The Washington times., 1912-09-16
WOMAN CHORUS
CREETSCOLONEL
WITH AMERICA
Southern California Out En-
Masse to Cheer
: Progressive.
By THEODORE TrLLER.

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Sept. 16.
I'm improved fighting trim after an
entire day of rest in San Francisco,
Col. Theodore Roosevelt reached
here today to find repetition of the
great reception accorded him in the
city Of the Golden Gate.
An unusual spectacle was pre-
sented as Mr.. Roosevelt reached
Santa Barbara. Banked about the
railroad station were thousands of
people and in the foreground stood a
chorus Of two hundred women. AS
the Roosevelt train slowed down
they waved flags, handkerchiefs, and
palm leaves, and their voices we're
raised in America"
Before the colonel began his short
platform address the Jane Addams
chorus" sang other patriotic songs
which are identified with the Pro-
gressive campaign.
Women His Backers.
Mr.. Roosevelt, owing to the exi-
gencies of his schedule, remained In
Santa Barbara but few minutes. but
the ovation given him here in pictur-
esque Santa Barbara. town where
the mountains and the sea meet. was
inspiring throughout
At Santa Barbara the colonel learned
that a Jane Adams" chorus of sew.
eral hundred voices would greet him In
Los Angeles this afternoon. Such Incl
dents illustrate the unprecedented
nature of the Roosevelt campaign and
the interest taken in 1t by women ir
the States where woman suffrage pre-
walls
The Bull Moose candidate is feeling
bully again. He was a rather tired
man Saturday night following tive
weeks of constant campaigning. topped
with a truly remarkable meeting at the
San Francisco Coliseum. but as HI
swung through the southern portion o.
the land of sunshine today he was tn,
typical Roosevelt-magnetic, forceful
vigorous, strong of voice.
Met But Few People.
Despite his fatiguing week. the colone
made at the coliseum one of the mos
telling speeches of his career, and witt
hammer and tongs he went after tn
opposition and the bosses here agai
today.
Rest was the keynote of the colonel
Sunday in San Francisco. Comfortabl
quartered In the Palace Hotel, ther
were no railway station crowds t
claim the colonel; he slept late
lunched with DR.. BENJAMIN Id
Wheeler, president of the University o
California, and an enthusiastic Pro
gressive; took an automobile ride owe
dined with former Governor Pardee
Francis ]. Heney, and Clifford Pincho
and left the Golden Gate at 10 o'cloc
last night a refreshed and optimisti
Mr.. Roosevelt feels at home in Cal
fornia. There Is apparently no doubt RI
garding the States attitude toward til
new movement. Theodore Roosevelt
hailed as a popular idol in the State {
his running mate, Governor johnson
and the magnificent welcomes are bein
reflected in the Increased earnestnes
and effectiveness of Mr.. Roosevelt
speeches.
In other words. the colonel says 1t
great and 1t indeed is. Mr.. Roost
welt as man and candidate is visibl
impressed with the manner in which h
mas Deen ACCLAIMED IN CdllIOTflla, WnlCl
as a State, under the leadership
Hiram johnson, has put into practic;
local operation many of the govern
mental reforms advocated in the ns
tional platform Of the Progressi,
party.
California a Guarantee.
In speaking to San Francisco an
Santa Barbara audiences, Colon
Roosevelt drew loud applause when /
declared that cur program, our prom
Use, nationally is really your perform
ances here in California. Under II
lead of Hiram Johnson you have act,
ally done in this State what we promi.
to do in the nation, and your achiev
ment is the guarantee that our promi!
will be made good"
Aside from the surface indications
the tremendous Roosevelt-Johnson sci
timent in this Pacific Coast State, Co
onel Roosevelt is gladdened by the r
cent primary results in the Fourth Cal
fornia district, the full significance
which was learned at San Francisc
This Is the particular California distri
where the Roosevelt delegates to Il
Republican conventiin were thrown o.
by the Taft-Penrose-B Barnes machine
June.
Last week this same district was ca