The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-08-26


the days work. AS the expression
entened, he was cheered ans
l"America" was sung. with the back
ling of a regimental band. Breakfas
was expeditiousy served. as Their,
Twas less than an hour before IN,
scheduled time of Mr.. Roosevel's de
parture for Chicago
Greets Politicians.
The presence OF Fred Greiner, Re
publican leader of Erie county. was
generally commented upon.
Among those who got an especially
hearty greeting from Mr.. Roosevelt
was "Tony" Gavin. Buffalo police.
man, formerly a Rough Rider. The
colonel shook his hand across the
table and said some pleasant things
in which the words bully, glad to
see you" occurred.
Mr.. Roosevelt made good use OF
the fifteen minutes available for his
remarks. The men who heard him
noted his earnestness in dealing with
the subject OF crookedness and graft
ing and who frequently broke In
with sharp applause, had in mind his
Expressions with the past few days
to the effect that they will have all
the fight they want"
Mr.. Roosevelt first dwelt on a sub
ject OF particular local interest-the
necessity OF preserving unpolluted
"the wonderful fresh water supply
OF the Great Lakes"
I'VE claim TO be a civilized peo-
lple," he said. CAS- such we ought 20
be able to dispose of our sewage
without putting It into our drinking
water.
Estate and nation must combine In
preventing fu Their contamination
and In making the purity Of lake wa
ter az absolute as possible. SO also
!, in the fields of morals. public apd
ldOmeTtic." he continued, there mus,
be no pollution at the sources"
This led naturally TO his grlmly
earnest expression OF intention to
seek out and bring to accounting
sraIteEs, Dig ana Nttle.
Attack All Crookedness.
"Distrust however," he said. "inau
ciers. who only can see crookedness
in grating small politicians and
grating leaders; dlstrust also those
who can see II only in the fnanciers
You must attack a man because he's
crooked. II poor and crooked. at
tack him. IL rich and crooked, at
tack him. In fact. attack the rich
crook a trifie stronger. Yes. | will
put it-attack him very strongly"
The gathering OF people at the sta
ton had been considerably augment
ed during the hour. Standing on the
rear platform OF his car, Mr.. Roose-
Welt waved his hat as the train pulled
out westward shortly after 1880.
When Col. Roosevelt appeared on
the rear end platform at Dunkirk, n.
Y, he was met by large gathering
OF railroad men. Within fifty feet
of his car an engine was blowing on
steam. 81 can't talk against that, %
protested Col. Roosevelt, noddlng to-
ward the locomotive. The man on
the engine said he could not stop the
noise and the colonel attempted to
deliver a brief address.
IL have always admired the rail-
road men, because they have certain
qualities / like to think OF as OF cap
ital to Americans They know how
to act. each for himself and also in
combination. They know how to
work. They know. too, the odds and
how to act individually. The aver
age American in our industrial, po-
liticaI and social life must show
these traits"
The constant noise OF the steaming
locomotive made speaking very DIN
cult for the colonel, who again pro-
tested.
at Is really an outrage" he de-
clared. II cannot talk to that engine. "
Then he told the crowd that an en-
CINE was "the only thing he could
not talk against" and the train
moved of. as some OF the men shout
ed. do them up in the convention,
Teddy" Col Roosevelt smiled broad
ly, but made no reply.
Fully 5000 persons greeted Col.
Roosevelt when his special train ar
rived in Erie at $3.50 a. m. The col
onel spoke briefly. chiefly along the
lines Of the earlier speech made at
Buffalo regarding pure water in the
Great Lakes cities.
He was met at Dunkirk by a recep
ticn committee from Erie, consisting
of Congressman Arthur l.. Bates,
Hon. Frank ID. Schultz, president Of
the chamber OF commerce; Hon X
C. Sturgeon, president of the board
OF trade. and William b. Trask.
Congressman Bates was a member
of the lower house during the seven
and one-half years that Roosevelt
was president, and a long consulta-
tion was held in the private car as
the ira inrushed through the North
western Pennsylvania grape belt. At
every town and hamlet hundreds
lined the tracks in hopes of catching
glimpse of the colonel.
Hello, Teddy" was heard from
| the eaa of humanity that lined the