The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-13
Calls Idaho Decision Greater
Blot OH Judiciary Than
Drcd Scott Case.
SPEAKS AT LINCOLN BANQUET
First Political Utterancc Former
President Had Made i'll
Months.

New York, February 12-Former
President Roosevelt made his first pub
lie appearance in the councils OF the
Progressive party for many weeks to-
night to say that. SO far as he was
concerned. there would be no compro :
mise, no amalgamation. no yielding in
the fight for the party.
The Progressive party has come to
stay" he declared
The eX-President again attacked the
Supreme Court OF Idaho for it's deci-
sion denying the Progressive party n
place on the ticket at the fall election.
Many OF Inc conspicuous figures in
the Progressive campaign last fall
gathered for the Lincoln Day dinner
OF the National Progressive Club. The
1000 seats ut the table were all taken.
many by women. and hundreds OF spec
tntors filed the balcony ovcrlookin
the ball room. in which the dinner was
given. Albert j. Beveridge, Progress
sive candidate for Governor of In
diana at the election: Oscar Straus,
who ran for Governor in New York:
William II. Hotchliiss, former Fro
sressive State chairman. and eN-Con-
grcssman w. Bourkc Cochran also
made speeches.
No AmnlgumntiOn for Him.
Colonel Roosevelt declared unequi-
vocally against the amalgamation OF
ties as recently proposed ny one OF
the leaders in the Progressive cam
paiGn last fall.
The Progressive party" said he.
will amalSamate with neither of the
two old parties. both OF which are boss
controlled and privilege ridden. We
believe that in each OF these parties.
however. there are hundreds of thou
sands of good, honest men and wo-
men who are Progrcssivcs. The only
place for them is in our party. We
will welcome them in. and we will
treat them on an exact equality with
ourselves. paying not the slightest heed
To whether they are XRepublicans or
cX-Democrats. We are all ProgreSSives
together and nothing else, we OF the
Progressive party, and ours is the only
party competent to mold Alright the
future of this mighty republic"
Colonel Roosevelt declared that the
decision of the Supreme Court Of Idaho
was "evon 81 greater blot on the Amcri- :
can Judiciary than the Dred Scott de :
cision ITSELF and that no anarchist
ever can or ever will hurt the courts
az they arc hurt by such action as
this OF the highest court of the state
of Idaho" Such Il decision. he asserted.
shows the need of the power of popu =
lar recall OF the Judiciary"
Colonel Roosevelt said in part:
AT this moment there has occurred
III iVttiio AZ NttiS'ou Wy. tnc ilS nest
state court. which, within it's own
limits, is an evcn gravcr offensc
against Justice and dcccncy. and an
even greater blot on the American
judiciary. than the bred Scott decI sion
itself The rcactionary Supreme Court
Of Idaho has played into the hands of
the Republican machine. of which IL
was itself Il part. precisely as Justice
Taney and the majority OF the Su-
preme Court of the nation in 1857
played into the hands Of Presidents
Pierce an(. buchanan and the reac-
tionary organization OF which he and
they were parts.
Miscarriage of Justice.
"In Idaho the result was rs grave n
miscarriage OF justice at the election
as had already occurred at the nomi
mating convention. and the court be-
came the most potent Instrument In
this denial of Justice. This decision
Ithold to have been an outrage upon
the people of Idaho, and not merely
upon them, but upon the people OF all
the United states for any Interference
with the right OF an American In any
state to cast his vote and to have II
counted for the President OF his
choice Is an offense against the Amer
teams OF all the States.
II think the result OF tho vote
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