The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-07
COLONEL POUnCE
! upon Ia FOlLET
IN FARGO SPEECH
Wisconsin Senator Is "Bawl~|
ed Out" for Refusing to
Give Him Support
GOES BACK TO WAR Il
FOR A COMPARISON
Lincoln Was Opposed in 1864
and Theodore Is Fought
at Every Turn in
Present Day

state. Colonel Roosevelt today rau~H
ped his arch enemy, senator Ii Fol
lette. over the knuckles. The pr04
gressive senator has bitterly Oppressed
the Roosevelt candidacy throughoufS ~
the West and is Just now trying to up-
set the third party scheme In Norttk
Dakota.
Roosevelt challenged the senator
without calling him by name to etthsx
get In line with the Progressive parfyx
or consider himself stamped a = q
ceep-eyed ally OF the Righteousness
Erstwhi1e La FoIIotte symputhfx9fss
cheered the colpnef Justify ~ he A
pounded at their Idol OF yester-yeaks
The ex-president began his att&rh
upon La Toilette at Grand Forks
early In the day, when he called the
seaator names before a throng az n
fifteen hundred Bull Moosers ID TIE
auditorium. He put the finishtnasS
touch on 1t this afternoon whom hNS
appeared before the third party con-
ventton tn this city. sss
Roosevelt went back to the days Ok A
the War Between tho States ID hta
5denuncfaffon or La Toilette IxOFSs gdtss q
impress his point on the bowling con- N
ventfon audience.
1OCo ADtsIA 10 ~ 1T.
Il particularly ask the attention 0f "
North Dakota to certain similarittaa
between the situation now and that
in 1884, he said. "At that time q
number of the Republican leaders
the Progressive leaders OF the DAY.
including Mr.. Fremont. the first Re-
publican candidate for the prant-
deney. and Mr.. Wendell Phillips. Il
leader In the anti-slayery cause. EetS
a ~.
with the action Of the mass Of their
fellow progre1sives that they actually
proposed to run q third ticket Againse
Mr.. Lincoln and when this effort fail- 4
ed many OF them stood soiemnly AIook
and either supported no one. or went
against Mr.. Lincoln. Now the SANS n
kind Of thing Is being done by thoso
men today, who claim to be PROGRESS
sives. and yet fail to support the Pro-
eressive national ticket. If man f. M
not with us he Is against us. And Is m
he, - against us he Id siding with th@
reactionaries. No matter how weit
meaning they may be, no matter hCygS
sincerely he may think he is PROF.
gressive, Be is the ally of Wall Gtreetss
the ally of privilege. the ally ~ s#sss
bosism In politics, unless he hearfiiy
gressive party. ssss3
whether the vote Is against ll1S
or given by men who are reactiCn-S&
aries or by men, who. although th0yM
claim to be progressives. are suppof&Ma
ing the reactionaries, matters nOfMNSs#
ing Every vote against us, every
vote for either OF the old partteS r. "a
q vote for reaction, votetfor b0SstSH
a vote for special privilege In politics.
and in business. IN
Only One Path.
There is one way and only oM
way in which the progressive cauuX
can be helped at this election. AMN
that Is by supporting the progresaixN
ticket. s5s@83
The only way to support the pxs
gressive principle and platform ~ &@2
endorse the few men who are tnM
nominees of the progressive party
this fight"
@ Earlier iii the day the colonel IEaE @
ed the Grand Forks progre1@tN
mot TO be misied by false iead9
ship"
Neither of the old parties
capable OF graphing with the #
IL Hoss- ridden: each is privileges
trolied.'' II
The La Toilette opposftfpn ~
third party cause In North 1AkN4Z
looms up before the Colonel nke#
bogeyman. Senator Gronna, an aro4M
La Toilette adherent, is leading t69
fight for the Taft forces. The
has a strong following. and with
combined strength Of La Foliettes
third party haters are trying To As@
back the tide OF Roosevelt sent1n
Many Have Floppcd.
Not a few Of La Toilette HI
rnsr supporters. ,an the other hug
have topped to tile Rooseevit
The Republicans. with T. b. HnN
up as the nominee for goyern0K
predicting that they will carry Nf
Dakota on the State ticket. az16
IN hoping that Taft will
Roosevelt. In the meantime
are grinning ovAr
prospect OF sweeping Into III
through the divided Republicans ro6
Goes After Wi1s0m-
Roosevelt went after Wilson
oday He lambasted the Dem6G
candidate for what the coaQuo
siders Wilson'S euuivocatt0M ulFSs
platform. and cx4t
he governors stand against e.
.ral Industrial commission, NA1
he progressie parvvy plAkf0Ex
sumee to solve the apfOnlen&
With the whole Industrial sttsaA1
Roosevelt'e swing through
where twenty-five years. awcs
ranchman. was marked hXA
upon the part 1
xotaus, but they failed tu
At GSTaMa NAxAA
tried 10 -
Here multtfH ~
streets yelled for Rooesxal
progressive party couveael
INTO iuaty cheers. Ola IN
Who know R0oeeselt on III
hook hands with Mn IA
ma awore unAxtn8 N
,ar4v M mlHAt ~ ~ ssFS m