The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-29
Starting from Chicago the Morning of
Oct. 10, the Itinerary VIII
Wind I'D at Evansville.
IN INDIANAPOLIS ON OCT. II
VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
VII SPEAK IN AFTERNOON.
Prominent Speakers VIII BE on the
Train-Meetings i'm This City
Political Gossip. 4

The final arrangements are practically
complete for Governor Roosevelts three
days tour of Indiana on Oct. 10. IL and L.
The Governor Will arrive in Chicago from
st. Louis about s o'clock the morning OF
Oct. 10. and the special train provided for
his Indiana trip will leave Chicago over
the Monon about thirty-five minutes later.
Governor Roosevelt will travel in the pri-
vate car. Minnesota, In which he is now
touring the country. The special train will
consist of two sleepers and a dining car,
in addition to the Roosevelt car.
The train will be in charge of Harry S.
New. of the Republican national committee.
Other w%eIl-known Republicans of the State
will be on the train at different times dur
ing the trip. Among them will be Senators
Fairbanks and Beverage. Governor Mount.
Representatives Overstreet. Cromer, Steele,
Lands and Hemenway. Charles l.. Jewett,
Capt. w. Z. English, Addison C. Harris.
Col. w. t. Durbin and Messrs. r. o. Haw-
kins. Eugene Bundy and Joseph B. Healing,
of the state committee. Col. Curtis Guild,
of Boston. who is now travelling with Gov
ernor Roosevelt, will be with him on the
trip through Indiana. John Proctor Clark.
of New York. who has also been travelling
with Governor Roosevelt, has returned
East.
HAMMOND FIRST.
Leaving Chicago about S:35 o'clock the
morning of Oct. 10, the special train will
proceed to Hammond via the Mohon, where
the first stop in Indiana will be made. La
fayette will be the next point where Gov
ernor Roosevelt will speak. and there the
special will be transferred to the L. e. &
w. road and will proceed to Frankfort. At
Frankfort there will be a Roosevelt dem
cnstration, and from that city the Van
dalia line will carry the special to Logans-
port. Here the Wabash road will take
charge of the train, and Governor Roose-
velt's next speeches will be made at Peru,
Wabash Huntington and Fort Wayne. The
first days trip will end at Fort Wayne, and
a night demonstration will be held there.
Governor Roosevelt's first speech ON Oct. IL
will be made at Marion. to which point the
special will be taken during the night of
the 10th. The Marion meeting will be held
in the morning. the train leaving there at
$3.50 o'clock over the Big Four road. Stops
will be made at Paramount, Alexandria,
Anderson, Muncie. Winchester and Rich
mond. The train will arrive at Richmond
S0OIylV aIItT noon. fIOiI IAlClliliOIlu lAlC
train will proceed to Indianapolis over the
Panhandle Railway, arriving here about 4
o'clock. Governor Roosevelt VIII speak
soon after the arrival OF the train In In
dianapolis. The party will spend the night
here, and in the evening there will be a big
demonstration by the Rough Riders of the
county and other marching clubs. Governor
Roosevelt will not speak In the evening. but
may review the parade. The county COM
mittee announces that his speech In the
afternoon will be made either in the court
house or Statehouse yards. This matter or
detail will be arranged the FIRST OF next
week.
The morning of Oct. II. the last day of
the Indiana tour, the special will leave
over the Vandalia line, stopping at Plain
field. Greencastle, Brazil and Terre Haute.
Then by the Southern Indiana. the L. & ",
and e. & T. H. lines, the train will proceed
to Evansville. with stops at Linton. Vim
cennes and Princeton. The days speech
making will close at Evansville with a
night meeting. The tour of the State will
also conclude at Evansville, and Governor
Roosevelt will be delivered to the Ken
lucky Republicans at Henderson. The first
day the trip through Kentucky will open
at Henderson, on the morning of Oct. ID.
The meeting at Lafayette will be- a noon
meeting, and after the special has left the
city Senator Beveridge will address the
crowds. The only night meetings that will
be held will be at Fort Wayne and Evans
Vile. The Terre Haute meeting will also be
a noon affair. The State committee has
arranged TO have John l. Griffiths speak
at Richmond on the day of the Roosevelt
demonstration there. The ounty commit
tees in the different counties where Gov
ernor Roosevelt will make daylight speeches
have promised to have platforms erected
directly adjacent TO the stopping places.
The night meetings will be held indoors.
Those who nave arranged for Governor
Roosevelt's trip regret that his itinerary
could not include many more stops. APP
plications were made to have the train
stop az almost every station along the
route from Chicago TO Evansville. Harry
S New, of the national executive COM
mittee. says ii was impossible to increase
the number of stopping places. after the
committee had taken into consideration the
limited time allotted to Indiana for Gov
ernor Roosevelt's trip and the distance 10
be covered in the three days. An effort
was made to accommodate as many points
In the State az p0ssible