The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-08-17
voClFERoUS WELCOME is Ac-
CORDED COLONEL ROOSEVELT
IN PROVIDENCE.
He STATES THE ISSUES
"Ths Progressive Movement Is Goina
on Just ~ Sure as Fate" Declares
the Colonel TO Thousands in infan
try Halt-Progressives Stand for a
just Protective Tariff.

providence, n. l., Aug f6.--with
cheering and songs and prayer. the
progressive party's national campaign
opened here tonight. Theodore Roosc.
welt came to Rhode Island, which he
described AZ boss ridden state. To
open the campaign and received
welcome which, as he put II, would
hve done credit to Kansas.
When Colonel Roosevelt reached
Providence he found several thousand
persons masscd In the square before
the railroad station. and on the street
leading to his hotel. The crowd
blocked the way and checrcd him until
he stood up In his automobile and
made speech. He was halted n sec
ond time In front of the city hall and
made another address.
Three hours later Colonel Roosevelt
stood ON tho stage at In
fantry hall. laughing and waving his
hands ut the crowd which was wedgcd
into the big building For several min
utes the crowd checrcd The band
played patriotic airs and the colonel
beat time outside the building wero
hundreds unable TO get In
When the din died away Colonel
Roosevelt said.
II WAS told only six months ago
that there was not progressive IN
Rhode Island. think 1t is pretty plain
that statement In erroneous.
hicn have asked me II this move
ment Is going to go on, or IL 1t just
was movement connected with mo.
The movement is going on just as sure
as fate. This III u real movement
sprlnging from tho needs and hearts
of the people of the United States.
"The only part that l have had with
II liz that perhaps I have brought 1t
on two or three years earlier than 1t
would have come anyhow. The man
1 is blind who does not see that our
people are tired of having other pco-
pie govern them. Our people were
making mp their minds that there
must be new party which should
deal with live issues instead of dead
ones
The colonel said he was taking
more advanced stand constantly as no
went forward with the new party
movement.
"As this movement Develops" he
told his hearers. instead OF being less
radical. | have grown more radical. J!
am ready to go further than tho plat
form,
THE presidents usefulness ceases
when he no longer represents tho peo,
Pile Some time | am going to dc.
Nelop that thought. For the present
! ! shall go no further than the plat
form"
Colonel lRoosevelt said In part:
Boss Politics.
! Il take peculiar pleasure In making
my first speech as nominee of the
progressive party here In Rhode Is
land You have suffered. as In my
own state of New York we have suf-
f"red. from boss politics In the most
extreme form OF development The
progressive movement Ii aimed at the
rotten machines. the rotten boss sys-
TENS OF both parties, Only by sup
porting the progressive party can you
strike an effective blow against the
boss rule and machine and ring
politias In the United States,
The success Of the democratic ma
tlonal ticket means enthronng In
power the other set OF bosses. The
effort at this time TO rebuke one set
Of bosses by voting for the candidate
Of the other set Of bosses Is from Its
very nature bound 10 result In fntility.
There is peculiar need Of leader
! ship for this fight In New England.
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