The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-17
COLONEL STRIKES
A T OLD PARTIES
He Can See in Them Nothing
But Boss-Ridden Organizations,
Which Hold Out No Hope
to Common People, While
Progressive Party Is
Their Haven.

Sneer!ng and songs and prayer, the
aggressive DaTty's national cam
laisn was opened here Tonight.
heodore Roosevelt came TO Rhoce
island. which ne described as boss
ridden state. 20 oncn tho campaign.
and received welcome. which as
Kansas
when the colonel reached pow
dHnce ~ o'clock be found several
Thousand persons massed IN tho
square before tho railroad station
and on the street leading 20 his to-
tel The crowd blocked the way and
'heorod h.m until he stood up in his
nptomobiIe and made epeech lie
halted second time I'm front of the
'iiy Han and made another address
Three hours later Colonel Roosevelt,
stood on tho stage AZ Infantry Han
laughing ana waving hts hands at
the crowd which was wodscl into the
big building For several minutes the
people chcerel The band played pa
triotic airs and tho Colonel beat time.
Outside tho bli!1inE were hundreds
who Were unable 70 get In. When the
din finally died away. colonel Roose-
Volt saidi
Fright q, tho outset : wish 70
onswer q question that han been put
10 me two or three times since l
itd'Ntl isfol' 4e4all @.-n nave
asked me- ~ this movement Is gong
% 20 on or ~ &, is jrat movement
which rs connected With me THIS
movement is going on just as sure
as fate This is real movement
spriugirg from tho needs md hearts
Of the people OF the United States.
''lhe ouly part That have mad 10 it
81 that perhaps ! have brought st on
two or three years earlier than 1t
b. s.ta
a blind who does not see that our peo-
I'D, are dried of having other people
govern them our people were making
tp their minds that there must be a
i.tw puety which should deal with live
issues Instead @; dad ONES.
rcrmnnen, PARTY.
This IS "a permanent movement /,
l. permanent Perty new party.
Every man Vh0 does not want the
bosses to rule. whom we can set at -
slins 70 bee ger US Tho only difficuliy
i- lt setting az enough OF them
colonel Roosevelt kept MS audience
y. happy mood with cp!erammaiic
remarks which he interjected into his
prepared speech.
The boss 10 private lie could not
lock you IN the fact without grinnlng
II you called him seivan, OF the
pcopie." ne SAID.
At another time he compared the
Republican and Democratic parties TO
pair OF wolves VITA the voter as a
sheep.
When TWO wolves nsh, FOR sheep"
SAID he. each wolf disiikes the other.
iu, there IS not any benent TO the
sheep IN tina; dislike"
The Colonel said he was taking a
more advanced stand constantly as nc
went forward with the new party
movement.
"As this movemen, develops" he de-
ciared, instead Of being less radical. /
have grown more radical arm ready
10 so further than the platform
In hts prepared speech, Colonel
Roosevelt assailod the Republican and
Democratic parties ard discussed the
tariff and the currency questions
lie declared that the ordinary voter
had nothing to hope for through the
success OF either the Democratic or
Republican parties. which he asserted
are equally hoss-ridden.
on the way from New York. Colonel
Roosevelt spoke to a crowd at STAN
ford Conn.
III YOU aren't I'll, to govern your
selves" he said, stay in either
of the OLD parties. II YOU intend TO
show that AS American citizens you
have the powers to rule yourselves
then come with US"
Colonel Roosevelt spent the night
in Providence, and in the morning viii
&c 10 Boston 10 deliver an address, at
Revere Beach.
Colonel Roosevelt said in part:
81 take peculiar pleasure "a making
my hrst speech as nominee Of the Pro
gressive Marty here in Rhode Island
You have suffered, as In my own
state OF New York VIC have suffered
from boss politics in the most extreme
form of development The Progressive
movement is aimed at the rotten ma
chimes, the rotten boss systems OF both
parties only by supporting the Pro-
gressive party can YOU strike any ef-
i.ctive blow against boss rule ana ma
chine and ring politics IN the United
States.
Choice between Bosses
The success OF 1nc Democratic ma
tIcnal ticket means eli holning in pow
e. one set Of bosses. the success of the
in power the other set OF bosses. The
effort at this time to rehukc one set Of
gosses by voting for the candidate OF
the other set of bosses is bound to re-
suit in mere futility.
The differences between the men
who really dominate the two parties
ere merely the differences between
great corporation attorneys who for
the moment represent. different corpo-
ra,ions. but who come together in
stantly against any movement which is
meant TO establish the pceplc as over
both. Try to punish one of de.
tenders OF the political and Industrial
privilege by occas onally voting for
the nominee of the other set is to play
into the hands OF both. We Progress