The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-08
TENNESSEE XHOOPS FOR 7. R.
MS WtfS SEEu TO NIT THE
ENPOSITION FOLKS.
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PaFAderS. Jsshes the nedneeks. Flnds
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hall and Makes Himself Agreeable.

Tenneseee surprised even Mr.. RooseNef
by the reception II gave him to-day Al
audience 81 large proportions which
greeted him upon his first appearance Al
Bristol. Va. this morning sunk into in
significance when he got u this city
Knoxville stood up and whooped
The Colonel could not have selected q
stage more exquishely set or better
adapted IN his methods than the fair
grounds of the Appalachian Exposition
Here thousands Of Tennesseeans cheered
and laughed until they got tired and tbs
Colonel quit
There was nothing startling in what Mr.
Roosevelt said. He kept up a running
attack on dishonest men in business and
dishonest men in politics He referred 70
his fight on the bosses in New York and
said that he IL engaged NJ the present
moment in improving conditions In his
native city and State. and he guessed he'd
succeed
The new nationalism was defended in
his two speeches What mean by the
new nationalism.- he declared, lis the
effective applcatio ion Of the old moralitle-
To the new conditions Our first duty -
to sea that in political and industrial
matters alike there is no special privilege
All that am trying to do Is to make this
land Of ours more ~ land where every
citizen has a square deal
People say that I attack the corpora =
tions,- Mr. Roosevelt shouted Co the
crowd at the Appalachian Exposition
For the thouslndth time IN say I'm
not attacking them I'm with the cor
poration when It il night and I'm against
It when IL is wrong
The Colonel repeated his we'll known
suggest ions about cinching the crook and
giving the big business the same SORT Of
square deal that the little business gets
But he insisted that the little man can
be handled by his immediate neighbors.
while the big business man mus, be re-
~ ricted by the Government Wall Street
men who desire % make a fortune by
selling To some one else paper that - not
worth anything are the ones who ought
TO fear the new nationalism. he said
The combination Of Wall Street and
the bosses IL not pleasant one Mr..
Roosevelt ayerred.
At Bristol several thousand friendly
virginians and their neighbors Of Ten
nessee who live on the other side Of Main
street bore down upon the Colonel and
literally dragged his bedecked automobile
out to the grounds where he spoke. Main
street divides Bristol. Va. from Bristol
Tenn One may smlte ones enemy on
the right side OF the street aud find refuge
on the other. Also Virginia Is wet and
Tennessee-but that's another story
IL was agreed by those who have fol-
lowed Mr. Roosevelt since he returned
from Africa that this Tennessee audience
seemed to like him a. much as any he has
met; some came To he amused and others
TO be upifted. and some for both IL
was oh you Teddy and Say. Colonel
and all that sort Of thing
As he rode through the grounds the
bands rent the air with Dixie and Hail
to the Chief The Colonel stood up and
bowed and made retorts to what was
the picturesque road and assembled the
long stairway Of the white administra-
ton building.
A foral parade Of sleek horses driven
by lovely ladies dragged by in review
The carriages were adorned with wonder
full paper contraPtions and were fine to
look at hut the lovely ladies' were oh so
much finer. They bowed to the Colonel
and he bowed right hack. An ordinary
would have been fused ana no
mistake, the Colonel, never. BY George,
but weren't they bully was MS com.
m~nt.
Of course the floral parade was formal
hut a band Of Indians and cowboys led
by Zach Mulhall had no Formally Zach
came breeZIng down the stretch and
stopped IN front Of the stairs The
Colonel knew him years ago in the West
Hello. Zach, he Toared waving his
hack The Colonel turned TO his friends
and remarked that Zach Mulhall was some
fellow.
ON the return trip Zach bawl~d out
another greeting to the "x-Prssident and
did horseback stunts that almost resulted
in dumping many good Tenne-se.aans
The show over. Mr. Roosevelt whirl..d
oy er 10 the baseball grounds To make hrs
speech The crowd traips.ad along be-
hind him. and the soldiers had their hands
full keeping them back. The ball park
was filed and the stand was surrounded
Mr. Roosevelt found that only four
faced man could be- heard by all To the
throng nj the north he Complimented the
directors Of the exposition. I Congratu-
late YOU. he exclaimed.
Thank you. sir. rnurmured a man in
tho crowd
Thank YOU reloined the Colonel
e You can't Guido me IN courtesy
He turned then 10 IA. crowd AZ the
east and gave a separate talk on the
raising Of human crops. told them that
this State has brilliant future and
ioshed r bit
To his bearers on the west Mr. Roose-
Welt spoke % his trip 10 Africa and other
kindred topics.
I'm engaged now in trying TO improve
nv native State and city" the Colonel
announced TO the crowd at the south.
Quite a Job. amt it7" drawled a husky
who had hitherto been busy
with a wad Of eating tobacco
Yes. IL is MIR Roosevelt retorted.
smiling But we'll do it lApplauseI
A. this point Publisher Rowland OF
The Outlook tiptoed to the front OF the
platform. He was leading n skinny red
headed. nine-year-old youp gSter who
was CRYING The Colonel cont inuad TO
speak until Mr. Rowland pulled his sleeve
] hey whispered a moment and then the
Colonel shouted This Roy IL Eccl,s
Nelson: he's Lost who owns him.
Mr. Roosevelt added that Eccle- Nelson
hailed from Union county and that he
came with his uncle Wouldn't Uncle
please claim Eccles2 The crowd joined
in clamorIng for the uncle Eccles went
softly, The Colonel patted him and
assured the hoy that everything would
conne out all right all right Pretty soon
The uncle % Eccles was found The
Colonel waited until uncle. whose name
was not volunteered bored his way
through the crowd He helped the boy
down and said goOd-by
MFR Roosevelt revived his speak softly
and carry a big stick referred TO undesir-
able citizens and thanking them all for
their kind attention ceased
Tonight Mr.. Roosevelt had dinner
with his cousin, Mrs james Shelley. II
was n private AFFAIR Afterward he Ssp,