The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

Made Talks at Several FONTS
m His Tour Through This
State
uuV SPECIE r GREENSBORO

WAIS d LIAA jaw
IT, said II He is Nominated He VIII
Come to the South in an Effort to
Win IL Over-Had Rain on Most
~ His Trip. But Was Greeted at
Greensboro by About 5000 Per-
son>-Madc Short Talks at New
ton. Hickory. Salisbury, and Thorn
asville.
Greensboro, n. G.. April EFF Col
mel Roosevelt gains the nomination
for President. he will come to the
south. he said to-day, in an effort to
ain II over He made a claim TO the
support Of Democrats. as we'll as Re-
nublicans. and said that he would en-
bark upon a determined campaign to
break up the solid South"
i have the right to the support
n every heir to the Jacksonian Dem
ocracy." he said in his speech here
II am fighting for the principles, in
which the great bulk Of the people
am goinS to see to it that they are
kept away from me only by a name.
| am going to Sc etc ii that they are
not kept away by a mere name.
shall fight. so that they will vote the
way they feel, and when | fight,
fight
In another part of his speech he
said
When | am nominated I'll do my
best 10 get the old Tar Heel State 4"
Colonel Roosevelt announced his
decision, after making his appeal in
two Southern States for support in
his campaign for the Presidential
nomination. He said that his recep-
ton in Arkansas on Saturday, and
in North Carolina to-day, had pleased
him greatly.
The Colonel arrived at Asheville,
n c., in the early morning, in the
midst of a downpour of rain, which
continued most of the time while he
was on the way to Greensboro. De-
spite the storm, he was met by crowds
at a number of stations. He made
several brief speeches from his train
The rain had ceased when he
reached Greensboro, and he delivered
bis speech from the wide veranda of
an old Southern mansion, which
stands near the center of the city.
Senator Dixon, his campaign man
ager, introduced him to the crowd,
which had gathered on the green be-
fore him. The Senator said that the
North Carolina Republicans had TAX
en- sides with Roosevelt early in the
campaign, and that they did not
hace to get their hands full of splin-
ters in climbing over the tail-board
of the band-wagon.
Colonel Roosevelt responded in his
speech, by saying that, with the Sen
atOr as manager, he knew that mot
one thing would be done in the cam
paign that l would fear to haveE ex-
posed in the open light"
Campaign in South.
After declaring his intention of
coming into the South with his cam
paign, if he were nominated, Colonel
Roosevelt said that he was relying
for his support upon the plain peo-
pie. That's the only chance l have"
he continued. Il have nobody with
me but the people. Wherever the
people are allowed to express their
preference by voting, w will win, nine
times cut of ten. In Pennsylvania
and Illinois the people had such an
opportunity and they haven't got
through counting the majorities yet. y
After making his speech, Colonel
Roosevelt was taken to the State Nor
nal College, an institution for young
women. His audience consisted of
700 girls. The Colonel said that he
did not want to make a conventional
speech about the duties of the young
women, because they probably knew
more about that than he did. 81
don't feel so much at home in talk
ing to girls as | would be if you were
boys he said. "You know l was
once son myself" He explained his
conception of the proper education
for young women, saying he believed
That with the purely cultural courses
there should be combined more of the
work which would result in an in
crease in efficiency. Hereafter it
won't be said," he added, that a
girl isn't much good around the house
because she has been to college,"
Greeted by 1000 Persons at Hickory.