The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-04-04
ROOSEVELT TURNS
UPON OP PONENTS
IN HOT SPEECH
Lashes Them for Using
Irickery Against
AS TO A w
EN-president Goes So Far as
to Say He Wouldn't
Take 1t.
AS TO A CROWN

lashed his opponents with sharp,
bitter sentences and charged some
of them with using fraud and trick
cry to defeat him. Mr.. Roosevelt
entitled his address, "A Charter of
Business Prosperity.'
Col. Roosevelt said it was a fight
ing speech. 1t was delivered before
Ia throng which taxed the auditor
ium mt cheered him enthusiastical-
ly. The primaries IN New York
yesterday furnished the text for his
speech and he cited Il number of in
stances in which he said his oppon-
ents had ~resorted TO improper prac-
tices 10 defeat him. He expressed
the belief that in the great majority
OF districts in the country .he peo-
pie We're with him, and that the OPP
position was attempting to defeat
him by methods which | can only
characterize as Infamous.
Part of Col. Roosevelt's speech
was devoted to big business" lie
opposed lou present policy of
Chaos" and gave his own ideas of
1 the methods which should be used
to insure strict regulation of large
corporations.
Col. Roosevelt turned aside from
his prepared speech from time TO
time. In one OF these sallies he dis
cussed the statements of mis- oppon-
ents that he hopes TO be dictator.
Wouldn't BE King.
There is no danger TO the peo-
Pile he said, from n man who can
do nothing unless he can persuade
them that what he wants it right. |
am going to make one remark that
| have often been tempted TO make,
but never have before. Occasional
ly my gloomy foes have said that !
wanted to be king. want to ans
wer hat they did not know kings
and ] did. | like the kings | have
! met, but | don't want to be one. But,
because the function of those kings,
expressed in the terms OF democ-
racy, would be the position of vice
, president for life, with the leader
ship OF the 400 thrown in, / think
there are other jobs that q full-siZ-
ed man would prefer"
During his attack on what he call
, ed "infamous methods used to de-
+, feat his nomination., Col. Roosevelt
declared:
eff the people decide the present
e contest the way | think they ought
u not to do. / will think they are UNI
. wise, but will have nothing to say.
But if they decide against us as a
result of the juggling of their rights
U by the bosses, then | will have a
; good deal TO say
\ Lively Welcome.
Chicago gave the former presi-
dent "A lively welcome. Crowds gath
cred to cheer him at the station
when ne arrived and whenever he
appeared during the nine hours OF
d his stay here. The auditorium was
> large enough to hol donly a part Of
I. crowd which sought admission. Two
X other meetings were held, but man
persons who wished to hear Col.
2 Roosevelt were unable to do so.
Two hours before the hall was
= opened a crowd had gathered at the
doors. A line of persons, four
S abreast. was formed and grew stead
e lily until it extended for two blocks
t in each direction. The street in
d front of the building was jammed
e with a surging crowd an hour be-
d fore the meeting began.
When Col. Roosevelt entered the
meeting the people rose to their feet
with cheers. For two minutes the
cheering continued, and during his
g speech he was frequently inter; ,pt-
D ed by applause.
I During his brief stay in Chicago
Col Roosevelt found time to meet
the leaders of the Roosevelt move
I ment in Illinois and several hun
dred political workers in Chicago.
e Would End Business Chaos.
: Concerning big business the eX-
v president said:
Our present policy of chaos can
not permanently continue. 1T hurts
us at home, and it impairs our