The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-28
NEWORLEANSG|vES
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
ITS BEST WELCOME
Ex-President Is Given Warm
est Greeting He Has Re-
ceived on Tour
EXPLAINS TO CROWD
HIS TARIFF IDEAS
Bull Moose Appeals to Lou
isiana Democrats to Join
Third Party Move
ment With Him

NEW ORLEANS. LA, Sept. -7--
Far down into the Sunny South came
Colonel Roosevelt today TO ask the old
line Democrats to break away from
their hardened party lines. and go
with him in his progressive fight
Dixieland opened its arms to the
ex-president With superb spirit IL
took scoiding he gavesfor the soutns
sticking 10 Democratic party lines. 7
the sacrifice of an aggressive pos
ton he maintained the South otnN-
wise might assume In the nattQn
political affairs. After the third party
candidate had got through with ms
sharp rehuke. Dixieland turned around
and Justify cheered him
's0nce II was told me In Texas tnat
they were all with me. they admifeo
nue., but they, of course, had 10 VOTE
against me-" exclaimed the colonel.
at the auditorium, this afternoon. WIT
a critical smile Now | don't want
orrfsiana to he that way. II YOU
shout for me. I'll expect you TO vote
for me-.
This held sailA~es.sSla; the CROWD AND
Roosevelt was roundly appiauded'
Well vote for you. cried hs
throng eagerly.
Speaks to 4sOUQ. =4-~-4.. y..-
Roosevelt launched his appeal lot
the vote OF the southern Democracy az
the auditorium before 1000 rabId
progressives II there was Demo-
crat In the immense fhrong who VAS
NOT in sympathy with the colonel, ne
kent 1, TO himself Never on this
whole swing around the circle mas
Roosevelt had more lively gresrinS
than that accorded him by the Rooss-
vet wild auditorium assemhlage.
New Orleans revefes Roosevelt Tor
his daring 20 come To the city seven
years ago, when the yellow fever Was
raging. Roosevelt. "a president. die
patched A corps of medical experts
down here TO combat the fever, ana.
when they were fighting it. he sudden
" appeared himself 20 see that every
thing possible was being done-
In the midst OF stirring demonstra-
ton men arose In the pill Of the au-
ditoriuu and their eyes nlied with
tears, called Teddy. Teddy. We're
with yout'
Through IL all Roosevelt sat upon
the platform. gazing ahead Of him.
his face stern set, As the cheers
reverberated through the hall. John
NJ Parker, cotton broker of New
Orleans. touched the colonel, ohserT-
ing spftty, This is what New Or
leans thinks Of you.
Il am deeply moved murmured
the colonel.
In his speech Roosevelt dweit upon
the advantage offered the South in
alfgninc itself with party purged OF
the Vicious element in politics,
meaning the oss-ridden Democratic
party. as he characterized it--and the
Republican party. contaminated. as
the colonel said. by "other bosses,
and the leach type of negro office"
holders in the South"
\ Party For sIf.
When | entered this third party
move, I decided we would have
Marty in which all Democrats and Re-
pubiicans could unite" declared the
colonel, seriously Il wished to make
It n genuinely national movement in
which our citizens of all parts OF the
country could get together to achieve
the same principle.
Roosevelt went on to explicit three
specific reasons why he considered the
South ought to he with him These
were
1. That he started the Panama
canal.
. His advocacy of the government
digging the Mississippi river and pro-
yfding an adequate system Of leyees 70
prevent the river overlooking. and TO
Improve the commercial advantage
Ct the stream.
g. His advocacy of a tariff on sugar
that would protect the owners or
sugar plantations in the South.
The ex-president laid stress upon
his tariff stand, urging the proposed
readjustment OF the sugar schedule
that would 10 only to the point or
protecting the industry here. His
tariff utterances caught tho crowd.
when Roosevelt left town tonight
he was speeded onward to Atlanta
with wild shouts. So dense was the
fhrong around the depot that Roose-