Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-29
THRONG SHOUTS FOR 7. R.
Boston Gives Roosevelt Warmest
Demonstration Of Campaign,
TAFT MORE MILDLY
Colonel speaks Calmly aud Dcvotes
small Part OF Address To Presi-
dent-Brings In Mcrc~na-
ries and Minute Men.
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Fos WORMS

BOSTON. April 2S.-Boston gave Copnel
Roosevelt last night his most demon
stratiye welcome since beginning his
campaign for the presidential nomination.
Speaking In the Arena before a tumultu-
GUS throng. the former president again
criticised Mr.. Taft. He, however. did not
repeat the severe denunciatlon which
marked his speech at Worcester last
night He spoke calmly and devoted only
a small part OF his address to President
Taft.
Of personalities between sIr. Taft and
myself" said Colonel Roosevelt, Last
night | felt compelled to answer Mr.. Taft
at length. Tonight | shall refer TO him
only as feel that must.
II am more fortunate than Mr.. Taft
In my friends. when Mr.. Taft came here
Thursday he came here having lost Iill-
nois. I camo here having lost New
Hampshire. In Illinois Mr.. Tafts chief
lieutenant had been Mr.. Jorimer. In
New Hampshire my chief lieutenant was
Governor Bass, Mr.. Taft came here to
explain that he didn't like Mr.. Lorimer.
having kept hts dislike private and conf
Dental until after he lost Illinois.
come here and say that win or lose.
am with Governor Bass"
Holding up a sheet of paper, CoIonel
Roosevelt said:
i've got two parallel columns here:
in one are my chief supporters, In the
other Mr.. Taft's.r ..
~ aaI0nnl
mentioned the western governors who
asked him to run and clifford Pinchot
where's Perkins, some 9ne in the
crowd shouted.
He's for me-" the colonel called back
You can't put a question to me that will
embarrass me for a moment. You can
search my record and you will find that
l never have done and I never will do
for Mr. Perkins or any other human be-
ing. one thing won't tell you in detail" :"
As representing Mr. Taft's supporters,
the colonel named. amid, Kisses OF the
crowd. Senators Lorimer. Penrose, Gug-
genheim and Gallinger.
You can judge for yourself on whose
side the bosses are" he went on, Mr..
Taft says have accepted the support Of
bosses. So / have. when they went my
way. But they had to go my way or We
parted company"
The crowd gathered near the Arena
was 80 large that the police reinforce
ments had to be called to handle IL.
Finally the doors OF the Arena were
barred. As the crowd before the build
ing grew. several hundred men and
women attempted TO storm the main en-
trance and in the rush a number OF win
dows were shattered. Fifty policemen
charged the crowd and finally forced
the people back.
The scene within the Arena was a
tumuItuous one. Before Colonel Roose-
welt arrived body OF men in the middle
Of the hall began to chant. We want
Taft. We want Taft The peaule rose
TO their feet with a shout and for few
moments the hall was in confusion.
Colonel Roosevelt spoke from a roped
enclosure which Is used as a prize ring.
II is the platform from which President
Taft spoke two nights ago.
ITS a contest between the mercenaries
and the minute men" he said. Il wan,
you to show that in civic life you can
do what your forefathers did as minute
men"
At the end Of his speech Colonel Roose-
Welt called out:
Now you have me. Am 1 preaching
anarchy"
NO." the crowd roared.
| Later Colonel Roosevelt went to Me-
chanIcs' hall. where he addressed an
/ overflow meeting.
1 Carries County Primaries.
MOSCOW, Idaho. April 2S.-Heturns to-
night from the Latsh county republican
primary election, at which the voters ex-
pressed their presidential preference. indl-
Gated that Roosevelt had carried the
county by a vote OF five to one. The
delegates to the state convention elected
today are bound by the action OF the
voters
SEATTLE. April IA preferential
primary held today in King county under
the direction OF the republican and demo-
cratic county committees did not arouse
I much interest. II is estimated that .5a
votes were cast, OF which more than i.0a
were republican. The republican ballots
were divided between Roosevelt and La