The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-09-24
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SINCE LINCOLN
Chief Bull Mooser Presents His Arou-
ment For Presidential Office
Third Time.

Joplin, Mo, Sept. 24.-Colonel Theo-
.dore Roosevelt came to Joplin last
night and addressed an audience at
Miners parq yariously estimated at
from 10000 downward. An enthusias-
tic bull mooser avowed that there were
10000 persons within sound of the
voice Of the man who admits he is the
only mortal who can keep the country
from going to rack and ruin. Demo
Gratis made a lower estimate and re-
publicans a still lower one.
After invading two counties in the
Third Kansas district and speaking in
five OF the seven counties in the
Fifteenth district of Missouri, the pres
idential candidate reached Joplin at
Z o'clock last night. The special train
stopped on the Frisco tracks at Tenth
and Main streets, and number of po-
licemen sat uncomfortably astride of
restless horses and tried ineffectively
to keep the crowd from the special
car, inside which the hero OF San Juan
and Brownsville was eating dinner,
Third-Term Argument.
In few moments the big bull moos-
er was escorted to a waiting auto, the
band played and he was borne through
the crowds to the Connor hotel, where
he was given an informal reception by
local prOgressives. An hour later the
start was made for Miners park where
a great crowd had been waiting to
hear arguments as to why any man
should serve his country as president
a third time.
1t was apparent from the beginning
of his speec hthat the third-termer had
been in consultation with local bull
moose leaders as to the issues which
it might be most expedient to discuss.
He picked the zinc ore tariff as the
item offering the best chance to ap-
peal to local sentiment, but his at
tempt to show that the progressive
platform promises were the only ones
that could be depended upon to per-
petuate the mining industry fell hard
Despite the fact that 300 seats had
been reserved for business men of
Joplin, Webb City and Carthage"-at
81 per reserve-there were many hold
ers of the business mems tickets who
had to stand. some of them too far
fro mthe speaker to be able to under
stand him.
BEST Since Lincoln's Time"
My platform" said Colonel Roose-
welt, is the best platform that has
been written since the time of Lin
coin" But, for some reason, he mod
estly refrained from claiming it to be
better than the Lincoln platform
Paul A. Ewert introduced Judge Al
bert Norton of st. Louis, third party
candidate for governor, who presented
Colonel Roosevelt The latter spoke
about an hour In part, he said.
Friends, men and women of Mis-
souri,: am going to ask you to be as
quiet as possible and | will try to give
you a square deal. | shall speak a
little while here and then | shall speak
a little while over there | wish there
was more of me- You recall the old
saying in the Rocky Mountains. Don't
shot the fiddler, he is doing his best
1T is a peculiar pleasure for me to
come here tonight and to ask you of
Missouri to help the progressiyes of
the nation in this great struggle for
and for government
that shall look after our interests as a
whole | am particularly pleased to be
here upon the platform with men from
both old parties The things these old
parties represent have made common
cause against us. And, without regard
to partisanship, whenever the crooked
political bosses of the country are
against us have right to ask all the
good people of the country to go with
u.s.