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Show ROOSEVELT FOR WOMEN Iogressive Candidate Reiterates Stand For Equal Suffrage St, Johnabury, Vt, Aug. 30. Colo-del Colo-del Roosevelt struck up an Intimate acquaintance with the rural Boctlons ot northorn Vermont today during his automobile campaigning through the state. He spent most of tho day In a motor car, made H yo speeches and received such a welcome that he said ho thought-Vol mont was waking up. Before a lively crowd in the court-houbc court-houbc square tonight, Colonel Roosevelt Roose-velt made a speech whiob. brought him cheer after cheer. , He assailed hlB critics and defended tho Progressive Progres-sive party. John D. Archbold ot the Standard Oil company and Senator Penrose were attacked for their testimony bo-fore bo-fore the Bonate investigating committee. commit-tee. "I thought for a time they would do some damage to tho Progressive party, he Bald, "but the Lord hath delivered them into my hands. I have them on the hip. I have bhem in the open. I'll hew them as Israel hewed Ammon hip and thigh." Progressive Platform. Col. Roosevelt spolte aB follows-The follows-The Progressive Jilatform doma'nds efficient and thorough going national regulation of all those great Industrial Indus-trial concerns doing an Interstate T'1 u M1oreover' ' the anti-trust law is to be kept on the statute books 1 lMmw tho big trusts being as now merely farclal, It is to be the duty of the commission to aid, In seeing that oven' trust guilty of bad conduct shall bo really and not merely nominally dissolved, dis-solved, and the mon guilty of the mlscouduct punlsheQ. "Tho anti-trust law by Itself can never bolvo the problem of dealing with tho trusts As at piesent enforced, en-forced, nnd allll more as It would be enforced if the recommendations of tho Stanley commlttoe were enacted into law it is and would remain a policy pol-icy nominally against the Interests of tho huge, swollon trusts, but really In their favor and a mennce only to honest business men with businesses of moderate size. Old Parties Together. "It is curious to see how closely the old parties btand together In this matter, how eagerly tho representatives representa-tives of the big trusts and of their tools and allies In tho business world rally to the help of either as against the Progressives. She recent action of Mr. Penrose and Mr. Archbold is a striking Illustration of lhe clearness with which tho Standard Oil trust and Its creatures In politics see that their real foes are to bo found only In the Progressive party. "Of all tho planks of the Progressive Progres-sive platform, the two which must go to my own heart are the one which deals wi$h social and Industrial Justice Jus-tice and tho one on country life. We pledge ourselves to legislation looking to tho proventlon of Industrial accidents acci-dents and occupational diseases. Wo Intend to deal with the problems of Involuntary unemployment and ot overwork. Wo pledgo ourselves to secure se-cure one day's rest In seven for all wage workers, and an eight-hour day In contlnous 24-hour Industries, tho prohibition of night work and the establishment es-tablishment or an eight-hour day for women. Wo are for equal suffrage for men and women. Thanked Jano Addams. "Tim New York Times of August 20, in nn Interview attributed to a prominent citizen who has ropudl-l ated It, criticized and denounced Jane Addams for nominating me and nlsoj' criticized the Progressive party for j permitting women to be in tho Pro- I gresslve convention It attacked Miss' Addams' conduct as 'spectacular andi; In very bad taste' And It also crlti-1 elzed me as being spoctacular because I had tho bad taste publicly to compliment com-pliment her on her action and thank , her "My only reference to Miss Ad- dams was contained in the following sontence: 'I wish to tell those who proposed and seconded my nomination nomina-tion that I appreciate to the full tho significance of having such men nnd such a woman put me In nomlna- i lion.' It will bo noticed In this sen- , tencf I did not oven mention Miss Addams' name and If President Eliot really considers this allusion to Miss Addams as- being specta,cnjar and In bad taste T should feel a mild curiosity curios-ity to know Just what he would resard I as non-spectacular and In good taste "Among the other sentences In the article weio the following. Women have no proper Bhare In a political convention.' ' 'That man knows Uttle of our political, po-litical, social and industrial needs as a nation who docs not know that In political conventions the politics that ought to be .regulated are the poll tics that affect women precisely as I much as they affoct men. . "I am glad to say that among tho representatives In our convention were a number of women, and not only high in purpose, but In wisdom. In charucter, In cool-hcadcdness and In far-sighted understanding of the needs of tho nation, they stood on an exactly equal footing with the men. Our national committee will publish Jano Addams' speech I ask you to read It for yourselves and then j ourselves our-selves pass judgment on tho good taste and wisdom of the New York j Times in denouncing that speech "I grew to beliero in woman suffrage suf-frage not because of associating with women whose chief Interests were In woman suffrage, but because of find- . ing out that tho women from whom 1 received most aid in endeavoring to grapple with tho social and Industrial problems of the day were themselves believers In woman suffrage. I soe no reason why voting should interfere with women's homo life." nn |