Las Vegas optic., 1913-08-25
SUCH is KEYNOTE OF ADDRESS
AT CHICAGO PROGRESSIVE CLUB
BY ROOSEVELT ON RETURN
FROM DESERT.
CLAIMS CREDIT FOR SUFFRAGE
DECLARES WOMEN WOULD NOT
HAVE HAD VOTE IN ILLINOIS
HAD 1T NOT BEEN FOR FIGHT
MADE BY BULL MoosERs.
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(By Optic A. P. Leased Wire)
Chicago, Aug. 25.-Colonel Roose
velt, burned almost as red as the
desert Indians among whom he hac
Ibeen sojourning, arrived here today
He spent less than two hours in the
city before taking the Pennsylvania
special for Oyster Bay. lie was met
at the Santa Re station by Thomas D.
Knight, president OF the Chicago Pro
] gressiye club and delegation OF
members and later attended stand
ing lunch conducted on help your
self basis at the club.
On the way to this function in an
automobile the colonel was recognized
by many persons and waved his wide
brimmed Panama hat in response to
greetings.
He said that he had enjoyed his
vacation and had profited by his stu
dies of Indian character and customs.
At the club rooms the colonel was
greeted by several suffragettes head
ed by Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout. In
the course of his talk with Mrs
Trout, who told him she was the
mother of four sons, he said that he
knew of no man who was SO much
entitled to vote as the mother Of
sens and daughters.
AS the luncheon was informal the
colonel wore the same gray suit and
soft shirt that he wore on the train.
He paused at book store and
bought some books, choosing one
about prize fighters, an Indian story
and third on big game.
In speaking Of his outing in Ari-
zona Colonel Roosevelt said he spent
the first fortnight hunting and tnat
the party killed three mountain lions.
He said he shot one and his two sons
killed the others He said the only
fresh meat the party had on the hunt
ing trip was the mountain lions and
that the meat was delicious He spent
two weeks among the native Navajos
and visited the great natural bridge
which spans the Grand Canyon, which
he described as "triumphal arcn
OF nature" He concluded his visit
by attending the snake dance of the
priests of the Hopi Indians, which he
said was extremely interesting
Colonel Roosevelt declined to dis
cuss the Mexican situation, saying he
was not familiar with present condt
tons.
He made few minutes speech at
the Progressive club, in which he ad-
dressed the guests as Friends, ladies'
and gentlemen, voters ALL" In refer
ring to the talk of merging the re-
publican and progressive parties he
asserted that the only possibility of
such a plan would be for the republi-
cans to adopt every principle OF the
progressives including the judicial
plan.
In his brief speech Colonel Roose-
velt said;
There would be no woman suffrage
in Illinois today if it had not been
for the work by the progressive party
last year. Never in the history of
the country has a political party ac-
complished what the progressive par
ty has in its brief history.
"In regard to woman suffrage, / al
ways had insisted that woman's duty
as a voter would not interfere with
her domestic duties any more than it
does with a mans business. There
are some fool men who neglect their
business for politics and 1 suppose
there will be feminine fools Of
the same kind to match the men. The
average woman's and mans first duty
is to their home Politics comes sec
ond.
There has been great deal Of
talk about political parties getting
together. They can get together any
time they wish by joining us. But