East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-16
VOTERS FAVOR I. R.
ALL OVER COUNTRY
PEOPLE OF OREGON ARE FOR
"TEDDY" BELIEF OF FORMER
SENATOR.
Disciple of Square Deal" Wins Many
Friends and Followers and Whole
State Manfests In His
Favor.

PORTLAND, April 16-"I think the
people of Oregon will manifest by a
tremendous plurality over all other
candidates their confidence in Theo-
dore Roosevelt for President"
This was the comment of Fred w.
Mulkey, Roosevelt National committee
man for Oregon.
The reason is, Senator Mulkey
continued, that no one doubts that
Roosevelt is honest; no one questions
his integrity; not even his enemies
have ever suggested that he violated
the square deal to any manor any
woman for that matter.
Roosevelt is the biggest man this
country has, He is the man this
country intends to honor by making
him President.
Wave Sweeps Country.
"All over the country the wave of
Roosevelt sentiment has sprung. Ris
ing in night, it has staggered the
Taft people who were confident that
with Presidential patronage and the
Taft machine they could hammer the
oeleSateS into line.
But they forgot the primaries
Illinois goes Overwhelmingly for
Roosevelt. One state after another,
even where the Taft machine is work
ing its hardest, notches a cross in
favor of Teddy
1T will be just the same in Oregon.
Spending a tremendous amount of
money the Taft machine, lined up with
the old Assembly crowd is working
tooth and nail to nominate Taft
Average Voter for Teddy.
THE newspapers are urged into the
! fight by their advertisers. Big Bust
ness enters the list for Taft
But | believe that when the aver
age voter goes to the polls he will
/ register in favor of Teddy; he will
pass over Taft when he thinks of the
years that Taft has spent at the White
House doing nothing
And he will cast his vote for Theo
dore Roosevelt for President.
Il think the Taft followers are
guilty of outrageous practices in their
endeavor to foist Mr. Taft upon the
people.
No one would blame Mr.. Taft I'm
doubtedly he means we'll.
Right Man Wanted.
But in the view of the American
people today. we want a man who
more than means we'll, man who is
going to DO THE THING THE PEO.
PIE OF THIS COUNTRY DEMAND
THAT is the Roosevelt kind of a
man.
That is the kind of man the peo.
pie will nominate here Friday"
The Roosevelt forces are waging
vigorous campaign. They feel that
victory is already in their grasp and
they are confident that Colonel Roose
welt will not only be the Republican
nominee in Oregon but the Republican
candidate in the whole country. They
go further. They say they know he
will be the next President of the
United States.
Taft Makes Excuses.
This is the situation. Taft is max
ing fresh batch of excuses every
day." said l.. NJ. Lepper Roosevelt
campaign manager in Oregon.
Roosevelt may make mistakes bu
it is certain he has not made then
every day, seven days a week, 5.
weeks year, like Taft. And ht
never whined for sympathy
"If Taft is licked he is licked Their,
Is no need for him to cry about it
But with his square deal and the
love for him that everyone has. W,
all know Teddy will be elected b,
an overwhelming majority
Which about expresses the genera
opinion everywhere in the State.