Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-10-08
MR.. ROOSEVELT IS
NEITHER WILLING
NOR COMPETENT
Woodrow WILSON.
Third Termer Is Played in Dig
nified But Biting UtteranceS
of Democratic Leader at
indianapolis
Bx RALPH SMITH.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. oct. 4.-Be-
fore the biggest. the most unwieldly
and the most turbulent throng that he
has yet addressed, Governor Wilson. at
washington baseball park last night
gave Theodore Roosevelt the hardest
rhetorical drubbing that he has essayed
in this campaign There were $4,000 in
the crowd. It was an open air rally.
II was a speech teeming with vigor-
GUS language and it was a crowd bub-
bling over with righteousness
that heard it. Altogether it was an
unprecedented event in the Wilson
campaign.
Roosevelt. said the governor, had
been tried by the people who wanted
succor from the excessive tariff ano
universal monopoly and had been found
neither willing nor competent to give
them relief"
And for proof. the governor referred
his hearers to Senator La Follettes au-
photography. There. he said, would be
found the bitter truth about Roosevelt
as a progressive. Taft. declared the
governor. was merely the successor Of
Roosevelt" Turning to Roosevelt and
others in the new party movement the
governor. with an unusual display OF
Intensity. said this:
ONLY BUBBLES.
There are some noble people, there
are some people of very high principle,
who believe that they can turn in other
quarters for relief. but they do so sim
ply because there is one OF these par
ties that blows beautiful bubbles for
them to see float in the air Of orato-
~; men who paint irradescent dreams
OF upIIfted humanity. men who speak of
going to the rescue OF the helpless. men
who speak Of checking the oppression
Of those who are over-burdened. men
who paint the picture of the redemp-
ton of mankind. and who do not admit
who they are
There are men whom we have seen
tested. and their conversion is after
time when they possessed the power to
do these things and refused to do
them
FOUND WANTING.
is It not true that when Theodore
Roosevelt was president Of the United
states. the people OF tthe. United States
we're willing 10 follow him wherever he
Iedg And. where did he lead them9
When did he turn in the direction Of
this great uplift OF humanity? How
long was the conviction delayed? How
impossible was it for him to see
that his arm was strong. to come to the
succor OF the weak. and now he has
cen il. when he wishes TO regain their
confidence, which by his failure to act
he had forfeitedr'
A MONSTER RALLY.
The rally was gotten up on what are
now termed old fashioned lines. There
was a monster parade of marching
clubs. Some said it was two miles long
and others said four, it all depended
on whom you asked. If you questioned
Tom Taggart. he'd tell you it was eight
miles long. There was red fire, sky
rockets, curb crowds, three deep. drum
corps galore. and bhglers. all combining
to make a noise that was deafening. At
the ball park there was a bowling mob.
each one squirming for vantage point.
AAkt "a AAAA NAOhA mas hON b~oA
seen by the governor in all his trav-
els and experience as a public speaker.
Picture a park filled at night time
with a cheering, surging mass, the
grand stand packed to the danger point
and marching clubs with their music
and red fire fighting for room, and you
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