The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-10
Everywhere He Goes
an Ovation Is
Waiting.
MAKES so STOPS
AND so SPEECHES
AS He Moves Westward He Will
Have More to Say About the
Tariff - Considers Criti-
cisms Of His Stand on
Payne Law as
Baseless.

corinth. Miss, October o.--Through
endless fields of cotton, dotted with
clusters of white. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt rode this morning, to-day
and tonight. on his tour through the
south. He was on the way from At
ilanta TO Hot Springs, Ark, ana he MADE
more speeches than any other day OF his
his present trip or any day of his
recent Western trip. The train MADE
hfty stops during the day, and there
were such crowds on hand everywhere
that Colonel Roosevelt had at least 70
20 out to the rear platform ana SPEAK
a few words at almost every statioh.
The coloners throat, which mas been
In good shape since the Saratoga con-
vention. stood the strain well, and he
is inclined to believe now that taik-
ing agrees with IT.
Not Talking Politics.
Colonel Roosevelt was not talking
rolitics to-day He was urged to
annuity that part of his speech in At
Innta last night, which referred to the
tariff and the plank of the New YORK
etate Republican platform which deals
with the tariff, but would not do so. ;.
| ~ have nothing to add to what l
| said last night. Colonel Roose'el.
said, except that in my speecnes a.
Saratoga and Syracuse l said ABOUT
| the tariff and the administration eA
| actly what said in Sioux City, lowe
Sioux Falls. S. D., Cincinnati ana eise
| where"
/ cipally through parts OF Georgia. Ala-
i hanna. Mississippi and Tennessee to-
/ day. and the engineer stopped whe.-
1 ever there was station. The people
swarnaed over the tracks and crowded
! around the end of the train in strus-
Cling masses, about evenly DIVIDED De-
/ tween whites and negroes.
i They shouted. blew whistles and
!rang dinner bells to welcome Roose-
! velt. at one small town in MISSISSIPPI
the aworshipers in negro cnurch'
(which stands few rods from the sta
,ion. deserted their preacher when the
train pulled in. and fiocked out 10 the
train. The parson came. too. he wore
a frayed frock coat and had no coma.
HE took advantage OF the occasion by
passinv through the crowd. his bat
| tered hat in his hand. calling out:
/ nickel or a dime for the poor old
4 preacher, please"
i The crowd at the station was COM
posed entirely of negroes. The only
/ houses in sight We're little weather
beaten negro cabins. When the train
stopped at the station negroes swarme
about the rear platform. Colonel
i Roosevelt came out and smiled. Ihere
| was no welcoming shout from the
! crowd. for no one knew who he was
1 1t was a new experience for Colone
4 Roosevelt, and he stood silently or
the platform until one aged negro
i with a long gray beard and straw
hat without a rim. called:
us you President ROOSEVELT"
am Mr.. Roosevelt the Colone
replied.
Guze In Wonderment.
/ Still the negroes were silent. no
knowing whether to believe 1t or not
Another one asked the same question
II and got the same reply. Then the traiI
pulled out, leaving them standing
there. gazing in silent wonderment a
the ex-President.
The largest crowds were out a
4 Chattanooga. Tenn, and Huntsville
-oecatur and Tuscumbia. Ala, At al
of these places SO many people cam
out that Colonel Roosevelt could no
make them all hear him. In all of hi
speeches he talked good citizenship.
AS Colonel Roosevelt goes WESTWARD
there is expectation that he will hav
more to say about the tariff. In hi
speech at Sioux City. Iowa, he indorse
the tariff commission plan and tn
I maximum and minimum features Q
the Payne law. as he did in his speec
as temporary chairman of the Repub
: lican1 State Convention In New Yor
. State. In neither speech did he esindors
/, the Payne law as whole, and he MAD
:. it clear to-day that he considers tn
jcj his stand m ha rif
; as baseless.
$ Colonel Roosevelt is due at HI
!. Springs. Ark. at o'clock in the morn
: ing. He will stay there until $50
!, NJ, speaking at the Arkansas stat
: Fair. and then will leave for st. Loui
!, Delivers Sermonette.