The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-05
GREATEST WELCOME ACCORDED
HIM WHEN RE ARRIVED AT
DEs MONIES.
WEATHER D|SAGREEABLE
Colonel Waited For Football Game to
End Before Addressing STU
dents-Good Word
h. Fer Cummins.

Des Mones, Ia, Nov. Although
snow, sleet. rain and biting cold
Roosevelt campaigned In Iowa today
In behalf Of the Republican ticket
His reception was cordial. The poo.
PIE pattered through the slush in
crowds to see him and hear hi
speak In behalf of Charles Grilk, OF
Davenport Republican candidate fot>
congress.
Roosevelt heard Mast month that
he was being criticised in this state
by persons who believed he espoused
one set OF doctrines in the west and
another in the east, but he found 9
hearty welcome here. In speech
here tonight he endorsed Governor
Carroll and the state ticket and put
In a good word for Senator Cum.
Minis He did not attempt to go into,
local politics, but confined himself
largely to appeals for the support OF
the general principles whichf he said
the Republican party as a whole rep
resented. This evening he addressed
several thousand people on good citl
zenship, before speaking at the rally.
Roosevelt reached Davenport from
Chicago in the middle of the night,
and remained in the car until morn
ing. He made his first speech Of the
day at Davenport and then came to
Des Moines, stopping on the way for
short speeches from the platform or
his car at West Liberty, Iowa City
and Marengo The rally at DavenA
port was not as large as expected
because the cold kept away a good
many, but the crowd was a good sized
one.
Iowa City turned out ar enthustis-
tic throng with band and cheering
squad from the University of Iowa
AT both West Liberty and Marengo
several hundred persons stood in the
snow at the station to listen to him.
The reception of Roosevelt at Des
MoInes was the most striking. AT
the time Of his arrival the streets
were covered with slush and the day
was cold and damp. The down town
streets were lined with crowds which
cheered constantly and kept the
colonel on his feet, bowling and way.
ing his hat, as he moved through
the city, escorted by a troop of cav.
airy.
Roosevelt was taken to the Unit
versity Church of Christ where he
spoke to more than 1000 high school
pupils A football game between two
high schools was in PROCESS when
he rgached the church and several
hundred students stayed to Sc it out
Roosevelt sat on platform and wait
ed patiently for the game to end.
While he was waiting the electric
lights went out, LEAVING only the fail
ing rays of daylight filtered through
the stained glass windows, for illumi-
nation, The building was almost in
darkness ten minutes until the gas
was lighted. When that was done
the colonel made his address He
said he was going to make a speech
some time on "The Invaluable Use
of Useless information He said
that dur ng his life he had accumu
lated an enormous amount of infor-
nation which years later had proved
OF great value. He urged the boys
and girls to read good books amt
plenty of them, and reminded thed
that tine value of their education de-
pended more on what they put into
their work than what the teachers
put into them.
From the church Roosevelt went
to the Grant Club, He had dinner
with the Des Moines Commercial
Club. Then he went to the Coliseum
and made an address to the teachers
and later to a campaign rally at the
Auditorium.
After the last meeting he went TO
his car to start on his homewari
trip. He Is due In Chicago at S:09 in
the morning and will be met there
by representatives of the Ohio state
eamnaign committee who win take
him across Ohio In special car. He
is to leave Chicago at s a. IN. He
delivers an address at Cleveland to
morrow Then he will return e.,
New York, reaching there Sunday
morning
Every seat In the Coliseum, which
holds 10000. was filed When Roose-
welt addressed the Teachers Asso-
ciat on. and several thousand were
unable to get In, Roosevelt told the
teachers that The scnoofs Of America
have not been adapted to the pres
ent conditions SO successfully as mar
those Of some foreign countries, like
Germany and Japan He said