Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-11
WESTERN TOUR ENDS
R0oSeveIt'S Last Word Is Said
at Pittsburg.
FROM HISTORIC BALCONY
Exposer of Crookedness. Public Ben.
efactor,. He Says.
BIG CROWD OUT TO GREET HIM
President in Oyster Bay Today.
Does Not Need Police Aid
at Steubenville..

PITTSBCRG. September 10.-The west
ern tour of Col. Theodore Roosevelt was
virtually concluded I'm Pittsburg tonight
He arrived here at 6:2D O'Clock this
evening and stopped for five hours. long
enough to deliver two addresses and at
tend an informal dinner. lie will be al
home in Oyster Bay again tomorrow for
the rest of which he is greatly In need.
The last day was one OF the most spec
tacuiar OF Col. RooseyeIts long trip.
Leaving Cincinnati i'm the morning ha
cut across Ohio into West Virginia and
western Pennsylvania. At the several
short stops made throngs were on hand
to greet him.
Some Plain Advice.
He stayed in Columbus, Ohio. for an
hour, and left behind him some plain
advice about the situation which has
grown out Of the street car strike there.
His strong remarks upon Justice. law
and order" were cheered by all factions
In the struggle which has torn Colum-
bus for weeks.
The last OF the r-platform speeches
of the trip was made at Steubenville.
Ohio. this afternoon. So many people
tried to get within hearing distance
that two police jumped upon the car
to keep them from engulfing the colonel.
Get down, please" said Col. Roose-
welt. so can see the people. / thank
you for your help. but can protect
myself"
The policemen got down. The ex-
President talked about the homely
many times before.
At London, Ohio. a man crowded close
up to the platform, holding a gourd
which resembled the big Stick" The
arff1v at IL and fnnk
II in his arms and held IL there while
he talked about corporations
He spoke briefly at Newark. Dennison
and several other places in Ohio.
Pittsburg Out in Force.
Thousands Of Pittsburg people sacrificed
their usual dinner hour this evening and
crowded down town streets In welcome
to the distinguished guest. who has not
paid Pittsburg a visit for more than eight
years. AS he was driven through thu
streetsffnsa . carriage with. MAYOR wlli&m
A. IAxes. ai1ds Prel6dent IL D. Va Esg-
lish OF the civic commission and others
he Was heartily acclaimed.
After an informal dinner at the Fort
Pitt Hotel he was driven arosetown
where, from a historic balcony OF the
Monongahela House. facing the river OF
that name, he addressed al enormous
crowd which stood along the broad levee.
From this rostrum Henry Clay. the late
King Edward 0hen Prince OF Males).
Gen Grant and the martyred Presidents.
Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley. have ad-
dressed the Pittsburg people.
IT have seen many extraordinary dghfs
In the past two and one-half weeks. but
said. & his voice was drowned by .
mighty cheer.
Lauds Exposers Of Crooks.
...Pittsburg certainly stands In a classoy
itself. sontinued Col. Roosevelt 7
should say that you had here all the peo-
ple Of western Pennsylvania and then
some.
IT have a peculiar feeling In speaking
from this historic balcony. The many
great names associated with this place,
and SO many national memories of which
we are proud. spur us on TO action In
our turn. but they are worse than useless
il we treat them merely as excuses Tor
idleness in ourselves.
1--WE of today have great problems and
we must face them as our fathers ana
forefathers faced the problems OF tneir
generation. Our first and greatest prob
lem is to secure rigid honesty In business
and politics, and / congratulate fltts-
burg on what Pittsburg has done.
THAT man is the true benefactor who
exposes crookedness and who hunts out
of public life the crook, great or small
While the air was rent with cheers. the
colonel. waving his hand TO the multi
tude, retired from the balcony and was
conducted to his carriage and driven to
the exposition hall.
During the entire line Of the procession
the sidewalks were so crowded that the
poIice had difficulty in keeping the people
in check, despite the ropes which had
been stretched on both sides OF the
streets.
The cheers which greeted the colonel
kept him on his feet most or the time
bowling his acknowledgements.
Corrupt Rich Denounced.
Roosevelt fercely denounced dishonest
noliticians and corrupt men of wealth in
an address al a citizenship rally tonight
and appealed to the people. to follow up
the work of reform which they have be-
gun.
..The people that hurt PittsburG are the
people that are corrupt. he said
The crowd which filled the music hail
at the exposition grounds cheered him
wildly as he spoke
You first put the wealthy corrupt
business man i'm stripes he went on,
amid loud applause.
Men of wealth who. after coming
out of the penitentiary. still had their
wealth. were sent to the penitentiary
by YOU You have sent that mantle
crooked man, the big business man-to
the penitentiary just as you sent the
crooked politician to the penitentiary.
AT the conclusion OF his speech. Mr..
Roosevelt hurried away TO catch the
11:lO Pennsylvania train for New York.
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