Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-21
CoIonel's Spectacular Arrival
Causes Excitement in Ch cage.
HOT SPEECH FROM BALCONY
Tells Crowd in Street That the Rob-
sers Won't Wn-Meets Mob In
Station-PoIice Swept Off
their Feet by Throng.

Wnen hOOSeNelt train plOWeu lulo
the she'd Despite the boulder on the
track near Tarrytown, which delayed
his train an hour, Roosevelt luck held
good and the train pulled in one minute
ahead of time. AS the Colonel, wear
ing his new fighting hat, &C : promise
between the sombrero and a rough
riders headgear, appeared, he was
cheered by the crowd of his support
ers and admirers. The hat was in the
air throughout the automobile ride
from the station to the Congress Ho-
tel Alexander Revell, Roosevelt cam
paign worker, was the first to shake
the Colonels hand. Then Senator
Dixon, Roosevelt manager, was given
a double handshake by his chief, and
they walked down the trainshed arm
in arm, guarded in front and rear by
squads Of police.
Mrs. Roosevelt was lost in the shuf-
he at the station She became separ-
ated from the main party, escorted
only by former Governor Pest, of Por-
to Rico. They secured the last of the
automobiles and went up back street
to the hotel.
Colonel Roosevelt appeared to be in
fine fettle and to thoroughly enjoy be-
ing on the battle ground in person. 1t
was frankly acknowledged that long
distance telephoning and telegraphing
had tried the candidates patience.
His reception here was all that he
could have desired. The streets from
the station to the hotel were lined
with people and many hundreds of the
more enthusiastic among the admirers
crowded about the automobile, making
progress both slow and dangerous to
the unheeding pedestrians. Colonel
Roosevelt stood up in his machine dur
ing the entire distance, waving his hat
and smiling in characteristic fashion
to the right and left.
The ex-President had not been in the
building 10 minutes before he deliver
ed a speech from the balcony of the
hotel to the expectant thousands be-
low him. One burst of applause after
another followed iris thIusts. HeNsaid
again that he was leading the peoples.
fight and that the only hope of the
country lay in him.
Theft won't win" That was the
burden of the address.
The speech lasted 10 or Is minutes.
That was long enough TO show the
candidate that the crowd was with
him, whoever the convention might be
for.
1t was undoubtedly triumphal en-
try which the candidate made into the
convention city. Just how the people
could have more emphatically express
ed their preference is hard to see.
With all the contests before the ma
tional committee decided, the most
authoritative statements OF the
strength of the candidates before the
balloting began, was as follows:
Taft. SAT; Roosevelt, 479; La Fol-
lette, Sc; Cummins, 10; Hughes, 4;
Lincoln, 2.
The National Committee finished
with the contests involving the seats
of 254 delegates. giving 26 in Texas.
20 in Virginia, IA in Washington and
in the District of Columbia to Taft
and in Texas and in North Caro-
lima to Roosevelt. In all Taft got 234
delegates and Roosevelt 20,
The Roosevelt managers are con-
ducting a vigorous campaign to swing
the sixty-six Southern negro delegates
who hold the balance Of power from
! Taft to the Colonel.
The greatest speakers of the negro
race are exerting all their powers or
eloquence at mass meetings in Roose-
yelt's behalf and the Colonel is gaining
strength hourly.
Charles w. Anderson, colored. Of
| New York, internal revenue collector
is in Chicago working for Taft among
| the negro delegates.
Tafts friends claimed $50 delegates
sure for the President. Conservative
Roosevelt men conceded 535 to Taft.
Advices received from Washington
say that Sherman is willing to accept
denomination as Vice President on the
| Taft ticket.
In the event of the split of the col
ored delegates, the balance of power
| is in the hands of Robert NJ. La Fol
| lette, who controls twenty-six votes
;Nsolutely.
Ten delegates. five from Georgia
and five from Mississippi, Hoped to
| Roosevelt, making difference OF
twenty votes in the estimates of ma
| jorities.
Scores of delegations arrived in
| special trains and streets and hotels
| filed with excited throngs accom-
panied by bands and quartets.
| Governors of five states and repre-
sentatives of eight others gave what
| is considered a practical notice that
their organizations will bolt Taft.
William H. Hotchkiss, former Super
intendent of Insurance in New York,
appeared in Chicago to boost the SEN