The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-17
DENOUNCES BOTH
THE OLD PARTIES
Declares Only Hope for Bet
terment IS to Join the Pro-
greSsiveS and Put Him in
Presidential Chair.

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- cheering and songs and prayer,
the Progressive party's national
campaign was opened here to-
night. Theodore Roosevelt came 10
Rhode Island which he described as a
boss-ridden state, to open the campaign
and received welcome which. as be
put 1t, would have done credit to Kan
sas.
When Colonel Roosevelt reached
Providence he found several thousand
persons massed in the square before the
railroad station and on the street lead
ing to his hotel. The crowd blocked
the way and cheered him until he stood
up in his automobile and made speech.
He was halted second time in front
Of tho city hall and made another ad-
dress
Three hours later Colonel Roosevelt
stood on the stage at infantry ball,
laughing and waving his hands at the
crowd which was wedgcd into the big
building. For several minutes the peo-
pie cheered. The band PLAYED patriotic
airs and the colonel beat time Outside
the building were hundreds unable 10
get in
Finds Progressives.
When the din died away. Colonel
Roosevelt said: ''I was told only six
months ago that there was not a pro
gressive in Rhode Island. ! think itss
pretty plain that statement is crrone.
Gus.
'" Men have asked me if this move
ment is going 10 20 on or if il is Just
a movement connected with me. This
movement is going on just rs sure as
fate. This is real movement spring
ing from the needs and hearts of the
people of the United States,
"The only part that ] have had in
it is that perhaps I have brought it on
two or three years earlier than it would
have come anyhow. The mau 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 in.
stead of dead ones.
The colonel said he was taking more
advanced stand constantly as he went
forward with the new party movement.
GAS this movement develops, he
told his hearers, "instead Of being less
radical / have grown more radical |
am ready to 90 further than the plat
form.
"The presidents usefulness ceases
when he no longer represents the peo.
pie Some time I'm going to develop
that thought. For the present / shall
60 no further than the platform
The speech in part follows;
Talks of Bosses.
81 take perculiar pleasure in making
my first speech as nominee of the Pro
gressive party hero in Rhode Island.
You have suffered, as in my own state
of New York we have suffered. from
boss politics in the most extreme form
Of development. The Progressive move
ment is aimed at the rotten machines,
the rotten boss systems of both parties.
Only by supporting the Progressive
party can you strike an effective blow
against the boss rule, apd machine aud
ring politics in the United States.
"The success of the Democratic ma
tional ticket means enthroning in power
one set OF bosses; the success of the
Republican national ticket means en-.
throning in power the other set of
bosses The effort at this time to re-
buke one set of bosses by voting for
tho candidate Of the other set of bosses
is from its very nature bound to result
m futihty.
Need Of Leadership.
"Thore is peculiar need Of leader
ship for his fight in New England. II
has been q matter Of concern to me TO
see 90 many OF those hero who should
be leaders In the new movement turn
cold -heaySedly from it. / believe that
half Of the opposition to our course in
New England is due to shcer ignorance,
half Of the remainder to hard -shelled
prejudice and the other half of the re.
TO craven fear Of what is new.
"Ons OF our great troubles here az