New Britain herald., 1916-09-01
ut 1t is Personal Tribute and Mention of Hughes Name Meets With Luke warm Applause - Wilson and German Americans Displease the Colonel.

2 Lewiston, Me-, Sept. 1.-TheodOre
 Roosevelt delivered his first speech of M e- Hughes campaign here last night, sa Id an audience that packed the City 8lA ill Auditorium to standing room |k leered him until it was hoarse. 1M From the time the colonels train Z ltered the state in the afternoon un- Rl he started away from Lewiston S midnight he received ovation after
 Vatlon from shouting, cheering, pa
 ding crowds ~
 a For Roosevelt it seemed a triumphal M arch through this the most doubtful |a1art of Maine. But that is one of
 le things that are causing the local a ughcs campaign leaders 8 little x orry.
 & They listened to his speech intently,
 nd they saw the crowd go wild when % oosevelt stepped on the platform and
 hen he arose to speak, after over 7 Palous paraders had delayed the & eeting an hour, but the speech was < cant for Hughes and not for Roose-
 6Rlt, and while the colonel mentioned I'M r. Hughes favorably in the first and 8 st sentences of the speech, the cheer & hg of the crowd at these times ' semed to some of the leaders a bit
 M Merfunctory.
 SM The rest of the colonels long speech x as rapid-firc and violent lombard
 h hent of Woodrow Wilson and the &olicies of the administration. The
 plonel landed squarely on the hyphen
 suestion, and did not refrain from < ngling out tho German-American % yphenates for special attention. M Colonel Roosevelt jumped into & iscussion of the Mexican situation in
 is most vigorous style. He had 8 ritten a speech full of sharp thrusts aE our "bloody peace in Mexico. Then zMe assailed the Wilson administra- ; lon for it's "safety first policy fol-
 owing the invasion of Belgium. @ A venerable Maine farmer who had & ought his way to seat in the front N#sow cheered madly.
 M Freddy could be elected unanimous z8E in Maine." he exclaimed.
 M And the managers of MT. Hughes
 amp paign in Maine wondered if a good M&e &eal of it was not just that-a per
 onal rather than a party demonstra- X on.
 S& When the meeting was over not a
 ew were wondering just what would the effect of the speech and wheth- SMr MT. Hughes would embrace the &8olonePs remarks as his policies when
 e arrived here. ss.
 8 Colonel Roosevelt set the pace in
 1e Maino campaign in his first
 beech, and the Maine men are wait
 lg for Hughes to see if he will keep W tho tempo. M "President Wilson did not merely 8 isa the hand that slapped him in the #ace," Colonel Roosevelt exclaimed # uring his Mexican attack. "He kissed # hat hand when it was red with the
 Plood of American men. women and M hildren who had been murdered and @nutilatod with, as President Wilson @ Through his secretary of state says, aAruthless brutality "
 N He declared: for instance, that the N Spanish Tar was far less costly in M ives ffan tho Mexican peace, then 8 8onplai1ed that ''peacc still continues M rage as furious!y as ever in Mex @ CO"
 IT. his reference to hyphcnatcs, the A olcael said:
 A During the last two years we have R'2cn an evil revival in this country
 9f n0n-Amcrican and anti-Arnerican MliTisiOn along politiCo-racial lines, and Akvo owe this primarily 10 the fact that #PFcsidcnt Wilson has lacked tho cOur- M gc and the vision to lead this nation 8 n the rath of high duty, and by this W a k If affirmative leadership has #H ooeerrH thc moral fibre of our peo-
 x zpIc Y
 N The colonel did not mention the za tariff and this also gave the Hughes
 leaders cause for some concern. @ Tho Speech. N Colonel Roosevelt began with this Endorsement of MT. Hughes: @ T come here to Maine to advocate Mfho election of Charles F. Hughes as Npres1dent Of the United States, and Athe election of a senate and house of Representatives to support him, and Ato give some of the reasons why in my Judgment it would be a grave mis- Sfortune for the people of the United States to re-eIect Mir. Wilson. T make no merely partisan appeal ask the support of all good citizens H for our cause. 1 ask the support of all good Americans. And I not mere H 1y ask but demand as a matter ot # right that every citizen voting this year shall consider the question al issue from the standpoint of America \ and not from the standpoint Of any M other nation"
 8 Colonel Roosevelt then said the pol @ icy of America must be shaped witF M 9 view to it's own honor and interes 8 and the honor and interest of tht M world as a whole
 'The citizen" he said, * # 'whC endeavors to shano Americas polio, in the interest of the country iron which he or his ancestors have sprung 8 is no true American and has no mora A right to citizenship in this country Any attempt to organize American citizens along politico-r2 cial lines is foul and evil thing. And organiza lion of American citizens which act