New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-31
Colonel Likens Baros.
Murphy and Voters a.
Playing See Saw.
SUGGESTS SCRAP HEAD
FOR CONTRApTIos
Straus Also Speaks in IT,.
Here and DenouDces Re.
ligl0us Issue.

campaigning with tour Of the 49,.
East Side, Harlem and The B,o,,, ~ ~.
night He spoke at meeting, :, -
St. and Second ay, Lenox ay. and H., ,-
st. Seventh 49, and l2Jth At :,
Hunts Point Palace, The Bronx
In all Of hIs speeches the CoI.,.,
reiterated his Oft repeated char. n
Charles $. Whitman bears ,te b,,s
Of both William Barnes and cs,,.'
f. Murphy and assorted that hi, -.
ton would be Il victory for he hi,,,
tisan machine gang IN New York g.,
He alluded a. length 70 the uuess,,'
which will confroa, 'he Con,titutio,,l
Convention and INSISTED that 49,,
among those would b. the consery,.;..
Of natural water power and the b,s,s
ening Of the scope ~ workment ,,s
pensstion. He said that Oscar !
Straus was an IDEAL candidate for ssl,
gate 20 this convention, as were n.
remaining candidates on the Prog,.,
siye ticket.
mo good comes from subs.itu,i,,
one boss for another" said the eolorsr
Charles +. Murphy and his mashi,s
and William Barnes with his nacti.s
have the voters Of this state playip,,
game Of political see-saw. First "
Murphy is up and Mr. Barnes is dovs
Then Mr. Barnes is up and Mr.. Murusr
is down. The voter occupies the prom
position Of 'teetering' uncer,ainIy =
the middle. The only way to end tbis
performance is % get of the see.ay
and throw the con,raption into n,
scrap heap
At the LcnoX Theatre Oscar S. St,,a,
again publicly repud.ated the indo,s.
ment Of his candidacy by the so.eal,I
Guardians Of Liberty a secret orgsul.
zation, which has injected the religisT
issue into the campaign against Gov.
ernor Glynn. He read q letter Win
he had received in response 10 his on
public letter Of denunciation Of he
methods and principles Of the organ.
cation in question d few days ago.
Frederick VI. Davenport, Progressive
candidate for Governor. also addressed
the various meetings He insisted that
he was the only free and untrsm.
melted candidate for Governor in tie
field. He attacked the so-called "b.
partisan gang of machine politicians
who control the destnes Of both Of
the old parties, and told Of the deal
made between Tammany and Barnes
Senators to elect Aids President pro
tempore Of the State Senate.
when Stilwell needed enough votes
70 keep him in the Senate" confined
Mr.. Davenport, che got them from tie
representatives of the Republican M
chine.
"Then there is the red herring Of re.
ligious prejudice being drawn across
the trail" said Mr. Davenport The
machine boss knows how potent ths is
10 bring about in any crisis the dlsso-
luton of political morality and Of "a
tional political motive. Il is against
the spirit of America 70 discriminate
against any man because Of his re-
ligious beliefs. and 10 Is extremely u.
fortunate that a religious issue seoOd
be introduced into the politics Of tns
state" :. u.
There were 1000 people in Hunts
Point Palace and several hundred out
side at 10 O'Clock when Roosevelt ST.
rived Davenport and the local esndi'
dates had al. had their say when 'a'
Colonel reached the meeting Former
Senator Josiah +. Newcomb presided,
The Colonel, Mrs Roosevelt and af'
Davenport reached Stapleton SO essY
Yesterday morning that they mad %
ride around Staten Island in their as'
tomobile 10 Kill time. Not even iae
local committee was on hand when '1s
party reached Washington PARK ".
there was a good crowd when they Ls
turned. Some one had obtained u'
use of the Park Theatre, and It's ca
pacity Of 800 was tested TO the "
most. $500.
Much disappointment was fell ins.
Roosevelt did not hammer the ieaesn
and candidates Of the two old ea'N s.,
but he confined himself to pea y.
the local candidates and the 's.s
ticket. emphasizing particularly Us
need of electing Progressive de'sg'''
TO the constitutional. convention .
Leaving Mr.. Davenport to specsa y
the crowd he then met Everett w
and other New Jersey Progressns.Asa''a.ss
went into the state across the hl sssa
for a days campaigning. About ~ Nv.
people in Elizabeth heard MN 10 10,
them mot 20 be slaves OF ll''As w.
or a dead party name ,r..,,
Before going 90 the home o. 90. -
A. Pattison. I'm Co.onla, for lu na,n,
the Colonel visited former sem I" !,
John Kean. who is dangerously Y
his home in Ursino. After lanch l,..
the party motored on TO Prneevs
where the Colonel made shOf' -
dress 70 the students on the wal u
at is this country's duty ne =. - !
"to put itself in such s.tape va
will be able 10 defend rs rlgAe I
they are invaded. myself nave ~ ~
the nlans of al least two empires ~
involved I'm war 20 capture our 81
cities and hold them for ransom
cause our standing army is 700 ~,
10 protect them. / have seen deHVs
ate plans prepared 20 take py,a ~,
Francisco and New York and noid 'a =,
for ransoms that would grippe
country and give funds to the cav
for carrying on war. ....5 a,
The Colonel said that he nope 81
time would come when the : r,s
States would provide that eYeIl ~,
may have practice IN m l.rAsli ,,,ir.
and be familiar with military ~ rs.
ing. He compared himself wiIa ..r,s,.
ham Lincoln as a pioneer IN ""
siye doctrines. he
added. But Lincoln criticised ~. 4.
preme Court for the Dred seO, ks
cision. I believe that there n ~ "
some ultimate authority 10 M
may appeal iudge-made laws a.. tS.
Later Roosevelt invaded the ~ ~...,,a
gressional District and told IN 40
audience tina, there was absolu.sy c
chance 20 elect former senator . . hi
Hutchinson. lie suggested ma. -, : l.s
really wanted q high tarih ME- WIissas
Progressive candidate. D. ~ lex.
Thorn. stood the bes' chance Re.
ton. Fractional hgh,s amV ,bs tru.A d