The sun., 1900-10-06
ROOSEVELT VERY H0ARSE.
SOME MEETINGS HE WAS 10 sPkhh
AT MAY DE GIVEN UP'
Saver. strain on His voice Caused BY His
Campaign work In Nebraska ana kansas
a Great crowd at Ills First heehnH !"
iou,zH 600 for Mckinley In the state.

Iowa-5S.OOO for Mckinley In the STATE
pocvIs,.,vr IN .Oct.b.-Goy. Shaw, Speaker
o.,,d.r.,,,, a,d other prominent Iowa Republic
cans met Gov Roosevelt to-day at Waterloo
WHARF his frat speech was made IN Iowa. for
the frat time, too, Gov, Roosevelt FOUND MN
,elf doing the sort Of work he undertook "Eeh
he agreed 10 go upon the stump IN the Nest.
When he left Detroit on sept. be looked ior-
ward 10 one speech each night In some large
city and 10 ar afternoon speech or TWO "herc
conditions seemed to call for it
A, ,bs very start In Michigan. perfectly
.o,a st,,s he was called upon TO make as many
,ne4cbs. M he made during his campaign Tor
noysrnor in New York in 1908 Then he en-
tsrsd tbs s,rongholds OF Popullsm and saw
,bat frcauent stops and direct appeals TO the
raopls from him would do a great deal more
GOOD than tho wide publication In the news
ranars OF q few speeches made at big towns
and cltIeA and so he undertook the work laid
down for him by the state Committees The
task required OF him became greater ana
sreater until the Kansans In their zeal TO roll
I'D the majority which they are quite sure their
state will give the Republican ticket required
OF him thirty-siN speeches In two days on an
itinerary 90 Vering more than thousand miles
Of dusty, throat-rrtating travelling
The Nebraska trip was easier. but Il gave him
no rest or chance 10 recuperate To-day his
voice Is painfully husky and II Is quite clear
that there Is now imminent danger that the
number OF speeches he il expected TO make
in Illinois and Iowa may have 10 he curtalled'
and IL ia even possible that whole days en-
gaRements may have 10 he cancelled to give
him a chance 70 renew his strength OF voice
Gov. Roosevelt, Speaker Henderson, Gov
Shaw and Senator Do!liver addressed the
ton pr nftRaD
thousand people in the public square in front
OF the stand on which they stood. Far
beyond the limits Of actual audience
could be seen the streams OF people
pouring up and down the streets
uneosily. because they knew that they
could not hear the speaker comfortably
and the best they hoped for was 10 get look
at Theodore Roosevelt. There could he no
better indication Of the number Of outsiders in
town than the signs advertising improvised
eating houses There was hardly a church in
the city that did not bear placards feet high
and 10 feet long with the words, Meals. IS
csnts" Nearly every window had It's portrait
OF one or the other Of the Republican candidates
In front Of tho hardware stores there we're tin
dinner pals, feet long by feet across The
whole look Of the town was Of a community
that had given itself up to the festytty of the
II was twilight when the train ran into Cedar
Rapids The meeting there was 70 be held In |
A park beside the track When the train slid |
out OF the grimy railroad yard from between |
long strings OF freight trains and excursion |
trains, Joint evidences ,oi prosperity and The |
llke an army Of tens Of thousands !
came swoOping across N" grass toward |
-esse, and men with their coat, on their arms !
and other men perspiring in campaign uniforms |
came sweeping along IN swinging INES right |
here and a shout there from the colored por- |
tiers sent them swerving down on the Mime |
sofa. When they were compactly gathered |
there Il was seen that the number wa, not |
nearly great a. II had seemed when they |
were spread ont over the park Al the same |
time there we're not less dian 1000 Of them
sluad Of police cleared space of forty |
frnt around the rear platform Of the car to |
allow the speakers to olight and thon found |
Loud and gJOd-natur"d calls for help brought |
q company Of shirt-wast men 10 the Rescue.
red and white shirts that were much too large
for them, and white duck Trousers. They
proved, however. t. be such efficient aide- TO
the police that Col. Roosevelt and his colleagues
were ahle TO reach the speakers stand
The committee had, distinguished itself
by keeping itself and all other persons Of tho
seen from every part of the park. lie was
so holrse that he was unlble 20 make his voice
audible 70 more than halt the audience. lie
the Congressman whose deciding vote had
made MI Henderson Speaker was MI curtin.
man Of Indian descent and he used this fact To
Illustrate the ability Of the United States To ah-
-Orb foreign I'll ments into their populait and
TO confer upon them the privilege Of the ballot
chen tho proper time came, assimilation. hs
said, had made thi' man Of Indian blood NJ Ia
make the wi-e~t possible use Of his vote Gov.
Iowa would soc 10 II that Mr Henderson was
returned 10 Congres and that he hoped that
Congress would this year elect him for itS
Speaker by so many votes hat there would be
no question OF tiQlng vote
=, A meeting was also held at Liberty, Falls,
5oT Ia and ROCK Isand @ HI Hr nst m @cros. osNt the
river Al both meetings which were very
arge Gov, Roosevelt spoke very briefly. Tho
meetings for tomorrow, including the mass
meeting AZ the Coliseum IN Chicago
NJ schneider, the National Committeeman
critical condition II GOV. Roosevclts voice,
has gone ahead 10 Chicago to advise that tho
'eries Of meetings. which has been advertised
Detween Chicago and ~. Louis on Monday,
IhAl be cancelled. so that Gov. Roosevelt may
lave an unbroken rest Of seventy-two hours
National COMMITTEEMAN F =. Hart Of Iowa
las been much peased with what he has seen
n northern Iowa He has Just returned ne / from from
TIP through the southern part Of the State
A careful poll OF the State convinoe- me
hat Mckinley's plurality will he not less than
500 The basis Of this increase Is the change
4 farmer votes from Bryan 10 Mckinley Most
soc: but the high prices Of hogs. cattle and
orn and the easy condition OF the money mar |
et FOR the past three years have convinced the |
a-mers that the present Administration Is |
rood enough. There j. no issue in this cam
raiCn in Iowa but Prosperity. Imperialism,
n'arism and the trusts seem 10 have sunk |
iut ~ sight.
The percentage Of foreign mortgages has
,ean reduced 20 per cent within three years |
he rate of interest on mortgages outstand- |
nc has been reduced 70 3 per cont. from and
per cent Instead Of mortgagns their farms
. stave Of bankruptcy, the farmers are now
borrowing money 20 enlarge and extend their /
nrming business.