New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-02
Colonel Loses Temper.

Colonel Loses Temper
Mr Roosevelt grew rather angry as
the yelling continued. and about this time
the crowd grew angry. too. Several husky
farmers closed In on the disturbers,
seized them by the shoulders and hustled
them out OF the way. Several showed
fight, and lively scrap followed, as the
colonel looked on. Eventually the college
students were vanluished and MI Roose-
welt made a thres-minute talk.
The candidate played the part OF
shivering shut-out at Asheville. little
before I o'clock this morning Nobody
aboard the special train was up but the
carly rising citizens were 90 loud in their
demands for n sight OF the leader that he
threw on a few clothes ard trooped out on
the rear platform According to authentic
account, the Progressive candidate wore
shippers. pajamas. trousers and long
oyercoat and no hat.
Mr.. Roosevelt reached the train end just
IN time TO wave farewell. lie sought 10 re-
enter the car Mayfower. The door vas
locked from the inside. The colonel
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pushed. but no porter paid heed.
For twenty minutes the colonel rode IN
shivering solitude, jabbing the bell at IN
tervals. When the porter finally awoke
he was profuse In HIS apologies. but the
colonel was so cold he waited for no ex-
plantations. The porter's excuse was that
no thought a pestiferous local committee
man was ringing the bell at an unearth!y
hour and he was opposed TO letting him
In
On his whirling tour OF North Carolina
to-day Mr.. Roosevelt made more than a
dozen speeches. In several Of them he
assailed 4. G. Duncan. the Republican
national committeeman from this state,
whom he charged with taking part In the
theft" OF the nomination at Chicago.
Turns on Tobacco Trust.
AT Raleigh tonight the colonel turned
his batteries on the Tobacco Trust. which
Is live local issue here. Mr.. Roosevelt
explained how the Progressives would
control the Tobacco Trust and similar
trusts II iatrusted with power BIZ the
people, saying:
Our opponents have nothing to offer on
the trusts except what has Deen done
and with some modification or detail
No modification Of detail would make
the decree again't the TOBACCO trust
amount TO anything
NV proposal Is not 10 damage bust
ness. but Ia stoD and punish business
which Is crookedly managed,
Such 4 showing as was set out ny the
Supreme Court In the tobacco trust case
warrants the appointment of receiver
by the government for that trust, tui Z
as would he done In the case or 2 ma
tional bank which went crooked. Under
our plan the trust could at once be put
i'm the hands Of receivers and kent there
until everything decided 10 be wrong was
rlphted and that fact reported TO the
commission. Then, and not I'LL then
would the old owners resume control.
and that would be with the understand
ing that n they repeated the wrong they
would meet similar treatment again.
Colonel Roosevelt's Raleigh audience
was cordial, but II comprised Democrats.
Republicans and Progressives. who
cheered and Intercepted the colonel by
turns. The spirited wind-up OF the colo
nels trip was TO his liking and he came
under the wire In fine shape" az some OF
his tarheel admirers say.
The colonel failed TO mention Woodrow
Wilson's name tonight 30 there was no
counter demo lstration such as he en-
countered IN Atenta and Hickory. Sew
eral hundred college girls and boys
fanled the third party candidate on right
and left as he spoke tonight and their
yells for Teddy" enlivened the meeting.
An entire section OF the gallery was
occupied by negroes, forming decided
contrast to the white dresses OF the
school girls on the floor below.