The Washington herald., 1910-10-08
TENNESSEE HEARS
COL. ROOSEVELT
Continued from Page One.

bore down upon the colonel and literally
dragged hts bedecked motor car out TO
the grounds where he spoke.
President William j. Oliver. OF the
Appalachian Exposition. who boarded the
train in New York yesterday. did a good
job on arrangements. When the Roose-
welt special drew into siding three miles
from the exposition grounds this after
noon a detachment from tho Eleventh
Cavalry of Chattanooga stood at atten-
ton. a salute OF twenty-one guns was
fired by private party close by. and the
colonel bowed. He hoped into ma
chine. In half an hour he was on the
grounds
II was agreed by almost every one who
has followed the colonel on his travels
since he returned from Africa that this
Eastern Tennessee audience seemed 10
like him as much. II not more. than any
other he has met They made no bones
OF revealing tho fact that they like him
personally, and they yelled enough to
show that they sympathize with his
views on certain matters OF import The
citizen OF this country. When one here
felt as though he wanted TO say some
thing to the colonel he wasn't bashful
and he went ahead and said IT, The show
at the exposition was on in full sway
Some Of the visitors came 10 be amused
and others came TO be uplifted, and
some came for both II was "Oh. you,
Teddy" and Say. colonel" and all that
sort Of thing.
Bands Play "Dixie.o
As he rode through the grounds Mr..
Roosevelt passed by a great cheering
throng of Southerners. The bands rent
the air with the strains OF Dixie" and
Hail to the Chief" The colonel stood
Up IN his car and bowed and hollered
back retorts to what he gathered was
being said 10 him. The party swung
around the picturesque road OF Lake
Chlhowee, guarded on all sides by regu-
lars from nearby army posts. He as
cended the long. sweeping stairway Of
the white administration building He
surveyed the mob and shook his head
when they requested a speech there.
After a parade Of sleek looking horses,
driven by lovely ladies, dragged by in
review. the carriages were adorned with
wonderful paper contrapuons. and were
fine 10 look at but the lovely ladies were
oh. so much finer They bowed to the
colonel, and he bowed right back An
ordinary mortal would have been fused.
and no mistake. The colonel-never.
by George, but weren't they bully?"
Formally Is Forgotten.
You could see it all from the admin
istration building Twas immense. or
course. the floral parade had to be for
NAL. But a band Of Indians and cow
boys. led by Zach MulhaI, bore not the
slightest earmarks OF formality. Zach
came hreezing down the stretch and
stopped in front OF the stairs. The col
onel knew him years ago in the West
Hello. Zach" he roared. waving his
hand. 'Howdy, colonel Zach yelled
back. The colonel turned TO his friends
standing with him and remarked that
Zach was some fellow.
on the return trip Zach bawled out
another greeting TO the ex-Presldent
and did horseback stunts that almost re-
suited IN dumping many good Tonnes
seeans into Lake ChilOwee. The show
over. Col. Roosevelt whirled over TO the
baseball grounds to make his speech. The
crowd tramped along behind him and
the soldiers had their hands fun keeping
them back. The ball park was filed TO
its utmost capacity. The audience COM
pletely surrounded the speakers stand.
Col Roosevelt found that only a four
headed man could be heard at the same
time. so he promised his audience that
he'd give them all some attention. He
began by complimenting the directors of
the exposition and the people OF Tonnes
see upon their success. He was espe-
cially pleased with the fact that they
paid for the whole show without aid
from the government, for he said that he
always trembled to hear OF new EXPOSE
tons when he was President. The found
ers came with chatter about glory OF the
aag. said Mr.. Roosevelt. and then asked
for an appropriation
Talks OF Human Crops.
Il congratulate you" he exclaimed.
Thank you. SIR" murmured a man in
the crowd. Thank you" reJoined the
colonel. you can't outdo me in cour-
tesy." He then turned to the crowd at
the right OF him, gave a short talk on
tho raising OF human crops, told them
that this State has a brilliant future.
and joshed a bit.
To his hearers on the left Mr. Roosevelt
spoke Of his trip 10 Africa and other kin
dred topics. He mentioned progress and
stopped
I'm engaged now in trying TO improve
my native State and city," the colonel
quite Job. amt it?" drawled husky
Individual who had hitherto been busy
with a wad Of eating tobacco.
Eyes. 1t is" Roosevelt retorted, smiling.
But Wen do IT," (Applausel
The colonel had swung into an argu-
ment for the maintenance of a sufficiently
large navy to insure the protection OF
the United States. He went over a good
bit of the speech he delivered at Omaha
pm the Western trip. He declared himself
TO be a profound believed IN peace. but
Insisted that we must uphold our promi-
hence among the nations Of the earth by
letting them know that We are physically
strong
Tonight Roosevelt had dinner with his
cousin, Mrs. James Shelley 1t was pri-
vate affair. Afterward he went to the
exposition grounds and spoke at ban
quet presided over by Mr. Oliver MaVor
Nieskell Of Knoxville made a speech and
so did D. c. Chapman. president OF the
board OF trade, and Judge Stamford He
TO his train before midnight
The colonel made several rear-platform
speeches on the road from Bristol to
Knoxville to-day. At Grade Springs.
ChilhOwee. and Abingdon he faced good
sized crowds. His voice held up in great
shape and may not trouble him after all