Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-05
IOWA EXTENDS
A CORDIAL
WELCOME
ROOSEVELT SPENDS DAY
Hell PING THE REPUBLICANS
Voters Are Urged to Support
Progressive Candidates for
Congress- Colonel Makes Ad-
dress to Teachers,
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Des Moines, Iowa Nov. f.
Through snow. sleet, rain and cold
Theodore Roosevelt campa;gned over
Iowa today in behalf Of the republi-
can ticket. His reception was dis
tnety cordial. People pattered
through the slush in crowds to see
him and hear him speak in behalf Of
Charles erik Of Davenport. republic
can candidate Tor congress. They
cheored him with as much enthu
slasm as could be mustered on such
q dar
ne heard last month that he was
benr criticized in this state by per-
sons who believed that he espoused
one set Of political doctrines in the
west ana another in the east, but he
found g heraty welcome awaiting
him when he came here.
The colonel urged the people Of
Iowa 10 support Mr. Grilk as a man
who stood With the progressive lead
ers Of the republican party. and in his
speech here tonight he endorsed Gov
mnor Carroll and the state ticket and
put in good word for Senator Cum
Minis He did not attempt to go into
local political conditions. but confined
himself largely TO appeals for support
of the general principles which he
said the republican a whole
represented.
This evening he hduressed several
thousand members of the iowa State
Teachers association on education
ana good citizenship before speaking
al the campaign rally
Tie made his first speech of the day
in Davenport and then came TO Des
Mcines. stopping on the way for
short speeches from the platform of
his car at West Liberty, Iowa. Iowa
City ana Marengo
The reception Ci Colonel Roosevelt
OF Des Moines was the most striking
OF The daN The streets were cOVntel
with slush ana the dir was cold and
damp although the worst OF the
storm had passed. In spite Of the
unfavorablc conditions the down
town streets were lined with crowds
which cheeied constantly and kept
the colonel on his Feet, bowing and
waving his hat. as he moved through
he city. escorted by q troop Of cav
airy.
Colonel Roosevelt was taken at
once to the University Church of
Christ where he spoke To more than
2,O00 High school pupils.
He told the pupils that he was go
ing to make a speech some time on
the Invaluable Use Of Useless Infor-
nation" He said that during his life
he had accumulated an enormous
amount Of Information which at tho
time had seemed useless but which
years later had proved Of great
value. He urged the boys and girls
to read good books and plenty Of
them and reminded them that the
vale of their education depended
more upon what they put into their
work than what their teachers put
into them.
From the church Colonel Roosevelt
went to the Grant club where he had
dinner with the Des Moines CONNER
ciai club. Then he went to the Coli
scum and made his address TO the
teachers and later to the campaign
rally at the Auditorium. After the
last meeting he went to his ear 10
start on the hcmewald trip. He is
due in Chicago at 500 in the morn
ing and will be met there by repre-
Sentatives of the Ohio republican
state committee who will take him
across Ohio in q special car.
lie is to leave Chicago at SIZE
O'clock and speak at Toledo and
Cleveland and probably at several
olher places. Then he win return to
New York, arriving there Sunday
morning.