Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-27

men and women who do the mental
toll of the community"
After emphasizing that the Pro-
gressive party was waging war
against corrupt machines" Colonel
Roosevelt said:
AT this moment that which con-
tains the most of menace to all our
State is Tammany Hall. In New
York city we Progressives are doing
all that we can to elect a non-parti-
san ticket headed by a truly Pro-
gressive Democrat. a tried and eX-
cellent public official, John Purroy
Mitchell. so as to keep the munlclpai
government out of the control of
Tammany Hall, and make it an in
strument not only for securing nom
esty in municipal affairs, but for bet
tering the living and working con-
ditions of the men and women VINO
toll with their hands.
As to SuIzer impeachment.
"In the same fashion we battle
against Tammany Hall in the gov
ernorship fight because Tammany
Hall is attacking the governor not
for what he may have done before
election, but because since election
he has stood for honesty and the
rights of the people. | wish to call
the attention of the conservatives,
who have protested such horror OF
the progressive doctrine of the pop
ular recall. to just what has been
done by Tammany in the absence
of the popular recall. ! ask you to
consider whether you prefer the re-
call exercised by the people them
selves at the polls. or the recall ex-
ercised by Mr.. Murphy at the end
of a telephone.
At am not now discussing the mer-
it's of the charges nor the evidence
against Governor Sulzer. j am not
now speaking of any matter pending
before the court of Impeachment, nor
of the allegations that will be con-
sidered by the court of impeachment.
These allegations afford only the
nominal reason for his impeachment.
All the matters now produced pc
fore that court were we'll known TO
the leaders of Tammany Hall at the
time they were calling Governor Sui
ger second Andrew Jackson. They
remained silent about them until the
governor refused to take his orders
from the boss of Tammany Han.
The real reason for the governors
impeachment may not come before
the body now trying him. But these
real reasons. these real charges. must
be passed upon by the people.
"Because He Defied Tammany.'
"No intelligent and honest man
doubts that the attack upon the gov
ernor has been made not because
anything he did during the campaign,
or before he took office, but because,
through his officials, he hunted down
corruption after he took office and
because he championed the cause Oh
popular government and the rights Oh
the people against the mandate OF
Tammany Hall.
"Our opponents have been fond OF
saving that as against the 'hasty
processes of pure Democracy, which
they assert we advocate, they believe
in the cautious processes of repre-
sentative government Well, look at
what has been done in this case. A
little group of politicians, voting UNI
der the lash of a party boss, who by
no possibility can be held responsible
TO the people, decreed that Governor
Sulzer should be impeached. A COM
mittee. dominated by his enemies
within his own party, took up with
amazing celebrity a mass of defama-
tory testimony, and without any OPP
portunity for presentation OF the oth-
er side or the establishment of an
impartial tribunal, reported 1t to the
Assembly. Instantly one of the al
lies introduced a resolution of I'M
parchment, hurry call was sent out
over the State, the necessary major
ity was dragged into the Assembly
and some twenty-four hours after
the presentation of the resolution an
impeachment was voted.
&C. O. p. Supplied Needed Votes"
feI,n b> irf,n
majority of the votes, but when votes
were lacking at any stage they were
supplied by adherents of the Barnes
Republican machine. report of
violent partisan committee is received
by the Assembly on one day and
on the next day this representative
and deliberative body votes the i'm
parchment of the governN' of the
State, and asserts that by their ac-
ton he has from that moment ceased
being governor In other words, I'M
der the forms G. impeachment under
the forms of representative govern
ment,' which we have been assured
by our opponents, will prevent pop
ular excesses,' it appears that boss
can in twenty-four hours, without
any appeal to the people, secure a
recall of the governor by the lower
branch of the Legislature"
Attacks Bi-Partisan Combinations.
The remainder of Colonel Roose-
velt's speech was devoted to his ia
miliar line of attack upon the "bi- |
partisan combinations of Republican |
and Democratic bosses in city and |
politics and to the advo-
cacy of a Progressive Legislature this
fall. He replied tartly to some of |
the criticisms of the Roosevelt poll
cies in DR.. Schurmann's address as
temporary chairman of the Republi-
can State convention in Carnegie
Hall lash, Tuesday, and argued that
the voters could expect no relief
along either economic or political
lines from the present leadership of
either the Republican or Democratic
parties in this State.
He explained at length that the
present situation, $50 damaging to |
the honor and interests of the State,
would be avoided If there were at |
this time in the State progressive |
principles in the constitution. notably |
the power of recall as regards public |
officials generally, the direct primaries |
and popular government within the |
parties and the power of the people |
themselves to pass on, and, If neces-
sary, override any Judicial decision
limiting their right unfer the con-
,fitt,tfon ~ do social and Industrial