The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-02
CROWD REFUSES
TO BE RESTRAINED
Wild Cheers Greet Roosevelt
When He Appears at Madison
SQUARE Garden for Second
Time in Three Days.
Speaks for Progressive
State Ticket.

Theodore Roosevelt. for the second
line in three days. tonight addressed
al audience Of thousands in Madison
S.uare Garden There had preceded
LIN to the Garden. through the medium
u Comptroller William a. Prender-
s st. chairman Of the meeting. re-
quest that no efforts be made BY the
.vwd To cheer him beyond the limit
( time accorded last night In the same
ball to Governor Wilson. When Col
Ciel Roosevelt raises his left hanJ,
said Mr.. Prendergast. ''he asks you
l. let him proceed with his speech. be-
ause he desires a record next Tues
Guy in the voting. rather than Il record
o-nignt in the duration Of the cheers
Oscar s. Straus. candidate for Gov
rnor, and other State speakers held
the stage until $40. when the Colonel
rived. lie was wildly cheered as he
T.ade his way to the front Of the plat
firm. and waved a welcome to all parts
the hall.
1t was fifteen minutes before his
piiftei hand brought the cheering to
momentary end. After it had gone
n for twenty minutes he raised his
am After II had gone on for twenty
eight minutes he again raised his arm.
but the crowd renewed its cheering.
nd he dropped the arm to his side.
fsain he made the gesture, but an
'-'"St unfurled giant bandana
rom the roof Of the Garden, and then
.ao.u was again ia an uproar.
Inc Colonel. declaring he spoke in
"hu,f 81 the Progressive State and
ocal tickets Of New York. talked for
over an hour. his voice strong and his
s--e.,s apparently unimpaifed by the
ifort Success in the State. he de-
Jared, was essential to Progressive
success throughout the nation.
Colonel Roosevelt began his speech
y saving he wished to make q special
ppeal on behalf ~ tina Progressive,
tate and Iceaas &frke4x - .ssssS sssssyS
No EpAeaeFsl Movement.
Friends, wish you to remember
ways that this Is no ephemerai or
temporary movement" he continued.
I'VE have gone into this movement
making our appeal to all good citizens.
without regard to their past party
Affiliations. and with the rescIute in
tention to make this a permanent
movement and movement which shall
deal not merely with national, but
with State and local affairs.
For. mind you. friends. the evils
that affect our people are evils which
branch of the government alone. We
can srapple with them only when the
national and state and municipal gov
ernments alike are in the hands OF
men whose honesty is above proof and
who know and understand and sym
pathize with the needs Of the plain
people of the country, Of the men and
women who make up the bulk OF our
citizens."
DEPRESSING for moment from his
political topic, the Colonel referred to
the death Of vice-President Sherman,
saying:
within the LAST twenty-four hours
a man holding the second highest posi-
ton in the land has been stricken by
death and I am sure I express the
feeling not only of all q you here.
hut nj our people everywhere, when
saw that we were all affected with
sorrow and concern for the death OK
the yice-Pres.dent, and In your name
shall ask the chairman OF this meet
ing to send our most respectful sym
pathy 70 the stricken woman. the wife
Of the late vice-Pres;dent-Ars Sher-
man.
FRIENDS. I have come here to speak
for the Progressive cause In TINS stare
and for the Progressive ucket from
ton to bottom. and our cause VIII not
have trfumphed completely until We
have made il triumph in the nation
ana in the State. and then here in TINS
civ Of New York. and I ask that the
neop,s Of this country and Of this state
fudge us not only by our platform OF
principles. national and State but oy
the character Of the rnen whom we
have nominated to stand on our plat