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Show CANNOT SPEAK UNLESS HE RAPS CHICAGO MAYOR Theodore Roosevelt Cancels Address When Told to Remain Silent CHICAGO Sept. 4. Theodore I;....--eii tod iv - an. .-I; i .i ... trine engagement at the Hamilton club be-'uue, be-'uue, be aid, "ho could not speak In Chicago without saying what hn thought of Mayor William Hale I Thompson,' and the Republican national na-tional committee ha. requested hle "not to take sides in t,he state factional fac-tional primarv fight.'" The late Theodore Koosevelt once (refused to speck nt the same club because wminm Lorliner was on the , list of Invited guests, but Korimer's Invitation was withdrawn ami Hoosc- i veil spoke "My position in regard to the Illi-noise Illi-noise primary fight is well known." I Mr. Koosevelt said. "The nation il committee wanted me to keep out of factional fights, so they requested me not to speak in Illinois unless 1 could Ignore the primary fight. 1 couldn't do that" |