WHY THERE WERE NO INTERRUPTIONS.
Mr. Roosevelt, in his autobiography, relates that when he was nominated for vice-president he addressed a meeting in one of the States of the high plains in the Rocky Mountains. Bryan was the favourite there. The audiences were rough and troublesome. At the end Mr. Roosevelt remarked with pride to the chairman :— "I held that audience well. There wasn't an interruption." To which the chairman replied :— "Interruption ? Well, I guess not ! Seth had sent round word that if any son of a gun peeped he'd kill him."... Seth had been sitting behind Mr. Roosevelt with a gun on each hip, his arms folded, looking at the audience, fixing his gaze with instant intentness on any section of th« ho- se from which there came ao much as a whisper.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 30 October 1914, Page 2
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