New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
Ia FOLLEHE'S SHADOW
ON ROOSEVELT'S PATH
Colonel Finds DiSquIetIng SItu-
alton in North Dakota and
Sounds a Warning.
{ HE PUTS AWAY THE CROWN
= Tells Fargo Audience That He
Does Not Want To Be the
King of the United
States.

rTrom p ssaf Correspondent o. The Triouue.l
Farga " T.. SEPT 6.--Swapping rem
iniscences with cattle raisers and farm
ers and appealing 70 the voters Of his
-adopted state" the Bugl Moose candidate
returned to-day 70 the country ne rrst
saw as rancnman more than thirty
years ago. As he began 20 talk OF ranch
ing Al Fargo 2 lusty hinged csttleman
shouted "Hurrah for Little Missouri ~
~Bnny remember A." said the
colonel
And what brand did you ever put on -
he asked another rancher who was lead
ing the cheering.
Maltese cross " said the shoute-
Fine, DO YOU know there were four
Maltese cross men as delegates 90 the
Bull Moose Convention
The colonel found rather disduieung
situation in North Dakota Senator La
toilette. who says he is the true type OF
Progressive has p considerable following
here. and II e. no open secret that the
frreconcnahle la Toilette men viii vote
for the Democratic nominee rather than
the Colonel. Local committeeman who
came aboard The Roosevelt special tod
him that La Toilette was now the cloud
across the Progressive horizon In North
Dakota. and this probably accounted for
the following advice from the colonel IN
his Grand Forks speech
varrs 70 give 81 OF you here in North
Dakota This word OF warning Remember
that sornesfrnes IN the name O. Progress
sivaness you viii be asked 70 oppose me
oriv p-dgreSsfveism that counts, That
"A ~rh rNTngneg 70 LIN
coin and the men OF LAncOn Gay. IN
1894 there were some men calling lheul-
serves radical Republicans who insisted
1nat the Republican party, under Lincoln.
had not gone IA enough. That WaS me
tine that Wendell Phillips spOSe OF Lin
coin as ~The Slave Hound Of Illinois.
characterizatLOn which seems strange IN
I want you 70 remember that anv man
claiming 70 ne q Progressive VINO does
not supper the Progressive party is merely
an ally and tool OF the reacuOnarles- The
fight Is now on. The people must be with
ne or against US. and loyalty 10 Progress
give principles csrl be shown ~ only one
way. and that is b. supporting the Pro
gressive party to-day
This is not A d,lestion of personalities.
The principles Of tne Progressives have
been embodied IN their platform. but the
representatives OF the Progressive party
rave nominated rvvo men TO act for the
moment as their standard bearers. The
only way 20 support these principles and
the platform is 20 support the men who
are The nominees Of the progressive
part Neither Of the old parties are
capable Of graphing with the great Is
sues OF the present day. each is boss
ridden and each is prtvl ege- controlled
Later the colonel explained that be did
not charge that all so-caned Progressives
who I'D not vote for TN new party We're
deliberate allies OF the reactioHaries but
tnev were allies, nevertheless.
Woodrow Wilson Criticised.
or DO not believe that the American
people viii. and they ought nor 70. put
into power a party which enunciates
principles which must De Immediately re-
pudia1ed BY the parcy's candidate when
he goes before the people" said Colonel
Roosevelt a. Grand Forks IN speaking
OF the Democratic party and woodrow
Wilson
Saving that Governor Wilson had stated
rhst the Democratic platform wac not a
programme. Colonel Roosevelt continued.
We can get along with a man Il ne will
tell what he means % do. The man or
the party we cant ger along with is
that one that saws what his o. tts prin-
Cipies are. and then says what he or 70
really doesn't mean
- the Democratic party plank on me
tariff says what the party doesn't mean.
then We cant trust any promise IL makes
on any subject II u does mean what IL
SAYS on the tariff. wei nave the tariff
abolished nor only with Canada but
with every other country. You are op-
posed 70 Canadian reciprocity IN this
state. and on this point alone you should
os with the Proeressiyes.
Colonel Roose<.eIt also criticised Gov
.rnor Wilson for MS stand on the Pro-
gressfye proposal for an interstate indus
trial commission TO regulate large cor
poraticns.
Open Air Meeting at Fargo.
In introducing Colonel Roosevelt 70 an
open air audience AZ Fargo DR.. c. c.
Creegap, president OF the Fargo College
and probable nominee for Governor on
ths third party ticket IN this state. afford
ed the colonel an opportunity 20 declare
that he did not want 10 be the king OF
the United States. DR. Creegan said. when
the colonel spoke here TWO years ago, he
was quoted as telling the colonel that II
he would return 20 New York and pitch
his tent they would make him king.
II did not say king-I said President.
and We are going 70 make him President"
said pr. Creegan to-day.
The thing Is sai1 the Colonel. II reply,
that those who talk about kings DO not
know any and I do. Constitutional mon
srehs are ail- right personally have
nothing against them-but It seems 20 me
king Is a sort OF perpetual Vice-Presi-
dent and leader Of the Four Hundred.
don't want that kind OF job
The North Dakotans cheered az the ex-
president showed his teeth IN character
tstic fashion and renowned a kingdom
The Republicans and Democrats are
PLAYING seesaw, with Wall Street IN the
middle teetering them up and down"
Colonel Roosevelt told the Progressive
state Convention, here to-day. He was
telling the delegates that Jacob Schin.
the New York banker, had announced
that be would support Governor Wilson
as the only means OF saving the Republic
can party. through defeating the Progress
siyes
IF Mr.. schir." he continued. can best
the Progressives with tine Democratic
party he hopes that they will come back
10 the same old seesaw-ths two parties
nor,fnalIy against one another, each I'M
der control ofsprivilege. one coming up