Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-01

GESTURES VIGOROUSLY WITH LEFT
HAND AND SHOWS NO PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE OF ATTEMPT TO
TAKE HIS LIFE.
New York, Oct. 3d. Showing no
physical evidence Of the shock of his
attempted assassination in Milwaukee
October Ia, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
tonight faced for an hour and twenty
minutes a Progressive political rally
which gave many thousands of his
fellow New Workers a chance to accord
him an uproarious welcome.
For az minutes after his entrance into
crowded Madison Square Garden Colo
mel Roosevelt stood at the edge of the
speakers platform unable to make him
self heard above the din of cheers,
songs and band music.
Colonel Roosevelt refused to sit down.
Senator Dixon and Governor johnson
urged him to be seated but he main
tanned his standing position throughout
opportunity finally came for him to be-
gin his speech, he began it with re-
quest to the police to maintain order.
The attention and silence that greeted
the address by Colonel Roosevelt was
as marked as the demonstration that
preceded it. At the first attempts to
interrupt with applause the presidential
candidate motpned imperatively with
his left hand for silence.
The immense Garden, covering a city
block, was crowded to its doors, and
thousands of persons were turned away.
Governor Hiram johnson, progressive
candidate for Vice-P President, and Oscar
S. Straus, candidate for governor of
New York, preceded Colonel Roosevelt.
The crowds began to fill the hall as
soon as the doors were opened at six
O'Clock; and when the meeting was
called to order at 500 p. m. by Senator
Dixon, chairman of the Progressive
national committee, moving pictures of
the Roosevelt western trip had wrought
the big gathering up to high pitch of
enthusiasm.
Governor Johnson was still speaking
when Colonel Roosevelt was brought to
the hall at 9:l5 p. m.
PAVE WAY FOR THEIR CHEF.
Governor Hiram w. Johnson, candi-
date for vice president, and Oscar S.
Straus, candidate for Governor Of New
York, speaking to the immense crowd
before Colonel Roosevelt reached the
hall paved the way for a great demon
stration for the former President
sea of bandanas and yels greeted
the candidates as they appeared upon
the platform and it was 500 o clock be-
fore Senator Jos. M. Dixon, chairman
of the national committee, could secure
order to present Mr.. Straus as the first
speaker.
"Our country has been peculiarly
blessed, said Mr.. Straus, Gin the fact
that in every important epoch of its
development from the beginning, a
leader has arisen who was best quail
fled to carry the nation through storm
and stress to that high plane of right
eousness and justice that has builded
nation. which today stands foremost
of all nations in the world in interpreting
the spirit of human rights for the high
est welfare of all the people.
'Our first stage was the national con
structive period under the fathers; then
the civil rights or preservative period
for the abolition of slavery. Washing
ton, Jefferson and Lincoln were the
leaders of the first two periods.
eve are now in the third stage of
our development, the struggle for
social justice, and the leader of this
third period of our national life is
Theodore Roosevelt. Throughout his
administration he gave himself with the
devotion of an inspired prophet to en-
large the opportunities of the plain peo-
pie of the land.
Col. Roosevelt said in part:
Friends, perhaps once in a genera
ton. perhaps not SO often, there comes
a chance for the people of a country to
play their part wisely and fearlessly in
some great battle of the age-long war
fare for human rights. To our fathers
the chance came in the mighty days of
Abraham Lincoln, of the man who