Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-23
A|NMAN IS THE
COLONEL 'S MAN
Theodore Roosevelt Pledges His
Support to GubernatOrial
CANDIDATE.
MAKES FORMAL STATEMENT
Says He Takes Action to Save
the State from the Bi-Par-
tisan Control of Barnes
and Murphy.

oyster Bay, y. Y. July 22-In a state
ment tonight Theodore Roosevelt pledged
his support to Harvey d Hinman of
Binghampton as the head of a citizens
ticket ito save the State from the bi-nar-
tisan control of Messrs. Barnes and MIR
ply" Colonel Roosevelt expressed graft
fcation at Mr.. Humans statement an
nouncing his candidacy for the guberna-
torIal nomination at the republican pri-
marles on n platform of opposition to the
'bosses" and urged "all good citizens no
matter what their party affiliations" to
Join in the movement in which he hoped
that the Progressive party would take
the lead, for clean non-partisan govern
mcnt" in New York state this fan.
Colonel Roosevelt made 1t clear that
he would support Mr.. Hinman whatever
opposition might develop within the Pro-
Erosslve party to the nomination of a re-
publican.
"What would you de-" he was asked
'1n case one of the proEressives whose
name has been mentioned possible
nominee of the party should obtain the
necessary 5000 signatures to petition
and enter the progressive primaries
against Mr.. Hirman?"
II should support Mr., Hinman." Col
onel Roosevelt replied unhesitatingly
His statement follows:
Il rejoice at the statement of Mr.
Hinman.
"In this campaign I have a duty to
the progressives of the nation and a
duty also to the State of New York
In national politics. insofar as / am
able I shall endeavor to strive for the
success OF the principles embodied in
the progressive national platform
Therefore l shall oppose the policies
of the present administration which I
regard as deeply injurious alike to
the honor and the interest of the AM
erican people.
But in this State the prime duty
is 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 of New York was saved
from the domination of Mr. Murphy
] hope with all my heart that all in
dependent citizens whether progress
Fives, republicans or democrats In
their political afiliation. will stand
shoulder to shoulder for clean non
pal NlSdH government IN the state
large this fall"
In New York State we see at its worst
the development of the system of BIZ
partisan boss rule. The outcome Of this
system is necessarily that invisible gov
ernment which the Progressive party
was in large part founded to oppose. It
is impossible to secure the economic So
cial and industrial reforms TO which We
ment Of the party bosses working through
the aIllance between crooked business
and crooked politics is rooted out of our
governmental system.
In New York State the two political
machines are completely dominated, the
one by Mr.. Barnes, the other bv Mr.
MURPHY Inc State government is rotten
throughout In almost all its departments
ana TINS Is directly due to the dominance
IN politics of Mr.. Murphy and his sub
possess actlng through such entirely sub
serVient agents as Governors Dix and
Glynn, aided and abetted when necessary
by Mr.. Barnes and the ub-bosses of Mr.
Barnes Mr.. Murphy and Mr.. Barnes
are of exactly the same moral and poli-
tical type. Not one shadow of good
comes from substituting one for the
other in the control of our government
Not one shadow of good comes from per-
petuating governmental see-saw, with
first one Of them and then the other at
the upper end Of the plank, while the
function of the people of the State is
limited to serving as the trestlc across
which the plank is laid. The interests
of Mr.. Barnes and Mr.. Murphy are funda-
mental identical, and when the issue be-
tween popular rights and corrupt and
machine-ruled government is clearly
drawn, the two bosses will always be
found fighting openly on the same side
or coVertly giving one another such sup
port as can with safety be rendered.
These bosses do not hold public of
fee themselves. They act through thr
holders of public office whom they con-
troll Yet they really form the all
powerful Invisible government which is
responsible for the mal-administration
and corruption in the public Offices of
he State, BY means Of elected officers
whose negatively good personal charac-
.er offers little surface ground for at
Jack and whose fundamental weakness
or insincerity and double e-dealine render
them fit instruments through whom the
machine masters can work, these ma
chine masters secure the appointment to
office of the evil men whose activities
so deeply tant and discredt our whole
governmental system, The election of
the man who Is the agent of the boss
Is equally detrimental to the public n
lerest, whether he be Mr. Dix, Mr. Glynn
or Mr. Mccall on the one side or Mr..
Whitman or Mr., Wadsworth on the
other.
'I ask the plain people to take note
OF the fact that the newspapers which
nominally oppose the bosses between
elections hut usually support the candi-
dates of the 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
eAA6e neMspapera did the work of ono