Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-11-06
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS
TO GREAT CROWD
colcnel Makes First Public Ap-
pearance Since He Was
Shot at Milwaukee.
DOES NOT ATTACK HIS FOES
Declares He Believes Progressive
Party Will Win in Fight for Fright
eousness, for Brotherhood and for
the Welfare Of Mankind"


New York, Oct. 31.-More than 49,
goo men, women and children greeted
Col. Theodore Roosevelt at Madison
Square garden Wednesday night when
he made his first public address since
the attempt on his life on October IA
at Milwaukee. When he took his
place at the speakers stand the
crowd cheered him for fully forty
minutes.
Governor Hiram w Johnson, candi-
date for vice-president. and Oscar S.
Straus, candidate for governor of New
York, speaking to the immense crowd
before Colonel Roosevelt reached the
nall, paved the way for demonstra-
ton for the former president.
A stuffed bull moose at one end of
the garden. on which a spotlight was
trained throughout the evening, was a
prominent part OF the decoration of
the great hall.
Great Chorus of YeIls.
A sea of waving bandannas and a
great chorus of yells greeted the can
didates as they appeared ON the plat
form, and it was 500 o'clock before
Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon, chairman of
the national committee, could secure
order to present Mr.. Strauss as the
first speaker.
His address was brief and was de-
voted to praise of Theodore Roose-
yeit as great leader who had arisen
70 save the nation in time of storm
and stress"
Colonel Given Ovation.
Roosevelt reached the hall while
Governor Johnson was speaking.
His progress through the streets
was greeted with cheering that pene-
trated the hall and brought an answer
ing cheer from the inside
AS he came up onto the high plat
form. through a rear stairway. the gar
den became bedlam OF sound and a
mass of waving color.
With a broad smile the colonel
stepped forward and waved his hand
in salute. The cheers grew in volume.
His gestures for the crowd to be seat
ed intensified the noise. He insisted
upon standing in his effort to brink
the crowd to order.
Does Not Attack Foes.
The eolouel's speech was pitched in
a solemn and impressive key. He
made no direct allusion to the attack
upon him. He made no attack upon
any individual among his political
foes. He named no names save those
of Washington Lincoln, Jefferson and
Jackson.
Deliberately avoiding the line of ad-
vance, which was punctuated with APP
plause, ne appealed eagerly for the
votes of his auditors for the Pro
gressive cause, making no reference
to himself and none TO his achieve
meits.
Believes He Will Win.
In concluding his address, Mr..
Roosevelt said:
Seven months ago in this city, al
most at the beginning of the present
campaign, spoke as follows:
The leader for the time being.
whoever he may be, is but an instru-
ment, to be used until broken and
then to be cast aside; and if he is
worth his salt he will care no more
when he is broken than soldier cares
when he is sent where his life is for
felt in order that the victory may be
won. In the long fight for righteous
ness the watchword for all of us is
spend and be spent. 1t is of little mat
ter whether any one man fails or sue
ceeds: but the cause shall not fail,
for 1t is the cause of mankind We,
here in America. hold in our hands
the hope of the world, the fate of the
coming years; and shame and dis
grace will be ours IL in our eyes the
light of high resolve is dimmed. if we
trail in the dust the golden hopes of
men
Friends, what l said then l say
now. Surely there never was great
er opportunity than ours. Surely
there never was fight better worth
making than this.
Il believe we shall win, but. win or
lose, l am glad beyond measure that
am one of the many who in this
fight have stood ready to spend and
be spent, pledged to fight while life
lasts the great fight for righteousness
and for brotherhood and for the vel
fare of mankind"