Arizona republican., 1914-07-01
Former President Before Pennsylvania Progressive League ill Pittsburg Criti- cizes Policies of the Will son Administration ,, FORMER VIGOR
 IS MISSING Speaks With Comparative Ease After First Few Sentences, But With a Huskiness Which Shows Throat Still Troublesome
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PITTSBURG, June 30.-FOrmer President Roosevelt made here today his first speech in the 1914 cam paign. He spent five hours in Pitts burg and was welcomed enthusias- tically. In his address before the Pennsylvania Progressive league he criticised the policies of the Wilson administration, attacked Senator Pen rose and appealed for support of the progressive ticket. It was apparent as soon as Roosevelt began to speak that he does not possess his former strength and vigor.
 He spoke tonight with comparative ease, after the first few sentences, but there was a huskiness in his voice which showed that his throat was still troubling him. Persons in the rear of the building at times found it difficult to hear him. His gestures were less rapid and vigorous than of old, and as he neared the end of the speech he was plainly weary.
 Col Roosevelt publicly recognized the difficulties under which he was laboring. Men in the crowd called out something which he could not hear.
 T didn't quite hear you," the col l onel said, "yet you have good voice."
 There was a noticeable change in his manner as compared with that of | two years ago when he engaged in | his previous campaign. Roosevelt made the trip to Pittsburg against 1 the advice of his physician and it was felt that the result would go | far toward indicating to what extent he will be able to take part in the progressive partys battle in the next l four months.
 l Roosevelt coined a new phrase in his speech. It was what he called government by convulsion" By this he said, he meant the passing back and forth of power between the re- publican and democratic parties which he said would happen unless the peo- pie intrusted the power to the progress sive party.
 The former presidents speech was re- garded by progressive leaders here as an indication of the line of attack which the party would follow in this years campaign.
 It was an uncompromisng speech. Before he made it the report had
 gone out that he would hold out the olive branch to the republican party
 but there was no hint of such thing
 in his remarks. He appealed to in
 dividual republicans to support the
 progressive ticket, but suggested no
 dealings with the republican party
 as an organization. He denounced
 the republican leaders, who he said
 had misrepresented the people. He
 attacked Senator Penrose unsparingly.
 'Let him go in sack-cloth and
 ashes" he said because it was ow-
 ing to him and his associates that the democratic party now has the power to do wrong. No more sean
 dalous appeal could be made than to
 return him to power, to right the wrongs for which he is primarily re- sponsible"
 The Wilson administration policies Roosevelt said, were responsible for l backward business and unemploy
 ment.
 No progress had been made. he said. toward the solution of the trust question. and on this point he went l into what he later said was the most l comprehensive statement of his posi- t tion he ever made.
 t Judging from appearances it might t have been thought that the campaign l was in full swing and that it was 0 October instead of June. On the all- T vAxfr 70 Tnnc eIf
 was greeted by crowds of varying n size at the stations. On his arriva = here he was greeted by several thous- n and persons who blocked the streets e near the station and cheered him. He e drove directly to a departm ent store ,dining hall, where 100 progressives O were having dinner. The colonel - made a brief speech and hurried on IT to Exposition Hall. where he deliver S ed the principal address. ,t It was a severe test for his voice. n All of the 400 seats in the hall were
 crowded and every foot of standing
 room space which the police did not
 hold clear was crowded.
 On the way from the department
 store to the hall, half mile through
 tue uedTl OI lHc Clly, lIC SttcctS WCi Q y roped off to keep back the crowds. IL Most of the way the sidewalks were 'l lined When Col. Roosevelt entered > the hall he was cheered for several
 minutes Bandana handkerchiefs. re-
 lies of the last campaign were waved
 in the air and the weird "bull moose
 call' was again sounded. A band
 blared away tune often heard in ,r the first progressive campaign and ir Roosevelt looked entirely happy as If Ihe stood in the center of the plat
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