New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-25
After a Final Roundup in Okla
homa He Starts to Invade the
Democratic South.
HAMMERS HARD AT WILSON
Begins His Day in the New
State with a Speech Before
Breakfast at Tulsa and
Declares Its Great"

NIcAIcster. Okla. Sept. 24.-After final
roundup with cowboys, former Rough
Riders ana Indians, the third term can
didate left the open Western country to-
night and turned toward the Democratic
South on whose solidarity the colonel
has designs.
Oklahoma turned out in great shape
to-day to greet Roosevelt. and. owing 10
a little family row among the Democrats
his leaders here actually held out hopes
TO their chief that he might land the
state. The story is that many OF Inc
partisans of Governor Haskell. dis
sruntled oyer the outcome Of the Has
keu-Oweu Senatorship fight, will re-
taliate against the owen Democrats by
voting the third party ticket. Local con-
ditions are such that Wilson viii re-
ceive no aid from Republican ranks.
shere the forces will divide between the
colonel and the President.
The Progressiyes therefore claim that
Sufficient number of Haskellites Will
vote for the colonel 10 take the state out
Of the Democratic column, and secret ne
rotiations to bring this about are now IN
progress.
Outside Of politics the colonel had "a
rip-roaring'' time in this nominally Dem
,cratic state As he left for Arkansas
.o-night he wore his best smile, and when
he last band had blared and the last
Rough Rider had said adieu, the colonel
observed. IT'S been a great day In all
MS Oklahoma speeches the third party
.andidate hammered hard Governor VII
son and the Democratic platform.
"Pickpockets," Says Colonel.
Mr.. Roosevelt told an immense throng
At Oklahoma City that he would not pay
much attention 10 the Republican plat
'orm. because he was mot interested IN
homlly on virtue by pickpockets.' With
chuckle. Mr. Roosevelt said the Demo-
cratic nominee seemed TO be having trou-
bles other than his platform, adding:
lie is reputcd TO be having Difficulty
with the bosses in New York and New
Jersey The Progressives have no such
troubles That is because Of the diner
ence in the way We carry on our move
nent and the way in which MT. wilson
nomination was secured at baltimore.
The Republican PrOgressives went
straight into the primaries, fought fne
BOSSES in every state. raised the black
lag. and neither received nor gave quar-
ter. Wherever We had the primary we
threw the bosses out and phed them
IN the scrap heap, and II they beat us
We took I'm our friends and made no COM
promise, telling the bosses we would
throw them out if We got controI.
None OF the bosses at Baltimore pald
%. any, attention sto the primaries Champ
Lark had a majority OF about ZVDVo
II the primaries, but the people were
,af fspTekeDtpd Sullivan and TaSgalt
fpr
BOSSES OF the opposition 10 take wilson.
We started with q clean party, whereas
Mr. Wilson is the head Of party comm
ltcd on every side by the old state bosses.
The result is. Mr. Wilson has some un-
,.Omfortable bedfellows. and he ana they
are discussing who shall get out OF Deo.
!. Ne fixed that before we went 70 peu'
We did not take them IN as pedleHo"s,
so We are not troubled with trying 10
lick them out about the time they snug
lie up.
Talks Before Breakfast.
rs the colonel crossed Oklahoma by
peclal train to-day he found large crowds
Everywhere. He was forced 10 get up and
make a speech soon after o'clock this
morning. when he reached Tulsa. The
lopulation and band made so much
,uss that sleep was impossible, so tho
colonel arose, consented to be taken 10
he city square. and delivered before
breakfast Grafton. The train pulled out
Il s o'clock.
Approximately fifty thousand persons
ined the streets in Oklahoma city this
afternoon and probably twenty-five thou
sand heard the colonel at the County
Fair Grounds ---
The little town N McAlester also &C.
corded the colonel noisy welcome to-
night. Special trains were run from sur
rounding towns and it vas red-letter
riob, fnr Nc AIectpr,