Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-29


Roosevelt stated his case, today, to the
people of Missouri He made five
speeches in this city and another in
East st. Louis. in which he explained
his political doctrines The streets
were drcnched with rain, but Col
Roosevelt found crowd awaiting
him at the station and wherever he
spoke large audiences applauded him.
Besides making six speeches. he at
tended Il breakfast, luncheon and din
ner, issued two statements, sent a
message to the Illinois Senate, cover
ed large part of the city in his jaunts
from place to place by automobile, and
between times found opportunity to
go over the political situation with
the leaders of the Roosevelt campaign
in Missouri
The former President spoke briefly
at the dinner rendered him by the
Million Population Club.
Col. Roosevelt's main speech was de-
liVercd, tonight, in the First Regiment
Armcry. He discussed THE right of
the people to rule and spoke much in
the same vein as in his speech in New
York, last week, upon the same topic.
IN his address at the luncheon Civ
en- by the city Club he discussed the
recall Of judicial decisions. Six judges,
four of them on the federal bench,
We're seated at the table with him.
MY proposition has been discussed
by my opponents in Il frame of mind
which makes hysteria seem calm by
comparison he said.
Somebody told me | was right on
that proposal but | should have in
terjected it into a campaign. | said
that | wasn't in the least Interested
in the campaign except as means OF
getting justice. I'd a million times
rather lose the campaign and get JUS
tice than win it, without getting jus
tiee."
Col. Roosevelt referred to the days
when he was police commissioner of
New York. and said that he made
that city apoplectie with rage by en-
forcing the Sunday liquor law, I'm
til they got a decision that II beers
and one pretezel made a meal" Since
the law provided that liquor might be
sold with meals on Sunday he said,
New York has had joy unconfined ever
since.
The second speech was made at the
bfSItEdIllS ilAtldISt. Niitit vi
Roosevelt discussed his proposal for
the creation of an interstate business
commission to deal with large eer-
porations. Thence he went to the
Coliseum, looked in one the House
hold Show and spoke for two minutes.
IRE remaining two speeches in the
Armory and in East St. Louis were
delivered in the evening.
A report from several quarters to
the effect that Col. Roosevelt had
limited that he might bolt the Chica-
go convention should he not be NOM
mated, prompted him to issue two
statements in which he characterized
the report as Fake His telegram
to the Illinois Senate was promoted
by an invitation to stop at Spring
field, Ilss. and address that body
The Colonel wired his regrets and
said that a Presidential primary law
to consider which the Legislature is
in session was an important step
toward securing to the people the
right of rule themselves He assailed
the politicians and the Crooked men
of wealth who, he said, We're oppos-
ing such measur
Col. Roosevelt received q tumultuous
welcome when he reached the armory.
Il haven't spoken on the tariff" he
said, because I have little to add to
what / said two years ago in uphold
ing an honest fulfillment of what the
Republican platform contained on that
subject"
The Colonel said he would lay en-
phasis upon one additional point
which was that the tariff should be
regulated for the benefit of the wage
Garner and the farmer and that the
benefit should not all accrue to the
men at the heads of large business
corporations.