New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-01

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for precisely one minute and twenty
seconds.
In McCreerys store and in Exposi-
ton and Exhibition halls were huge
streamers in facsimile of the note
from John D. Archbold to Senator PEN
rose in October, 1904, inclosins a
check for $4,000
Al the end Of his speech in Exhibi-
tion Hall the Colonel was accompanied
to the railroad station. where he took
the midnight train for New York. He
will arrive there at 9:40 a. m. to-mor-
row. and will visit mis- throat special
ist, the Museum of Natural History,
Charles Scribner's Sons, and Will make
his last stop, prior 10 returning 20
Oyster Bay at the National Progressive
headquarters on 42d ST.
Persons in the rear OF the building
at times found it difficult to hear him.
His gestures were less rapid and vigor-
Gus than OF old, and as he neared the
end of his speech he was plainly weary.
Colonel Roosevelt publicly recognized
the difficulties under which he was la
boring. A man in the crowd called out
something which he could not hear.
81 didn't quite hear you," the Colonel
said, land yet you have good voice"
Colonel Roosevelt coined new
phrase in to-night's speech. II was
what he called government by convul-
sion" BY this he said he meant the
passing back and forth Of power be-
tween the Republican and Democratic
parties, which he said would happen
unless the people intrusted the power
to the Progressive party.
The former Presidents speech was
regarded by Progressive leaders here
as an indication Of the line OF attack
which the party would follow in this
years campaign. II was an uncompro-
missing 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
individual Republicans to support the
Progressive ticket, but suggested 10
dealings with the Republican party as
an organization. He denounced the Re
publican leaders, who, he said, had mis-
represented the people. He attacked
Senator Pcnrose unsparlngly.
Attacks Democratic Rule.
Early in his speech, which he had
outlined on notes ne held in his hand,
he was held up often by snappy re-
marks from the audience, but wit died
in the first fifteen minutes, and the
only interruptions after that came IN
the form of applause. The action Of the
administration on trust questions mad
accomplished nothing The sugar trust,
the Standard Oil Company and the
steel trust had not been affected, he
said.
1.-THE present national administra-
tom he said. sis pursuing a course
that prevents the existence of prosper
ity and that does not offer single
serious or ineligible plan for passing
prosperity around, should prosperity,
in spite of the Administrations efforts,
at some future time return to our peo-
pie.
"As regards the tariff. | wish espe-
cially TO call your attention to the
promises made by President Wilson
and his supporters two years ago. They
asserted that their method of tariff re-
duction would reduce the cost of liv-
ing and would thus solve the trust
question, because, as they said, the
trusts were the creatures of the tariff.
We then answered that their promises
were empty words, that no such results
as they stated could or would follow
from the course they advocated, and
that only by the method we propose
could either the trust or the tariff ques-
tion be dealt with so as to abate the
existing evils and at the same time in
crease the general wellbeing
Promises Not Redeemed.
1.-TWO short years have proved US to
be right. Their promises have not been
kept. Their performance has brought
distress upon the nation. The cost OF
living has not been reduced. But the
ability of the average man to earn a
living has been greatly reduced. Not
the slightest progress has been made
toward solving the trust question. But
the business community has been
harassed and harried TO no purpose;
and the prosperity of the business man
has been checked, exactly as the pros
rerity Of the farmer and the wage
worker has been checked.
"As fer the farmer. the present tariff
the administration tariff so
framed rs to result in the sacrifice of
his interests. He had no spokesman,
no friend, in high quarters, and his
welfare was contemptuously sacrificed.
At every point where his interest was
concerned he was made to suffer. As
for the wage worker, the result of the
tariff was that he suffered even more
than his employer, for he was thrown
cut of employment and lost the means
to earn his livelihood.
CAS- for the employer, sometimes he
has been able TO struggle on with the
loss OF profits; sometimes he has had
TO close his shop. In businesses in
which any of the big trusts were con-
cerned il was the small competitors of
the trusts who were injured, and in
many cases ruined. Tariff reduction as
put into practice by the present ad-
ministration has chiefly benefited for
eign rivals and competitors. Ii has
done grave injury TO the business COM
munity and the farming community and
has caused suffering TO the wage work
ers. and the whole policy OF the adj
ministration has been one to cause our
people in business, our people on the
farms. our people with dinner pals, to
look toward the future with grave con-
Germ and apprehension.
at is, of course, essential 10 rebuke