The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-09-08

Heard by All Who Attend-Great
Interest Already Manifested.
Columbus, o. - (SrecialD - Tie
largest gathering that any single Gay
ever has brought to this city is e..
pected Saturday, September TO- whe1
Theodore Roosevelt will stop here
and deliver an address on law aS1
order The North Side Chamber of
Commerce. under whose auspices the
event is being arranged and through
whose efforts the former president
has been induced to come mere, Is
expecting 100000 persons.
This number, of course, includes
those from the population of this cit
who will attend the address. Hun.
dreds and thousands, however, wi,
come from all over the state, as this
will be the second address of any
sort that the ex-president will deliver
in Ohio on this trip
1t is expected, further that the Wis.
itors who come to this city for the
state fair will arrange to remain over
and hear the returned hunter. The
state fair this year will have a spe-
cial appeal to all the state, according
TO the members of the state board of
agriculture, and it is estimated that
the crowds will be larger than ever
before. To care for these. arrange
ments have been made with the Big
-Four and the T. & o. c. to run shut
tie trains to the fair grounds, in ad
dition to all of the regular streetcar
service.
Colonel Roosevelt will speak at
Goodale Park, which is but four
blocks from the Union station. 4
grandstand will be built TO accommo.
date the committees in charge of the
arrangement stand to provide the
speaker with a rostrum. There will
be no limits upon the crowd, as the
returned hunter is known for his
strong and carrying voice and there
is no doubt but that he will be heard
by all who assemble. In case of rain
the speech will be at Memorial hall
The ex-president will be met at
Dayton by a delegation of citizens OF
Columbus, who will travel in a spe-
cial car and extend a formal greeting
and word of welcome TO the distin
guished visitor before he really
reaches here. Automobiles will be in
waiting at the Union station, and the
way from the station to the park will
not only be roped off, but guarded by
police
DR.. ]. F. Jones, president Of the
North Side Chamber of Commerce.
will preside and in few brief words
will present Colonel Roosevelt. Sew
erai bands will be provided and there
will be music both before and after
the speech.
On the platform with the speaker
will be Governor Judson Harmon,
Warren G.. Harding, Mayor George s.
Marshall, Congressman E. l.. Taylor
Judge John Safer, DR.. Washington
GLADDEN., DR.. w. o. Thompson and
many other men prominent in public
life
Colonel Roosevelt in agreeing to
come made the condition that the
meeting was not to be political in
reception committee and the list of
honorary vice presidents, DR.. Jones
was careful to represent both of the
parties, and this meeting will prob
ably be the first opportunity the pub
lie will have of seeing both the can
didates foe governor upon the same
platform.
Ever since Colonel Roosevelt an
nounced that he would speak on law
and order there has been great
deal OF speculation as to what he
would say. Several Of the politicians
are said TO be a little uneasy. II is
believed that some of them would
absent themselves from the meeting
II II we're not for the fear that their
absence would be construed as a con-
fesslon. There is a general feeling
that someone is coming in for a
sound scoring II is believed that
Colonel Roosevelt, in common with
many others in Ohio, has heard the
grossly exaggerated reports of disor-
der growing out of the recent street
car strike. These reports have been
circulated by interested parties,
chiefly rival cities, and have done the
reputation of this city much harm.
The fact that the former president
may scod someone will only add to
the interest The public already takes
In the event
The unknown person who comes
from the remotest corner of the state
will have the same chance to see and
hear as the citizens who have homes
facing on the park. There will be no
deserved seats, no favored parties,
and even those into whose hands the
Immediate handling of the speaker
has been placed, will not occupy any
of his time or his energy. He will
EiTs himself unreserYsGly to the peo-
pie OF Ohio while he is here.
Colonel Roosevelt is due 20 arrive
IN Columbus at HAS, Saturday, Sep
tember TO- He must leave for Pitts
burg at 1850. This In itself will ex-