The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-06

heard first hand from Colonel
Ill Roosevelt today his reasons FOR
N asking support for the new
\ Progressive party, The Colonel spent
q the day in ST. Paul and Minneapolis,
made three speeches and was welcomed
enthusiastically in both cities. Tonight
he resumed his journey westward,
with Grand Forks, N. D., as his next
stopping point.
n Colonel Roosevelt 8 principal address
was delivered at the Minnesota state
fair. Standing on a platform built in
10 shady spot. the colonel looked down
over the heads of a throng which e1
tended on all sides beyond the range
of his voice. He declared that the
Nomination Of Woodrow Wilson at Bal
timore was arranged by the Democratic
fbosses"
He explained the Progressive ideas
upon the tariff. Canadian reciprocity,
the courts, cooperation of the govern.
Iment and the farmers to improve the
yield of farms and measures to better
the condition Of wage workers.
ATTENDS Farm Dinner
Then he went to Minneapolis, and
after a luncheon attended by several
hundred members of the Minnesota
Progressive league, he delivered what
he called clay sermon,' in which
he gave his views upon the significance
i|Of the Progressive movement from the
.iBtandpoint Of the moralist rather than
the politician. Tonight he made brief
address at the fair grounds, where he
ATTENDED a "farm dinner
"I am in this movement" said
Colonel Roosevelt in his address in
Minneapolis after the luncheon, "be-
'1cause it springs, as every great move
.Imeut must, from the conscience of the
ilpeople. The politicians have been
blind and deaf because they have lg-
1'nored the fact that in the last few
wears there has been steady growth
s|of discomfort with the slipshod in
5eficiency in dealing with the great
.leconomic, industrial and political prob
lems of the day.
aIClaims Credit.
"If have rendered any service, it
has been to bring about the movement
"a little quicker than it would other
Wise have come. When we get the
proper standards it will be impossible
: to have repetition Of such thefts as
1were practiced at Chicago, When we
1g got the proper standards We will see
that any man who profits by such
theft or condones it Is unworthy of
public confidence
q Colonel Roosevelt drifted for a mo-
ment into practical politics, saying
That Governor Wilson had said the
Democratic platform was not pro-
y gfamme.
tTbeu what is it:" he asked.
2 The minute any mon announce that
their platform does not tell the truth
4 they condemn themselves for putting
1t out and they condemn the man who
tle compelled to stand upon it. -
( Colonel Roosevelt spent ap hour in
'eonsultatIon with Minnesota Progress
pyc leaders who were anxious for his
s3hdVlce as to whether n Progressive
stste ticket would be named Colonel
I roosevelt expressed the opinion that
the Progressives should name their own
PICKET, straight down the line, although
lf the progressive Republican,
should win at the Republican primaries
Y tnIs month he thought such a step
might not be necessary. He is will
6ing to abandon the Progressive state
. Itickct, he told the Minnesota leaders.
y only If it is possible to take over the
q republican organization politically,