The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-09-06
UNKNOWN CALLED
ROOSEVELT A LIAR
Strenuous Ex-President's Ire is
Aroused And He Goes to ST. Paul
With Blood in His Eye.

last night with blood in his eye. He
has been confidentialIy advised that a
scheme is on foot to reject at the
congress at st. Paul the
policies to which he and Clifford Pin
ehot stand committed. and he fully
has made up his mind that if progress
sive principles are to- be indorsed he
has some pretty serious rough riding
before him.
Ever since he has been in North
Dakota the Colonel has been in the
hands Of the philistines. Both at
Sioux Falls and at Fargo the stand
patters have been in the saddle in all
the entertainment arrangements, and
the things that they have done to
him during the last two days have not
been of character calculated to
sooth his temper
To make matters worse 1t began to
rain hard Just after Colonel Roose-
velt had taken his seat in the stand at
Island park, and the speechmaking
had to be held until an awning could
be hung over the stand.
A crank appeared on the scene just
at the close Of Colonel Roosevelt's
speech. He did the altogether unique
thing Of putting the former president
in his own "Ananias club"
The Colonel had just finished bis
Labor Day address, which whs deliv.
cred to one of the largest crowds he
has met on his western trip. A heavy
rainstorm, which came up shortly be-
fore the Colonel began to speak,
drenched the people, but most Of
them sat through the afternoon in
their wet clothing to hear him.
AS he spoke the last sentence Of
his speech the crowd cheered. and
then there was rush Of people who
sought to get near enough to see Col
onel Roosevelt at short range and
shake his hand. Those on the plat
form pressed around the stand and
in a moment 1t was enclosed with a
surging, struggling mass of men and
women. Some of the bolder persons
in the crowd mounted the steps which
led to the speakers stand and rushed
to Colonel Roosevelt's side to shake
his hand
A small, poorly dressed man pushed
his way through the mass of people
until he could make himself heard BY
the Colonel. He wore battered hat
and was unshaYen.
Il have question to ask you, Col
onel Roosevelt he shouted.
The men and women on the stand
grew silent CoIenel Roosevelt turned
and faced him. Waving one arm. the
man shouted:
Il want to know who is paying the
expenses of this trip of yours about
the country
The question angered Colonel Roose-
welt and his face showed IT. He adj
yanced a step toward his interrogation
and shot back his answer.
Il consider that to be an impertinent
question" he said. However I have
no objection to telling YOU He ad-
ded that the expenses of the party
were being paid by the magazine Of
which he is one of the editors.
"You lie!" the man shouted so loud
iy that hundreds of persons in the
crowd could hear him. As he spoke the
words, Colonel Roosevelt stepped for
ward quickly and seized his arm just
above the elbow.
He explained later that he did not
know who the man was or what his I'M
tentions were and that he had taken
hold of his arm as a measure OF self
protection.
His vigorous action did not deter the
man from finishing what he had to say.
He shouted out:
Your expenses are being paid by
the people of the United States!a
Although Colonel Roosevelt was the
first to act others ran quickly to assist
him and even before the man had fin
ished his remark two men seized him.
The Colenel did not release his grip
until the stranger was moving rapidly
from the stand He was elected from
the platform and was swallowed up in
the excited crowd.
An effort was made to find the man
but all traces of him were lost. No
one of those who had seen him knew
who he was. Colonel Roosevelt said
that he was not at all alarmed by
what had happened. He merely caught
hold of the man to guard against the
possibility Of any sudden move. he
said.