The Washington times., 1912-05-03
ROOSEVELT VISITS
TAFT STRONGHOLD
AND WINS VOTES
tCaptures Residents of Mary
lands Eastern Shore BY
|, Stirring Speech.
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who were there to see the 1T. r." Of
the newspapers-the man.
And everybody seemed determined to
, be In the front rank of those to greet I
the strenuous colonel. |
1 His car lay on siding OF the rail-
long before Mr.. Roosevelt was awake. |
They waited there from the time the |
car was shunted from the train until a |
stir OF activity was seen-and then the |
= word went out to the town that |
4'Teddy" was awake and that Salisbury |
was soon TO hear and see him.
BY o'clock all Salisbury had turned
meeting had carefully planned certain
ceremonies to attend the reception, but
Salisbury would have none of It,. The
and II did see him before IT was salts |
fed. AS the minutes passed. the crowd
At the station grew.
Rush To the Depot.
While the parade was forming oppo-
site the postoffice, with automobiles
ready to greet the former President,
the impatient residents forgot and rush.
Cd depoAward and when Mr.. Roosevelt
finally stepped int the dining section of
the car there were hundreds who
scorned the police and edged close to
the car to catch a glimpse of the
Colonel as he dined.
IN the meantime the COrnmlttee, COM
posed of William NJ. Day. John II.
Tomlinson and Robert D. Grier, were
assembling their workers in front of the
| Salisbury postoffice. Twenty automo-
biles were needed to carry the COM
mittee and its workers to the train and
an orderly crowd marked the start for
the depot.
Then. came the cars Of Col. William
b. Tilghman, Thomas M Mitchell IAN
other Democrat, David Ward, Fred A.
. Grier, Jay Williams Dr.. D. B. Potter,
and L.. "A Richardson--and every one
Of them. held its quota of enthusiastic
Roosevelt supporteds.
X. Business Suspended.
Before. $50 o'clock business in the city
was entirely suspended. From the lower
end of Main street to the depot the
streets were lined with residents. Cats,
carriages, and automobiles blockei the
! streets, and the overworked police
threw up their hands and allowed the
orderly crowd to DO about as it pleased
land nothing was thought of in the city
cJAs'fiie automobiies formed fer he trip
a to the station. the out-of- town element
made Itself shown. Machines from
Easton. Cambridge Denton, and other
~gEastern Shore towns We're seen. and
T. their drivers were insisting upon a place
h At S!45 the automobile escort ar
rived. be side the, car. William NJ. Day,
| CIlalTHldIl, ana fODeIt u. Irler came
into the car where the candidate was
having breakfast with Colonel Bald
win and his secretaries. Both men
q jumped TO their feet.
I man. said Mr.. Baldwin. And a great
Day 1t is" put in Mr.. Grier. IT'S in
deed a great. day" said Mr.. Roosevelt.
tell you ! am, glad, nightly glad to
be down here"
"seventy-fve per cent of the Repub-
tNn g.
DAY, "but we've got great handi-
+ cap to overcome"
understand" said the Colonel
and added a few words, showing that
he was in touch with local conditions
well, gentlemen, you know there Is
a fight of the plain people against
the bosses, not against the organiza;.
tion necessarily. but against bossism.
That's it, put in Mr.. Grier.
The Reception Committee.
The reception committee consisted Of
William M. Day, chairman; ]. n
Tomlinson, secretary; Robert D. Grier
Sargent A. B. Collins, DR.. D. B. Potter
Reuben Bailey, r. A. Robertson, Delmar
! Woolford Johnson, Lloyd Richardson
w: F. Bounds. mayor; J. G. Woor.
nell, of Snow Hill; G. L. Anderson. B
W. Parker. of Delmar: A. II. Suplee
OF Betterton; c. H. Layton. of George
Georgetown, Del; Martin NJ. Higgins
mayor of Easton. Md; Thomas Laner1
Harry c. Short, Georgetown: John {
Short. Georgetown; Charles E. Day
salisbury; James II. Chapman. George
town; r. D.. Lingo. jr, Georgetown
Page p Olehesser. DID; Charles o
Melvin. Thomas Hudson, A. R. Crock
{ EFT. william N; Andrews. s; N. Moore
: Schoolfield.sL $. Quinn, John w. Mock
=. Thomas r. Green, Clarence p. Lank
7 ford. William Wallace Evans, o. w
Dowens. J. w. Tunk, G. A. Deakyre
(SROrPa w TrnitfL l.. I Moore To
NJ. Wilson, H. p. Dale, Fl. w. Vivenk
G, N. Thorington, j. ,Keifford Hall
Harry N. Green, G. l.. Anderson, an
D. C. Weatherhead.
Start For the Depot.
q ~ Ry the tir'e the Crisfield Band blare
y forth the announcement that the parad
I was ready to start at the depot tn
/ downtown streets of Salisbury wcr
" blocked to traffic. y,
: ~ N,..hlitnpobiies. :. carriages. and the ole
IA beian Dearborn wagon blocked street
Hif Hiidi alleys. and the thrphg Of, person
,IY. flied the. sidewalks from the static
10 the site Of the speakers stand.
The. former president did not hurr
over his breakfast. Sitting at the tabl
with memhei of his party he comment
Cd upon the fiue weather, prospects fc
a good trip. to Havre de Grace. an
lsughinElv discussed the meeting whic
was to come, and Cor hich the thron
cro1Mded around his car,
sat at breakfast, II am glad to 50
you"
He munched at his breakfast of egl
and coffee and talked over his trip dow
the Peninsula during the night. 1t Wa
nearly o'clock when Colonel Roos
welt pushed back his chair and sil
nailed that he was ready to proceed
the speaking grounds
And the fact that he was ready
make a start spread through the crow
as though by mental telepathy. Driver
of automobiles Rripped their wheels ar
the occupants strained eyes and necl
to catch the first glimpse of Rooseve
as he left the car.
Given Royal Welcome.
The first inkling of his reception wa
given to the candidate as he stepped
the ground at the side of Colonel BALI
win.
Cheer upon cheer greeted the form'
President as he raised his hat and a,
knowledged the greeting.
At his side were William NJ. Day an
Robert d. GrieT, and he was escorte
10 waiting automobile and given
seat.
Crtgdaid hand ~