Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-03-28
Lashes Opponents and Charg|
Some of Them with Fraud
and Trickery.
TAKES PRIMARIES FOR TnEM|
Does Not Want to Be Kinr b
cause It Is Not q Job for a
Full-Sized Man-Lively
Welcome at Chicago.


velt's most singing campaign speec
thus far was delivered here to.nigh
He dashed his opponents and charge
some of them with using fraud an
trickery to defeat him.
Colonel Roosevelt said II was
fighting speech. II was delivered be
fore "A throng which packed the Audi
torium and cheered him enthusiast
cally The primaries in New York yes
terday furnished the text for hl
speech and he cited a number Of in
stances in which he said his oppon
ents had resorted TO improper pre-
tices to defeat him.
He expressed belief that In th]
great majority Of districts Of I'll,
country the people were with him and
that the opposition was attempting I'd
defeat him BY methods which he char
acterzed as infamous"
Part of Colonel Roosevelts speech
was devoted to big business" HID
opposed our present policy Of chaos
and gave his own ideas Of the meth odsI
which should be pursued to insured
strict regulation Of large corporations.
Chicago gave the former president n
nVely welcome. Crowds cheered him at
the station when he arrived and whenever
he appeared during the nine hours of his
stay here. The Auditorium was large
enough to hold only a part Of those who
sought admission Though two other
meetings were held, many persons who
wished TO hear Colonel Roosevelt were
unable to do So
CROWD TWO BLOCKS LONG.
Two hours before the Auditorium vas
opened a crowd had gathered at the doors
a line OF persons four abreast was formed
and grew steadily until 1t extended for
two blocks In each direction
When Colonel Roosevelt entered the
building the people rose with a cheer. For
two minutes the cheering continued and
during his speech he was frequently in
terrupted by applause.
Colonel Roosevelt turned aside from his
prepared speech from time to time In
one OF his sallies he discussed the state
ments Of his opponents that he hopes to
be dictator.
There isn't much danger to the peo-
pie" he said. from a man who can dD
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 mada
before. Occasionally my gloomy foes
have said that wanted to be king. Il
wanted TO answer that they did not know
kings and | did. l like the kings l have
met. but I don't want to be one, because
the function of those Kings. expressed
In the terms of democracy, would be thai
position Of vice president for life withI
the leadership of the four hundred
thrown in. think there are other Jobs
that full-szed man would prefer
During his brief stay in Chicago Colonel
Roosevelt found time to meet the Lead
ers Of the Roosevelt movement in III.
nois and several hundred political work.
crs In Chicago
Colonel Roosevelt in his speech said
that in many parts of the country the
opposition was counting for success on
methods which can only characterize
as Infamous" He asserted that Presi.
doctrine OF the rule of the people by "a
representative part Of the people.
NAMES THE BAD" BOSSES
In pursuit Of This theory of govern
ment," he continued the Presidents
political fortunes are now committed to
the political machines in the various
States which are led and controlled by
men like Mr.. Tawney in Minnesota. Mr.
Healing In Indiana. Mr. Penroee In
Pennsylvania. Ball!nger in Washington.
Messrs Barnes and Koenig In New York.
Mr., Gallinger in New Hampshire. Messrs.
Guggenheim and Evans in Colorado. Mr.
Aldrich in Rhode Island. Mr.. Cox In Ohio
and Mr., Lorlmer in Illinois. These are
the men. who. when his theory IL
translated into actual practice. actually
appear "a that representative part OF
the people WITCH IS to govern all the ysss
of the people
Colonel Roosevelt then turned To the
primary election in New York yesterday
10 substantiate his charges He referred
to Samuel Kocnig, chairman OF the New
York county republican committee. as
figure head" AMI said he was simply
taing the bidding of the stronger men be-
hind him. some ~ those stronger men
a ppearing in the open and others being
the big sinister figures that are never
seen in tho light of day.
'In many of the districts. the bal
lots were so printed that two or three
feet of blank space was left under tho
Roosevelt emblem and the voters did
not understand that what was below
was the Roosevelt ticket at all
"On two of the huge ballots the
Roosevelt delegates were at the bot
tom of the ticket and the ballots were
folded in such way as to make it
impossible for the voters
to refold them in case they opened
them up in order to find where the
Roosevelt delegates were.
The independence league men never
got any ballots at all in many of the
election districts throughout the city.
In election district after election dis
trict both in the county of New York
and In the county of Kings. ballots
did not arrive until seven o'clock or
eight o'clock or almost nine o'clock.
Nine o'clock was the hour for closing
and when the ballots arrived at either
four minutes of nine as happened in
some cases, OF at 10 minutes of nine
or 20 minutes OF nine. most of the or
binary decent citizens. the men on
whom ! had to depend. had gone home.
Against them were the professional
bread and butter politicians and these. OF
course, stood through the whole time and
were in the polling booths voting and did
not leave the polling booths until after
nine o'clock when the hour for closing
had come, In short. the election machin.
cry Was used as unscrupulousy as In the
dayA Of Tweed