The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
WILL TRY AGAIN
COIOnePs Hat Is in the Ring to
Stay, He Says.
If He Lose This Time He VIII
Not Retire.

| Fort Wayne, Ind, April 9.-In q
speech at Peru, Ind, Colonel Roose-
welt said that if he were beaten in his
present fight, he would make another
one. In addressing n crowd at the
railway station at Peru he said:
IF after hearing me. you decide
against me, very well. I'll try it again
another time and try to get you
1t was nearly o'clock when the
colonel reached Fort Wayne, after
making several short speeches on the
way from DanVille, Ill. He passed
through the Ninth and Eleventh
congressional districts of Indiana,
which already have selected delegates
to the Chicago convention and made
his principal speech in this. the
Twelfth district, which will elect dele
gates next we,,k.
In speaking here, Colonel Roose-
welt charged that unfair tactics had
been used to defeat his supporters in
this state.
Our opponents apparently are
willing" said he, ito proceed to any
lengths to bully the will of the peo-
pie. When they descend to methods
of that sort, they forfeit all rights to
represent the Republican party or
bind it. Apparently they are trying
to rival this condition by the methods
they are adopting in Kentucky at the
present time
Lafayette, Ind, April 9-All day
hard as he could fight for victory in
the presidential primary in Illinois.
In his opinion, as he expressed it, the
result of the fight will be of first i'm
portance in determining the outcome
of mis- whole campaign. When it was
all over and the colonel was ready to
board his train to pass out of the
state, he said:
My hat is in the ring. and it is
going to stay in the ring"
IL
said:
I'VE look to Illinois to set the key |
1ote of this campaign. illinois stands
n the most important position of any
state in this campaign
In some other states he charged his |
have been defeated by the |
Unfair tactics of federal officeholders |
Ind by other methods which he char
LcteriZed as improper. The people of |
illinois, he said, had obtained the
residential primary and on the NOR
ow would express their preference as
o the nominee for resident
If you are against me in a fair
-ote,' re said, Il shall have nothing
o say, but"if you are for me and the
'osses record you are against me, ]
hall have a great deal to say
The colonel made nearly a dozer
lighting speeches. The days run took
i'm through the districts of Congress-
nan Mckinley and former Speaker
He delivered one speech under
he shadow of McKinley's home in
and a few hours later was
Ihirled in an automobile by Mr.. Can
on's chocolate coIored dwelling in
)anville, and made a speech a few
locks away. He also made addresses
t Clinton, Decatur, Sullivan, NATION
'uscola and Urbana. After leaving the
tate, he made several speeches in In
lana.
Same Old Hat :
Lafayette, Ind, April 9.-The crowds t
hitch came out to hear Colonel Roose- ]
cit were large ones. Except for the
leeting in the opera house at Decatur l
lie colonel spoke out of doors, and in
,me instances, the crowds were OF
lch size that those on the outskirts n
ere unable to hear the speaker dis n
nctly. p
The platform from which Colonel p
oosevelt spoke in Danville was sc v
s eyes. He used his hands as an =
re shade for a time and then said -
lat with the permission of his hearers h
would out on his hat. He donned q
S black SLOUGH hat. of the style il
hich he has long used in campaign V
e. a
That's the same old hat" some one in p
e crowd called out That's right II
s the same old hat the colonel re-
led. 1t was at this point that he a
id his hat was in the ring to stay. p