The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-10

tics. He was urged to amp1ify that part
of his speech in Atlanta which referred
to the tariff. but he would not do SO.
81 have nothing to add to what l
said,'' Colonel Roosevelt said, 'ex-
cept that in my speeches at Saratoga
and Syracuse I said about the tariff
and the administ alton exactly what
said in Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Con-
cinnati and elsewhere
At some places the crowds were so
dense that the colonel warned the peo-
pie not to push too hard, else they
would crush those who were next to
the car.
When the train stopped at one sta
ton a crowd of negroes swarmed
about the rear platform. Colonel
Roosevelt came out and smiled. There
was no welcoming shout from the
crowd, for no one knew who he was.
1t was a, new experience for Colonel
Roosevelt, and he stood silently on the
platform until one aged negro called
out:
ST am Mr.. Roosevelt the colonel
replied.
knowing whether to believe it or not.
Another one asked the same question
and got the same reply. Then the train
pulled out, leaving the crowd standing
there gazing in silent wonderment at
the expresident.
The largest crowds were out at
Chattanooga, Tenn, and at Huntsville,
Decatur and Tuscumbia, Ala. In all
of his speeches he talked good citizen
ship.
At Tuscumbia a negro woman thrust
into his hand an acorn.
Keep that by you and it'll fetch you
good luck" she said.
The colonel thanked her and took
the acorn.
Regulates Tariff Plank.
Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 10.-Theodore
Roosevelt in his speech here, disclaimed
responsibility for the tariff plank In
so he replied to criticisms which have
been directed against him, particular
ly by insurgents" of the west to the
effect that he talked one kind Of poll
tics in the west and another kind in
the east This criticism was based
largely on the fact that while he did
not endorse the Payne tariff law in any
of his western speeches, the tariff
plank of the New York platform COM
mended the bill.
Colonel Roosevelt sought to make it
clear in his speeches that he had not
endorsed the Payne law and that he did
not agree with the New York tariff
plank. He said that he would stand Oh
his speech as temporary chairman of
the New York Republican convention
in which he commended part of the
Payne law but did not endorse it as d
whole. Colonel Roosevelt's speech was
delivered at the Uncle RemuS day cele-
bration here. He began his address
with an appreciation of the life and
works of Joel Chandler Harris. author
of the Uncle Remus tales. Then he
turned to his recently enunciated doc
trineS of the new nationalism.
In speaking to you of the new ma
tiOna1fsm," he said, Il want at the out
set to answer publicly question put
to me this evening by a couple of your
journalists as to one feature of what I
had spoken of as the new nationalisni
concerning which they thought I had
spoken differently at different times
These gentlemen asked me how 1 rec
onciled what I had said in the west
with the tariff plank in the New York
state Republican platform. I answer
ed them that I did not reconcile it;
that on that particular platform I must
refuse to be judged by what the plat
form said, but what I myself said
You probably know we had quite a
lively time in Saratoga. I was elected
temporary chairman and served as
such with reasonable effectiveness be
fore the platform was adopted A
number of men who voted for me for
temporary chairman and who were in
harmony with me on all the most vital
points at issue, yet disagreed with me
on certain points-on one or two that 1
regarded as of great importance-an
so my speech as temporary chairman
put my position as accurately as Ian
guage could put it"