The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-06-02
RoosgvElrs CAMPAIGN
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sei. has Ueishei the Wilson admins 1
iraiion and found IL wanting lie
says Progressive Iarii> policies show /
the ONLY soiuiiOn. The colonel wili
D. ready Tor the conflict as sOon as
he returns from Spain. and WIN b.
kin the hshi Ia New YORK safe. lie
said this much In a carefully prenar-
"a statement he gave ont Saturday
when be boarded the White Star lin
~ Olympic 90 attend the wedding o.
his son Kermit In Madrid
prefacing the statement with the
explanation that Il Vas In partial re-
ply 10 hundreds OF teleg ANS and
letters from an parts 81 the country.
Colonel Roosevelt goes straight 10
What he considers the conspicuous
failures OF the present governmental
regime. The result achieved. ne
FONTS out. has been a widesp cad ap-
prehension among the people. with
the cost OF living In no way reduced
and economic conditions such that
business Is In jeopardy.
The reduction In 'ha tariff. he
holds has not helped. matters a par
ticle and not the slightest progress
has been made In solving the trust
question. The Progressive tenets are
the only ones he saws. 10 secure good
results instead Of nne phrases. Mr..
Roosevelt. believes that the time has
come TO clean house In New York.
and adds that he will devote his en-
ergies this fall mainly to New York
state.
Colonel Roosevelt motored into
town Saturday morning f.om oyster
Cay. As he walked up the gang
plank OF tho Olympic he was greeted
by a fanfare OF trumpets. but the
trumpetors we're the stewards must
clans no daily sound the mess call
aboard the liner Mr.. Roosevelt re-
d ed az once 10 his sfateroom 10 20
over the statement which be had
dictated NJ oyster bay.
The statement follows:
since my return from South Amer
lea. ! have received hundreds OF telc-
grams and letters from all over the
country .cques.mg statements from
me on the political situation. Il has
been utterly impossible to reply TO
these communications. first. because
Of lack Of time and second. because
u must be remembered that have
been out OF the country for nearly
eight months and have been home
only ten days and therefore have
not been able 10 acquire The necces
AIRY info nation that will enable me
TO respond intelligently to the many
inquiries made OF me.
when | return from abroad shall
az once AXE up actively the political
situation. II goes without saying
that intend to the utmos. OF my
ability. 10 do all that can for the prin-
| cinles for. which have contended
and for the men throughout the coun-
| try who have stood SO valiantly in
the fight that the Progressive party
is waging and has waged for these
principles.
"The'e is widespread apprehension
among our people. The pinch OF pov
erty is Eel. in many n household. We
cannot ignore the conditions which
have brought about this state oil
things. The cost OF living has no.
been reduced. Not the slightest pro
gress has been made in solving the
trust question. II has been shown
hat the reduction OF tarim in nc
.hapo ~ way helps toward this sol
ution.
"rhe economic conditions are such
that business is in jepordy and that
the small business man. the farmer
and the indus rial wage workers are
all suffering because OF these condit
ions. The truth simply is that tho
only wise and sane propositions, tn,
only propositions which represen. :
constructive governmental progressiV
ism and the resolnte purpoFc to Sc
cure good results instead of fin,
phrases. were the principles enuncia
ted in he Pros essivc platform n
connection with the trusts and IN,
tariff alike. Our policies would hav,
secured the passing around of prosp
Gritty and also the cxistance OF suf
tcicnt amount Of prosperity to b,
passed around Throughout the
country all can do TO emphasiz,
these facts win be done.
"Dut ] believe that this fall m,
chief duty lies right here in the stat,
of New York. doubt whether ther,
is state in the Union that shows
more conclusively than this state thu
dreadful evil of the two boss system
a political life. The people OF thi
state, the honest people. the good ell
liens who wish clean and eilicien
government, no matter what the>. par
~ affiliations may be. are growing
bitterly indignant with system
which provides for the seesaw OF tn
Murphy and Barnes machines in tn
government of this state. There 1
not state in which the evils of biz
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