| Show COL GOL ROOSEVELT RD OS El E LT RAISES TUMULT Hamilton Club Hearers Went Wild Over His Denunciation of Conditions In Illinois STOOD ON CHAIRS AND I 1111 mJ nt fit Ilio tim Top Fop of or o oTheir Their Chicago Sept R Standing tin t beor JOO mn all alt of or them of Ut Illinois und tho thu majority prominent In politics anil b s life liCe Theodore Hoo olt moved moed hl hili hearers to wild enthusiasm by hla hili scathing de do In nun flun of ot political conditions if I Thi Iii great banquet hull nt ut tho Con Cons grf greP hotel boLd nover Unused t such nuch a aset atIl l set IK tIl nor nur to such a II tumult a us followed the ot Col I i Tho 1110 members of ot the Hamilton club tinder whose hotie tile the banquet wn ln Was given RIVen hen their ue ls on en und tables waving ha in tho Iho manner while tnt Inc the lie speaker at the tot top of tr c th lii r voices cr lii III ls Introduction Col RooM i tIt it d I ho ht wai 11 to 10 Par fin In delicate which lL be bo only with direct ne Ues Follow In this he h took up Ut tho th condition In Illinois politics inscribed described b by tnt ei U In tile the trial ot oC Zee 0 Kelt fur tr bribery In lii lion tIan with Will the election of or o William Lorl Lori Lorimer mer li t I the I United lilted Blate Menate It n 01 Lid 1111 the oC ot those thole c four Ir of ot that legislature lure Mho ho lia hl tUlle c appeared In tho the ca cape cae e de do e Col ul oi Cit tend Heart the evl o obtained hj h I tilt atoN lit tor tora rcy a of t tWO to knol that illinois politicians cannot be by b 1 vin Is k I going on nt After his hh tl speech Col Cot was wall wallIn tr In hlll A reception In noth fr ir r room of ot the hotel tin ItO tried lo to reach this room hut ht for Cor or some Mom time wn linn hi to his hie way through thy the cheering crowl As A he h left the plat pint platform form orm rome ome on one started n II cheer heer for fortE tE fr fannon n This wes 1111 taken wj up until the Ibe aroff roo from tb During the nM speech Speaker f canon Ann received m mch ch attention from froni he It had 1151 bo hen li rumored that in use RUI al nn all reference lo In him were ere mae made b ol to whIch the tho Ihlo o kr took exception An nn answer hall iron nr r red Col oh Roosevelt noo nude no f rence to 10 t Mr Ir ulmon H len ien In Introduced by b President rutten or of the th II club Col Cot noo Roosevelt evelt 11 MAS Ia greeted with lIh tumultuous o 1 for several minutes Ills nil 01 drus iva wac as ns As n follows TS L j I have had ha a long lon and ind to me a most l e and anti profItable connection with als aOI club I have known you OU before betor I had attained II an special prominence I 1 public life I camo JIlk from om Ihn tho Ih Cuban fuu It Was wai WUA R a 1 of II your our dub club that was wa proe fI he the first organIzation to III meet me Ins nl When I vi wt ag Inaugurated as a 11 gov ItO n a body hod of ot representatives of o this let lih were nero rt present 1 I think It was wall this thia i lb Ib b which vas nas practically the first 1 to III be bl b no 0 unwise as 1110 to lo formulate n II desire to 10 have hae me ml made It lt was at Itt nn 00 A here at lit the club that t i used II Ie the ox cx x ir lon strenuous life IlCe An n sl n which from that day du to 10 t this I Ie AIe e never mOle moie been b able to use ue and I have come com to you ou or when ever eier t I have havo either cither to this thu club or whenever I have spoken In Chicago I lIMO always cd d myself meC tu to tho Instant n need il d ot of things thing tor for It would not be worth your our while to hwo me mc nod and It Ii would tint flO be ho worth my III while whilo to 10 conic como If it I could not speak exactly n nl ni I thought upon the thu questions qUe of ot the tho ho hour H OF Old Now there lire aro Just J ll two sources M of ut danger to the tho American 1 lawless violence anti corruption vio violence io lance lence rn WI most malt often ho to tn from among tic the who vho have havo toast of or oftie tie the worlds goods 1 and ami 1111 corruption which we wc moat mOlt often 1111 0 to race face among the that havo have mo most t of ot tho ho worlds lorlI gotHic goods goodsIn 01 IH In the program tonight you ou havo hao done dono me the tho honor to In print certain quo quotations 11 tationa tallon from ruin speeches I 1 lutu lII d mostly be foro the Hamilton club Iho o float final quotation I Is We e must muM ej N that dial there Is civic cIvI honesty civic civic Rood good II e III In our thui of It city tate and na no notion tion M My friends the value lIl e of n a like that consists exclusively In the tho way vay WA In hI which wo we try Iry to live IIvo up un to It II Fbi Thu woith WOI th of or what t I have ha e to my to ti you ou ind n l 1 whether or not hot It Is I worth north your to listen to me mo depends upon Up n the 1 I In which WO we words Into fleIt It lt has been bICh be sohl ol said Mold ha t the a ros the tile true truo of ot a tI people can cnn but best be tie It by h their standard of or moral conduct by b Judgment as ns to 10 what conduct IK is moral and l what hilt con lIIn conduct duct Is b Immoral by tho the effect i floss nu with wit which they fiske IP ap of 01 the moral their dis disapprobation disapprobation approbation of or the Immoral Koch Kuch state of ot the Union oichi och Im lilt Important important I 11 of or the Union lia time to timo to tu fore this More than IhM onCe we WI have been blen brou nl taco face t co to o tolt with It In the atatu of NII York You yu are to 10 face with It II IIno now no In III the Iho Ih stat of Illinois CONDITIONS con IN Ii ILLINOIS I 1 have hae been Lean reading the reports r t the of or the at lit attorneys n I which resulted In the thio Indict Indictment merit ment of ot four tour members of or the nOd together r with that I 1 have laa read the Iho reports of lit the confession cont lon of ot tour four othir othI members of or the tho legislature I was wan ad Ott Ired today loda by b H Ii very cry worthy n 1 not to 10 talk oh tho the matter because tw It IVaN A it t subject and nn ho that no HO on hud had been convIcted tin No o I t feel tell mo most mOlt t strongly that VP wo make the tho of lit public honesty a asham 1 asham sham If It we the he u use uco o ot of the ward w honesty to 10 mere law lal There Them are arr bIg bis bu bUl men whom I i ihne have counted us Its among the moist In Insidious I of the real 1111 welfare of r his republic although they been tn advised ld that It would be bl l to 10 convict them and there them havo hav been boen in III inthe Inthe the United States Slates anti and there have bun been bunIn In New ew York many who 11 careers have hc been scandalized through throughout out the country although they the kecI keep clear ot of t the he courts court Head tho the confessions of ot the tour four m men n ne Read what hilt was Vall developed by b the thu two to tv stalo attorneys one on belongIng 1 to fri toone toone frione one party and one belonging to tho th other about the four men man against whom they secured Indictments stid wl about oilier men also Read that and andI I defy dt det any nn honest man of or not lot to 10 come caine to tn tho the conclusion that lint t tho the legislature nho whose lIn e doings have been liCen ex ox exposed posed po w was lIS s guilty of nt the thi foulest and bas boiM basest est eat corruption and of or the mot nio Infamous treason to American Institutions lion Now I am a it good Joo party part man but I t Iam nm am ah oh American tint When w we rom corns to In questions affecting the vital principle pies 1110 of ot American life I know knol nn nIT petty part partI I take IAk jUst JUKI this much mu h account n cf rt party In su suh luh h a I case Tille I will viIi dr dc my m best beRt lo to get fret hold of ot the lie thief of or hi 1 JIt party I twill will try tr If It 1 n little harder to tip got get hold ot of the tho thief if my m fl own party 1113 WAS VA When I vao WC I I I 1 to 10 ot so an pt that thorn thoro should bo M no nn woJ of raising tho thu cry Cr among my 10 opponent ot of turn the out I turned them oUt myself just a us os tail fait us 1111 usI I t could gut get at Ut 0 t them Now Noi mind you ou take toko my words OH OJ asWorth worth less iou than thull nothing unless In look lookIng looking Ing Ins back k you ou can see sea eo that thul they the were by my III deeds deerlIn In III making I struck truck two different sets let of ot cases II II There Thurn was wall one OliO sot of or cases canes ca ell where prosecutIons would lie tie In those cases cUlles I turned the tho th mutter over ocr to the department d of jus justice lice ice In addition there we WAI tho the largo claM of ot cases canes where thoro thor Will HUB not hot until clent cien ground Bround fur for prosecution pro but where It was evident that the tho mon man was us nn III un unlit lit and Improper public servant And there thera I turned him out und when now nail und nd then Ihen the Ue rn hack back of ot him cell area belonging to 10 n a coordinate branch of or the government come cOllie UI up and say III Oh OIl there III Is no conviction against him I said RI No Xo I dare al that he ho h hus Pius practiced practised p law honestly but buthe ho he P Ir 11 I a crook out aut hI he goen Now I could do that hilt with the up lip who iho held hh olIlee under me with tho the elective there thero Is ii I but hut butone butone one body burly that can CUll do rIo that hat and ond that H in I inthe II the thc poole people It upon ulon ui you thu th I people lelIe ot of whether you ou wilt Will permit hermit u IL man to represent ent you because lie Jie has been heen acquitted BC In a court of or law lul lulor lawor or because lIcau o there has luu been n a mistrial HO so 0 that enough jurors have hn In him to get Iret et him off oft whether you OU Ji permit that loan mua to tl represent you OU of whether you OU will tuko the Iho stand tand Ihn t you ou hll evidence of at a I kind which muy may not be legal but which convinces convince every ever honest man nina of ot Intelligence whether you ou will submit to the pollution of Ameri merI American can ruin life Ufa by b putting such luch n a man In a high position HASH FLATTERERS IU HR In ln ev ever I foint of ot government then theio are arc bu base baMe o Thu mimo amu Individual who In u II monarchy monarch would be a courtier and Matter lAtter tho lie king In u a republic turns those whom lie ho thinks will Cult cast ca t the tho most moat votes Ho HoIn H 11 HII In II I just the thc ha same lime man the tine one just JURt no an bad us 15 II the Ihu other othel only that hut hilt they tIey the aru aro functioning under different conditions condition It U is a u favorite I wont say siy ursu mont but n a favorite assertion of ot that thul type of ot man alan when some public servant has hal iia been found guilty of ot conduct Unit that should dIsgrace him lila to say 1111 W Vu o Will lit litKO KO go 0 to the Ihn people for his hie hi vindication we will viii see eve U It wo we cant secure elec election tion tIun they the succeed A great many molly thoroughly good ly Iy I good goon have havn no special means or of Information are lire Ignorant of or what really has hils lia happened and 1111 on occa occasions clans like that b be 1 misled but If It they Ihy are arc not misled and If It they thy do so eo tat fBI farn n as 11 In them lies 11 ell to vindicate a dishonest und and unfaithful public servant by b reelecting him they dont vindicate him they the disgrace themselves and us In other forms of o government than ours there may Inn bin be a certain kind of ot pro progress gress gre even een It the average I man Is not what h he should be but In our govern government ment In a 0 great real democracy like ours our ourthe the stream cannot line lIce higher than lt II its source You cannot have honesty In Iii public life Ufa unless the average citizen demands hont ly In public life Ie My dy IY friend I ask Ilak you men of ot Illinois that you ou purify p your our politics that you yoi yo hold accountable the scoundrel great or small who has hila been guilty guilt of corruption thin tion that you Insist on cleanliness In your our public life and I ask uk It U In your name nd for tor your our sakes Hakes I 1 ask uk It II for forthe forthe the thc sake Mke of oC the American people and I ask usk It for tor the tho sake of or nil all the notion nations A of the tho world that the tho hop may not b be made dim and that they may mil continue to tn cherish cherl h the Ideal of ur PossibilitY III the of haying having II n government of ot by b and for tor the people that shall mean alto also the gov goi government RO eminent of ot justice and the th government of or honesty |
