Weekly journal-miner., 1916-10-04

that packed a cold circus tent, Col onel Roosevelt tonight assailed the administration record of Wilson and urged the election of Hughes Roose- welt was given a tremendous ovation. He delivered his speech from a table on the speakers platform. He said in part:
 Criticising the President.
 At the outset l wish to say word as to the protests now made by SO, many people that we must not criti- cize the president The newspapers and individuals making these protests are, for the most part, the very ones who and which when was president spread every species of calumny and islander about me. ] then, as presi- dent, took the view that no one had a right to speak untruthfully of the president or of anyone else, but that even less than anyone else ought the president to escape from truthful criticism. l never complained of any attack on me unless it was false, and if it was false, and the man making it was important enough, I clearly showed its falsity. I apply to others only the standard by which l asked that I myself be treated.
 never uttered one word of criti- cism of President Wilson until year and a half after he was elected presi- dent. If he had stood by the honor and the interest of the American peo- pie, I would have thrown up my hat for him. and would have supported him heart and soul | not merely kept silent during the first IS months or two years. l tried actively to sup port him. The only errors l have made in connection with MT. Wilson were due to Intentionally accepting his statements and supporting his poli- cics in the effort 10 stand by the president" It was with deep reluct- ance that I was forced to the conclu sion that the effort to stand by him was incompatible with standing by the interests of mankind, and the hon or Of this nation. But in my view there was no alternative for any hon orablc man, when once l became con vinccd, as l am convinced, that the conscience of this people has been scared. and it's moral sense dullcd by the leadership of the administration and of congress during the last three years These false servants Of the people have taught us to enjoy soft case and swollen wealth in the pres cnt without taking one effective step to ward of ruinous disaster in the future. These false servants Of the people have betrayed the soul of the nation.
 Shows Falseness of Plea.
 The supporters of Mir. Wilson say that the American people should vote for him because he has kept Us out of war. It is worth while to remember that this is 2 claim that cannot be ad- yanccd either on behalf of Washing ton or of Lincoln. Neither Wash ington nor Lincoln kept Us out of war Americans, and the people of the world al large, now reverence the memories of these two men. because, and only because, they put righteous ness before peace. They abhorrcd war. They summed unjust or wan ton or reckless war But they pos scsscd that stern valor of patriotism which badc them put duty first; not safety first: which bade them accept war rather than an unrightcous and disastrous peace. There were peace at any-price men in the days of Washington. They were the Tories These were pcaCc-at-any-pricc men in tine days of Lincoln. They were the Coppcrhcads. The men who now with tinid hearts and quavering voices praise Nr Wilson for having kept us out of war, are the spiritual heirs of inc Tories of l776, and the Coppcrhcads of 1864 The men who followed Washington at Trenton and Yorktown, and who suffered with him through the Winter at Valley Forge; and the men who wore the Blue un- der Grant, and the Gray under Lee. were men of valor. who sacrificed everything to serve the right as it was given them to see the right. They spurned with contenptuous indigna- ton the couuscls of the feeble and cowardly folk who in their day spoke for pcacc-a -any-pricc.
 Policy Invites Murder
 President Wilson by his policy oi tame submission to insult and injury from all whom he feared has invited the murder of our men, women and children by Mexican bandits on land, and by German submarines on the sea. He has spoken much of the New Freedom" In international practice this has meant freedom for the representatives of any foreign power to murder American men, and outrage American women unchecked by the president President Wilson has counted upon his belief that the American people are indifferent to