The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-31
0eered 40 Minutes by Prem
lied Moose at Garden, Then
Talks Half an Hour.
FAVORs HIS RIGHT ARM.
But Otherwise Shows No III
: Effects of Wound-Be As
SaSSin'S Bullet.

twelve thousand men and women
slept late--or wanted to sleep late
to-day after Witnessing Theodore
Roosevelts return to the work at
Madison Square Garden last night.
seventeen days after being shot by q
wculdbe assassin in Milwaukee. II
Dir. Roosevelt's political enterprise.
generally known as the Bull Moose
party. Is no more nearly dead than
was T. X. when he showed himself
to the screaming, buzzing, bowling.
roaring thousands who greeted him
in the Garden last night. obituaries
CT 1t las Mark Twain once said OF
somewhat too early accounts Of his
own passing) are more or less prema-
ture.
William Fl. Ho.chisiss, sometime COM
missioner OF Insurance of the State of
New York. now state Chairman OF the
Moose party. walked out on a platform
on the north side Of the great arena
md gave the thousands on the floor
and IN the four tiers of the balconies
~ chance TO wave the oandannas which
had been placed against the backs of
all the seats in the rotunda by saying
that T. r. was coming. Gov. Hiram
johnson OF California. Bull Moose can
ddate for Vice-PrcSdent. stirred things
UP some more. And then T. r. walked
q.
Madison Square Garden was never
made into . more fitting frame for .
rip-roar1nE. Stars and Stripes. hooting.
footing stir up Of political feeling. The
middle OF the roof. between the steel
Eirders, was huns with the stars Of the
American nag. each one sewn Ave feet
WIDE Of white In q blue held which
coverd tho space Of third OF the block
between Madison and Fourth avsnues.
From end to end Of the building and
from side to side. beyond the stars,
waved and nuttesed nvo foot wide red
and white bars Of tho body Of the nag.
There was . band. % It IL generally
understood. in galleries at each end Of
the building.
But from 9.15 o'clock, when Gov. John
son was interrupted by the arrival Of
Col. Roosevelt on the platform over
loohAng the great crowded oval basin.
nobody knew what the decorations were.
nobody knew there was q band.
Every eye was fixed on the sturdy
dgure Of a man who stood in the south
west corner of the box built out into
the centre OF the hall. He appeared
almost absurdly healthy for a man shot
IN the chest less than three weeks ago
In = I'm, nm "
men who had been hurried West as soon
\ Ms the news Of the attempt on his life
WAS known with tho idea that they
would be called upon to write the final
story OF Theodore Roosevelt's busy life.
SIGN OF WEAKNESS ONLY IN
FAvoRlNo RIGHT ARM.
Theodore Roosevelt stood In the mid
die OF that buzzng. shrieking. nag
waving audience for forty-hve minutes
before he had a chance 20 speak a word.
He threw up his left hand time and
again and tapped It buoyantly. almost
detiantly, every time ne caught the
glimpse OF familiar face IN the throng.
He turned every little while In that Ions
three-quarters OF an hour of cheering
and nodded reassuringly to Mrs. Roose-
Welt and 20 Mrs. Longworth and Miss
Ethel Roosevelt his daughters, as they.
by look and gesture. implored Gov.
johnson, Chairman Hotchkiss, Oscar
Stratus and others to make him cit
down and take the ovation from O
chair
But cid he sit downf He did not!
There was never moment when his
loft hand was not above his head, wig
waggirg good will night and left, follow
trys with darling motions the fash oi
nA eye as II travelled UP and down the
Tanis OF that great cheering. flag and
bandanna waving crowd.
T. Il, was the Invest thing On as live
and wild and noisy a gathering as New
York Is likely to see in many a day
ii was a meeting as free Of precedent.
e.ld routine procedure as could we'll b.
\ tnaeined. Think. for instance. OF tn,
feelings OF scribe Jared out OF hi
unat at q Roosevelt meeting by Score
tary Tom Smith OF Tammany Hall. who
nsHs vaulteI into the press seats. AND
wto RECEIVERS his balance Just In rm'
to recognize tho passing of the Hon
ONle James OF Kentucky. Senator -elec
anil chairman OF the convention which
Nominated Woodrow Wilson as the Dem
ocratlc candidate!
FORTY MINUTES OF TuMUL1
DELAYS HIS MESSAGE.
When Theodore Roosevelt entered tn
Earden ten thousand out OF the twelv
thousand in the building whispered ant