New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
ROOSEVELT HITS
FORD PACIFISM
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Later. at luncheon, he spoke to the best
men of the city. In the afternoon there
was a brief address before the conven-
ton Of railway trainmen, and hnally a
reception in the lobby OF the StatIer
Hotel-a reception at when mlllloh-
aires and mechanics fought Tor places
in line. The enthusiasm reached top
MITCH when he was halfway through
his first address. 1t was stH at tna'
pitch when his train pulled out OF Ihe
city. H..
with President Wilson when ne wehV
out to appeal for support Of his half
way preparedness measures the con
trast was striking. There were crowds
for the President and cheers. Evidence
of interest and enthusiasm increased
I from day TO day as he warmed 10 his
work. But at no point was there shown
any such unmistakable enthusiasm, any
! such winning of lukewarm crowd, any
such personal triumph as his opponent
| scored to-day.
/ To-day's cheers were not just noises
they were personal and direct. 1--WE
want Teddy" whats the matter with
/ 7. r. 2" "We're for you here!" "You
can trust usl" "Hey, fellows, three
more cheers!" and so on as long 10 he
was in sight. Enthusiastic crowds are
VIGOROUSLY a poor political barometer,
/ but if they ever could be trusted they
could here to-day, and they bore all
/ the evidences of meaning real business.
Colonel Makes Five Speeches.
The Colonel was worn out when the
( day was over and showed the strain
more than is usual with him. In all he
had made five speeches, shaken hands
with 1000 persons, conversed with 100
and travelled twenty miles about the
city streets. He was plainly pleased
with the results of his days work.
The whole day centred in the opera
house speech, and the formal record
sent out gives no adequate idea OF has
battle TO win his audience. Time and
again he left the line he had laid down
for himself and went directly and
vigorously after his hearers. The su-
dience was not large-merely as large
as it could be.
The opera house holds only sbou.
1000. Perhaps 5000 more were wait
ing outside when his auto drew up, and
il took the police ten minutes TO force
way for him. Yet, compared TO his
reception here in 1912, the crowd was
inconsiderable. The first balcony was
entirely filled with women-they had
won their places through the pull" OF
having families Of the famous Roose-
welt kind.
He found the audience against him
as he started in on his attack on pa
cifsm and Fordism. His hearers did
/ not seem to see any analogy between
copperheads and pacifsts and he made
his first departure from his speech
10 point out how similar 10 the present
conditions were those in the Civil War
Copperheads Were Powerful.
popular apprehension Of misdeed
usually grows stronger after the per
! sons connected with it are dead" he
/ declared. Very few to-day are ready
TO claim kinship with the Tory or the
/ Copperhead. but do not forget that
| thew were very powerful bodies when
4 they were alive. In my own state Sey-
mour was elected Governor in the
midst of the Civil War on the theory
/ that il was necessary 70 rebuke the
militarism of Abraham Lincoln. No
one would like to take that stand to
day, but the majority of my state felt
so then.
I'VE hear the trembling pea ne KEEP
us out of war Lincoln did not keep
us out Of war. and that is why we are
a nation to-day
The first real cheers came when ne
went after the "pussy-footers,' calling
them people who are for little pre-
paredness. not enough 20 hurt the feel
ings Of a convinced paciiist, but lit
tie"
And more came when he pointed out
that mo one is grateful 10 you for hit
ting them, even II you hit softly. II
YOU have got to hit a man 1T all, hit
I him so that he can't come back
( It was from this PORT on that the
enthusiasm really began 10 boil lie
made direct reply 20 those. some Of
them members OF the reception com
mittee. who had tried 10 keep him from
making direct attack on Ford.
There is nothing ] can say about
preparedness and Americanism - the
abstract" he declared, that viii not
be said by the worst of opponents OF
those things. The only way that ! can
show the difference between myself ana
my opponents is by making a personal