Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-29


servative business community, which is
the strength of the Republican party,
as an extreme concession to Organism
and that this was a bad impression to
create right on the verge of a presi-
dental election with Organism as the
direct issue.
"A man said to me the other day: 4
never have paid one cent to the Demo-
cratic party in my life. I am a republic
can and have contributed to the Republic
can party as a matter of principle. But
what can I do under tho terms of such
a law as this? shall simply have to do
whatever is commanded of me- Just
think for a moment what this means
to this great city Of New York"
COLONEL WRITES PLATT.
In his reply, which covered II closely
typewritten pages, the colonel wrote to
Senator Plat:
"1n the first place, my dear senator.
let me express my sense of the frankness.
courtesy and dellcacy with which you
write and with which you have invariably
treated me ever since my nomination..
The very keen sense that | have of this
makes 1t more unpleasant than l can
say to have to disagree with you. 1t
has caused me real pain when / have
had to disa gree with you. am peculiar
~ sorry that the most serious cause Of
disagreement should come in this way
right at the end Of the session.
II feel the most profound indifference
to the clamor of the yellow papers.
think 7 showed it in my attitude in put
ting the militia in readiness in Buffalo
to meet the strike Any applause | get
from any such source would be too
evanescent for moments consldera
ton"
In another letter from Senator
Plat to Colonel Roosevelt in August.
1900, the senator discussed guberna
torial timber and said he had not yet
made up his mind who he would &C.
| lect
ROOSEVELT REPLIES.
In reply dated at oyster Bay, Col
onel Roosevelt among other things
had this to say:
| You say that We must nominate
some republican, who will carry out
the wishes of the organization and add
| that 1 have not yet made up my
mind who that man Is Of one thing I
am certain; that to have 1t publicly
known that the candidate whoever he
may he will carry out the wishes of
the organization would insure his de-
feat; for such a statement implies that
he would merely register the DEGREES
, of n small body of men. 1t is not the
business of governor to carry out
the wishes of the organization unless
these wishes coincide with the good
of the party and of the state.
Il am a good organization man my
self as / understand the word organ
ization. But it is the highest degree
foolish to treat any man or any small
group of men as embodying the or
ganization."
The letters in the record. Mr.. WINS re-
turned to the question of righteousness
| He asked Has not every man an equa
| right to determine his own rule OF
righteousness and his own time FOL
applying it?"
He has" replied the witness. 'if he
has got the root of righteousness in him
If he is wrongdoer. he has not"
WHO is JUDGE?
who is the Judge, you or hep
1T may be that l have to be judge
or him." said the colonel heatedly. Il
exact example: Senator Burton -"
You need not" interrupted the law
yer who was himself interrupted by Mr.
Bowers, chief of Colonel Roosevelt
counsel, who said: why note"
Mr.. WINS replied Il did not object t
his answering. I object to his manner.
"Oh, that is it, is it, replied Nh
Bowers sarcastically.
do 10 ha q
here now" Mr.. WINS replied, and Colone
Roosevelt said:
| Il will gestculate to the jury"
You can say it to the jury without be
; ing so emphatic" replied Mr. Wins.
IT feel emphatic about it," said Colone
Roosevelt, but | will try not to be EN-
phatic. For example: Two Of my ear
Hest associates and supporters when
became president,--"
, 81 object to 1t as not being responsive.
J said Mr.. WINS.
''It is, sir If you will let mo answer
about the ruling of righteousness, re
3 piled the witness.
COURT INTERRUPTS.
The court interrupted the examinatio
at that point Later it was continued,
part as follows:
Now during your entire term of gov
ernor you conferred and consulted wit
Mr.. Plat. did you not, as leader {
. your party?'
THE whole time | conferred and COZ
y suited with Mr.. Plat with a genuiI
purpose to what he wished whenever
honorably could with regard to the il
tercsts of the party, with a genuine d.
n sire 10 keen the Republican party tC
d gether and minmized the centrifug
e influences within the Republican part
= to prevent It from hying asunder"
4 ~ congratulate you upon your -----
n said Mr. WINS.
:. That" replied the witness, "happene
10 to be an expression l used at the tin
" in a letter to John Hay in which
l. spoke of my relation to Plat on II
10 one side and to the Independent on II
other and happen to have it sent
" me the other day and that is why
% use the term centrifugal"
10 "As n matter Of fact you have us
phrases, built them up, formulated thei
el finally got them into ultimate sha
III which was satisfactory to you, have "
It not?"
V, Sometimes: sometimes I have stru
10 them off by accident"
$, AS a matter of fact you begun t
s. formulation of the publication
e. which we complain in speeches viii
you began to make as early as 10
D. and the formulation was not final
pr reached until we complained, was tn
the fact?'
ID mo, the formulation of part of TIL
ar u,as reached only after ! had conSu