The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-27
CHICAGO WOMEN
G|VE: II: DDY 1
BIC OVAT|O \
SPEECH INTERRUPTED
BY LONG CHEERING
Says Hughes is Man Of Word
andCanBe Trusted-Teddy
Not Too Proud to Fight.

HICAGO. Oct. 26-Chicago women
! cheered Colonel Roosevelt today wnen
! he appealed to them not to be lntlu-
cnced by the plea That President VIII
son had kept the nation out Of war.
When he told them that he would fight
at the drop OF the hat if necessary TO
stop the murder Of women and child
rem. they met the announcement vita
Il chorus OF applause that delayed the
speaker and he waited while they rose
and waved handkerchiefs and flags.
The Colonel closed his western tour
here today with TWO speeches. the first
! exclusively 10 women, with net more
| than Il $cant score Of policemen and
reporters in the audience. ne had
| been asked. he said, 10 appeal espac-
tally 10 the women who had Deen m
! fluenccd by the peace slogan but nc
/ had decided TO make. he declared, eX-
actly the same appeal he would have
10 men. II am not going 70 speak" he
said, Ito what l might call the early
victorian aunt"
There was no attempt at heckling
the speaker, the only interruption eX>
cept for words Of approval. being af-
! ter he had told of women and child
rem killed in Mexico and said he would
have gone to war If necessary TO avoid
that. several voices called What
about Hughes"
Can Be Trusted
Mr.. Hughes can be trusted to keep
his word" answered Colonel ROosc-
yelt When he says that he would hCi
submit 10 such deeds as the sinking
of the Lusitania or the killing OF ON
citizens in Mexico he means what he
says.
You have stood up and listened 20
the Star Spangled Banner and to
America and YOU have stood up be-
cause they were written about a gen.
GRAFTON Of Americans that was not too
proud to fight. You may notice that
the expression safety first is not EN-
bodied in either song, and when YOU
are told to vote for Mr.. Wilson De-
cause he kept us out OF war, remem-
Der thar is something that cannot be
said either of washington or Lincoln.
He was interrupted again when he
told Of returning from the border,
where he said he found 10000 troops,
without knowing what they were there
for
Wilson doesn't want them to vote"
called a. woman.
II was going 10 be more charit-
able and say that he wanted them
there to help make up the Presidents
mind whether he was at peace or at
war.
1.-The Democratic platform said that
the Mexicans have made war on our
people. The judge advocate general
ruled that the American army in Mex
leo was at war. So the MeXicans are
at war, and our army is at war, but
Mr.. Wilson Is at peace"
Brought Applause.
The women also applauded his ref
erence to hyphenated citizens.
There is no room in this country
for the perpetuation Of different ma
tionalities," he continued. ITO divide
our citizens along political racial lines
is TO be guilty Of moral treason to The
half an allegiance Is in reality to be
hostile to this country, for in practice
when the crisis comes, the man whose
LOYALTY Is on q $3.50 basis always
shows that his loyalty to the other
country comes first"
Only the brief introduction to the
address was devoted to suffrage. Colo
mel Roosevelt referring to the women
as his fellow American citizens" and
urging them TO work for the passage
Of an amendment to the Federal con-
stitution providing for suffrage.
Colonel Roosevelt looked strong and
well after his long ride from Denver,
which Is bringing to a close his cam
paign in the West. He hurried from
the train shed and into his automo-
bile without stopping for word with
the crowd that had gathered.
Il feel fine as a fiddle: do | look
feeble?" he asked an inquirer, and hur-
ried on.