Arizona republican., 1912-03-28
Smarting From Crushing Defeat in New York
 Lion Hunter Lam
 basts Opponents
SAYS HE WASN'T
 BEATEN FAIRLY
Roosevelt Indulges in Long Tirade Over Alleged Frauds at the
 Primaries
1 dSSOcidfed Press Disbatchl


 CHICAGO. March =. - Colonel kOOsevelt's most stinging campaign speech thus far was delivered here tonight. He lashed his opponents with sharp sentences and charged some of them with using trickery and fraud to defeat rim. Roosevelt said 1t was fighting speech" It was delivered before d crowd that filled the Auditorium ard which cheered him enthusiasticSl The primaries in New York yesterday fur nished the text of his speech He ex- pressed the belief that in g majority of the districts the country people were with him and that the opposi- tion was attempting to defeat him by methods which I can only charac- terize as infamous Chicago gave the former president lively welcome Crowds gathered at the station when he appeared for his nine-hour stay The Auditorium was not large enough to hold the crowd that sought admis- sion. Two other meetings were held but many who wishec % hear were unable to do so.
 Two hours before the rall opened d
 
 of persons. four abreast. was formed. and grew steadily until it extended two blocks in each direction. Roose- welt occasionally turned aside from his prepared speech. In one Of these sdllies he discussed the statement that he hoped to be d dictator. There's not much danger to the people," he said. from man who can do nothing unless he can persuade them that what he wants is right. am going to make one remark I have often been tempted to make but never have before
 Occasionally my foes have said I wanted to be king I wanted to an sWer that they did not know kings as l did l like kings. I have met them but l don't want to be one. because the function of these kings is ex- pressed in such terms 1 would be in the position of Vice-president for life with leadership Of the four hundred thrown in. think there are other jobs full sized man would prefer"
 CHICAGO. March 27.-Although "big business" and the control of
 
 topics of speech delivered by Colonel Roosevelt here tonight. the colonel devoted considerable time in denunciation of the primary held in New York yesterday. He said it was criminal farce" that in many districts the polls were open only a few minutes and that the Roosevelt voters were shut out He asserted that in other districts all the election inspectors were removed and anti Roosevelt men substituted. He charged that in many voting places ballots were msprinted. and that in others the Roosevelt candi- dates were left off altogether He declared watchers saw ballot boxes openly stuffed"
 Nine o'clock was the time for closing. When tl.s ballots arrived. either at four minutes of nine. as happened in some cases. or fifteen minutes. of nine. most of the or dinary decent citizens. the men on whom I depended. had gone home said Roosevelt. Against them were professional bread and butter poIi-
 
 through the whole time and did not leave the polling booths until after nine"
 "As | have said such primary con- test is not merely farce. but d criminal farce. Men nomin3lly elect ed as the result. men like Parsons and Griscom and the rest. cannot. if they wish to preserve their repu- tations as honorable men, consent to accept positions as delegates.
 What was done in New York was substantially done in Indiana and Colorado. Against money and pat ronage and all the efforts of the Keeling machine in Indiana. we car ried the convention handsomely: ! then by fraudulent action, which can he only called brutal and in utter defiance of decency, nearly two hun dred delegates were thrown out and the will of the people reversed. 9Th same thing was done in Colo rado by the Guggenheim- Evans ma chine. Outside of Denver. in spite of every species of attempted trick ery and foul play. we carried the ma iOrity of the delegates, but were | beaten by the most outrageous me thods in Denver itself by the Gug genheim machine. In all these places our opponents have shown they wished to win by any means. no matter how foul; that they will not abide by the decision of the people We ask nothing except that