Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-06
CHEERS FOR TEDDY
Madison Square Garden TANNED
by Crowds to Hear Roose-
Welt Speak.
is JUST FROM SICK BED
Leader of Pregressives Is Given Great
Welcome as He Makes Initial APP
pearance After Attempt on His
Life by Assassin.


Life by Assassin.
New York, Oct 31.-Bearing no out
ward sign Of the bullet in his side,
Theodore Roosevelt last night hurled
himself back into the campaign at
Madison Square garden. He spoke for
forty minutes to the biggest meeting
he has ever addressed in New York
More than $4,000 men and women,
overwhelmingly Progressive, welcomed
him.
Governor Hiram w. Johnson, candi-
date for vice-president, and Oscar 5.
Straus, candidate for governor of New
York, speaking to the immense crowd
before Colonel Roosevelt reached the
hall, paved the way for a demonstra-
ton for the former president.
A stuffed bull moose at one end OF
the garden, on which spotlight was
trained throughout the evening, was
prominent part of the decoration of
the great hall
Great Chorus of Wells.
A sea of waving bandannas and
great chorus of yells greeted the can
didates as they appeared on the plat
form, and it was 500 o'clock before
Senator Joseph M. Dixon, chairman of
the national committee, could secure
order to present Mr.. Strauss as the
first speaker
His address was brief and was de-
voted to praise of Theodore Roose-
Welt as a great leader who had arisen
to save the nation in time of storm
and stress"
Colonel Given Ovation.
Roosevelt reached the hall while
Governor Johnson was speaking.
His progress through the streets
was greeted with cheering that pene-
trated the hall and brought an answer
ing cheer from the inside.
AS he came up onto the high plat
form, through a rear stairway, the gar
den became a bedlam of sound and
mass of waving color.
With a broad smile the colonel
stepped forward and waved his hand
in salute. The cheers grew in volume.
ed intensified the noise He insisted
upon standing in his effort to bring
the crowd to order.
Does Not Attack Foes.
The coIoneI's speech was pitched in
a solemn and impressive key. He
made no direct allusion to the attack
upon him. He made no attack upon
any individual among his political
foes. He named no names save those
of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and
Jackson
Deliberately avoiding the line Of ad-
vance, which was punctuated with ap-
plause, he appealed eagerly for the
votes of his auditors for the Pro
gressive cause, making no reference
to himself and none to his achieve
ments.
Believes RE Will Win.
In concluding his address, Mr..
Roosevelt said:
Seven months ago in this city, al
most at the beginning of the present
campaign, l spoke as follows:
"'The leader for the time being,
whoever he may be, is but an instru-
ment, to be used until broken and
then to be cast aside; and if he is
worth his salt he will care no more
when he is broken than soldier cares
when he is sent where his life is for
felt In order that the victory may be
won In the long fight for righteous
ness the watchword for all of us is
spend and be spent. 1t is of little mat
ter whether any one man fails or sue
ceeds; but the cause shall not fail,
for it is the cause of mankind. We,
here in America, hold in our hands
the hope of the world, the fate of the
coming years; and shame and dis
grace will be ours If in our eyes the
light of high resolve is dimmed, If we
trail in the dust the golden hopes of
men
Friends, what I said then / say
now Surely there never was great
er opportunity than ours. Surely
there never was a fight better worth
making than this.
81 believe we shall win, but, win or
lose, am glad beyond measure that
l am one of the many who in this
fight have stood ready to spend and
be spent, pledged to fight while life
lasts the great fight for righteousness
and for brotherhood and for the vel
fare of mankind"