The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-27
CHICAGO GIVES ]. R.
R|P-R0AR|AG T|ME|
Remarkable Demonstration. lasting
Imrty-four Minutes, Is In
ttIlged In.
STRENUOUS ONE VERY HAPPY.
Grins, Sig-Steps and Performs Other
Distinctly Roosevcltian stunts,
Which Causes the Noise to Keep
Going.

NHicaSo, OCT. Z6.-Out to meet tne
labor vote In Its own backyard on the
Adamson law issue. Theodore Roose-
welt was the object tonight of the most
remarkable demonstration ever seen
outside of national convention.
For thirty-four minutes $4,000 per-
sons in the International Ampitheater
| at the Stock Yards howled, sang and
waved flags while the Colonel, enjoy
| ing every moment Of the tumult
grinned and waved a flag. sang and
did a few jig steps, sat down and
stood up again, and suggested tunes
for the band.
Just seven days previously. to the
hour, Woodrow Wilson had stood
whore Roosevelt stood last night and
was cheered eight minutes.
When Charles, Evans Hughes spoke
at the Coliseum several weeks ago the
applause that greeted him lasted Ave
minutes. Every person in the great
hall had been provided with a small
flag. When the colonel appeared. the
racket began. with Medill Mccormick
aid Mayor Thompson acting as CHIEF
cheer leaders.
When the yelling had been on ten
minutes. Mrs. Ida Wright, past presi-
dent of the ladies of tho @. A. r.. sen,
her flag up to the colonel. He waved
it joyously in time with the music.
The Big Stick.
At the end of seventeen minutes
Medill Mccormick handed the colonel
a huge stuffed club. lettered. 'Roose-
velts big stick"
The colonel waved that, too. A
woman sent up a sprig of green. The
colonel tucked it into his lapel,
There's nothing yellow about that
stick ~ Shonted aoVne one in the audi
ence, and the colonel shook 1t aloft.
At twenty six inmates he asked the
band to play Garry owen" and when
it complied and encored with Wear
ing of the Green" he tried few
fancy steps.
The bowling even continued when
Conductor We'll took a chance on
"Lieber Augustine"
Colonel Roosevelt also spoke to A.
900 women in the Auditorium this
afternoon. Also there was a trium-
phal procession from the train to the
hotel with hat-doffing to sidewalk
crowds
Mauls Hyphen.
In his speeches the colonel nauled
the hyphen. scoffed at "too proud TO
fight" ridiculed anti-suffrage argu-
ments, urged support of Hughes and
condemned the "terrorzing' OF Con-
gress by the President in the passage
of the Adamson law.
Strangest OF the demonstrations tha'
greeted him, and one that probably
will give Democratic managers rea'
son to revise their calculations OF g
big feminine vote for Wilson. devel
oped at the women's meeting. Bar
ring the polite welcoming cheer. thu
first real applause good, solid spon
| taneous outburst-cane when the
colonel. in his knocking falsetto, re
peated: He kept US out of war" HI
told them he intended to make thu
same appeal to the patriotism OF thu
women as he made to men. The wo
Ekerchiefs again.
| Il am not going to make an appea
| to what | might call the early Vic
torian maiden aunts." said the colonel
and the women gave him more ap
| plause.
And as he went down the line will
reminders that the "Star-Spanglet
| Banner" and America" were each
written about a generation Of Ameri
cans that was not too proud to fight
and that washington's mother hat
not said, safety first, George" the
J applause swelled In volume.
| occasionally women sHouteu com
| ment from the audience. When the
Colonel, discussing the troops on the
border, said: Heaven knows what
they are there for" woman inter.
rupted him with: Wilson didn't want
| them to vote" IT was going to be
more chartta bic. answered the
| Colonel
K One attempt at heckltng was made
Roosevelt had said he would fight al
the drop of the hat" in certain cir.
cumstances How about Hughes
what would Hughes dor" demanded 6
| female voice.
Mr.. Hughes can be trusted to keeI
! his word" snapped Roosevelt, "Wher
Mr.. Hughes says he would not submi
to any deeds as the sinking of the
Lusitania. or the killing of our citizens
! in Mexico. he means what he says"