New-York tribune., 1912-08-31
ROOSEVELT SAYS THE
LORD IS ON HIS SIDE
Tells Vermont Voters He viii
Hew ArChbOId and PenToSe as
1sraeI HeWed Ammon."
COLONEL LOSES HIS WAY
After Being Drawn by oxen
Around a Ractrack at a Fair
His Auto Strays-"Joy
Ride" He Explains.

Ride" He Explains.
81 Jobnsburv VT Aug S.-Colonel
Roosevelt struck up an intimate acqualn-
lance with the rural sections of Northern
Vermont to-day in the course OF his auto
nv bile campaign through the state. He
spent most Of the day In motor car
witch puffed up.or coasted down some Of
fre steepest hills in the state. Between
tines he made five speeches and received
such a welcome that he said he thought
Vermont was waking up.
Before lively crowd Of several thou
sand persons which was massed about
the bandstand In the courthouse square
here tonight, Colonel Roosevelt made
hard hitting speech. which brought him
cheer after cheer. He assailcd his critics
and defended the Progressive party. one
OF the parts Of his speech which was
Cheered most loudly was that In which he
again attacked John n. Archbold prtsi-
dent Of the Standard OIL Company. and
Senator Penrose for their testimony be-
fore the Senate investigating committee.
81 thought for q time that they would
DO some damage to the Progressive
party" he said. but the Lord hath de-
Hvered them into my hands | have them
on the hip. have them in the open. I'll
hew them as Israel hewed Ammon, hip
and thigh"
Colonel Roosevelt explained tonight
Why il was that he declared himself IN
favor Of woman suffrage He said that
lie had not been Influenced to this view
by the women who devoted their time 10
promoting the cause OF suffrage, but
rather through his acquaintance with
women IKE Miss Jane Adams, of Chi-
caso. whom ne had come to know through
their interest In sociological work.
-. .,,. penounees Stanley Inquiry.
Speaking ON the trust question, Colonel
Roosevelt declared that neither the Dern-
oerats nor the Republicans had an ef-
Sective plan and that the big trusts
cordially approve of both platforms he
denounced the Stanley House COMMITTEES
which investigated the trust question as
"Inere sound and fury
The colonel criticised President Emeri-
rus Charles W Eliot OF Harvard for
newspaper interview which he said Dr..
Eliot had repudlated and in which he
taste for Colonel Roosevelt to bring NJ IS
. Jane Adams into publicity by speaking
of her in accepting the Progressive noml-
nation. After saying that he mao not men
toned Miss Addamss name. but merely
had explained his appreciation OF nav
ing such a fsoelan. second his. nopina-
tion. Colonel ftosevet added: - = ---
'If President Eliot really considers thus
90 aalasier, ito Mss Adams as being spec
I sheular and in b, d taste, ] should teei a.
mild curiosity to know just what he
;l:Yeould regard as non-spectacular and u.
!; good taste" -.
1 ne ooionel's day began when ne LEFT
burlington. where he had spent the night
; and rode northward until he came within
striking distance of the Canadian border
He stoned at st. Adams for a speech.
then sped on TO Morrisville, where he
. found a huge crowd awaiting him at tn:
Lamoille County Fair. AS he entered the
grounds he was met by a committee
which tooh him TO float drawn by twen.
ty-eight oxen, and with band TO blaze
the way the colonel made triumphant
procession AROUND the racetrack.
Never had such an experience before
IN my life 20 the colonel shouted.
When he left the fair grounds and
headed for Barton Colonel Roosevelt was
driven 20 a side road, which dwindled
from O we'll travelled highway to mere
grass covered track through pastures and
finally came to an end in front Of farm
house hidden away behind a hill. An
astonished farmer. excited by the uneX-
pected visit Of the ex-President burst out
Of the house. The colonel told the farmer
that he was lost Just a little joy ride
be said, when he had been set right
During the afternoon Colonel Roosevelt
rode through q secluded section, in which
houses were rare enough to attract at
tsntiop and the villages far apart. Paus-
ing for q brief speech at Hardwick, he
went on to Barton. and thence to st.
5ehnsbu where he spent the night.
When he reached here he was welcomed
BY a marching club Of $50 men. who wore
bandannas and sang Take a Little Tip
from Father and Vote for the Old Rull
Moose"
Before bringing his Vermont campaign
70 a close Tomorrow he will speak at
Barre. Randolph Bellows Falls and
Brattleboro.
Definea HoIioy Toward Trusts