The Washington herald., 1912-10-09
IBIS OVATION FOR
!. R. IN M|cH|Glh
Bull Moose Candidate Talks to
Thousands and Managers
Are Optimistic.
ATTACKS WILSON AND TAFT
ATTACKS WILSON AND rArr|

Saginaw, Mich. Oct. &-Into apparently
friendly territory came Col Roose-
welt to-day to open up his campaign Of
the Middle West. With sest the former
President swung through the State from
Detroit to this city ringing out dcnun-
citation Of his opponents and meeting
with q rousins Response everywhere.
The Wilson managers confidently have
been putting Michigan in their column.
but from word that came to the Roose-
welt special train to-day the Democratic
candidates. leaders are counting q bit
ahead Of time. Michigan IL awakened.
the Roosevelt political sharps say and
will turn up . majority of 5000 for the
colonel.
The third party candidate never was in
a more aggressive fighting trim than to-
day, and he went at the battle as though
he saw victory ahead He sailed into
Gov. Wilson In his opening speech at De-
troit and did not let up all day long.
Roosevelt did not overlook getting in .
few digs at President Taft. Also. he
raped James Gordon Bennett, proprie-
tor Of the New York Herald. which has
omitted Roosevelt's name from its col
umns. calling him merely the Bull Moose
candidate.
Both in his speeches at Detroit and
here tonight Roosevelt enunciated the
Progressive party's theory OF controlling
the industrial corporations. He attacked
the Democratic candidates idea OF limit
ing the power OF the government over
corporations as spreading the vicious grip
Of the trusts.
Until the people definitely, understand
that the direct reverse Of what Mr.. WILL
son has said In his theory Of trust con-
troll is true" thundered the colonel. the
distressful conditions under which our
people now work in our Industries will
prevail. We cannot get better working
conditions shorter hours. the minimum
wage for women, or general enforcement
Of employers liability II We are to put
into effect the vague ideas of Mr.. Wilson.
As to Mr.. Taft. he is even less definite
and offers not the shadow Of solution to
the industrial problem
The colonel dug up Gov. Wilson's ad-
dress to the New Jersey Legislature last
winter in his speech at Detroit to i'm
press tine difference between the Pro-
gressive party and its two antagonists.
I'm his address to the Legislature OF
his own State the Governor said he was
interested and encouraged" said the Col
Onel, those are his WOTQS-tO HIoQ tHAt
there was a substantial agreement be-
tween the platform of the Democratic
and Republican parties in New Jersey.
Jumps Two Old Parties.
Now, Mr. Wilson has complained OF
me when I have said that the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties nationally
stand for the same thing in this cam
paign. 1t 10 perfectly true. as he says.
that the two old parties are undivided
when It comes to anything but fictitious
and unreal issues. The two old parties
are reactionary. They go together in
their boss alignment.
I'm this campaign there are three par
ties and but two sides. 1t is q fight
between the privilege controlled parties
Democratic and Repblican-on one side
and the Progressive party against them"
The huge crowd which followed Roose-
welt closely let loose a terrific cheer at
this. ana a voice doomed out, you'll
put them out in November, Colonel"'
The Colonel caught the crowd again
when he adverted to ''The fight of the
bosses in control of the Republican party
now in power against the bosses back Of
the Democratic party who seek power"
Leaving Detroit Mr.. Roosevelt spoke
from the rear platform of his car at
Plymouth and Holly. At Flint the Colonel
was taken through an automobile plant.