Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-15

was kept in merry humor for nearly an
hour. Senator Jones sought to stop the
TRADE.
1t would have continued had not the
voices Of the boys shouting the eX-
ira. with the details of the shooting,
filtered into the vast hall and stamped
ed the audience, suddenly becoming
very sober and very grave.
Mr.. Harlan Explains.
John NJ Harlan made the following
statement this morning:
when l began my speech at the Coli
scum last night I remarked TO the audi,
ence that had been heard in Chicago
many times. and that wished 10 iimit
my remarks to reasonable length IN
order to afford Mr.. Bede abundant time
At that juncture a man whom I did not
recognize. but who was standing, tried
to ask question. The crowd hoWled
him down and kept jeering at him until
l succeeded in restoring quiet. l re-
minded the questioner that l wished to
give Mr.. Bede ample opportunity to
speak, and that as l proposed to discon-
tinue my speech after two or three min
utes, l suggested that he wait and put
his question to Mr.. Bede. At the same
time remarked that every one in Chi
cago knew that I would neither dodge
nor duck a question.
1.-The man tried to insist upon putting
his question, and kept at it despite the
jeers Of the audience. SO that he must
have consumed at least ten minutes.
Finally some one told me who the in
terrupter was I then stated to the
audience that the man was Walter Clyde
Jones; that he had sought the republican
nomination at the primaries for governor
and had been overwhelmingly defeated.
and that he then sought the bull moose
nomination and had failed to get It,
said that only God knew his latitude and
longitude politically ala not. MT.
,hcSd tod
after two or three minutes l finished
my speech and Mr.. Bede began talking
1t was then about twenty minutes TO 10
Until some time after I had finished
of the shooting of Cot Roosevelt. or that
any untoward event or circumstances had
occurred.
II regarded Mr.. Jones as a disturber
who was trying to waste my time after
| had indicated that / wished to. make
way for Mr.. Bcde. When Mr.. Bede was
about half way through his speech, Mr.
Austin. president of the Hamilton Club,
who was presiding at the meeting. threw
a bit of paper from where he sat toward
me- motiOning that it was intended for
me.
"A friend picked it up and handed it to
me, and upon opening 1t l found that 1t
was a note from Mr.. Jones informing, me
Of the attempt upon Col Roosevelt's life.
I'm common with all others, / deeply
deplored the act of the lunatic who at
tempted to take Col. ROOsevelt's life.' l
hope that Mr.. Roosevelt will quickly re-
cover and be able to resume his cam
paign."
Harlan and Bede Called Off.
At a conference held this morning at
republican national headquarters in this
city 1t was decided to abandon the meet
ings scheduled at noon today at Gary,
Ind, and tonight in Milwaukee. and at
;1J, oh a I
were to have been the principal speakers.
A telegram was received at republican
national headquarters this morning from
Representative William B. Mckinley ask
ing that the Harlan-Bede meeting, which
had been arranged for Champaign. ILL.,,
be abandoned. This meeting had been
scheduled because Col. Roosevelt had an
nOunced his intention Of going into Rep
resentative McKinley's district Repre-
sentative Mckinley was the head of the
national Taft bureau, which organized
and directed President Taft's preconven-
ton campaign.
General sympathy was expressed for
Col. Roosevelt at the republican head
quarters. II regret exceedingly this oc-
currence." said Director Mulvane. land
sincerely hope that the attack will not
prove serious"
An interesting sidel.ght Of the present
tragic situation is the fact that Col.
Roosevelt yesterday prepared and gave
out a bliStering arraignment of Repub-
lican National Chairman HilleS, which
was to have been released for publica-
ton in this afternoons papers.
After the shooting last night the state
ment was withdrawn from the press and
now will probably never be made public.
1t is said that the colonePs remarks in
that statement were of "a nature to burn
up the wires"
Now that the first wave of sympathy
has swept by. the politicians are regard
ing the situation with cold and practical
eyes. They realize that henceforth Col.
Roosevelt will be viewed as the martyr
They bitterly contemplate the probability
that the emotional people will overlook
the fact that he called President Taft a
receiver of stolen goods: that he likened
Representative Bartholdt to a pickpOcket:
that he denounced the members of the
national committee as pack of thieves:
that he characterized Gov. Deneen as
falsifier and a crook and attacked other
men with violent speech. -
All this. they think, will be overlooked
in the general outpouEing sympathy for
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