The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-24
Big Crowd Greets Progress.
sive Speakers at the Coli
scum on Tuesday Night.
PARKER SHOWS A new SOUTH
fudge Sadler Of Municipal Court in
Chicago Brings Rounds of Applause
in His Defense Of Col. Roosevelt and
the Platform of the New Party.

The new progressive party of Keno
sha county held its first real political
rally at the Coliseum on Tuesday
evening and more than five hundred
people heard vigorous arguments in
favor Of the election of Col. Roose-
welt by Judge Sadler of the municipal
court in Chicago and John H. Parker
OF Louisiana.
"Col" Parker had been bitterly
maligned in Kenosha. He is neither a
politician or fire eater but just a
plain plantation owner and he gave q
very dignifed address to the big
crowd in which he strongly urged the
tanets Of the new party. He neld
that the solid south was slowly but
surely swinging 10 the new party and
while he made no predictions as to the
outcome Of the fight this year he de-
clared that four years from now the
solid south would be broken and that
several of the states which had been
known as democratic for many years
would march out and enter the ranks
of le progressives. He declared that
the new party was panacea for
many of the ills of the south and that
hundreds Of men who had been most
active in the politics Of the south
were breaking ties made strong by
hered ty in order to come out and sup
port Col, Roosevelt. He declared that
both the democratic AMI republican
parties had outlived their usefulness
and that the only chance for the peop-
pie to get back to representative gov
eminent was to take up the standard
of q new party which would admit
all under the same terms. He played
a glowing tribute to Col. Roosevelt
as man who did things" He de-
clared that Col. Roosevelt had purpose
ly gone to Africa in order that he
might not be accused of attempting
to control the administration of his
successor. He spoke on the platform
and declared that the progressive
platform was the only political pact
before the people today which provid-
ed for the conservation Of human life.
Judge Sadler attacked the political
issues of the day in true Roosevelt
style and for more than an hour
vigorously defended the new party
and Col. Roosevelt and many times
during his address he was interrupted
by prolonged applause. He argued
that the campaign was the most i'm
portant since the close of the civil
war an account of the fact that it had
brought battle to rescue the govern
ment of the United States from the
hands of the industrial kings and re-
store it to the people. He declared
that Roosevelt had aroused the people
as no other leader. He discussed the
life of Roosevelt showing how he had
united every phase of American man
hood and how he had embodied the
best things in American politics. He
declared Roosevelt is fought by
forces who look upon the government
Of the1pation as only means to an
emu and that end is self aggrandiz-
ment. Under Roosevelt the democrats
were so scarce that you would have
to get search warrant to find demo
cratic Office holder in the great city
OF Chicago"
Speaking of Roosevelt and Taft
Judge Sadler said: "Taft is iurist
and not president lie would be a
great strength to any supreme bench,
but being president Of the United
States is big job for any one and a
man who has had no experience ii
sti@ening his back had better nj
TAG e it.
T1ge sadler spoke of LaFollette,
SIT unkindly. Your senior sena-
a ~ said, was not making any
pro ress 10 secure representative gov
eminent. You might have heard Of
him in Wisconsin, but he failed to APP
peal to other portions of the nation
and Roosevelt was pushed into the
ring to save the great progressive
cause" He hit the Chicago conven-
ton asserting that under any circum-
stances the nomination Of Taft must
be considered tainted AMI that 40
man who had been a republican had