New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
HOWARD SURE OF WEST.
GENERAL TELLS OF Ihif'
Declares Enthusiasm for RooseVeH
Is almost UniUersat-

.Toio- c,oal oliver Otis Howard. United states
Army Cetired). is the guest OF Mr anu 4n.S, - -,
lam Willard Howard at their summer - -
Huntington Bay. General Howard mas 80
turned from an extended trip through the VEST"
States, in which he was the principal spees p.s -
number of large and enthusiastic pGehe n'ess
favOring the election of Roosevelt ana a'i O1"A
General Howard Is apparently as vigorous anu 7'
tive now as he was when, at thirty-four years oA
age he was commander of the l46.SeV'men OF t,e
Army and Department of Tennesses ana coihinaN c,
ed the right wing of sherman's army on the inarcN
through Georgia. General Howard Is the sole SUI
v,vor of the small group OF great generals WHO
commanded large independent armies IN the W. W
War He will be seventy-fOur years ola on neat
Election Day. ,,,.~s
found everywhere ample evidence OF the great pros
perity OF the country and or determlnau0n "
continue in power the political party under whicil
this prosperity has been made possioie'' ne '@'N
tonight to a Tribune correspondents
Things are going only way: The people nave ave
prosperity In abundance and from ~ wHa to nroonS
6lf TO 2o"Sefpy sse Gp my Nowhere d see signs % hard
times poverty Any man who wants 10 W1rS b Sa Sa,
anything sell sell II at s9DS pr1Gg; ror cron
crops this year will T be be with good
good markets and good wages the people snJW 1ns
uncertainties and business depression OF Demo
cranS anon ali Classes of men in West and es
pecally among the younger ana more eIIet
for the election OF President Roosevelt The West-
ern people have sincere admiration for tns s,il Sl,
ability Of the President They feel that in his his
hSGs the peopie along the broad highway OF prosperity
and s9Sd & be seemed H With exact justice
APPROVAL is WIDESPREAD.
Nv observattons Of the conditions and sentiments
| In the West extended through several states
Went to Missouri spegding some days days n1eT In the
| body's mind seemed 10 be the fair. One OF my
beeB fsRd scb s he You'd key be elected in spite
OF any efforts that the Republicans might De & a0Ie
self had promised 70 vote for Folk because Of this his
prosecution Of grafters 0thsF snd still
| believe that II q reasonable EFFORT were made Sy
fae P"TS sy TO b Carried for
Every man saw was & GusPokeR IN nS and
his marvellous executive ability
In Minnesota there is. Of course no divided sen
Ambitious young men here and there .f W!sn &c ~,
the state will strongly Republican on national
Warsaw Ill, built near the site 9t E.v261 old
in the regular army. during the Indian war turned
out a gala day crowd. which gathered In great
| numbers from far and near. What Impressed ny:
in central Missouri s,s5 ,Io in s5 oa. aT6 %
n every Paee, ,b Sha Itrkin eTdence Of prosperity
surely the people are wen 20 dc and happy ~ as 3
public and ye5erans Of & the frepd%shiP % o. 5 5ae
formiv sTmpathetIc With the patriotic men Of my
time and showed them how he had done all that
he e9aq Had nd12es IN 1hsT hnTdsh IN th Spanish war the
responses were loud and strong.
PEOPLE BELIEVE IN ROOSEVELT.
Whatever may be the merits of other candidates
for the Presidency. and however strong may os
the party feeling Of silver men. Populists ano
Western Democrats. thing is certain-that the
people generally believe In the honesty. integrity
and remarkable executive ability OF Theodore
The conditions and prevailing sentiments IN
Keokuk and Cedar Rapids Iowa and in Omaha
Neb were practically repetitions OF those ALREADY
In Colorado found the labor question the para
mount local issue. In Denver I called on Cover
! nor Peabody and obtained from him clear knOwl
edge OF the events that had made necessary the
OF the National Guard. When officials aFs
bought up frightened into absolute paralysis
/ and even the local courts are unable to do any
blow up house after house OF those whom they be
Neve TO be In favor Of law and order. and work
ingmen themselves and their families slain n
/ "A railroad station by the sk'ful use OF dynamite
then there is question OF what TO do. Governor
/ Peabody Is the kind OF man To take executive
action when such awful conditions confront him
At Golden. Col. spoke 10 the studepts. officer
/ and teachers OF the Colorado Mining University
( and also the citizens. / did best 20 presen
10 the Young men examples OF mnnliness. choosing
like Grant and Lincoln and others wit
to show what n leader Of young have 20
day in the Executive chair. l cannot help wonder
ing how truthful opponents can say such thing
as they do Of hlm-a full Of animation an
energy and vet so tender and kind to every na
with whom he comes in daily contact; but parti
sanship Will impute evil selfish motive to IN
= best things that good man car do
The same feeling with regard 20 prosperity cam
over me here. elsewhere In the West Men as
D sured me Of thing which had not dreamed @
r before. which is that the agricultural products G
which are vast except where2he have bee
a parav2ed by recent rtOtous demonstrations.