The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-03
ROOSEVELT ATTEMPTS
To STEM TIDE N OHIO
Makes Characteristic Address At
Cleveland. Ripping Tn Policies
of President Wilson
SAYS PEACE. HAS BEEN
RAGING ~ MEXICO
But That More Americans Have Lost
Their Lives in That Country Than
During Entire Spanish American
War.

Cleveland, o, Nov Welcomed
by SO. 900 and cheered almost five
minutes. Theodore Roosevelt took
President Wilson'S Buffalo address as
his text and ripped into the Demo-
cratic administration IN his usual
hammer and tongs style here tonight.
Upon his arrival he VAS greeted by
5 1oe ~ the station and escorted by
fnrcnIlEht procession through
streets TANNED with people 70 the CEN
tral armory
His arrival was the scene Of great
demonstration from q esGs persons So
great was the crowd around the ar
nory that an overflow meeting was
held and Roosevelt made second
address from the steps of the new
City Hall Numerous delegations Of
Republicans from Northern Ohio
helped Ia swell the crowd The Mo
h1n!ey Marching Club, Of Canton.
headed the parade of 5000 marchers.
Colonel Roosevelt called attention
TO President Wilson's Buffalo speech
and declared that he welcomed il as
text In referring to President
wilson. Roosevelt said
Charges Misuse of Militia.
Il want 10 register my protest
against his misuse of the militia and
the diplomatic service for partisan
advantage If the President Saye We
are IN ignorance of our foreign rela-
tons. ne IS bound 10 enlighten Us.
II he does not tell as now. there must
be some reason fer it
He says We are not afraid 10
fight fer something as bTg as an
American IDEAL What does that
mean? Does il mean he would not
fight for a mud la by There were
.103 babies on the Lusitanla Is there
anything bigger in America deals :
He sent Boyd ard Adair into Neylco--
and left them there. He would not
back them up. What does Mr Wilsoa
mean by bigger than American ideals I?
What can be bigger than protecting
American flag or naturalized under
it?
I'VE have about 1900 American
soldiers on the hcrder-enough to eat
Mexico raw But they don't do any
thing Mr. Wilson has put them down
there because he can't make up his
mind whether We are at peace or at
war
They say Wilson has kept us out
of war The word war usually be
gins with a quarrel On the best Dem =
! ocratic authority we know the Mexl-
cans are already ar war with US, our
army is at war in Mexico. but Mr..
Wilson is ct peace with somebody
Think OF Mr.. Bakers horror when
he took charge of the War Department.
and found that the had men in II want
I'd 70 fight with their guns If they
only could have been put TO knitting,
1t would have been fine. I want II
understood that If anybody smashes
me over the head and then says he
is at peace with me I'll undeceive him
at once.
| During the three and half years
peace has "a ged unerokenly in Mexico
and more people have been killed in
+, Mexico in that time, while peace ragged
/ furiously, than in the SPANISH meri-
can war These things would not hap
pen If the people demanded of their
public servants deeds instead OF
words"
| Several heckelrs in the audience
created amusement by their questions.
most of them seking information as
! to what course Roosevelt would have
/ pursued towards Mexico.
/ DO you propose that the army be
sent into Mexico to protect the stolen
property of American landlords" one
heckler demanded.
Friend" said Colonel Roosevelt
the trouble with you is that you
are very foolish or dishonest person
] because you assume that the army is
being sent down to protect stolen
property. when you know you. or you
ought to know. that no human being
should make such Request or is
making such a request.
Five hundred and sixty American
citizens have been killed in Mexico
( The Mexicans have been able to muir.
der our men and ravish our women
because men like you have nisrepre-
scented the facts"
The Colonel shook his finger bellig-
rently at his questioner, who sank into
his chair. pale at the misses directed
at him and the roar of cheers that
CONTINUED on second FATs.,