Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-08
Mayor of Milwaukee Flags
Former President on His
Visit to City.
DECLARES 7. R. HAS
NO CLAIM On MORALITY
Chief Executive % Municipality Pub
fishes Warm Article In The Big
Stick" On Speeches Delivered by
the Rough Rider On His Vacation
Tour Through the West.

(By. Associ,t. Ifeysl
| MILWAUKEE, WIS, Sept THE
/ Germans had their day with EXPIRES
! ident Roosevelt today. Beginning the
! day with a tiff with Milwaukee's So
! CiaIist mayor Emil Seidel. who is
a German Colonel Roosevelt put
| in the succeeding hours of his visi.
here by roaming about the city al
\ will. making his own program as he
went. He inspected the Clty's trade
schools. attended two luncheons and
dinner, took an automobile ride To
! White Fish bay and addressed two
| huge audiences tonight. Late in the
evening. he went TO his car. to start.
early in the morning for Freepor;,
| Ill.,. where he is to speak tomorrow
and for Chicago. which he is to visit
later in the day. The Milwaukee
Press Club had the colonel In hand.
The club got out the first and last
edition of "rhe Big Stick" news
paper devoted exclusively TO Colonel
Roosevelt's affairs, in honor of the
day.
Mayor Pays His Respects.
In contribution TO The Big
| Stick" for this occasion. Mayor Seidel
stated that 'if Mr.. Roosevelt comes
to Milwaukee holding the same ideas
which he expressed in an article pub
| iished by him March go, 1909, II is
clear that he cannot serve the cause
of honesty and decency in American
political life"
| ut is possible that I have misun-
derstood the article" stated Mayor
/ Scidel. but .inasmuch as | arr a So
cialist and as he has designated So
oialism as a thing which is against
morals and religion 'abhorrent,' re
voting which would replace the
! family and home life by glorious
state of free lunch counter and
state founding asylum am sure
that he would be pleased that | am
not personally connected vita his re-
ception' in the city"
Preaching Is False.
Charging the colonel with a cum
ming and deliberate purpose to create
= false impression" he declared that
the visitor. "couldslay no claim 10 the
right of preaching either morality or
religion or civic righteousness.
''In the speaking tour Of Mr. Roose-
welt through the West" said Mr.. SeId-
e;, u fail to see anything of import
ance beyond political plans and de-
signs As such. of course. il is of no
/ special service to the present city ad-
ministra;ion. The problems that now
confront our city are much of the
same nature as those the nation
/ faces"
Upon being shown this, the colonel
said:
Upon this trip have made no par
tisan speeches ana of course shall
not break through the rue by dis
| cussing either the state party matters
or the municipal party matters and
at present Of course. the dominant
municipal party in Milwaukee is the
Socialistic party. If any one wishes
&c know my views on what rs usually
called Socialism. they will End them
set out in such fashion that IL is i'm
possible TO misinierprR or misunder-
stand them in the articles TO which
the mayor. in his letter. refers and
I advise them to read the articles
therselvcs and not what the mayor
SAYS Of tisern"
}. The colonel said the fact that the
city administration was not repre-
scented in the ceremonies did not
trouble aim.
The Press Clubs special publica-
ton. The Big Stick especially dis
ayowcd responsibility or the mayors
/ uiferancc. saying that ~Mr Roosevelt
wiII understand that Milwaukee, wei
come l. none the less whOlc-heartcd-
hardly the less unanimous because
;he mayor has seen ~ to voice
2 ScciaiiStic dislike for the former
bead of the nation"
Makes Own Program.
The original program for the dsy
included six speeches and visits ~ a
dozen place. Colonel Roosevelt look
% u over. cast the program aside and
made out ono Tor himself.
I ~ the Boys Trades School the col
or.ci spent ncariy an hour questioning
the Instructors and students about
their work. Hc vent through the
place questioning boys who we're
lsarniag plumbing. carpenferiug and
/ snEinc Eal,iuE
1T e. important thai each man
Stcuid DO = little moro han pull his
own weight in The world he aafd
a. the boys gaihered around hin