The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-16
SOCIALISTS
VENT WRATH
ON COLONEL
Fear of Progressives Shown
by Bombardment Directed
on Them by Socialist Cam
paign Opening.
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party they would receive seventy-five
percent of the votes and be elected
Warren's Accusations.
Fred d. Warren, after being intro
duced by C. W. Lynn, secretary of the
county central committee, said:
There is just one issue involved in
this campaign, and that is your in
come. No matter how much dust Ted
dy raises to cloud the issue, there is
but one issue and that is dollars. The
Socialist party proposes to put more
dollars in the pockets of the laboring
man.
The speaker then reviewed the poll
tical condition of the period between
1850 and 1860, claiming that there is
a striking similarity with present con-
ditions. "As the old slave system was
dying out, the changing economic con-
ditions caused change in the politi-
cal structure. The old Bourbon Democ-
racy could not meet the new issue, as
It was responsible for the economic
conditions that provoked the political
disturbance. The Republican party was
party has always stood consistently
for one principle, and that is capital
ism. 1t has advocated capitalism to
this day. The Democratic party has
been a corpse since the civil war. You
can analyze the Democratic platforms
from 1860 to the monstrosity born at
Baltimore without discovering live
issue.
Roosevelt Helps Socialism.
I'VE are in the midst of changing
conditions. The old parties have seen
their day. Socialism is in the field with
new hope. Politicians see the coming
light so they have dragged out the dis
tinguished gentleman from Oyster
Bay to help them.
THE rank and file of the men in
the Progressive party want to see bet
ter conditions. The Progressives are
started and they will land in the So
cialist party. And so we welcome
Roosevelt, for what he is sowing this
year we will reap four years hence. He
has busted the Republican party.
hope he is elected. We cannot elect
our man, but Teddy is paving the way
for our elevation to political supre-
macy.
Two are Roosevelt's hackers? Mum
sey, Perkins, Mccormick. Why? Be-
cause they hope to disrupt the Social
ist party with the aid of that distin-
guished gentleman.
Reviews Rooseveit's Career.
Warren then began an arraignment
of Roosevelt's career, beginning with
his services as police commissioner of
New York. Warren alleged that Roose-
Welt, while police commissioner, tried
to patent a policeman's club that had
sixteen hidden spikes in the end that
cracked over the heads of laboring
men. The club, Warren said, was
shown Roosevelt by the policeman
who had planned it and Roosevelt at
once applied for letters of patent.
Warren claimed the patent Office re-
fused to issue patent on the club on
the grounds that the instrument was
barbarous.
During Roosevelts administration
at Washington" continued Warren,
two men were convicted for counter
feiting old Confederate bills. They
were sent to the penitentiary. One
man appealed to the supreme court,
and that body declared the law under
which they were convicted unconsti-
tutional Roosevelt was asked to par
don the men, but he refused"
Warren accused Roosevelt of affix-
ing his signature as governor of New
York to the bill that legaliZed the no
torious Alton steal by which Harri-
man defrauded the savings banks of
the people of many millions. Warren
offered $1,000 reward to the man who
would prove that Roosevelt did not
sign the bill.
The speaker analysed the Progress
sive platform, paying much attention
to the recall of the judicial decisions
as advocated by Roosevelt. Warren
aserred that Roosevelt would not at
tack the Supreme Court. the seat of
trouble. an institution, Warren said.
Ahat In its history has not handed