The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-28

| throughout the city. In district after dis
! trict, both in the county of New York and
in the county OF Kings, the numbers OF
which were given me, ballots did not ar
rive until o'clock or s o'clock or almost
o'clock. Nine o'clock was the hour for
closing and when the ballots arrived at
! either four minutes of g. as happened IN
some cases, or at IS minutes OF g. or -
minutes of 9, most of the ordinary decent
citizens, the men on whom 1 had to de-
pend, had gone home. Against them
were the professional bread and butter
politicians and these, OF course, stood
through the whole time and were in tho
polling booths voting and did not leave
the polling booths until after the hour for
closing had come. In short, the election
machinery was used as unscrupulousIy as
in the days of Tweed. Our election in
spectors were removed wherever IL was
thought they were not with the machine.
AS have said, such a primary contest
IS not merely farce, but a criminal
farce. The results in such a primary are
In no shape or way representative of the
Republican party.
What was done in New York in sub
stantially what was done in indiana and
IN Colorado. Against all the money, all
the patronage, all the efforts of the Keel
ing mac hine in Indiana, with nothing but
the plain people of the state to rely upon.
we carried the state convention hand
somely; and then by fraudulent action
which can only be called brutal in its
utter defiance of decency, nearly two
hundred delegates were thrown out and
the will of the people reversed.
abide by the result and held a separate
convention. They would be dereiict in
their duty had they not done so.
Out in Colorado.
THE same thing was done in Colorado
by the Guggenheim-Evans machine. out
side of Denver, in spite of every species
of attempted trickery and foul play, we
carried a majority of the DELEGATES, but
we were beaten by the most OUTRAGEOUS
methods in Denver itself by the Guggen-
heim-Evans machine. If you wish to
know just precisely what the Guggen-
helm Evans people represent. and what
they are, I ask you to read Judge Ben
L1ndsay's book The Beast and the
Jungle Hunt UP the career OF men like
Phil Stewart, who made the fight for US.
and men like Lindsay, who although not
with us in this contest, and compare them
with the records of Messrs. Guggenheim
and Evans, and then Judge for yourselves
which side represents the cause of de-
cency and honesty in political and bust
ness life.
In Missouri we have Overwhelmingly
carried three districts and yet in each
district boiling convention has been
organized convention which can not
pretend to represent tenth part OF the
voters of the Republican party, but
which is to be sent to the Chicago ma
uonal convention in the hope that the
same tactics will be tried there that were
successfully tried in New York, Denver
and Indianapolis
I'm all these places our opponenke have
shown that they wished to win by any
means, no matter how foul. and that they
will not abide by the decision of the peo-
pie We ask nothing except that the
people be permitted to say what they
want. There never has been a clearer
lineup in the history of this country.
Criticises Taft.
I'm his speech at Concord presidenr
Taft, according to a stenographfo re-
port forwarded to me by Governor Bass,
spoke as follows:
" Tt is said that I distr1ist the neonIa
because I said that under impulsive ac-
ton they may do wrong 1 do. think
This said in commenting on nv
proposal concerning giving the people the
right to judge for themselves what their
Interpretation of the constitution in GER
tain cases may be. But the rresfdent's
words, of course, have far wider appli-
cation. When he, with whatever rood
intentions, keeps dwelling upon his dis-
trust of popular action. his disbelief in
action by the people themselves, II IL
natural that his lieutenants should feel
that they had free hand I'm trying to
thwart the wishes of the people"
At the conclusion OF the address az
Wicker Park hall, Colonel Roosevelt
made a hurried trip to a nearby ham
where he was greeted by another over
flow meeting. He made a brief speech
there.
In the two West Side speeches co1on.t
Roosevelt said, after calling attention
to the ten-hour law for women and en-
ployees' compensation acts:
All ask is that in case of laws Ike
that, not ordinary suits between man ana
man. but cases where the courts decide
that the legislature. acting under the
general welfare clause of the Constitution
mas not the power to pass laws OF that
kind. that where the Legislature ana ths
court disagree, the people, you and a
shall have the right to decide as to our
own powers. Now that is all I ask
IT am perfectly well aware that noU-
and then we will make mistakes. but 7
say that we Will make much fewer mis-
takes than any other people will MAKE
for us. and 1 want them to be our mis-
takes
Colonel Roosevelt left for st LsuAa
shortly before midnight.