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Show j He Declares Himself ai Insurgent and Against Boss Rule Carroll. In.. Aug. 2d. ThooJo: f Roosevelt definitely allgnedhlmse I with the rrojo'essives of New Yei 1 state In a statement which be mat ; on the train in which he was trav 1 lug across Iowa. He told that t; train lsnie of the light in N?w Y"i Is no specific' reform measure, l;i ' bossUm. Uosslsm, be declared, fr quently led to corrupt alliances'!) , I ween business and bosses. I Col. Roosevelt was asked about 1 1 marks by Timothy L. Woodruff, f Jrnrk Republican slate chairman, I j regard to the factional flight In .. York. In reply he Issued I hi ) tati ; ment; j "The Progressives are eniplinti;all in favor of taking a real stp forwar ' about direct primaries substantlall on the lines of Governor Hughe I roposltlon, but this Is not the tnrd j issue. "The main Issue is that we Man ,-igalnst iMisslsm. big or little, and 1 favor of general popular rule, nr only at the elections, but within ill party organizations and, above al that our war Is ruthless ngalnet 0 cry species of corruption, hlg an little, and against the alliance V tweeti cori-ftpt business and corpji politics, as to which it has been foiin that too often In the past the bo-f-ystem '.as offered a. peculiarly ef clent cominunlealioif. "We are against the domination the party and the public by spfel Inten'sts, whether these special lnt-ests lnt-ests are political, business or a eat pound of the two." |