The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-09-19
PRES. TAFT OUT OF THE RIIN-
MING AND WILSON rs ONLY &,
REAL OPPONENT. -. Us S
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I the Atlantic tot " 1tden Gate. @3 /,
San Francisc| ; :, Sept. 17.-Thesa,
facts stand T 3 tominently: In con-
nectlon wit s. . Roosevelt's tour et
the United > es now more than HAITI
completed. ,%, ,ss =, f%ay
President Taft is not a factor h, ths
situation and will run O. bad third.
unless the cas-: comes to his rescue .@5
The presidential contest is between
Roosevelt and Wilson. S, :, IS ~! t;7
The Progressive party will be iirn1-
ly established as a result Of the cam
paign. -. "&'-,. .,..sIl, y ~ ss.65 ,;%
The Republican party has received
terrific body blow In consequence OF
the theft OF the nomination at the
Chicago Republican Convention IN be-
half Of President Taft. - r I +. :
The Democratic party IS more near
ly united than has been the case since
the second Cleveland campaign u aild
Will be reinforced by many stand pat
republican votes. .,~...-. JIM SS5.ss5I@.
The paramount issue in the cam
paign is Roosevelt. sr.t. n, .i.5$
Enthusiastic Greeting Everywhere.
The political observer who has ac-5
companied Col. Roosevelt thus far, IS
struck by the tremendous crowds
which NJ most places have turned out
to greet him and by the enthusiasm
his speeches have excited .s ID & sss
Those who travelled with William
Jennings Bryan on his various presi-
dental campaigns will recall I'll at he,
too, was greeted with intense entilu-TS
siasm, but the people Eefnae1 to put
him in the. White House. The aques-
tion has been asked repeatedly wheti-s
er Roosevelt will suffer the same ex,
! perience. fE&#
Roosevelt always has been q "vote
getter.' His forceful personality
holds an audience and together with
his arguments impresses them as Bry-
an never was able to do. Thus ut Spo-
kane, 500 women Immediately after
! the Colonels address, hastened to reg
! lister, in accordance with his Sugges-
ton. The same suggestion, made ut
the Coliseum in San Francisco last
night drew all equally emphatic re.
sponse from the women. ...,~,
Advances Militant Spirit.
besides the direct effect ON the -citi=--
zens who saw and heard him, Col.
! RooseVelt's visit to the several states
through which he has passed Las in-
creased militant activity Of the Pro-
gressive managers. They enjoy now
the official recognition of their pres s
idential candidate, man who was
president for seven years.
! Col. Roosevelt has been most Gnxious
to dispel tho impression that the
Progressive movement is q on" mans
movement, that it's only purpose is 70
place him again in the White House.
He has said repeatedly that he would
not be in the movement il i; were
merely one man movement; that the
people should use him or anJ other
, instrument to effect the reforms thev
desire, and that when broken or use
less ne should be cast aside and some
one else named as the leader.
Those who are opposed to Roosevelt
term this a play to the galleries but
the mass Of the people have given eyt-
dence that they are taking the Colonsl
at his word
Greeted In Fourteen States. ~
Up to date Roosevelt has spoken in
fourteen states--Connecticut, Indiana,
Southern Illinois, Missouri, lows, Min
nesota, North Dakota, Montana. waal-
ington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Nevada
aud California, In all of them he has
been enthusiastically welcomed
! North Dakota alone of ell these
states may be classed as less entha-
siastic than the others, though at
Grand Forks the population of the
! city crowded the small hall in which
! he spoke, and at Fargo he addressed
! 10000 people. The absence of larger
crowds was due in part to the fact that
! this section of North Dakota Is DON'T
mated by the La Foiistte element and
in part to the necessity of farmers
! taking advantage of the good weather
to harvest their crops.
! Indiana's turnout greatly pleasea
the Colonel. So did his reception I'm
! Missouri and the way In which lowe,
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