Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-15
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or coMFLicr.
THAT 10 REASON WHY
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He CO.'S TO cAlcAod1
Reessvsit ereats silence - He Nssr0
Convention city-comins ~ cslsnsel
pisturbs .eesss Barnes and Ne Gives,
Vent TO Feelings Of indisnatisn-s
Liksns Roossvslt 70 Napoleon.

Toledo. O., June 1s-wMn CHICAGO
only few hours away Colonel RooseA
welt broke tho silence which he has
maintained since leaving New York and;
determination to dght his opponents To
the end.
II did not feel At liberty to refuse I'd
come where the fight was being wnged. -
he said. MY object in going to Chi4
cago is perfectly simple"
| Here Colonel Roosevelt paused for q
moment. carefully choosing his words
before he continued.
THE actions OF certain national CONF
mitteemen have unfortunately made 10
evident that in this fight between the
plain people and the public men who
should be their servants and who at<
| tempt to be their masters there Ii A.
concerted effort being made by the pros
fessional politicians and the interests
for which they stand deliberately to,
rob the people OF the victory they have
fairly won. When such was the case 3
could not remain away"
"Boss" Barnes Disturbed.
William Barnes. Jr. OF New York.
BOSS Barnes of .ilbany"-yesterday
furnished Theodore Roosevelt with q
text for anything he fhay wish to say
after he gets to Chicago this afternoon.,
Mr.. Barnes issued a statement thru the
national Taft headquarters in which,
he declares Colonel Roosevelt Is comS
ing to Chicago to break up the nation =,
al convention and 'overturn all orders
ut is a sad and humiliating spectAclo
to the American people" SO Mr.. Barnes
terminates the statement. J
Compared TO Napoleon.
Director William r. Mckinley. rep>
resenting President Taft. gave out an
official statement an hour earlier 20 =,
similar effect, comparing the advance
upon Chicago Of Colonel Roosevelt; ~
the situation OF Napoleon Bonapart0
upon the eve Of Waterloo. wiliiam
Finn. Of Pittsburgh. Mr.. Mckinley
classihes with Bonaparte's Marshall
Ney
Speaking for the Roosevelt forces.
James r. Garfield looked over tho
Barnes deliverance and said:
THE only sad and humiliating spec@
tacle now before the American people
is the bold and brazen attempt being
maze Dy tOe republican HhttOudi COiA~
mittee to steal a presidency"
The Barnes statement carried the of<
ficial 20. X" of the presidents man<
agement It was submitted to the in4j
ner circle and directed to be issued, /,
The Mckinley statement had been pre-
pared by the same inner circle.
Barnes on Roosevelt Visit.
The Barnes statement follows:
"Mr Roosevelts departure for Chi.
cago was inevitable Undignifled as it
Is. and impotent as 1t will prove to be.
It's chief interest lies in its disclosure
of that mania for power over which
Mr. Roosevelt has no control. \
Every step in this contest Is as cer<
tain as II II were foreordained. Mr..
Roosevelt not only will come to Chi-
cago. but he will go to the convention
hall itself and there attempt to control
that convention. demand to be heard
In his own behalf, and if not permitted
he will still continue his demonstration
under the influence Of the delusion that
the people, whose voices he fancies he
hears. are calling him to overturn all
order.
ut is sad and humiliating spectacle
to the American people"