The Washington herald., 1912-09-29
WILSON MEN
HOWL down I. R.
Near-riot in Atlanta Auditorium
When Colonel Fires Broadside
at Democrat.
ROOSEVELT AGAIN PASSES LIE

Atlanta, Ca, Sept. "a terrific broad
side was hurled at Gov. Wilson in
speech at the Auditorium here tonight
by Col. Roosevelt before an animated
throng that packed the theatef. In the
Governors former home town, where he
practiced law and in the State where
Col. Roosevelt's mother was born. the
former President passed the lie to the
Democratic candidate.
In the throng that heard Roosevelt were
cliques of Wilson shouters, who tried to
break up the meeting. At one time. after
an interruption. an uproar ensued that
verged on riot.
The former President went along all
right with his speech until he came to
his personal allusion to Gov. Wilson. The
moment he uttered the Democratic candi-
dates name, there were cries Of Wilson!
Wilson, the Wilson sympathizers cheer
ed Justify for a full minute, while Roose-
welt stood with hand upraised. When
the Wilson applause had quieted down.
Roosevelt cried out. Il was about to say
ocratic platform is not a programme.
Now cheer that"
This time the Roosevelt partisans
oheered. The colonel had not got very
far along when a fiery-tempered Wilson
man blurted out, why did you repudiate
the Republican party after you had
sought the nomination at its hands?"
Cat Calls and Hiss-s.
The crowd broke loose into cat-caiis
and Kisses. Wilson men cheered until
they were tired. Roosevelt had to wait
five minutes before he could reply.
Later on disturbers in the crowd be-
gan yelling for weon again. Roose-
Welt stopped. leaped to a table. and de-
clared with grim determination. Now
I'm not a fancy fencing match. I'm
going to talk, and you can decide after
hearing me IL you want to believe in me.
But you're going to hear me"
After that there was no more Interrupt
tons
Speaking TO the assemblage as fellow
Georgians." the former President asked
them TO repudiate the Democratic can
didate. maintaining that Wilson had
nothing but a vague policy to offer as
remedy for the existing national evils.
Roosevelt assailed Wilson for having.
as he angrily charged. misrepresented
the colonel in quoting from his cam
paign utterances. Col. Roosevelt said:
1T is curious to see how Messrs Taft
and Wilson are drawing together in their
hostility TO the Progressive party and its
principles. They stand on the same
ground. Neither of them has one prac-
teal proposition to make looking toward
the betterment of a single evil.
AT Boston the day before yesterday
Mr.. Wilson stated that ! had said that
ii was inevitable that the trusts should
build up an irresistible power; that l
despair OF replacing the power. and that
I suggest that We try our best to make
the trusts good. ptiful. kind. and just.
and that we transfer our own affairs to
those who by subtlety have combined
against u.s." said the colonel
Statement Not True.
Now every one OF these statements
is simply not true / ask Mr.. Wilson 30
point where and when II was that l
said that l wished to make the trusts
'pitiful or kind He cannot do ii. and
he knows he cannot do It. His statement
is an invention. / ask him TO point out
where l have said that We are to trans
fer our own affairs TO those who, by
suhtlety. have combined against US. He
cannot do II, and he knows il.
Again. his statement that / have ever
said that the trusts must be permitted
to build up an irresistible power is not
merely an untruth. but is the direct re-
verse OF the truth. and this Mr.. Wilson
well knows. Now. Mr.. Wilson has an
entire right to attack and criticize my ac-
tual position as strongly as he chooses !
and he has an entire right. II he thinks
ii in good taste. to indulge in the per-
sOnalities about me in which he has re-
Gently indulged. but he has no right 10
misquote me-