Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-24
COL. ROOSEVELT
IS CANT AIGNING
THROUGH ILLINOIS
Takes Up cudgeIs for Robins in
Three-Cornered Senatorial
Contest.

GALESBURG, Ill, Sept. 24.-Colone'
Theodore Roosevelt began a two-day
campaign in Illinois today in behalf OF
Raymond Robins, senatorial candi-
date of the Progressive party OF
Illinois, 1t is his first political visit tc
the State since the campaign of 1917
and besides his address here today ht
is billed to speak at Springfield
Marion and East st. Louis before en-
tering Indiana in the interests OF
former Senator Beveridge, who Is
striving to return to the upper house
at Washington as Progressive
Whether he makes rear-platform adj
dresses at smaller towns Will depend
on the condition Of his voice.
In his address here Colonel Roose-
welt deplored blind adherence to
names rather than to principles. lie
said that talk of Progressive return
to either of the old parties was
absurd.
"One of the most mischievous mani
festations of this habit of ours is the
way in which the ordinary citizen
the good decent citizen-tends to sur
render his soul into the keeping of
INSCRIPTIONS and conscienceless ma
chine politicians on the theory that
thereby he is being loyal to party
ties assorted the speaker
'In this State, for instance, Lori
merism has been an almost non
partisan and most certainly BIZ
partisan phenomenon. The most prom
inent among the machine supporters
of MIR. Sullivan, who is now running
for the Senate on the Democratic
ticket, have been in the past the very
men who have made legislative and
other combinations with the Lorimer
wing of the Republican party. we
have seen the same thing In New
York and many other States, the
machine leaders who make the most
impassioned plea to the public TO the
fetish for party loyalty. in their own
actions show not the slightest pref
erence for one party over another, yet
il Is the fact that their appeal meets
with some response in the soul OF the
average man that really enable them
to dominate through the machine
their own party organization. Their
loyalty is to the machine chat Is TO
themselves) and not in the least TO
the party. Their appeal is to that
spirit of loyalty to the party in which
they themselves are totally deficient.
Unfortunately the appeal is too often
successful The rank and file OF
those who follow them are not cor
rllpted They are simply misguided,
and are the slaves of terminology,
The slaves of names. The average
man has not the time TO attend to
minute details of party work, and ne
finds il only too easy to substitute the
declaration that he belongs to such
and such party and always votes
that way, for the faithful and labori-
Gus performance of the work neeessa-
ry to control his party.
Our opponents ask you TO be true
to the party of Abraham Lincoln;
ask you to be true to the principles OF
Abraham Lincoln"
In Illinois the colonel said that the
worst scandals in connection with
which such matters as the election OF
I,orifner to the Senate, or to the or
ganization of the Legislature in the
interest of both machines, nave all
been scandals in which the members
Of both parties who now support sui
Ivan and Sherman have worked hand
in hand, ''to the same evil end. lie
added:
'iThese bosses support one another
and betray their own parties without
the slightest hesitation when 1t is
to their own interest.