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Show Colonel Replies to Taft Speakers Who Preceded Pre-ceded Him La Grando, Ore., Sept. 12. "Discredited "Dis-credited politicians," and "prophets without honor," vas Colonel Rooac-velt's Rooac-velt's characterization today for the Taft orators who started out a few days ago to follow his trail through tho west Colonel Roosevelt struck tho trail of the Taft speakers for the first time here. He was told that John M. Harlan Har-lan of Chicago, and Former Congressman Con-gressman Adam Bedo, of Minnesota, wro due here shortly after his arrival, ar-rival, and that permission had been asked for them to address the crowd from the same platform immediately, after .his departure. Tho fair offU clals refused tho request. "A group of imported orators," said Colonel Roosevelt in his speech, "is to answer me. 1 understand. I want you to remember that every buch man they bring hero from a Republican Repub-lican state in -which there waB a primary wa$ beaten In his own home. They send a man from Illinois and one Jxom Jlinnosola, to speak to you. Tho Illinois man was beaten in the primaries by 5-i to 2. "Those prophets without honor in their own country, those discredited politicians who count for nothing in theJr own states, come to Oregon to tell you that you should leave the cause of the people and stand by the politicians." When Colonel Roosevelt readied LaGrande, he was mot by a squad of cowboys, who rode with, him to tho fairgrounds. As he began to speak, a man in tho grandstand arose and shouted, "Hurrah for Debs." He kept us his cries whenever Colonel Roosevolt attempted at-tempted to speak. The crowd shouted, shout-ed, "Put him out." "Let him stay." eaid Colonel Roosevelt. "He needs missionary work." A strapping deputy sheriff put out tho disturber The Taft party reached Larando 'while Colonel Roosevelt was talking They at once arranged for a mass meeting in the opera, house for tonight, to-night, 'Talks on Irrigation. LaGrande, Ore., Sept, 12. Colonel Roosovelt stopped here for two.Thoura today on his way to Uoie, nni.nado an address at the Union county fair From LaGrando he left for Huntington Hunting-ton and will speak in Boise tonight. Colonel Roosevelt talked of irrigation irriga-tion in his speech In La Grande, which lies in the heart of the irrigation irriga-tion district of this state. He advocated advo-cated development of arid lands under un-der the lead of the natipnal government govern-ment and said he favored farming methods which have proved success- New York, Sept. 12. Oscar S. Straus, candidate of the Progressive party for governor of New York, has never been n strong party man, Ho was the first Jow to be a member of tho president's cahlnot, having been made secretary of commerce and la- ful abroad in increasing the yield of fliH "I ha;c grown to feel," he went on, Bl "that there aro certain injustices to 1 which women are sometimes subjeot- H od, which cannot be righted unless you give them tho ballot -.not only 'H that the vomen may defend them- H selves, but that they may gain the H resDoct of men which goes with tho H .right to tho ballot." H bor by President Roosevelt. Mr. Straoe H has been twice appointed minister to , ;M Tnrkey and hns also been twice marie t H ambassador to that country, having , H been named by Democratic and Re- jl publican presidents. He wa born In M 1850 and is an attorney. M |