The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Colonel Nearly Mobbed
By His Admirers as He
Leaves Baltimore


Roosevelt left Baltimore early this
morning, but not too early for the en-
thusiasts, who were gathered at the
hotel and at Union Station in force.
The numerous admirers who insisted
upon shaking hands at the depot nearly
took the colonel off his feet, and GER
tainly delayed the departure of the train
two or three minutes.
Dr. A. r. L. Dohme's automobile was,
used to carry the visitor to the station.
The crowd knew that he was expected,
and in spite of the fact that it was
hardly half-past 7 they swarmed into
the lobby Of the hotel and made rush
at each descending elevator. When
Joseph r. Baldwin and his corps of
secretaries, 1t was necessary to have
him made the center of a flying wedge
to get out of the door.
On the pavement outside the crowd
was vociferouslyy enthusiastic. "Rah
for Teddy yelled one man. and the
crowd took 1t UP. Colonel Baldwin, with
a hat just like Teddy's DR.. Dohme.
retary, and the stenographers took their
places IN the car, and detectives mount
ed the footboard. One man in his anx-
.ety to shake the candidates hand.
nearly lost his life under the hind
wheels of the heavy motor.
1t was interesting to notice the effect
morning pedestrians. Men, bound In
tently on reaching their days work,
would look up suddenly to find them
every one of them. They would pause
and stare with mouth open. and in som1
| cases they would give lonely cheer
Long after the car had passed they
would stand stock still looking after 1t.
Warmly Welcomed.
Of his reception in Maryland Colonel
Roosevelt has no ress son to complain
Wherever he appeared he was heartily
greeted At both Salisbury and Havre
de Grace. where he spoke during the
day, the attendance was highly salts
factory.
His march from Union Station to the
Emerson Hotel in Baltimore, last night
WAS in the nature of an ovation. and
he was continually lowing and lifting
his hat in reply to the greetings, On
all sides he resolved the glad hand.
The scene in and about the Lyric was
one long to be remembered. Here the
! crowd began to assemble as early as 8
o clock. The management had distribu-
ted cards of admission SO as to prevent
| general crash: nevertheless. when the
doors were opened there was a rush
that the ushcrs could not withstand,
and in iiffv the auditorium was filed.
Meanwhile the crowd without kept IN
creasing in numbers Men and ', ONE II
stood on the plaza waiting for the can
didate to come out and make his se.-
ond speech.
! After holding out for nearly two hours
they abandoned hope and began to dis
perse. Only several hundred remained
when the big meeting concluded. and
these melted away. Quite a number hur-
ried after him 20 get into the colored
Lttf hid h,al
clEsively for the colored people. few of
whom gained admission to the Lyric
The reception Of Colonel Roosevelt as
he entered the stage was all he could
! ave expected. There was cheering and
applause. while the band played. The
candidate was kept busy bowling his
acknowledgements end waving his
Rough Rider hat. 1t was plain he was
very much pleased, for he smiled until
| his teeth were visible.
Auditorium Filled.
The auditorium by this time was full
almost to suffocation. In the boxes
were the families OF those taking a
prominent part in the Roosevelt cam.
paign, and on the floor were hundreds
of the fair sex, not few of them girls
who manifested as deep an interest In
the colonel as did the voters. Indeed
there were almost as many women In
the audience as men, the latter clumsily
standing aside to make way for the
weaker sex. The galleries were simply
packed, the women, of course, predomi
mating, that portion having been Sc
apart for their use.
Even the south gallery, always Sc
apart for the colored people, was in
vaded by the whites, the number o.
the former in attendance being unusual
ly small, not more than one-fourth thu
seats in this section being occupied BY
the colored voters.
1t was to give them a chance to heal
the candidate that the meeting at thu
Metropolitan Church was arranged ant
later in the evening they had their in
nings.
The last meeting was given wholly t
the colored people and, though 1t wa
late before the candidate arrived, thu
great crowd in the church patientl!
awaited his coming.
The Rule of the People was the tex
of the speech delivered by the forme
President. 1t followed closely the linel
of a speech delivered by him on a simi
lar subject in Carnegie Hall, New York
in March last, before the Civic Union
Colonel Roosevelt began his speech b.
addressing his hearers as you, my fel
low citizens. my fellow Americans, mel
and women of Maryland.
I II tell you that this Is more than Z