The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-26
The Colonel Is Not Going to
be Bamboozled Out of
the Nomination
AFTER FAIR DEAL
AND THAT ONLY
IF the Bosses Try to Start
Something, I'll Have Il
Great Deal to Say
at Chicago

strident tone. Colonel Roosevelt
sounded q warning to the Republican
rational committee Aere 8oright NOT
TO try to fool him out of the nofnl-
nation.
The ex-presi6ent insisted that tiece
will be 10 compromise AT Chicago
and that he VIII insist upon the na-
tionat committee giving him "a fan
deal His challenge carried WIN II
threat to get out and lead third
ticker II the committee throws then
nomination by trickery 10 President
TAFT,
Roosavelt's sizzling speech came al
the eH 3f a day crowded with stir
ring campaigning. He spoke to
crowd OF bowling patriots that packed
the armory,
Our opponents have no thought Of
winning unless by deliberately cheat
ing In the national committee cried
Roosevelt
This committee is supposed 10 pass
on the rights OF ths people sitting
~ the convention. II Il chooses 70
II can throw out the lawfully elected
delegates and substitute those elected
hx fraud II liz therefore vital 10 have
3 national committee which truly re-
presents the people.
The language of our opponents ms
the last few days shows that they sin4s
tend 10 use members o. The national
committee who have been beaten IN
thefr own States 70 sit In judgment OF.
those who have beaten them In their
own States.
We thrashed them 10 ~ In Penn
syIYania and 81 20 e IN Illinois. !
call attention that the national COM
7nttteemen from Pennsylvania repre-
sent no, seventy put six of the dele
gates 1t Is the same way in Hin is.
Not only does that pertain tn Penn
syNania and Illinois but the same
thing appears In place after place in
the national committee.
II want our opponents to know that
II the discredited politicians and
bosses try 10 upset tae verdict of the
people / will haSpe great deal 10
say. l viii not stand Tor If for
moment.
a'rhe professional politicians have
been accustomed to using strong arm
tactics because they have been accus
toned TO fighting between two fac
tons of the Republican party s;
This is no "a fac;ional tight IT is
iight against the bosses. the dis
credited politicians. etc.
II serve notice on the national com
to defeat the will OF the people. hut
any question OF expedisney | am Will
Ing to compromise, but not ia mat
ter OF prineipie,
There VIII be no conpromise III
this fight," Numbered the colonel.
The colonel stopped at Red Bank,
Perth Amboy. Long Branch. New
brunswick Piainield. Garford. Gran
ford and Westfield on the way 70
Elizabeth. Some OF the former gave
him booming presidential salute ef
twenty-one guns. The trip was made
in automobiles.
.If you vote AS you shou, You viii
be all right on Tuesday" said the coll
onei 70 q big crowd at lie long
Branch station.
You shout the right way
Roosevelt dealt in many of his talks
upon the relation OF the employer to
the worker. He wanted 10 get the
traffic fixed SO the worker would get
more our of IL.
II wish / could get some of the
multi millionaires who now regard
me as narchist to understand that
il is to their advantage to bs with
me in this fight" he told 5000 at
Perth Anaboy. RI am wagtng the
battle for them; little do they know
IT,"
Roosevelt drew throng of 5000
at the City park at New Brunswick,
where President Taft spoke yesterday
TO a crowd OF half the size.
Addressing a throng at the City
park, at Piainfieid. Roosevelt late
In the afternoon. used his hat to pro-
tect his eyes from the sun. My hat
il still in the ring" he stopped to
say. II think it's time to take 1t ou..
The Fight won.' He spoke TO the
Plainfeld crowd Of his purpose to
stop the national committee from
bambocsiing him out OF the nomina-
ton.
AT Bound Brook, the ex-president
observed: II see my opponents are
saying the fight will come close. We
are going to hammer them over the
ropes"
He evidenced his confidence in New
Jersey, when he remarked at Gran
ford I'VE. are going to sweep this
State. We've got them going and
we've going to put 1t through. ! be-
lieve we are going to sweep New
Jersey cleaner than we Lave swept
any other State"