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Show ROOSEVELT THANKS MEN Emphasizes Gratitude to Flynn, Perkins, Mun- sey and Bird. Chicago. Dec. 10 Coronel Roosevelt, Roose-velt, making his "keynoce speech," at the opening of the conference of the Progressive party lu tho auditorium of the LaSnllo hotel here today, personally personal-ly thanked the men "who so gonorous-ly gonorous-ly came forward with their subscriptions subscrip-tions when there was no definite plan for obtaining finances " To give emphasis em-phasis to his expressed gratitude, the colonel walked to the front of tho platform and pointed to William Flyun of Pennsylvania, Frank A Munsey, George W. Perkins and C S Bird, Calling each by name, ho continued "I not only want to thank you, but to say that I have been nappy to bo associated with you. I want to say that there has been no more disinterested disinter-ested Progressives than yoursolvoB Nobody will ever have to investigate me to learn that I knew of these contributions con-tributions and was very much obliged for them " An outburst of cheors followed this digression from tho main speech. Even tho aisles and other standing room were filled when the conference was called to order Senator Dixon, the party's national chairman, spoke very briefly and was followed by Colonel Roosevolt Colonel Roosevelt repeated and emphasized his criticism of the action of the supreme court of Idaho in ruling rul-ing Progressive electors from tho ballot bal-lot in tho November election. Not to have criticized the decision, for which soveral Boise editors who quoted the colonel's strictures have been cited for contempt, would have been cowardly, cow-ardly, tho Bull Moose leader asserted Boise Paper Had Courage. '"Tho Bolso Capital-News," said Colonel Roosevelt, "was the only paper pa-per that had the courage to criticize the decision 1 hold that it would have been cowardly not to have criticized criti-cized such an outrageous decree. The most severe criticism the paper contained, con-tained, howover, was in a telegram from me 1 did not make It half strong enough. It was much worse than the ordinary bad decision. I hold that the decision was outrageous and it was the duty of everj- honest citizen citi-zen to protest against It and to denounce de-nounce It in strongest terms Now the court has cited Publisher Sheridan and other editors for contempt. Tho court has it within its power by Inflicting a sufficiently heavy flno to ruin the only papor in Idaho with tho strength to hold out against it. Teddy Would Fight Case. "I adocato that tho Progress!o part' not pa any fine that may bo Inflicted and that we send the beat lawyers obtainable to Idaho to fight the case and give It the widest public. My. The action of tho Idaho court is not only against the people of Idaho, but against tho whole citizenship of tho United States, and the people should use every effort to combat tho outrage. "It Is to prevent just such outrages out-rages tbat the Progressive party advocates ad-vocates the recall of Judicial decisions." decis-ions." oo |