The Washington herald., 1912-10-02
ROOSEVELT RUNS
INTO FIST FIGHT
College Boys at Hickory, N. c., Hiss
Colonel and Adherent Uses
His Fists.
BIG BULL MOOSE HAS
COVERED 1888 MILES
Among Other Things, He Takes a
Fling at the Tobacco Trust,
Urging New Plan.

Raleigh. y. C. Oct. 1-As a wind-up to
his slashing thirty-day swing around the
circle, Col. Roosevelt here tonight fay
ed the Tobacco Trust. the dominant ele-
ment in North Carolina politics. The
colonel blames the Tobacco Trust for
the opposition in this State to-his cam
didacy for the Republican nomination
at Chicago. The trust is bitterly fighting
Roosevelt now to keep him from carry
ing North Carolina.
Roosevelt intimated that z. c. Dun
can. national committeeman from North
Carolina. who was conspicuous in the
steam roller episode, and is leading the
Taft campaign in the State, is influenced
by the tobacco combine. Duncan voted
with the national committee to throw
out the Roosevelt delegates from North
Carolina. and for this the former Pres
ident. all through the State to-day. de-
nounCed Duncan as a "ConspiratOr.
Roosevelt came out for a receivership
plan for trusts, a new idea Of his pro-
gressive policies.
Urges Federal Control.
The way to handle the trusts is to
put them under definite Federal con-
troll" urged the colonel No mOdifica-
ton of the Supreme Courts decree of
make that decision amount to anything
We don't want to do damage to any
business, but We do want to rout crook
ednesS in il.
The language Of the Supreme Court in
disposing >of the Tobacco Trust was such
as to warrant putting the corporation in
the hands of a receiver, just as was done
with banks that go to the bad. I advo-
cate receivership for all trusts needing an
haI Irlinv hn IN ha ba
supervision of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
IF the government puts in receivers to
run the trusts until everything wrong is
cleared up We will have some concrete re-
suits.
Has Travelled 1O,373 Miles.
'If trust official after the government
has put him back again repeats the
wrongdoing he ought to suffer as Charles
Morse did. That is the real way to cut
out the crookedness in criminal trusts"
Roosevelts last day in the long cam
paign of the West and South was a fit
ting climax to the thirty days of immense
crowds and bubbling enthusiasm. The
outpouring of the crowds to-day seemed
to indicate that in this State he will at
least poll a vote dangerously near that
of Gov. Wilson. President Tart is reCk-
oned by the leaders as destined to run a
wretched third. 1t is figured the colonel
will get nearly the solid Republican vote
besides taking away a slice from Wilson.
In the thirty days ending with his in
vasion of North Carolina, the colonerl
Travelled 1873 miles. With the run tot
New York this will be increased toI
10.S1 miles. the longest campaign trip!
ever made by him.
At Hickory, Roosevelt ran into fist
fight In a crowd of 5000 that spread
all over the railroad tracks, was a clus-
ter of students of Lenore College. HeI
started to talk to the throng, when the
college youths chirped in "Hurrah for
Wilson,"
That's a fine cry to keep up the
spirits of the side that ought to lose,'
rejoined Roosevelt.
They're q lot of fool college boys!