The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-17
Progressive Campaign Is Opened by Roosevelt in
 New England
SCORES DEMOCRATS
 AND REPUBLICANS
Issues an Appeal for Leadership From New England-Declares for lm- provement of Banking and
 Currency System

Providence. R. l., August 16.-Witll cheering and songs and prayer tie pro- eressive party's national campaign Was opened here tonight. Theodore Roosevelt came to Rhode Island, which he de- scrbed as boss ridden state, to open the fight and received a welcome. which. as he put 1t. would have done credit to Kansas.
 When Colonel Roosevelt reached Prov idence at o'clock he found several thousand persons massed in the square before the railroad station and on the street leSding to his hotel The crowd blocked tx way and cheered him until he stood up in his automobile and made speech. He was halted second time in front of the city hall and made an- other address.
 Three hours later Colonel Roosevelt stood on the stage al Infantry Hall, laughing and waving his hands at the crowd which was wedged into the big building. For several minutes the peo- pie eheered. Outside the building were hundreds who were unable to get in. When the din finally died away Colonel Roosevelt said.
 ''I was told six months ago that there | I think it Is pretty plain that statement is erroneous.
 Right at the outset" he continued. .I wish to answer a question. Men have asked me if this movement is going to l 20 on. or if it is just a movement which l is connected with me. This movement l is going on Just as sure as fate This 1 Is a real movement springine from the heads and hearts of the people oI the
 United States
 The only part that l have had i'll it l is that perhaps 1 have brought 1t on two
 or three years earlier than 1t would hayo
 come anyhow. The man is blind who does not see that our people are tired | of having other people govern them. our people were making up their minds that there must be new party which should deal with live issues,
 'I.incoln had been life long whg
 said Colonel Roosevelt, when 1t becane
 evident that the whg party was unable longer to face the live issues of that day. he poined the new party that could face the Issues.
 This is permanent movement lt is permanent party. a new party. | Every man who does moi want zths
 bosses to rille. whom we ean get at is
 goins io be Tor us The ouly aisfiellts ls
 in getting at enough of them" He compared the republican and dem ocratic parties to pair or wolves with the voter as 6 sheep.
 "Wben two wolves fight for sheep,'
 said ho, each wef dislikes the other. | but there Is not any benefit to the sheep | in that dislike.
 1 'Aa this movement develops.' he told
 his hearers instead of being less radical l I have grown more radical | am ready
 to go further than the platform. The Presidents usefulness ceases when he no longer represents the people. Some time I'm going to develop that
 thought. For the present l shall go no
 further than the platform"
 Colonel Roosevelt spent the uight in
 Providence and in the morning will go to
 Boston to deliver an address at Revere | Beach.
 l The progressive m0v vement is aimed at 1 The rotten machines, the rotten toss sys-
 tems of both parties. only by supporting 1 the progressive party can you strike any l effective blow against boss rule and ma
 chine and ring politics. l "The success of the democratic national | ticket means enthrounS in power one set of bosses; the success of the republican
 nation ticket means enthronins ir power
 the other set of bosses "Tfe difference belween the men who really dominate the tive parties arc mere. l ly the differences between great corpor- ations attitudes who for the moment rep resent different corporations, but whe come together instantly against any movement Wnlcn IS lieant To eataOllsf | the people as master over botlt We pro gressives stand against both. We pros 1 pose to drive them both from power for 1 all time, and to substitute the genuine rule of the people.
 Newspaper Control l "Oue of our great troubles is that the
 representatives of prN ilege in finance and politics control most of the newspapers, | that the ordinary man finds the channels l of information chol<ed, do not so much
 mind the editorial columns being closed 1 againat us, but 1t is | matter for real re- | gret that the news columns are closed 1 tc us.
 There is good reason why many men should bitterly oppose the progressive
 party. Every political 'jobber, every crooked business man every beneficiary Of privilege and every paid employe of | such be eneficiary--all these arc naturally against us But l held that every self respecting, ordinary citizen should be for us. The men for whom we are making | the fight are not politicians and are not men of great wealth. Hitherto, as a standpattes, reaction- ary congressman from kansas with in- | voluntary truthfulness put 1t, these plain people have been regarded by politicians as only entitled to pay the price of ad- |