The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-23
Great Progressive Leader In
vades Home CITY oi Henry
Ford, BIG Figure N Pacltist
Movement, and Scores Heavily
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IN ETRo1T, May 20. y Theodore
|D Roosevelt, who arrived here yes.
e. ~ terday to open a speaking tour,
has been given ovations wherever he has
appeared, with cheering crowd to greet
him at the railroad depot and crowds
gathering at his avery appearance on
the streets. .yttfidGii - ~ FIJI "
Mr.. Roosevelt, who announced. that
he had come to Detroit TO open his
campaign for adequate preparedness
because II is the home Of Henry Ford,
the leading figure in the paeiAst
movement in the country, made .
thrilling speech on preparedness before
an audience that jammed the auditot
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Speaks On Americanism Co,
He took "Americanism !" ms his text,
announcing that he was vigorously OF
posed to "any and all kinda Of AmeTi,
canisms that denoted any ebridg6nsht
Of the term" He advocated compnk
sorry military service asthe only. loGipiI
avenue through which, the nat On could
progress to ithe preparedness that
meant peace with honor and prosperity
with safety. - a. n NJ =
'DdrinR the course Of His address, on
elderly woman in the audience tatsd
that she had .ttwo sons 70 offer the
cause Of national defense. This offef
,was taken up quickly by the spshkst.
Wants More Such Mothers d,
eff an others would do like you.
none woud have 70 send their sons b
the front, because this nation would
he 30 powerful in defense that no feS
would dare attack 'usss .5ist-
1--WE must abolish pork meth
DDS in ourimationaI defense, he dc.
clared and added that the United StaisS
must stop talking and get, down 10
business through preparedness 5uh wS
are to make this nation as strouk -
its convictions are in reference to fiRht
and wrong" He said in opening his
speech that he "cams TO Michigan h.
cause Henry Ford was victorious in the
presidential preference primary -
Mr.. Roosevelt did not visit Mr.. Ford.
Roosevelt Boom In Chicago !:
A report from Chicago states that
Roosevelt is to be doomed as the logic
al candidate for the Republicans nomi-
nation, inasmuch as II has been made
plain that the Republican platform viii
hHve as its main pIanks the neeessity
for adequate defetise, the decentralization
of the "hyphen" and the absolute ne.
cessity for an undivided Americanisnf:
A Progressive committeeman yestef,
day placed an order for one hundred
thousand buttons, to be delivered, in
time for the Republican and Progressive
national conventions, the buttons 70 ear
ry the Stars and Stripes a. o back.
ground for the motto: "AmeFieanism
and Roosevelt" 49,. 81 !
Republicans shape Platform
II rs conceded that TO meet demands
of the Progressive element the Repub.
licaas are shaping their program along
lines emphasizing issues Of Prepared
ness and Patriotism. Protection Tor
Americas industries as y Republican
doctrine will Also be affirmed. "A. Pre-
paredness" will be potent factor In
the convention. yf"& Z ,,#F.,:
Fred Upham, Of the arrangements
committee, who returned 70 .ChieaRo
Yesterday from visit TO the Eastern
States; said that he believes Eiihu
Root IL the most favored candidate Of
the ATLANTIC States section. y