The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-23

The Colonel's Statement.
Col Roosevelts formal statement des
ng with the State situation, given out
ypewri;ten form. reads:
rejoice at the statement OF MIR.
Human.
In this campaign l have duty
to the Progressives OF the nation and
a duty also TO the State of New York.
In national politics. In so far as |
am able. shall endeavor to strive
for the success of the principles en-
bodied in the Progressive national
platform Therefore | shall oppose
the policies of the present Admins
tration. which | regard as deeply in
furious alike to the honor and the
interest of the American people.
Hut in this state the prime duty
il a good citizens movement. "A union
movement to save the State from the
bipartisan control of Messrs. Barnes
and Murphy, precisely like the good
citizens movement last year, when
By union the city was saved from
the domina ton of Mr.. Murphy.
hope with all my heart that all in
dep. ndent citizens. whether Progress
sive, Republicans or Democrats in
their national affiliations. Will stand
shoulder to shoulder for clean nom
partisan government In the state at
large this fall.
In New York State We see al
its worst the development OF the
system of bipartisan boss rule.
The outcome OF this system is
necessarily that invisible govern
ment which the Progressive party
was in large part founded to oppose.
II IL impossible to secure the eco
nomic. social and Industrial reforms
10 which we are pledged until TINS
invisible government OF the party
bosses working through the alliance
between crooked business and crooked
politics Is rooted out OF our govern
mental system. In New York STATE
the two political machines are com
pletely dominated, the one ny MI
Barnes. the other by Mr. Murphy
The State government - rotten
throughout I'm almost all It's depart
ments. and this Is directly due 10
the dominance in politics OF Mt Mur-
phy and his sub-bosses, acting
through such entirely subservleht
agents as Governors Dix and Glynn,
aided and abetted when necessary by
Mr.. Barnes and the sub-bosses or
Mr.. Barnes. Mr.. Murphy ana MI.
Barnes are of exactly the same mora
and political type. Not ono SHADOW
of good comes from substituting one
for the other In the control or our
government. Not one shadow or good
comes from perpetuating govern
mental seesaw, with hrst one OF tnen
and then the other at the upper emo
of the plank. while the funcuon OF
tho people OF the state ls limited 10
serving as the trestle across Whlcn
the plank Is laid The interests OF
MIR Barnes and Mr.. Murphy are
fundamentally identical. ana "hen
the issue between popular rights ana
corrupt and machine ruled govern
IN Mt is clearly drawn the TWO bosses
viii always be found fighting on the
same side openly or covertly giving
one another such support as can with
safety be rendered. These bosses 10
not hold public ofilce themselves
They act through the holders OF ppo-
lie Office whom they control. YET
they really form the all powerfu'
invisible government which Is respon-
sihle for the maladministration ana
corruption in the public onces OF
the state. BY means OF elected onn-
GERS whose negatively good personal
character offers little surface GROUND
for attack and whose Fundamental
weakness or insincerity ana uoupls
dealing render them At instruments
through whom the machine masters
can work, these machine masters se-
cure the appointment 10 ONCE OF ti'e
evil men whose activities so deeplS
faint and dlscredlt our whole govern
mental system. The election OF the
man who is the agent OF the boss IL
enuauy detrimental to the public IN
terest. whether he be Mr.. DIX. Mr.
C;Ivnn or Mr.. Mccall on the one side
or Mr. whitman or Mr., WadsWortn
ou the other ! ask the plain people
IN take note Of the fact that inc
neyspapers which nomlnally oppose
the bosses between elections but usu-
ally support the candidates OF inc
bosses at elections are at the moment
engaged In supporting Mr., whitman
In the interest of Mr.. Barnes exactly
as four years ago they supported Mr.
Dix in the interest OF Mr.. Murphy
these newspapers did the work OF
one boss four years ago. ana they are
doing the work OF the other bosses
to-day.
II il idle for man 20 pretend that
he is against machine politics unless
he will with straightforward good
faith. openly and by name attack Mr..
Barnes and Mr.. Murphy and pledge
himself TO do all he can to eliminate
them from the control OF political
affairs, and In destroying them TO de-
stroy the system which renders pos
sible such pernlcious activities as
theirs And MIR. Human, with the
courage which one would expect from
his record and from his high and fine
character, has come forward and rem
dered this service.
Surely the time IL ripe when all
good citizens, no matter what their
party affiliations. should Join together
In support OF a ticket, the Success Of
which would mean the overthrow Of
both Mr.. Barnes and Mr. Murphy.