Show ROOSEVELT WOULD 1 SUBMIT TO RECALL V V IE If HES HE'S ELECTED Answers Bryan and Wilson Before Large Crowd at Denver DENVER Colo Cob Sept Sept- 20 A A declaration declara tion in favor of the tho r recall all of the president dent was vas made mado hero here last ni night ht b by Colonel Colo Cole nd nel Roosevelt lie Ho proposed that if ns as president ho he found that his vie views 8 were were in n opposition to those of the people ho should take the stump in defense defonse of his policies and should quit office if it he I I could not win win the support of the tho electo electo- rate Colone Colonel Roosevelt's declaration was made mado in reply to a a question addressed to him by William J. J Bryan BrJan in a recent speech pe-ech at Pueblo Colo Cob How man ninny many terms Ir Bryan asked in a list of queries 8 which t ho iio said Mid Colonel Roosevelt Roose velt elt should answer II may may the president of the States serve servet Colonel I Roosevelt elt Rave gave his answer in a speech before I a 1 crowd which filled tho the Audi Recall for tor President As far br a as I am an conc concerned ho he said I HI should be bo glad Ia to have havo the recall re roo ro- ro call for the president It is not in the tho Pro Progressive e platform and this is 8 merely an expression of my m- personal feeling M My fy o own n experience was that I coult coull could do nothing as president except when the people wore heartily with me The Tho minute I 1 ceased to have them with me whether it was my 01 fault or theirs 1 ceased to have o power Under such suh conditions con con- I would prefer to t. t leave leavo the presidency unless in faire fair open open fighting fight fight- tug ing on the stump I could bring brins tho the peo poo nb plo olo around to my mf way of thinking such a course coUre I think would be bo to m mj my advantage ad and to theirs 44 Aft As All to the number of non tire ivo terms terras a 3 president might have haTo evry ev ev- eTy er ry argument In favor 0 of any any limita tion on 0 of th tho terms of tho president can refer fer only to consecutive terms torms An Any third term talk which refers to non non- c terms is an utter absurdity Says ays People Decided II Mr Mr Bry Bryan n professes to believe in in inho ho tho people It was to tho peo people l that J t made my appeal and in tho the primaries by bv y votes varying from two to ono one to fifteen fifteen to ono one the tho people decided that the ho talk of a a a. third term In this case was vas the bugaboo boo ever held up to o fri frighten political children Colonel Roosevelt's position n was indicated in in- in an o earlier speech in iu which he be ie said paid that ho nevor never felt comfortable in n refusing to do what tho the people wished him to do if the they were not notable notable able bio able to II got ot at him It C It is m my object if if I am in public ifo lifo he lie said MId II to to live up to my oath of f office to s servo the Peo people le to to fol fol- low ow their wishes as far as u I can but never nevor to do anything a against my conscience On the other hand it is iA the ri right ht of the tha people them thorn solves after due deliberation to have their beir wishes enforced by their public servants And I know how I would feel eel at such lIuch a time Would Tight right it Out If I were a public servant and had hada a break with the people supposing people supposing they hoy wanted mo me to do something sup- sup pos n that there swept tho the coun coun- try ry a desire to repudiate their debts debts debts- I wo would ld say say youve ve got to get some some- body ody else elso to repudiate them But Bot I would come r right ht down before them and nd fi fight ht it out c People look upon tho the r. r recall an a u as destroying de- de the independence of the pubic pub lie He ic servant senant It will not destroy the independence of any public servant who has baa got ot any independence to de tie troy grey I r think mighty little of the in in- dependence e of of ofa a a. public servant which h his is s of so 80 frail quality that it can only onh exist rist when everybody cant can't get Jet to it Ono One by one Colonel Roosevelt took up Colonel Bryans Bryan's questions five in all R First on the list C Will you on explain to the people the c circumstances s connected with the writ in lug ng of your letter to Mr Harriman in which you yon addressed him as my dear Jr Mr Mr Harriman J and called caned yourselves C both practical men ment f Answered in Colonel Roosevelt said that he had already al al- ready eady tone gone ov over r this matter time timo after aftertime aftertime time ime and that Mr Bryan BInn must know it and must have seen his recent lettero letter to o Senator Clapp in regard to tho the senite senate sen sen- ate ite investigation of campaign n contri contri- c If If Mr Bryan under understands words of ono one syllable syllabic ho must have havo understood mv my letter In In reply to tho question What issues do you have in in your platform that you di did Iou not borrow horn from the tho ho Democratic platform f fI Colonel Roosevelt responded I All of them Why did i you ou put 8 state te i issues ues such as tho the initiative and the referendum in n your national platform 1 was tho the next question Colonel Roosevelt relied replied re re- plied lied that the tho initiative and referendum were both national and state issues issueR and wore er treated as such by the Progressive II party As to Perkins The last question except for that in I rc regard aril to the number of of terms terms fl for a president was What is 15 tho the interest of George Georgo W. W Perkins in your your your campaign cam ram pai n Colonel Roosevelt replied to this qU question substantially as he te had lone done before saying n that that Mr Perkins had joined the movement because ho he believed ed that it offered a solution of problems which in his opinion must be bo solved to insure the tho continued d welfare of the people Colonel Roosevelt reached Denver toward to ward the close of his days day's days campaign campaign in Colorado He was was met b by a large larRe crowd at nt tho the station and nd headed a n parade parade parade pa pa- rade through th the tho city Several fire en engines and trucks which were brought here herc for the annual Convention of the International Association of Fire Tiro Engineers En Engineers were ere in the parade parado and the clan clanging in of bells and whistling of sirens almost drowned tho the efforts of tho the band bant to be heard beard The colonels colonel's first speech of the day was delivered at 7 0 o'clock clock at Trinidad whore where he replied to Woodrow Wood row Wilson's Wilsons 5 criticism 01 of the Progressive sive party's proposals in re regard to tho the trust tru t question qu tion Then he went wont on to toLa toLa tor r La a Junta Rocky Ford ord Pueblo Colorado Springs and Denver After hi his a address drEss Colonel Roosevelt left for Nebraska |