Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-27
DEFEAT Of 1lAALNY
URGED BY ROOSEVELT
DECLARES LESSER ISSUES MUST
GIVE WAY TO WAR ON BOSS
MURPHY.
sULzER IMPEACHMENT
BECOMES CAMPAIGN ISSUE
Colonel Asserts That Case 10 Result
Of Failure Of Tammany Leader to
Control Met.
Cd Out For Failure to obsy Man.
dates Of Tammany Hall.


Rochester. N. r. Sept. 27-Progres-
sive leaders. state and national. lin
cluding Theodore Roosevelt, were here
today at the state conference of the
party to name candidates for supreme
Judge and associate judge Of the court
OF appeals. About 500 delegates were
present.
After the meeting Of the executive
committee it was predicted that United
States District Judge Leonard Hand
and Supreme Justice Samuel Seabury,
both of New York. would be nominated
for chief Judge and associate Judge. re-
spectively.
Colonel Roosevelt spent the night at
local hotel. He win leave for New
York at 10 o'clock this evening.
rumor that boom for Roosevelt
for governor would be launched today
was denied.
In an addreas before the committee
OF the progressive party here today.
Colonel Roosevelt DECLARED that in the
election In Now York state this fall
the domineAtsHenoyt Of rthe people
should be t0stfevenl TammaEy from
obtaining complete control Of the state.
and that Ito this lesaer issues must
give way" He argued that the pre-
dicament In which the state hnds IT,
public affairs 10 due to the failure Of
the people to elect last fall governor
and legislature pledged to the carrying
out Of progressive policies."
In voting against Tammany. Colonel
Roosevelt urged the votes to support
the progressive party candidate ito the
end that that they might refeat Tam.
many without enthroning the Barnes
republican machine in its place..
Facing Four Great Matters.
This ysar...' the colonel said. ..thers
are four matters Of supreme political
import for. decision before the people
Of the commonwealth; the drst, the
election In the great city Of New York.
self. Tho other three are: First, the
attempted Impeachment Of the gov
ernor OF the state: second. the city
election In teh great city Of New York.
and third. the election Of two Judges Of
the court Of appeals.
"As to sacn Of these four issues the
overthrow Of Tammany Is the chief
ISSUE"
War Against "cerrupt Machines"
After emphasizing that the progress.
sive party was waging war against
corrupt machines" the colonel said:
n AT this moment that which contains
the most menace to our state n Tam
smany hail. In New York Cltyswe pro-
Aefessives are doing all that We can to
sSa1ct . non partisan ticket. headed by
prrgrespive democrat. a tried and
excellent public official. John Purroy
Mitchell. 30 as to keep the municipal
government cut Of the control Of Tam
many hall and make It an instrument
not only for securing honesty In mu-
nicipal affairs but for bettering the
condition Of men and women who toll.
The Recall Ia Murphy.
TN the same fashion We battle
ship tight, for Tammany Is attacking
done before election. but because since
election he has stood for honesty and
the right Of the people. wish to can
attention Of the conservatives. who
have professed such horror Of the pro-
gressives 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 a telephone.
Tammany After Revenge.
II am not now discussing the merits
Of the charges nor the evidence against
Governor Sulzer. am not now speak
ing Of any matter pending before this
court Of Impeachment nor the allega-
tions considered by the court. These
allegations afford only the nominal
reason for his impeachment. All tho
matters now produced before the court
were well known before Tammany hall
at the time they were calling Sulzer q
second Andrew jackson. They re-
mained silent until Governor Suizer re-
fused to take his orders from Tam
many hall The real reason for the im-
peachment may not come before the
court but these real reasons. these
charges, must be passed on by the
people.
Result Of War on Corruption.
mo honest man doubts that the at
tack on the governor has been made
not because Of anything he did during
the campaign or before he took Office
but because. thru his Officials, he
hunted down corruption after he took
office. and because ne championed the
cause Of popular government and the
rights Of the people against the man
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