New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-25

/ dents Mexican policy was cheered until
! the hecklers were lost in the noise.
"What would you say, citizens OF
Denver" he went on, "if the chief OF
police announced he was too proud to
! fight burglars, but suggested that escn
| of you hire ten private citizens 70 slt
all night to wtach for burglarsf That's
what our National Guard is doing on
the border, walking up and down"
Message to Suffragists
Colonel Roosevelt came to Colorado
to-day with a message for the women
! because Republican Western managers
hope that the woman suffrage vote VIII
carry the state for Hughes.
The Colonel stirred eight thousand
women TO a great demonstration lot
Mr.. Hughes in the Auditorium TINS al
/ ternoon. While he denounced the men
I of mob instincts who had heckled the
women on the Hughes special In other
states that train pulled into the s'a-
ton.
The ex-President prefaced his re-
marks this afternoon by reminding MS
audience that Mr. Hughes is unequlVo,,
callv in favor of granting universal
woman suffrage by an amendmeh' "
the Constitution.
"Mr. Hughes has been tested ne
added, amid cheers and horn-tootlne
from the suffragists, land eertalnly
there is nothing he says Whlch ne
will not make good. His promise made
/ in the open day he keeps, and he keeps
| IL in shirt no less than in letter.
With the exception Of his declara-
tion that men who are too proud 10
fight are the best material for MOP
, sucb as attacked women carrying
Hughes banners when President Will
son was in Chicago recently, Mr.. Roose-
Welt repeated his familiar condemna-
tons Of the Wilson Administration. He
Frequently varied his illustrations,
however, to appeal to the feminine
mind.
T. r. Says He Is Domestic
"Why, I'm an elderly grandfather OF
purely domestic inclinations," he said,
smiling, as he recited the statement OF
his opponents that he is bloodthirsty
man longing for war. ITO none would
war bring more grief than TO me, be
cause my sons and my sons-in-la"
would have to 60"
William Jennings Bryan had said re
Gently, the Colonel continued, that
before there is war every mother IN
this country ought to think, Now,
which of my sons do | want to have
go?"
"That remark shows perfectly the
workings of Mr.. Bryan's mind" he
said, raising his hand TO stop the
laughter and cheers which greeted the
remark. Tmagine Washington mother
saying TO her son something like this /:
Now, George, my son, you are about
to hazard your life for your country.
Remember, my son, safety trst-safety
first
Imagine the soldiers of Grant and
Lee marching into battle with banners
on which these words were emilia
zoned: We're too proud to fight
81 say to you women of Colorado
before we have a war let every mother
do her best that all cxpedients be used
to avert il: let every mother see that
our officials in Washington do not 60
into it idly or unjustly. But, if war
must come, then / say that every
mother fit to be heir of the women OF
the Revolution and worthy to be the
mother of real Americans ought to say
10 all her sons:
"Go fight for your country or don't
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again."
The Colonel told the women he re-
lied on them TO show that they are too
sensible to be deceived by Wilson's
argument Owe kept you out of war
Criticises Weak Mobilization
In his speech tonight he criticised
the mobilization Of troops on the Mex
lean border and denounced the funda-
mentals of the National Guard system.
after three months we did not as
semble an army fit to resist single
German or Japanese army corps, such
as could be landed in New York in a
fortnight or in San Francisco in a
month" he said.
To welcome the ex-President, who
has not been here for six years, Denver
met him at the station this morning
with q band, exploded bombs in front
Of his automobile, draped all buildings
with flags, cheered every movement OF
his wide-brimmed black soft hat during
the day and tonight organized a spien.
did parade, TO the accompaniment Of
red fire, horns and rattles. The Colo
mel participated in everything except
the red fire demonstration. He feared