The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-10-12
TEDDY SCARS
THROUGH AIR
Colonel Roosevelt Makes Aero
plane Flight in St. Lou;s-
Finest Experience Ever.
WAVED HANDS AT CROWD
INSTEAD OF HOLDING ON
Aviator Arch Wright Gets Quick
Call When He Tells T. R. He
Would Make Good Passenger
Everybody Scared.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 11.-Theodore
Roosevelt made an aeroplane flight
today and it was the finest experience
he ever had. He travelled twice
around the aviation field in three
minutes and twenty seconds. He
waved his hand at tie crowd of
thousands on the field below. most of
whom were too dumbfounded and
frightened to move. When the ma
chine alighted easily from the start
ing place a mighty shout of applause
and relief went up.
Arch Hoxey Wright, the aviator
with whom the colonel made the
flight. said the colonel made a good
fellow passenger, but that instead Of
being afraid he was having such a
good time that Hoxey was afraid he
would fall out or interfere with the
engine. The colonel waved his hands
at the crowd below so vigorously that
Hoxey called to him, keep your
hands on the rail, colonel" Roose-
welt. who had forgotten to hold him.
self in, waved his hand once more
and then obeyed orders.
Was Big Surprise.
The coloners flight was a COM
plete surprise to everybody. Hoxey's
machine was standing just in front
of the grand stand, and Immediately
after Roosevelt left his automobile he
went across 20 examine 1t. AS he
shook hands with Hoxey the aviator
remarked:
"I'd like to have you for passen-
NJ hi
without a word. Then he began to
take off his coat.
It was tie first intlmation anyone
had that he was going to make the
trip. Governor Hadley stepped up
quickly with Scared look on his
face, and said. "Are you really going
up, Colonel"
"Of course I am" said the colonel,
and without another word took the
seat pointed to by, Hoxey.
Four national guardsbmen held tho
tailpiece until the motor was tested.
and as they released their hold the
aeroplane bounded forward over the
grass for a few yards and then lifted
its nose into the air, rising easily.
Members of the Roosevelt party
Start began a mad hunt for him.
where's Colonel Roosevelt?" they
asked.
Find Him in the Air.
up there one of the guards said,
pointing to the areoplane. The ma
chine had made the first lap of mile
and a half however before the crowd
was convinced that it was really
Roosevelt who was Hoxseys passeng-
err. At this point Roosevelt leaned
out and waved his hands at the fright
ened spectators. At the end of the
second lap Hoxsey dipped his planes
an1 :he al rOp!1ne descended easy
landing as light as feather few
rod, from the grand stand.
An Unholy Alliance.
Roosevelt characterized the demo-
cratic organization in New York as
an unholy alliance between Wall
Street and Tammany Hall here to-
night and incurred the enmity of the
democratic organization in Missouri by
calling it a party that supports special
interests and privileges. Roosevelt
also defended the position of the re-
publican party on the tariff. He did
not discuss the Payne-Aldrich bill
saying he wished to look forward not
backward.
He said the party was united on the
doctrine that tariff shall be such a.
to equalize the cost of production
here and abroad and that it should bt
regulated by a tariff commission. H,
declared that not only is the republi'
can party a believer in the protection
theory but he believes it to be over
wheImingiy the doctrine of a ma.orit!
of American people.
He said he does not believe any
great section of the American people
at present advocate free trade or tar
iff for revenue only. He said unde
the present system of tariff revisions
it is impossible to secure satisfactor!
results. He declared that tariff
commission composed of expert
should be provided for and this com
mission should be equipped for Sc
curing accurate data to present t.
congress.
He also advises that the commissio,
take up certain portions of the tariff
separately, SO each schedule can b.
revised without regard to any .othe
consideration than the justice of tina
particular case. This he said woul,
prevent afvoritism and log rolling an
also prevent the far reaching disturb
ance to business that always accom-
panies a general revision of the tariff
Roosevelt also declared that the com
mission or some other government
body should be given power to at an
time investigate conditions in any par
ticular industry to see whether work
ingmen do actually get the benefit
the tariff is primarily created to give
1t was Col. Roosevelts first speec
in the present campaign. The grea
coliseum was crowded with a thron
that frequently cheered him. Colone
Roosevelt concluded his speech with
vigorous denunciation of the demo