The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-07-01
Lacking Former Strength and
Vigor, Colonel Roosevelt
Makes Initial Speech Of
Campaign in Pittsburg.
REPUBLICAN BOSSES
BITTERLY ARRAIGNED
Democratic Administration At
tackled and declared Inca
pable; Honest Men Invited
to Join Prog sssives.
tBy Leased Wire So Hvenlfss Hcrnid.l

my Leased Wire so Evening IIernid.l
Pittsburgh, Pa, July l.--ilefore the
Pennsylvania Progressive league In
Plttsburg last night, former Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt made his first speech
Of the 1914 caEtpaign. coming here
against the advice OF his physician.
Colonel Rooscvelts speech was un-
compromising and the report thai
had gained circulation that hv would
hold out the olive branch 20 the Re-
publican party proved without foLA-
da,ion. while speaking with COM
parativo ease, there was a hnskiness
about the coloners voice that lndi-
Gated his throat was stiil trouaiing
him.
Dcnounclng Republican leaders
who. he said. had misreprssented the
people. Colonel Roosevelt attacked
Senator Penrose unspnringly. Z.
Let him go in sack cloth ana
ashes he said, because q was ow-
ing 20 him and his associates that the
Democratic party now has powar 10
do wrong. No more scandaious APP
peal could b. made than 10 return
him To power 10 right the wrongs for
hNAAN.N Attf ~ AifiAlNtN AAN AhNlfNINiWAfs
The Wilson administrations pol
icies, Colonel Roosevelt said, were
responsible for backward business
and unemployment No progress had
been made. he said toward solution
of the trust question, and on this
point he went into what he later said
was the most comprehensive state
mont Of his position he had ever
made.
Judging from appearances. % might
have been thought that the campaign
was In run swing and that Il was Oc-
tober instead OF june on the all
day ride from New York Colonel
Roosevelt was greeted by crowds of
varying size az tho stations. ON his
arrival here ne was greeted by sev-
cral thousand persons. who blocked
tho streets near the station and
chcorcd him. Hc drove directly to a
Department store diving hau where
1ien Progrrssiyos were having dim
ner The colonel made q srief speech
there and hurried on to Exposition
hail. whore he delivered his principal
address.
% was a severe tcst Tor his voice.
An or tho 1000 seats in tho han
were crowded and every foot nt
standing room space which the police
did not clear wnR fiiled
on tho way from the department
store 20 the hall. half Il mile through
the heart of the city the streets were
ropcd OF to keep back the crowds
Most Of the way tho sidewalks weFe
lined when Colonel Roosevelt en-
tered the hali he was cheered Tor scv-
oral minutes Bandnna hundkerrhicfH
relics OF the 1919 camptisn. were
waved in the mir and the weird huli
moose call again sounded. The hand
hiHrcd away "a tune often heard In the
first Progressive campaign and Coll
ouel Roosevelt looked entirely happy
as he stood IN the center OF the piat-
form. waving his hand az the crowd
aud smiling his hroadest sTnilc
After n. had finished hia speech.
Colonel Roosevelt was told that
crowd at an overflow meeting On EX-
hibiton hall adjoining was waiting
for him. Tie ala NOT feel like max
ing another extended speech and
stopped merely long enough for a
word or greeting. he dad NO, forgot
however Ia pay his respects % inc
hossss.
Colonel Roosevelt oafao here tn
speak in support of the eandidacs n-
Dean Lewis tor governor, aad 90 Gif-
ford Pi1chut for United States ssna
tor. Their qualifications he touched
upon al the opening of his speech.
Thereafter he confined himself to the
national ISSUES outlined.
"The present national admlnistra-
ton he said. 'ls pursuing "a course
that prevents tho existence og pros
perliy. and that does not offer "a sim
Gle serious or ineligible plan for
passing prosperity around. should
prosperity In spite Of the administra-
Ions efforts at some future time re-
turn 10 our people.
This Is true both as regaTds ~
trust question and the taFiff ques-
tion. A. reeurds both tho only wise
course 10 follow Is that sct forth in