The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-11
DAY In INDIANA
GOVERNOR RoosEvELT's MEETINGS
BEFORE VISITING FORT WAYNE.
vice Presidential Candidate Greeted
by Big Crowds at All Points
Where His Train stopped.
FIRST SPEECH AT HAMMOND
WHERE THE SPECIAL TRAIN AR
RIVED HALF AN HOUR LATE.
Addresses mt Monon, Lafayette,
Frankfort, LOgansport, Peru,
wabash and Huntington.
SEVERAL STREET PARADEs
In WHICH THOUSANDS OF ROUGH
RIDERS PARTICIPATED.
Intended for Bryan-Feature OF
Day Demonstrations.
Addresses mt Monon, Lafayette,
Frankfort, Logansport, Peru,
wabash and Huntington.
SEVERAL STREET PARADEs
IN WHICH THOUSANDS OF ROUGH
RIDERS PARTICIPATED.
Cow Punchers' Story with q Moral
Intended for Eryan-Feature Of
Day Demonstrations.
peclal to the Indianapolis Journal.


FORT WAYNE, Ind. Oct 10.-The first
step made by the Roosevelt train in In
diana to-day was at Hammond, the Monon
special arriving there a little after 10
o'clock, more than a half hour behind
schedule time. The train was late in leav-
ing the Polk-street depot in Chicago on
account of the failure of Governor Rose
velts car to arrive on time from East
st. Louis. The Indiana special was due to
leave Chicago at S:S5. but it was after
when 1t got away. The train consisted of
Governor Roosevelts car, the Minnesota,
attached to the rear OF the special; another
Pullman, reserved for reception commit
tees from various points; dining car and
Pullman coach occupied by newspaper
men Of which there were many. Governor
Roosevelt's immediate party consisted os
himself, Col. Curtis Guild, jr., of Boston;
who was intimately associated with the
colonel during the war in Cuba, and
National Committeeman Kerens. Mrs.
Chaffee. wife of Gen. Adna r. Chaffee
who is now in China, and her sister, Mrs.
Clark, and husband, of Kansas City, who
came with Governor Roosevelt from East
st. Louis, left the party in Chicago.
The Indiana special was in charge of
Harry s. New, member of the national
executive committee. Among those on the
train when 1t left Chicago were Senator
Fairbanks, Governor James A. Mount.
Colonel w. Il. Durbin, Admiral George
Brown, Perry S. Heath secretary of
the Republican national committee, Repre-
scntatives Overstreet, Crumpacker and
Landis, Capt. w. E. English, Col. Charles
l.. Jewett, Judge Eugene III. Bundy. Roscoe
o. Hawkins, Joseph B. Healing, III. W. Ben
nett. Daniel NJ. Ransdell, John w. Baker,
and W. III. Kniseley, of Columbia City;
Dewitt c. Justice, of Logansport and John
Barrett, ex-minister to Siam. To Daniel
M. Ransdell, sergeant-at-arms of the
United States Senate, was delegated the
task Of keeping inquisitive people who
had no particular business there. out Of
Governor Roosevelt's car, and Mr.. Ransdell
had busy day of it.
committee of Hammond citizens, COM
posed of E. z. Towle, X H. Bell, w. w.
Smith. A. NJ. Turner and w. H. Gosnell
went to Chicago early in the morning to
meet Governor Roosevelt. On the way to
Hammond the train was greeted with a
crowd of people at the Hedgewich car
works and they cheered as the train
passed.
FIRST SPEECH AT HAMMOND.
When the train drew into Hammond
and stopped at the Hohman-street cross
ing, Governor Roosevelt was greeted by
cheers from thousands of patriotic In
dianians. It was estimated that 5000 peo-
pie were waiting for the arrival of the
train. People were there from all over
Lake county and from adjoining counties
| A company of mounted Rough Riders, un-
| der command of Captain NJ. Towle, es-
| corted Governor Roosevelt in a carriage
| to Central Park, block or two distant
| A Gordon of Rough Riders on foot formed
| about the carriage and kept the crowd
back. Governor Roosevelt spoke from a
| prettily decorated stand i'm Central Park
| He was introduced by v. S. Reiter. chair
| man Of the Lake county Republican COM
| mittee. The Governors speech was brief
| He contrasted the good times of to-day
with the souphouse period that prevailed
| a few years ago. His remarks were re-
ceived with enthusiasm. Mayor Dunlap.
of Anderson. addressed the audience after
| Governor Roosevelt's departure.
| The special train was not scheduled to
stop at Rensselaer,. but a big crowd had
District Chairman Mccoy introduced Gov
| ernor Roosevelt There were between $500
and 1900 people at the station, among
them many school children. who cheered
| the vice presidential candidate. AS the
| train left. the people clung to the Gov
ernor's car in an effort to grasp his hand.
TRIBUTE TO ADMIRAL BROWN.
| There was a large crowd at Monon, and
| it was decided to stop the train there for
few minutes. Representative Crum-
packer introduced Governor Roosevelt, who
| spoke briefly from the rear of his car.
saying:
II am very glad you are TO be addressed
| tonight by a gentleman who has come
| with me, Mr.. John Barrett, our former
minister to Siam. He was appointed To
| that post by President Cleveland he has
| been a lifelong Democrat: he has never
/ voted anything but the Democratic ticket,
but he is with US this year. [Cheersl He
| is an American first [cheersl and a party
| man afterward Another example of the
| same patriotic spirit is shown by Admiral
| Charles Brown. who has always been a
| Democrat, but who Is with US on this train
| because we stand for the honor of the
| flag, in whose defense his life has been
| spent
| AS the train pulled out Governor Roose-
Welt drew Admiral Brown TO the platform
| and introduced him to the audience Mr..
| Barrett was lett at Monon to deliver an
address in the afternoon. En- route from
Chicago Mr.. Barrett conversed with Gov
| ernor Roosevelt for more than an hour,
discussing the situation in the Philippines.
Mr. Barrett. in few days. will leave for
the Pacific coast, where he viii speak until
the end of the campaign II spent sew