Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-30
Closed Chicago Visit With
Attack on Administration
and Assertion That the
People are For Him.
LEAVES CHICAGO
FOR ST. LOUIS
Construction Put Upon Can
didate's Words in Chicago
Speech Calls Forth Elk
PLANTATION From Colonel.

St. Louis, Mo-, March 2s.-Reports
that Col. Roosevelt had intimated tina,
he would bolt from his party in case
he fails of nomination brought forth 8
denial from the colonel today.
ANY statement like that Is untrue,
he said. ANY time I have anything
to say on that subject i will say 1t my
self, and anything purporting to come
from me unless l say it myself IS
fake"
Col. Roosevelt was told that he was
quoted as having said in Chicago tnat
republicans were not bound to respec'
nominations secured by "thuggery,
nominations in this case referring to
abe nominations of the Chicago con
vention.
"There was no allusion to the Chi
cago convention. The illusions were
specifically to what had been uone III
New York, indianapolis and Denver.
No such sentence as that including the
word 'thuggery' was used.
What / stated was that such con-
ventions as those in New York, Indian
apolis and Denver were In no way rep
resentative or binding upon republi'
cans, stand on what l said in Boston
and what I said yesterday"
At Boston Col. Roosevelt In answer
ing the question, the day after ne
made public his reply to the seven
governors, if he would support the
nominee Of the Chicago convention
said. "Of course, / will
ANY story that does not come from
me is fake Colonel Roosevelt said
when he replied to a question If the
story that the manager of the national
Roosevelt league had obtained an op-
ton on hall in Chicago to hold a
rump convention if necessary. Alex
ander H. Revell, president of the lea
que also voiced his denial.
While resting at hotel COL Roose-
welt met leaders of the faction of the
in the state who are sup
porting his candidacy. He conferred
at length with Gov. Hadley.
Chicago Papers See Bolt.
Chicago papers reaching here with
comments on Roosevelt's speeches IN
Chicago declared that the colonel
plainly intimated he would bolt the
party unless nominated at Chicago.
The Record-H Herald in it's report of
his speeches said:
Theodore Roosevelt, amid the most
tumultuous scenes characterizing< q
Chicago political meeting in recent
years served notice on friend and
foe last night in his auditorium speech
that If he considers himself unfairly
beaten for nomination at the republi-
can national convention he may lead
his followers in a third party move
ment. ~.
Colonel Roosevelt sounded warn
ing to his foes and the clarion call to
his friends to be prepared for third
party movement in June, in the event
that the former president is not made
the standard bearer of the republican
party. This Is the phrase which poll
ticians who heard its utterance pro-
nounced the most significant state
ment he has made since his announce
ment that hts hat was lin the ring"
"Tf the people decide the present
contest the way I think they ought not
to do" he declared, slowly, with en-
phasis on every word, as though wish
inc each to sink home In the hearts of
his audience, II will think they are un-
wise, but will have nothing to say.
But if they decide against US as the re-
suit Of the juggling of their rights by
the bosses, then I will have a good
deal to say
Repeats Statement Often.
Several times during his speech at
the auditorium he recited this phrase
and at the meeting in Wicker Park
hall where he went directly from down
town, and at the overflow meeting In
Northwest hall, he again made use OF
the same carefully selected declara-
ton.
"That he wished to deliver unmis-
a notice that the political
horizon does not reveal all that the
future holds in store was the general
opinion of the listening politicians"
The Inter-Ocean reporting the
speech said: ......
"Smarting under the stinging defeat
70 him in the New York
Theodore Roosevelt in Chi
cago yesterday denounced the ballot
ing in his home state as criminal
farce" and delivered his own ultimat-
UNI to republicans. The purport of the
ultimatum was: Nominate me or
will 20 out and fight the republican
party ... ..-....
lie eA-pISSluClll uAIilhoCuth, aSA
cred to two groups of politicians at the
Congress hotel during the afternoon,
did not commit him TO any course in
his fight on the. republican party 1t
left the inference that he would bolt
the party and form one of his own,
with the new nationalism' as the is
sue"
Roosevelt in St. Louis.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt arrived
here this morning and during the day
he was to be the guest of the Million
Population club. Tonight he will
speak at the First Regiment Armory
under the auspices of the Missouri
Roosevelt club.
Col. Rooseyelt's program, as arrang.