Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-17
THOUSANDS Greet HIN
TELLS RHODE ISLANDERS THEIR
STATE Is Ridden BN
THE BOSSES.
MOVEMENT WILL LEAVE
Only Thing lie Has Done l. 10 Bring
IL ON n Few Years
In Advance.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Aug. l6.--
with cheering ana songs ana prayer
the progressive party's national cam,
doro Roosevelt came 10 l.node Is.
land, which he described as "A boss
ridden state, TO open the fight ana
Received welcome which, AS he put
IT, would have done credit to kan
sas.
When Colonel Roosevelt reached
Providence nt o'clock he found scy-
elal thousand persons massed In the
square before the railroad station and
on the street leading 10 his hotel. The
him until he stood up IN his automo-
bile and made n speech. lie was
halted second time In front Of tho
city hall and made another address,
Three hours later Colonel RoOso-
welt stood on the stage at Infantry
hall. laughing and waving his hands
at the crowd which was wedged into
the big building. For several min
utes tho people cheered. Outside the
building were hundreds who were un-
able to get IN
When the din finally died away, Mr..
Roosevelt said.
II was told six months ago that
there was not "A progressive in Rhode
Island. ! think 1t is pretty plain that
statement is erroneous.
fright at the outset" he contin-
ued. 81 wish to answer question.
Men have asked me If this movement
is going to go on or If II Is just n
movement which Is connected with
as sure as fate. This Is a real move
ment, sprnging from the needs ana
hearts Of the people OF the United
states.
THE only part that | have had In
1t is that perhaps ! have brought II on
two or three years earlier than 1t
would have come anyhow. The man
Is blind who does not see that the
people are tired Of having other peo-
pie govern them. our people were
making up their minds that there
must be "A new party which should
deal with 1--we Issues
Lincoln had been lifelong whig."
said Colonel Roosevelt, when IL be-
came evident that the whig party
was unable longer to face the live
issues of that day and he joined the
new party that could face the Is
sues.
This a permanent movement. 1t
is permanent party, new party.
Every man who does not want tho
bosses to rule. whom we are going
t, get at. is going to be for us. Ths
only difficulty is in getting enough
of them"
He compared the republican ano
democratic parties to pair of wolves
with the voter as a sheep.
when two wolves fight for a sin
gle sheep said he, each wolf dis
likes the other but there is not any
benefit to the sheep in Chat dislike.
AS this movement Develops he
told his hearers, instead of being less
radical, ] have grown more radical. l
am ready to 90 further than the plat
form,
"The presidents usefulness ceases
when ne no longer represents the peo-
pie Some time I'm going to de-
velop that thought. For the present
| shall go no further than the plat
form"
Colonel Roosevelt spent the night
in Providence and in the morning will
20 to Boston to deliver an address at
Revere Beach.
He declared that the ordinary vot-
er had nothing to hope for through
success OF either democratic or repub-
lican parties which, he asserted, are
boss ridden. The tariff was
one of the main topics Of the speak
er who said In part:
"The progressive movement is aim
ed at the rotten machines, the rotten
boss systems Of both parties. only by
the progressive party can
you strike any effective blow against
boss rule and machine and ring poli'
tics.
THE success Of the democratic ma
tional ticket means cnthroning In
power one set OF bosses; the success
Of the republican national ticket
means enthronlng in power the other
set Of bosses.
"The difference between the men
who really dominate the two parties
IRE merely the differences between
great corporation attorneys who for
he moment represent different cor |
o.