Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-29
ROOSEVELT ATTACKS
PENROSE'S RECORD

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for Pinchot 1 wrote to him in substances:
That the indorsement of Mccormick was
a surprise to me that the last time I
had seen Lewis and Van Valkenburg
they told me they did not believe the
action would be taken, and that Pinchot,
J knew had been against the action
being taken.
'I state, however, that in all these To-
cal matters ! stood by the decision of
the Progressive leaders who were re-
sponsible In the State and that j should
support the action that had been taken
in Pennsylvania
"I think but I am not certain, that I
also said. either In this letter or in some
other letter, that I would personally pre-
fer to see Lewis continue, but that l
did not know enough of the subject to
express any final judgment and had en-
tire confidence in the wisdom of what
ever action the Pennsylvania Progress
sves would finally take and should sup
port It.
"As soon as we get to New York the
letter will be given out for publication.
The letter Ia not of the slightest conse-
quence; It was private letter to Mr..
quay cannot imagine why he should
have talked It over with Mr.. Penrose. but
since he has done so 1 am delighted to
have It published"
VOTERS REALIZE ISSUES
"It has been a great trip" said tho
Colonel in discussing his four days of
whirlwind campaigning in Pennsylvania.
II am more pleased than [ can say
with the tour" he continued. "And 1t is
not only with the enthusiasm and size
of the audiences; 1t Is the clearncss with
which the issues are understood.
TAKE the workngmen. the farmers and
the business men in the towns. big and
little. They understand clearly that this
is great fight for decency and clean
and corruption.
corruption.
''They understand that the kind of
prosperity which Perrose promises them
is tho prosperity that comes to n wide
open city with a red-lght Mayor, and
they are against that kind of prosperity
because in the first place it is vicious,
and in the next place 1t is not real pros
perity at all. They know that Clifford
Pinchot stands for the square deal and
for the honest prosperity and that
through 1t wise and honest government
will be permanently secured to all honest
men,"
The Colonel got out of bed to speak
for minute to 500 persons waiting for
him at Tyrone, where todays trip
started. When he was told the crowd
was calling for him, Roosevelt threw
an overcoat over his shoulders, and did
not even stop to comb his hair before
resumng his denunciations of PenTose.
Good morning. he said to the crowd,
as he waved his hand to them. Then he
urged them, as he has urged nearly
200. coo other people who have heard him
since he invaded Pennsylvania, to 'smash
Penrose."
At Mt Union 500 greeted him, and he
talked for a few minutes to the same
ot TaUiStOWn function I.arpp
crowds turned out at Mlfin, Newport
and Duncannon. At Mt. Union a large
banner was displayed, which read, Col
onel Roosevelt, Mt, Union Likes You"
Fully 1900 persons managed to crowd
into the 18th Regiment Armory in
Scranton last night, and there was
enough enthusiasm Mt first to satisfy even
hard-fighting Teddy
Mrs Maxwell Chapman, n woman suf-
frage speaker. forced Roosevelt to launch
into a discussion of partnership between
men and women by bluntly demanding of
the Colonel who followed her on the
platform, that he plead the cause of
woman suffrage. The Colonel did so.
The Lackawanna County Washington
party organization sold many of the seats
In the Armory for the meeting and staged
a program which included the singing of
temperance songs, preceding Roosevelt's
address The Colonel joined in the Choir
uses with the audience.
Mr.. Roosevelt announced at the Scran-
ton meeting that before November he
would send n message over his own sig
nature to every voter In Pennsylvania.
He branded Penrose as being as much of
an international figure as Tammany.
"The gunmen of the underworld and
the gunmen of high finance have come
together in support of him" said the ex-
President. You see the distillery
and the saloon that is its agent. joining
with individuals who claim eminent re-
sDectability and who represent the special
interests in the support of Penrose."