The Washington times., 1912-06-18
"If They Want War, War
1t Will Be-" He
Shouts.
ULTIMATUM SIGNAL
FOR GREAT OUTBURST
Thousands Unable to Gain Ad-
mittance to the Auditorium
to Hear Him.

CHICAGO. June 1s-colonel Roose-
welt last night, in one Of the most drA-
matte speeches ever made, took UP
the challenge Of the national.t COM
mittee and declared that II II was war
they wanted, war 1t would be. Thou
sands heard him and cheered them
selves hoarse. Other thousands filled
the streets for blocks around the great
Auditorium and cheered for the pro-
gressive leader they were unable to
hear. Two hundred policemen kept
order in the streets, and hundred
others guarded the doors to prevent an
overwhelming rush to the hall
roosevelt laid down two basic princi-
pies. He said th b the delegates whose
selection he contests must not vote in
the organization or upon the settlement
or the contest, and made It clear, that
he would resist
He declared that no action Of the
convention based upon the votes of those
fraudulently seated delegates would be
binding upon the Republican party"
William ]. Bryan eat in reporters
ro" in the orchestra pit. NE was
cheered loudly when ne appeared but
refused even to make a bow.
explained.
Gets Mighty Welcome. ,..
The crowd gave the former President
mighty welcome. Colonel Roosevelt
made a fighting speech. His hearers
were in fighting mood. They cheered
him on as he denounced his opponents.
and shouted to him: Go at them, Ted.
dy"' KNOCK out the steam roller"
hit them again."
Senator B5rah made a speech while
The crowd was waiting for Colonel
Roosevelt. His remarks were brought
to an untinely end when the peopl.
ieaped to their feet with a yell. The
colonel had come.
the uproarious welcome subsided. The
colonel stood on the platform. waved
his hands, and smiled
Colonel Roosevelt began to call the
roll of some of his most prominent op-
ponents. At the first he mentioned. a
groap came from the crowd. With the
second name, the groan became roar.
To preserve peace the colonel gave up
his roll call. He said that his chief
opponents on the national committee
were men who had been repudiated III
their own States.
The Unburied Dead.
1T is bad enough" he complained, ito
have the victory stolen by the bosses
that are living, but 1t is an added out
rage to have it stolen by bosses that
are among the unburied dead"
When l undertook this contest I
was we'll aware of the intense bitter
ness which my re-entry into politics
that prey would oppose me with ten
fold the bitterness. But 1t has been
to me a matter of melancholy concern
to see the effect upon some men In
cities like New York, Boston, and Phila-
delphia. who lead lives that as a whole
are pleasant, rather soft and who are
free from all possibility of the pressure
Of actual want.
men are often very respectable, very
worthy. But they live on a plane of
new ideals. In the atmosphere they
create impostures. flourish. and leader
success in making money. and the
vision of heaven becomes a sordid
vision. and all that is highest and
purest in human nature is laughed at,
and honesty is bought and sold in the
market place.
Loyal to a Cause.
Opposed undyingly to those men are
the men of faith and vision, who spurn
lives of soft and selfish ease, of sloth-
full self-indulgence, who feel for and be-
lieve in their fellows. whose high
fealty is reserved for all that is good,
just, honorable.
ave who war against privilege de-
mand of our leaders today UNDER
standing of, and sympathy with, the
living, and the vital needs of those
in the community, whose needs are
greatest. We are against privilege
in every form. Above all, we are
against the evil alliance of special
privilege in business with special
business In politics.
"a crisis II upon us. Our opponents,
the men of reaction, ask US to stand
still, but we could not stand still II
we would. We must either go for
ward or backward. Disaster is ahead
OF us II we trust to the leadership OF
men whose souls are scared and whose
eyes are blinded, men of cold heart
and narrow mind, who believe we can
find safety in dull timtdity and dull
inaction.
coin l can set forth the principles for
which we stand today in the words
which Lincoln used ffty-four years ago
when in speaking of the then phase
lege and justice, between the rights
of the many and the special interest of
the few, he said:
THAT is the real issue. That Is the
when these poor tongues of Judge Doug
las and myself shall be silent. 1t is
the eternal struggle between the two
principles-right and wrong-throughout
IIlS "OIlu. nty dio the TWO
that have stood face to face from the
beginning of time. The one is the eter-
nal common right of humanity, the
other the divine right of kings.
Special Privilege.
1T is the same principle in what
ever shape 1t develops itself. 1t Is the
same spirit that says: You toll and
work and earn bread. and I will eat it."
No matter in what shape 1t comes,
whether from the mouth Of a king who
bestrides the people of his own nation
and lives from the fruit of their labor,
or from one race of men as an apology
for enslaving another race-it is the
same tyrannical principle.
ave believe this country will not
be a permanently good place for any
of uE "a live In unless we make IL n
reasonably good place for all Of us
ia live In. The sons Of all of US will
pay In the future IL we OF the present
dO NOT l0 iuatira N Eha nHaHAnF nuH