Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-19

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self included, because his physician
will not let him-but:
He will accept the Progressive
party's nomination for the Presidency
because he is convinced the country is
in a most unhealthy state and the ma
jority of the men of the nation want
him to cure it.
In the beginning, the Colonel fenced
with the interviewer, his statements
being carefully weighed and slowly
delivered, but presently he waxed en-
thusiastic and plunged ahead with his
old time vigor entirely and joyfully re-
gardless of the printed consequences.
1t was in this frame of mind that
Colonel Roosevelt dropped the mask
of imperturbability he has been wear
ing in the role of geographer ever
since he landed in England and let it
be seen that his real purpose in CIV
ing American voters another chance
to hand over to him the reins of gov
ernment, springs primarily from his
conviction that the hour of his return
is at hand. His appeal may be di-
| vided into two general parts.
| FirSt-He is going to show up what
| he characteriZes as the "frightful er-
rors," not only of the Wilson, but Of
the Taft dministration-and if he
says publicly one-half of what he
said privately to-day, his exposition Of
the faults of these two administrations
will develop into unquestionably the
most sensational and bitterest attack
! American politics ever has known.
| Second-For every item of destruc-
tive criticism he has a remedy which,
he says, will prove constructive and
practical
Among the frightful errors Che also
called them "botches'D of the present
administration, Colonel Roosevelt
! pointed out three as largely respons-
ible for the present condition of af-
fairs.
l. Lofty idealism.
2. The entire diplomatic handling
of the canal question.
3. The persecution of big business.
Not the least interesting feature of
his viewpoint is the fact that he counts
upon the accumulated records of both
| the Taft and Wilson administrations
as fully deserving 10 De included IN
that long and remarkable category Of
incidents which individually have
come to be known as examples of
Roosevelt luck"
In every word he uttered it was evil
dent that, while there may be doubts
| in some minds that Roosevelt will be
the next President, there is none in
Roosevelt's mind.
Colombians 'BlacIxmaiIers"
Colonel Roosevelt's attention was
called to his remark made concerning
President Wilson's action in paying
Colombia S25,000,000.
THE Colombians are nothing but 4
gang of despicable blackmailers," he
/ Numbered. "They tried to blackmail
us when I was President, but they
didn't get away with it, and now to
think of paying those blackguardly
blackmailers $25,000,00O - oh, il
makes me sick. Here we go to work
greatest work of constructive engi-
neering the world has ever known
only to have the whole handling Of
the diplomatic end of the project
messed and botched. It's enough to
make anybody sick"
For the lofty idealism of President
Wilson Colonel Roosevelt has ever
less patience.
I'm not so sure it's lofty or ideal.
ism," he declared vigorously. "It Il
my opinion Mr.. Wilson's idealism il
actually pedantic theorizing and have
seen nothing accomplished yet by thi:
administration to justify the use Of
the word lofty in describing it,"
Persecution of Business
When asked for his explanation o
the seemingly unwarranted eniversa
depression from which business al
over the United States seems to be suf
fering, Roosevelt was quick to reply
Its nothing but the same old thing
denounced in the Taft administration
-mistaking the meaning of the Wort
regulation and translating it to NEAR
persecution. OF course, when l sale
this before, my numerous enemies