The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-01
P|TTSbURG VISIT
GREAT TRIUMPH
FOR ROOSEVELT
Guarded By Entire Police Fore
AS Passes Thousands Line
ing The Streets
Denounces Penrose
and resident Wilson
Crowd Wildly Exultant AS He
Pronounces Administration
Failure and Turns Attack
To Penrose

Pittsburg. June 3o.-~Colonel The
odore Rooseveits visit To Pittsburg to-
night Was triumphal procession.
streets, roped off, were black with
crowds clear across sthe downtown
section. The entire police force turn
ed out 20 guard his safety Six de-
teetives Guarded him. On none OF his
visits to Pittsburg as president was
the South American traveller more
closely guarded.
Everywhere he was greeted by the
eld-ti cheering, a little more in
tensifed perhaps; waving red ban
danas, frenzied yelling, and all the ac-
ceSsories TO unhounded human OUT
bursts which only Roosevelt brings
out,
Senator Boies Penrose he de-
nounced, bat no less strenuousiy
than he scored the Democratic adj
ministration at Washington. The
crowds were wildly exultant when he
pronounced the Wilson administra-
ton 8 failure. and chsered Justify his
attacks on Penrose.
Same Colonel OF Old.
MIR. Roosevelt, accompanied by hia
son. Theodore, Jr, and the escort
committee. arrived at Union station
at & is r. NJ. to be greeted by a crowd
which aued every inch Of space in the
train shed. He dropped iauntily
from the car. walked br1skly through
the station. and appeared almost the
colonel Of cid. His face, rudy from
the exposures Of the South American
trip, bore a glow Of health.
Tonight he showed the effects OF
the maIarial effect attacks He be-
gan his speech with the old robust
ness, bat toward the end of the speech
his voiee weakened When he finished
speaking, the colonel moved briskiy
to his automobile and was whisked to
the station.
Colonel Roosevelt made two ad-
dresses here tonight, speaking TO a
one dollar banquet of LOO men and
women at MeCreery's briefly, and
making the main. address at the ex- Z
position building at the Point
Colouefs Address.
al am glad to speak for such men
las Clifford Pinchot for senator and
Dean Lewis for governor. Those men
by their lives have honored the re-
public II would be supreme good
fortune to have them IN public posi-
ton, for already in private position
they have been among the best and
most usefui public servants
Moreover, I am glad TO speak for
the second time at a meeting held
under tia auspices Of the Progressive
service Of Pennsylvania, first because
pennSyiyaria has taken an advanced
position in fighting for the Progress
sive party and for the principles
which that party represents. and
second, because the most striking.
and am tempted to say. most i'm
portant Of those principles is both
syfnhoiizeu by and embodied in the
fact that We have made the Progress
siye service an integral and essential
portion of the working machinery OF
the Progressive party.
"our whole fight centres around
the great principles of social and in
dustrlai Justice. Our platform was
Veritahle charter Of democracy.
The present national administers
ton il pursuing a course that pre-
vents the existence of prosperity, and
that does rot offer single serious
or ineligible plan for passing pros
perity round, should prosperity, in
spite Of the admintstration's efforts,
at some future time return to our
people.
This is true both as regards the
trust question and the tariff question
AS regards both the only wise course
to follow is that set forth in the ma
ti0naf Progressive platform. The ma
ton shoulG deal with both by con-
tinuing executive action through adj
mnlstrative commissions of ample
power.
zone commission should shape our
policies
Knowledge disinterestedly acquired. 20
give proper encouragement to our
merchants while also giving proper
protect IN 70 our wage workers, our
farmers an6 our business men The
other commission should exercise
strict supervision and control over
his business. We should treat II
with entire justice, drawing the line
not on size but on misconduct.
v-j,a Tar ifrla
"As REGARDS the tariff wish
especially to cali your attention to
the promises made by President VIII
son and his supporters two years ago
They asserted that their method OF
tariff reduction would reduce the cost
Of living and would solve the trust
question because. as they said. tho
trusts were the creatures OF the tArsn
I'VE Their answered that theiS
promises were empty words, that nc
such resulte as they stated could or
would follow from the course they I'D I
vocated and tina. only BY the method
we propose could either the trusts or
the tariff question be dealt With % %
to abats tie existing evils and 1t rho
same time increase tho general well
being.
Two short years have proved ~
TO be right Their promises hare
not been Kept. Their performance
has brought distress upon tia nation.
The cost OF living has not been -
duced. Hut the ability of the ASNr-
age man tic earn ! living ha4 -
greatly reduced. EN- sss
mot the slightest progress
been made toward solving ~ s5