The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-17
Former President Greeted
by Great Crowd When he
Makes Minute Speech.
WARNS AGAINST old PARTIES
Declares That Voters Must be for or
Against the Progressive Party.-Prof.
Merriam Discusses the Platform and
Colonel Asserts he Shot Grizzly.
f'Friends,--

Friends
"I shall not try to speak to you for
I have to save my voice for the meet.
ing in Milwaukee this evening. I ask
you only to remember two things.
You must either vote for the progress
sive party or against it. IF you vote
for either of the old party candidates
you will vote for machine rule and
special privilege and against every
form of real progressive government
This was the message Of Theodore
Roosevelt to the people of Kenosha
and he delivered it to a close packed
crowd of people at the Northwestern
station just before FIVE O'Clock Mon
day afternoon Considering the fact
that there had been doubt as to the
coming Of the colonel to Kenosha ths
great coneourse of people which greet
cd hinl-and there was more than $500
IN the crowd-was remarkable tes-
timonial to his popularity as man
and as candidate. Just three hours
after he had spoken in Kenosha Col.
Roosevelt was made the target for an
assassin S bullet in Milwaukee and
great anxiety was felt in Kenosha
last night and this morning. Report J
from the hospital this morning declare
that the wound is not a serious one
and that Col. Roosevelt will be able to
commune to dilecG .Che ACTIVITIES Oh dis
campaign.
There was no doubt as to the popu-
larity Of Roosevelt in Kenosha. The
great crowd which greeted him in his
minute speech in Kenosha was made
up of people from all walks Of life
There were hundreds of school children
hundreds Of workmen from the shops
and scores of professional men
Hundreds Of farmers, uncertain wheth-
er or not the colonel would come to
Kenosha, came in to the city and
waited for hours for the short speech
AS the train pulled into the station
it required the work of twenty special
officers and the railway men to fight
back the crowds. Col Roosevelt was
standing on the rear platform of the
train and as the train pulled through
the vast crowd of people a wave Of
cheers passed all along the line and
when the train stopped the presiden,
tial candidate was given great ova
ton. The members of the committee
had been advised that the stop in Ke
nosha must necessarily be very short
one and in order that all the people
might get chance to see Roosevelt
and hear him speak, if only for s
minute, the train was pulled north as
far as the Pearl street crossing. On
the rear platform of the car with the
colonel were many men who have been
most active in the new party. The list
included Medill Mccormick, Prof. Chas
E. Merriam and all the members OF
the Wisconsin Progressive party com
mittee. AS the train stopped Mayor
Dan Q. Head, who had been selected
to introduce the president in Kenosha
was boosted to the platform of the cal
and the president greeted him warmly
Without waiting for an introduction
Mr.. Roosevelt began his short talk
and every word hefsaid was lost to the
people on the outskirts of the great
crowd on account of the applause
The former president was very hoarst
and his voicy was so husky that h
could be heard only by the people clos
est to the rear Of the car. The people
did not seem to mind this fact ant
they were satisfied with seeing Teddy
At the close of his few words Col
Roosevelt introduced Prof. Merriam
who was to do the speech making a
Kenosha, The colonel did not desert
the platform, but insisted on havins
his say along with Prof. Merriam
The Chicago man began to speak on III,
progressive platform He said in part
'.col Roosevelt has a body guard d
New Workers on the car with him ant
they insist that they would rathe
have a live colonel than a dead presi
dent we are going to make him pre-
sident dead o. alive but we prefer tt
keep him ALIKE because we have hac
enough dead ones in the white hous,
at Washington. [ want to say wore
on the progressive platform, 1t is thu