New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-17
ROOSEVELT KEEPS ON
HITTING At WILSON
Gives Him Credit for Being Sim
cere, but Insists His Phi|os.
ophy Is worn Out"
PlTlES HIS INTERFERENCE
Colonel Receives in Los Angeles
the Most Spectacular We'll
come of His Trip by
Enormous Crowds.

| f1om a Stan Correspondent OF The TrlbuneJ
Los Angeles, Sept 16.-The most spec
tacular welcome Of his entire campaign
| trip was staged in Los Angeles late to-
day. when Theodore Roosevelt rode for
moro than two miles through streets con-
gested with shouting third termers and
saw thousands struggling to enter the
two small auditoriums I'm which he spoke.
II is estimated that 150."oo TO 10000 per
sons lined the route OF the parade this
afternoon, and the principal streets OF
| Los Angeles seemed a waving sea OF
bands and flags.
| The crowds were almost riotous In their
I efforts TO get near the colonel. for his two
speeches were scheduled in auditorlums
OF combined seating capacity under
| twelve thousand. These were packed.
and cordons of police were needed out
side to handle disappointed men.
In his Los Angeles speeches Colonel
Roosevelt again devoted considerable at
tention To- Woodrow Wilson. repeating in
part tho San Francisco speech in which
! the Progressive candidate answered the
| Governors uttcrances before the New
! York Press Club The colonel declared
that only an inexperienced" man could
make the statement that the history Of
| liberty is the history Of Limitation Of gov
| ernmental power, not the increase Of IL.
At the Shrine Auditorium tonight
| Jane Adams chorus" OF one thousand
women sang patriotic songs prior 10 and
| coincident with the arrival OF Mr.. Roose-
| welt. Twenty womcns chorus"s OF this
character have been organized in CALI
| fornia.
Wilson's Philosophy worn Out"
worn out philosophy was the term
used by Colonel Roosevelt in describing
! Con ernor " ilson's attitude regarding the
necessity for limitation Of governmental
| power. Continuing, the colonel said:
| That IS view Of history which can be
| obtained only 10y exclusive devotion to
, the classroom. and II cannot be obtained
10y man who has lived ana worked with
{ his coun'rymen. So long as IN" govern
mental power existed exclusively fur thc
king and not a. AZ for the people. then
the history Of liberty as referred 10 by
! Governor wilson was q history of the
! Limitation OF governmental power. but
| that does not apply IN this day. II IS
worn out philosophy.
The real Kings and barons OF this cen
fury. Mr.. Roosevelt argued, were in the
Industrial and not In the political world.
The limitations Of power which Governor
Wilson advocated. said the colonel. was
only a benefit to the Rockefellcrs. the
Harrimans and the industrial kings Of
their class. Hesitating a moment, the
colonel continued
| don't want 10 b. dscourtoous, and |
hardly know how TO say this, but ! want
10 advance this thought: II Governor VIII
son were as well acquainted with mod
srn conditions in actual life as ! am sure
he Is sincere and Intelligent. nc would
know that he has taken an attitude which
10 now the attitude OF every crooked
newspaper editor, a position taken by
every man Of that stamp with regard 10
the powers Of the government. IL is
the argument Of the corporation which
defends a suit brought by the govern
lnent.
Inexperience must have made Governor
Wilson take that position. for To assume
that no ~ experienced and took that posi-
ton would DE- 10 doubt his sincerity ana
wisdom and think the Governor IL sin
cere and intelligent Not one step IN
advance can be taken now without in
crease Of governmental power
Roosevelt's appearance in Los Angeles
was on the heels OF Grand Army OF
the Republic encsmpment and coinci-
dent with performances OF n big circus,
"A combination Of attractions which gave
the Southern California city an all-day
thrill.
Talks to Veterans.
Many veterans remained over 10 hear
the colonel and he made hit with his
indoor audience when he said:
You men who wear the button. you
here In front OF me. who answered Lin
coins call to arms, remember that not
since Lincoln's time has there been
platform which faces the isSues OF the
day as does ours. In that day Lincoln
deserted the party I'm which he had been
brought up when u became useless TO
handle the problems of those times,
when the Whig party went OIL after
strange gods IN the wilderness ana We
left the Republican party only when II
turned it's back on the principles OF Lin
coin.
Lincoln was called radical by the, con
scrvatives who would nave wrecked ine
nation. II was the radical, tho Wise
radical who conserved the union. II IS
the man OF wise progress who is the redI
conservative. IT IS the. safe ana sane
radical who is the real conservator OF our
institutions.
Tbe Copperheads then said Lincoln was
DESTROYING the Constitution, and the Cop
perheads to-day say We are dcstrnylns
Tho Constitution and damaging the courts.
We are damaging the courts only IN the
sensc that Lincoln damaged CHER Jus
tIce Taney's court after the Dred scott
decision
The colonel took up the planks or the
Progressive party dealing with child
labor. workmen's compensation. the
.ight-hour day and other remedies sug-
gested by the third party 10 bring about
social and Industrial justice. lie re-
viewed his interest In the workmen's
coupensation Law and the act regulating
night labor for women and children In
New York State, both Of which laws. the
colonel said. had been nulllfed BY court
decisions. He added:
These elderly Judges were nice gentle
men hut they knew law ond little about
human life They had possibly never Wis
tied a tenement house in their lives.
have I know conditions as they are, and
shall never cease agitating these reforils'
Colonel Roosevelt appealed especially TO
the women in a speech at Santa Barbara.
where he stopped ten minutes on his way
to Los Angeles
women have suffered enough injus-
,icc" he said. 80 we ought to be able
IN count upon them now for help. Wher-
over there are social or industrial injus-
tees. which we are trying to do away
with. we feel that we have a peculiar
right 10 appeal 10 the women
REPUBLICAN CLUB RECEPTION.