The Washington times., 1912-10-31
COLONEL GIVEN
GREAT OVATION
IN NEW YORK
Welcomed Back to Campaign
As 100000 Cheer
Him To Echo.

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and most remarkable gatherings ever
seen In New Yory city.
Cheers Announce Coming.
As Chairman Dixon has spoken hope
fully. straus had spoken humorously.
and johnson was speaking vigorously
and carrying the great mob with him
when from far outside the building
there came a cry. II came from afar
or, but It carried like the howl OF
wolf in the night, and the audience
gave one great gasp Of Interrogation.
Then the cry sounded again, only now
nearer and like PACK Of wolves. and
people began to spring to their feet and
start wildly as they will In panic.
In a restraining gesture johnson held
out his arms. But the people did not
see him. The eyes of 5000 Of them
were fixed on the door to the balcony
From Madison square came the roar
of a mob, the rumble of Niagara, the
tumult OF a world series when Baker
lined out home run.
Alert and Vigorous.
It pursued, enveloped, and was borne
along by some rapidly moving object.
and then the object came into view. hur-
rying, unaided down the steps to the
PROV of the battleship. He was ruddy,
tanned. smiling. and, in spite of the
bullet that he carried somewhere In his
anatomy. virile. alert, and vigorous.
Two weeks ago 1t was question wheth-
er Theodore Roosevelt was going to die
or going to the White House. The impress
sion that last night that demonstration.
a t,Ah nf af ha
rack from the grave, gave was that he
certainly is not going to die, and that
u enthusiasm counts, II loyalty counts,
! anection counts. he is most certainly
going to the White House.
In mis- speech. Colonel Roosevelt said:
Friends, perhaps once In q genera
ton. not more often, there comes
chance for the people of q country to
some great battle of the age-long war
fare for human right.
ITO our fathers the chance came In
the mighty days Of Abraham Lincoln,
the man who thought and toied and
suffered for the people with sad, patient.
and kindly endeayor.
ITO our forefathers the chance came
in the troubled years that stretched
congress gathered to the time when
Washington was lnaugurated as hrst
President Of the republic.
ITO us in our turn the chance has
now COrno 10 bthnu ioI huei ~ ahu
rlghteousness as N their gay tnes S, aeua
meas ''''u '''
"Our task is not as great as theirs.
Yet II ID well nigh az inportt V
task ID 70 prSns py t .i, .ho as,,,s that
rrou around ma. lest our failure to do
SO many cause dreadful disaster to the
people. We must not sit supine ana
helpless. We must not permit the oru.-
al selishness of arrogance and the
brutal selhshness OF envy eacn 70 run
unchecked It's EVIL course: II We AZ n iii
then some day smouloer,mg naeS sane
suddenly kindIe ln'o h,,ana, vii he
and either we OF our isin &c grin, az
called on 10 race rs eyer seen.
any which tnis repuohs "as ee'
Warning Is Sounded.
,,.,..s, 20 show that nine-
II Is our business ~ So - ,,,,s.
tenths of wisdom Consists III pelhs "i'o
in time. Woe to our nation II we let
matters drift. IL in our Industrial and
-,,.,.., no. mo lat an unchecked ana
poh''a' s ,,,s.,s,,.,,.,,n ,,otar,aI-
utterly seinsh ihoiViuua's''o
would be widespread disaster, for 1t
would mean that our people would be
~ - 80 ar.adf,, line. of d.
Vision which are drawn when the selfish
creed of the HAYES Is set over against
There Ia but one way to prevent such
n division. and that Is to forestall It
NV tho kind ~ a movement in which
W. ara now engaged.
~, rovomsn, I. ono of resolute in
.,s,ar,o unor tho right. and full ac-
t.son,,aaou,ant ~ ,ha dut,es n, every
man and every woman within this
great land of ours. We war against
the forces Of evil. and the weapons
We use are the weapons OF right we
90 not SCI satrad ""'' s'eeu VI
"our creed IL one that bids us be
tust 10 ali. to feel sympathy for all and
10 strive for an understanding of the
needa of ali. our purpose is to smite
doun wrong Rut toward these who
have done the wrong we feel only the
L,nduest charity that ia compatibIe
Satb Causing me wrong 10 cease, We
s-eno,s hatrsa 20 nv man ana the sn,rip
HeaGn ~ ha'u a w. 10 90 1sr rempveS
~ whiS S,, WI mn 90 rron yaaunsss
from vholctivehess as tron, " .,sth ,hs
we are resolute 10 40 away WIN tne
evii. ana we ntend 10 pr9eeea viii ,,m
such wise ana cautlous sahty as VIII
cause the very minimum OF aisturpance
that Is compatible with achieVihs our
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