Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-09-19
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the Albuquerque way. Is to the bes
known man in the world--the great
est living Anerican--the one wh'
made every nation on earth SIT III
and take notice, when he was presi
dent of these United States--Colone
Theodore Roosevelt Now Ioiler.'
No sooner had he been introduced
| than many of the newspaper mel
on the stand wanted to know why 4
| democrat had been chosen to intro
| duce the speaker of the day, and 1
took some time to explain to then
that the reception given him wa'
purely non partisan.
The colonel, IN part spoke as fol
| lows:
| Mr.. Chairman. My Friends and Eel
| low Citizens:
take a peculiar pleasure In ap-
pearing here in New Mexico. the state
| from which l raised nearly half my
regiment and one of the best of my
regiment is to interpret for me. CAP
| plause). When ! speak U will ask
you 10 be as quiet as possible-boys
get right down; l like Kids. but they
are not transparent)--l have come
mere 10 New Mexico to appeal to you
IN the name of good citizenship to ask
your support Tor the elemental princi-
pies OF the right of the people to rule
ana OF social and Industrial justice.
IN this fight, we are standing
against the alliance of crooked politics
ana crooked business. which have
done more than. any other one cause
10 corrupt American poltics-and |
ask you, men and women of New
Mexico. to think for yourselves as to
who II Is that we are opposing down
mere IN your state and just what Is
happening here is happening else
wncre throughout the union Every
poss, every man. who, in the past, has
made money in crooked WAYS here In
New Mexico; every man who brought
the name OF New Mexico. when 1t was
a territory. into disrepute. is against
us IN this fight. and he Is against us
naturally, because if we have our way,
the day of the boss, the day OF the
crooked financier. will come to an
end. And, friends, when the men of
that type In both of the old parties
make common cause against us,
nave right TO ask that the decent
men, without regard to politics. make
a common cause for us. | ask every
ex-repubiican, who is square man,
to come with us, because we want fair
and square men.
Both Old Parties Boss Ridden.
As make my appeal to the honest
men Of the republican party, so |
make my appeal to the honest men Of
the democratic party. The two old
parties are both of them boss-ridden
ana privliese-controlled Neither one
responds to the demands of the men
wh" make up the rank and file. Each
IS dominated by the bosses and tho
politicians, and nothing Is accomplish
~ So.
me other. | ask you to look for your
selves at our platform and compare II !
Win the Platform of the two other
PARTIES and | ask you to look at the |
men VINO Symbolic our move. We |
for vice president Hiram |
Johnson, of California, and If we elect |
'ur ticket the first time we will have !
iad vice president from west OF the /
mississippi. Now, we have got Il pc
ulIar right To appeal to the western
RS. am mddling good westerner
myself. tApplause). We have put up
or vice president the great governor
t California, a man who has. as gov
rnor. done more in his office than
ny other governor since the civil war.
nd as | speak that, remembering
hat was governor of New York, re-
,emhering that Air. Wilson is COVER
or of New Jersey and Mr.. Marshall
oVernor of Indiana. Governor John
on, as governor. has done more than
Ir. Wilson. or Mr.. Marshall. or /,
urlng our terms as governor. He has ,
one more than any man in the office
governor in any state since the civil
ar. We took him from the Pacific |
ope.
Next of Importance to his nomina-
on is the nomination for governor Of {
ew York on the Atlantic, ana we
)mnated Oscar Straus, formerly in I
$ cabinet than whom no ADLER !
ndcd, disinlcrcstcd and more high {
inded public servant could be chosen !
iywhere in the United States. john I
N and Straus represent the types Of l
en- whom the progressives are try
Z to elect--the one always identi !
ID with the republican party, the
her formerly identified with the Z
'mocrutic party--both Of them true a
'ogrcssives, therefore. both wise
nservativcs. for the only real con '
rNative is the real progressive. 1t is u
lly the man who goes forward right o
who can be trusted to keep the e
vernmental machine on an even s
sis The rcactionary. the man who g
jccts to progress. Is always inviting II
vernlnent by CONFUSION. The nomi- u
! conservative. the real rcactionary. Il
the WflO. w pTtNtuillf INV "
o country from going forward . ali, v
axes in the end attempts to ing 4
inconsideratc rate OF speed in,o G.
ogress. Il want to speak to those 81
nchers--I just want to tell them p
at | am going to shake hands with W
em--I VIII be back in II minute W
II shake hands with YOU after while, lie
IN making a speech now. Extended te
plauseb. n
Appeals To Spanish Americans. -.
And now. friends. | wish To say an y,
leciil word to nv fellow citizens w
10 are Of the Spanish descent--my NJ
low citizens. who were the first set "
rs In this state-bcfore there was "
other city anywhere I'm what Is now d'
= United states. ask you to stop >.
ng governed by the bosses | ask th
Il to be your own masters 7 ask W
a to think for yourselves and To act u
yourselves and to tell the bosses ca
II you are through with them. CAP 10
use). | ask that you refuse to elect VI
ewes. bosscs-leading you alongfsi
p sheep. ! ask you to stand up as OF
ierican citizens and show that you pr
fe the right 10 judge for yourselves "a
! That no one can deliver your votes IL
| ask that you stand for the pro- ue
ssiVe national ticket. and for Mr. "a
Baca on the congressional ticket w