The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-28
ern state of Oklahoma. Mr.. Roosevelt

oelleI OF the optimistic, but as MIR.
Roosevelt left Oklahoma, it was with
that he had an excellent chance to
carry this noninally democratic state
The reasons for these assurances are
outlined below and it should he re-
membered that the colonel has but to
overturn the ordinary democratic
plurality few thousand votes
The Taft vote in Oklahoma is no
Roosevelt and Wilson, and in his
Oklahoma speeches the colonel re-
viewed many of the criticisms he has
heretofore made of the academic
doctrines and the vacillating views of
his democratic antagonist.
Taking the recent utterance of
Governor Wilson, to the effect that
1t is progressive or lose ground, the
colonel said:
Wilson in Quandary.
"1t is evident tina, Mr.. Wilson does
not even know whether his party is
progressive. After the campaign has
been under way for two months he
calls upon his party to be progress
siNe. without knowing whether it is
or not
II know that it is not progressive.
II is the same old standpat party,
boss-ridden and controlled by privi-
ege: and can ask every progressive
democrat as we'll as every progressive
republican to come with the party
which has squarely faced every ma
tional issue before the American peo-
pie. Mr.. Wilson speaks like we'll
meaning reactionary. l don't suppose
he means to he reactionary, and per-
haps he doesn't know he talks like
one. hut he does.
! Cowboys. Indians. former rough
riders, Boy Scouts. marching clubs
with bull moose banners. and thou
sands of conventional bull moosers
| enlivened the coloneTs rather spec
tacular tour through Oklahoma. From
Tulsa. where he was obliged to de-
liver before breakfast speech. to
McAllister. where he spoke to a
crowded opera house, the Roosevelt
tour through that supposedly DEM
oeratic state was revelation.
Day Round of Whoops.
| Considering the size Of the city, the
ovation accorded the progressive cam
didate in Oklahoma City eclipsed in
spontaneity and rough and tumbling
shouting any Of the present tour. Be-
tween fifty and sixty thousand admir-
ing persons acclaimed the colonel as
he rode through the streets Of the Ok
Ia hoTi1a metropolis. The turnstiles at
the county fair grounds. where he
spoke in the afternoon. showed that
more than 10000 heard the progress
sive leader.
One confederate veteran. who par
tieipated IN the Oklahoma City pa
rade. walked 100 miles in three DAYS
in order to speak to the colonel. A
fife and drum corps. composed of both
union and confederate veterans.
trailed the Roosevelt automobile: be-
hind came 100 women of the women's
relief corps. squad of Boy Scouts
rough riders on horseback or gallop-
ing COWBOYS. and the vast army Of
bull moosers afoot. The colonel also
tanner and rough rider. When he re-
turned to his car MIR. Roosevelt told
a story about McGinity
| ''Brcncho McGinity. as YOU know"
said the colonel. is short and very
bowlegsed. although he's all right on
a horse. One day his captain. during
the drill. said to him: 'McGinity, isn't
step?' I don't know: I guess could
if I was on horse answered Nc
Ginity. Ard YOU know" continued
Mr.. Roosevelt. che brought in his
wife today. most estimable woman
and there's a little McGinity. the
| Very image of his father. freckles. red
hair bow legs and ALL
|
Oklahoma welcome Mr.. Roosevelt ex-
hihited coat. the coat of the only
suit he took on this trip. Its lining
was fairly worn out.
| "Swipe" Some of His Coat.
81 got this last night in Joplin,
! when we had to plow our way through
the crowd. woman tore out the
the lining on that. They evidently
We're enthusiastic bull moosers after
souvenir and they got it. I'm only
PRAYING the suit may last until get
to New York. Then 1 am willing to
| throw 1t away"
If the colonel encounters many
| more crowds such as at Joplin. how
have to purchase hand me- down
before he returns.
Oklahoma is ordinarily to be a
democratic state but it is significant
that the progressive leaders here are
unusually confident that Roosevelt
will carry it. His receptions indicate
wonderful Roosevent sentiment
tical affiliations Of the voters. There
is broad. reliab BILE report that nu-
merous followers of Governor Haskell
have received the quiet tip to sup
port Mr.. Roosevelt. There is consid-
| erahle democratic dissension. brought
about by factional fights in state and
counties. and the progressives expect
from $4,000 to 10000 of Haskelrs
followers to join the progressives,
Democracy Divided.
This situation is an echo Of the
Haskell Even fight for the senator
ship which has divided the state
democracy into camps. Governor
| Haskell is maintaining his dmocra-
tic party rgularity. but there is. no
doubt of the fact that behind the cur
tain Haskell partisans are guilty pre-
, pairing to vote for Roosevelt. partly
i because they believe in the colonel
and partly because they are unalter-
ahlv opposed to the owen crowd.
The prediction is that President
Taft will poll only about fifteen per
cent of the republican vote of four
years ago. so that the fight is between
Wilson and Roosevelt. There are
only two electoral tickets in the field
and of the ten republican electors
named in the primaries nine are for
Roosevelt.
Both in his Oklahoma City and
McAllester speeches Mr.. Roosevelt
raped the policies of Governor
Woodrow Wilson. The governor. said
Mr.. Roosevelt. is having trouble with
things other than his party's plat
form. which the democratic nominee
declares was not program"
After going to bed with the
bosses" said the colonel. mfr. Wilson
seems to be having trouble in getting
rid of his uncomfortable bedfellows.
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