Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-09-27
ROOSEVELT is
ON TRAIL OF
TIGER
TELLS PROGRESSIVE STATE COM.
MITTEE MEETING THAT THE one
CONCERN OF VOTERS OF new
YORK STATE THIS FALL IS The
OVERTHROW OF TAMMANY.
RECALL BY MURPHY OR
BY The PEOPLE, WHICH =?

Rochester, N. Y, Sept. 27.-Pro-
gressive leaders. state and national,
Including Theodore Roosevelt. we're
here today for the state conference OF
the party to name candidates for chief
Judge and associate judge of the
state court of appeals and formulate
plans for the future of the party in
the state.
After a meeting of the executive
committee, it was predicted that Unit
ed States District Judge Learned
Hand and Supreme Court Justice
Samuel Seabury both of New York
would be nominated for chief judge
and associate judge, respectively.
A rumor that boom for Roosevelt
for governor would be launched at
today's conference was denied.
In an address before the state COM
mittee of the Progressive party here
today, Colonel Roosevelt declared that
in the election in New York state this
fall, the dominant concern of the peo-
pie should be to prevent Tammany
from obtaining complete control of
the state" and that ito this the lesser
issues must give way
In voting against Tammany, howev-
er, Colonel Roosevelt urged the vot-
ers to support the Progressive party
candidates to the end that they might
defeat Tammany without enthroning
the Barnes Republican machine in its
place"
This year." said the Colonel, "there
are four matters of supreme political
import for decision before the people
Of the commonwealth. The first, the
election of an assembly, stands by it.
self The other three are: First the
attempted Impeachment of the gov
ernor of the state; second, the city
election in the city of New York, and
third, the election of two judges of the
court of appeals.
"As to each of these four issues, the
overthrow of Tammany is the chief
issue After impressing that the
Progressive 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-partisan ticket,
headed by Progressive Democrat, a
tried and excellent public official John
Purroy Mitchell so as to keep the
municipal government out of the con
troll of Tammany hall and make it an
instrument not only for securing hon
esty in municipal affairs, but for bet
tering the living and working condi-
tions of the men and women who toll
with their hands.
"In the same fashion, we battle
against Tammany hall, in the COVER
norship fight because Tammany hall
is attacking the governor, not for
what he may have done before cleo
ton, but because since election he has
stood for honesty and the rights of
the people. | wish to call the atten-
ton of the conservatives" who have
professed such horror of the Progress
sive doctrine of the popular recall to
just what has been done by Tammany
in the absence of the popular recall. |
ask you to consider whether you pre-
fer the recall exercised by the people
themselves at the polls or the recall
exercised by Mr.. Murphy at the end
of telephone.
Il am not now discussing the mer- |
it's of the charges nor the evidence
against Governor Sulzer. | am not
now speaking of any matter pending
before the court of impeachment nor
of the allegations that will be consid- |
cred by the court of impeachment !
These allegations afford only the |
nominal reason for his impeachment |
All the matters now produced before |
that court were well known to the
leaders of Tammany hall at the time !
they were calling Governor Sulzer a !
second Andrew Johnson. They re- |
mained silent about them until the |
governor refused to take his orders I
from the boss of Tammany hall. The I
real reason for the governors i'm
parchment may not come before the |
body now trying him. But the real
reasons, the charges, must be passed |
on by the people"
Colonel Roosevelt was the guest OF !
the chamber of commerce at luncheon |
and delivered an address in which he
discussed big business and the gov
ernment attitude towards it. From |
the luncheon he was driven to conven-
tion hall to address the conference OF |
Progressive de1epates