. Bovee made Few
brief remarks in offering the resolutions,
in which he summed up the reasons for
their adoption. The Republican Club, h1
said. as centre of great political ac-
tivity and Republican thought, drew its
membership from the entire country.
Duty to Go on Record.
Whenever any political agitation sup
posed to be representing Republican doc
trine is on trial, and when 1t is sought ID
graft it on the party in the shape of
new theories or new dogmas," Mr.. Bovee
continued, las 1t is now being sought ID
do with regard to the recall of judges
and judicial decisions, it is the duty OF
the Republican Club to go oh record and
speak in no uncertain terms as to these
theories.
| we are on the threshold of the
question of indorsng President Tafts
administration. He has demonstrated
by his reconstruction and reorganization
of the Supreme Court. through his APP
pointment of five OF the best judges that
ever sat upon the bench-Justices
Hughes, Lurton, Van Devanter Lamar
and Pitney, not TO speak of his appoint
ment to the chief justiceship of Justice
White-his appreciation of the great re.
sponsibiities. On that alone he is en-
titled TO denomination.
His splendid defence of the indepen-
dence of the judiciary and his denuncia-
ton of the proposed recall of judges and
iudicial decisions have not been exceeded
bv any argument on the subject That
also should entitle him to denomination
"As to the question of the third term,
7 nudge from the temper of this audience
| that it is not necessary to cite eithec
Washington or Jefferson on that subject.
Ii is sufficient to quote from another au-
thority.
Mr.. Bovee then read without comment
| or exclamation of any kind and without
mentioning the name of Theodore
Roosevelt, as indeed he did not do at
any time in the course OK his remarks.
the following statement made by Mr..
Roosevelt on November s. 1904:
"On the 4th of March next / shall have
served three and a half years and this
three and a half years constitute my
first term. The wise custom which limits
the President to two terms regards the
/ substance and not the form. and under
| 10 circumstances will l be a candidate
for or accept another nomination
Almost a score of men were on their
feet Immediately to second Mr.. Bovees
motion for the adoption of the resolu-
tions, bur Charles o. Mas was recorded
as the first. and the resolutions were
adopted with unanimous roar of ayes"
that developed into sustained cheer.
Abraham Gruber was probably disap-
pointed in measure, for Abe along
with others had heard that there might
be some slight opposition, and he came
primed to batter il down with words
from Mr.. Roosevelts own pen There was
absolutely no opposition, however, and
the resolutions were adopted so quickly
and so enthusiastically that Abe" could
only cite his quotations to few friends
afterward.
Quotes from american Ideals"
American Ideals" by Theodore Roose-
Welt. was the book which Mr.. Gruber
brought with him, and his first quotation.
which he read with evident glee, was
from an essay entitled. Our Poorer
Brothers" Ii read In our cities the
misgovernment is due, not to misdeeds
of the rich, but to the low standard OF
honesty and morality among our citizens
generally
From the same essay Mr. Gruber read
his second Offering, as follows: The
worst foe of the poor man Is the labor
leader. whether he is philanthropist or
a politician. who tries TO teach MIN that
n, is q victim of conspiracy and injustice
when in reality he is merely working out
his fate with blood and sweat, as tne