Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-28

Chicago, March 27,-ColoneI Roose- velt'S most stinging campaign speech thus far was delivered here tonight. He lashed his opponents and charged some of them with using fraud and trickery to defeat him. Colonel Roose- welt said it was a fighting speech. It was delivered before a throng which packed the auditorium and cheered him enthusiastically. The primaries in New York yesterday furnished the text for his speech and he cited & nI mber of instances in which he said his opponents resorted to wrong prac- tices to defeat him.
 Charges Use of "lnfamous" Methods. He expressed belief that in the great majority of districts of the country the people were with him and that the opposition was trying to de- feat him by methods which he char acterized as infamous" Part of Col onel Roosevelts speech was devoted to big business" He opposed "our present policy of chaos,r and gave his own ideas of the methods which should be pursued to insure strict regulation of large corporations.
 Greeted by Great Crowds.
 Chicago gave the former president a lively welcome. Crowds cheered him 6t Lllc cAdlADu WuGu lLt GITlFCO anu whenever he appeared during the nine nouns of his stay here The auditorium vas large enough to hold only part of those who sought admission. Though two other meetings were held, many persons who wished to hear Colonel Roosevelt were unable to do 50.
 Greeted With Cheers.
 Two hours before the auditorium was opened a crowd had gathered at the doors. A line of persons four abreast was formed and grew steadily until it extended for two blocks in each direction. When Colonel Roose- welt entered the building the people rose with 8 cheer. For two minutes the cheering continued and during his speech he was frequently interrupted by applause. He said in part;
 "Ars the People to Be BuVIied?"
 "The fundamental issue in this fight As an issue Of honesty, decency, fair play. Have the people the right to rule? Have the masses of the re- publican party, tho rank and file. the plain people in whom Abraham Lin. coin trusted tho right to express their will as to who the nominee for presi- dent shall be? Or are they to be builied and defrauded out of that right and is the nomination to be en- trusted to the representatives of po- litical and financial privilege the rep resertatives of the powers of pilIage, the men who, with the backing of big crooked business, work through the lowest kind of political machinery and count on the silence, or support, of every newspaper that is owned or con- trOlled by, or directly or indirectly responsible to these great financial powers that work in the darkness. More important Than Ordinary Party
 Fight.
 Now, l am using strong language, : because only strong. language will de- scribe the facts asg they usually are; : ] shall give details This is not an more important even than any ord1- nary party fight. The issue is in substance whether bhe American peO- ] pie are fit and able to govern them selves or whether they are to be gov !. erned by those machine politicians : whose close alliance with the worst 4 forms of big business has produced -tenths of the corruption and scandal of American public life.''
 Infamous Methods"
 Colonel Roosevelt said that in many Perts of the country the opposition Nas counting for success on methods h,ai<l l can only characterize as in- famous He asserted that President Esft had committed himself to the fcctrine of the rule of the people bS "a representative part of the people, 'Ir pursuit of this theory of govern Fneilt7 he continued. the president's political fortunes are now committed 10 the political machines in the vari- pus states which are led and con trOlled by men ike MT. TaWney il Minnesota; MT. Keeling in Indiana, Dir. Penrose in Pennsylvania; MT Ballinger in Washington; Messrs. Koe. shis and Barnes in New York; MT Sallfnger in New Hampshire; Messrs Euggenheim and Evans in Colorado Adr. Aldricla in Rhode Island; Mir Cox in Ohio and Air. Lorimer in Hi &ois. These are the men, who. wheI fe theory is carried in actual prao tfoe, appear ss that 'tepreseTttativt part of the people which fig to govern Bhe rest Of the people,
 Ns~ York Primaries a Farce.
 Colonel Roosevelt then turned t, ebe primary election in New York yes eerdaY 10 suiostantsts his charges. II Fe&erred to Samuel Koenig, chairman Hf the New York county republican committed. as a "dgurehead."
 Before the election took place. 2 ehe speaker continued. T denounce, f. as & criminal farce, because unde inc wicked law which had been thrus upou New York by the machines O fhe tWo parties. Mir Koenig had beel given the right to name all the in rpectors al the primary election in tn county of New York and had slread- used that right to throw out over lundred of the inspectors simply be cause it was known that they .wer supporting the Roosevelt ticket
 Charges Trick Ballot.
 1'E~ery inspector kept was an anti RoaeeRelt man Now, ask you your seiTeC, to think what such conduc psaans. Tn many of the districts th ballots were SO printed that two O three feet of blank space was lei under the Roosevelt emblem and tn voters did not understand that wha was below was the Roosevelt ticke at all.
 Never Got Any Ballots at All.
 ~On tive of the huge ballots tn Roosevelt delegates were at the bot tom of the ticket and the ballots wer folded fin such 8 way as to make practically impossible fer ths voter 10 refold them ia case they opena shsrH up in order to find where tn Roosevelt delegates were. Tine IRde pendence league men never got an ballots at all lH many of the election districts throughout the city. In silor tha election machinery was used a