The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
Former President Meets With
Old Time Welcome In
Two States
ROOSEVELT TALKS ON
HONESTY OF PURPOSE
New York Situation Is Also Briefly
Discussed in Some of the Speeches
at Council Bluffs and
other Places

Grand Island, Neb., August 26.-The
west gave ex-President Roosevelt a warm
greeting today. The people gathered in
crowds at all places at which he stopped
on his journey across Iowa and part of
Nebraska, rang bells, footed whistles.
played bands and cheered. They stood
on roofs, climbed telegraph poles and
scrambled on top of cars the sidings
to see him, when the crowds on the
grounds grew so large that there was no
other way. They begsn their welcome
before Colonel Roosevelt was out of
bed and kept it up until long after dark.
When the day was done Colonel Roose-
welt said he was greatly pleased by the
way the people of the west had welcomed
him back again. He will arrive in Chey-
enne, Wyo,, in the morning and will make
the second set speech of his western tour
there in the afternoon at the cowboys
carnival.
The colonel was up early he had to be.
for he was called out of bed by the people
of Marshalltown, To-, who had gone be-
fore breakfast to see him and would not
be denied. Clad in raincoat and slip
pers he made the first speech of the day
at 6:45 a. m. From then on it was al
most continuous performance. for at
every point at which the train stopped
speech was demanded. The colonel kept
on talking until his voice began to grow
husky and he was urged to stop
Bell Cord Pulled Too Soon
At Dunlap, To-, some one pulled the
| bell cord just as Colonel Roosevelt got
on the back platform and with his arm
| held aloft In his characteristic pose, was
about to speak The train pulled out.
leaving the people standing , in open
mouth disappointment AT Logan. the
next point Colonel Roosevelt was al
| lowed less than a minute for his speech,
but he made such good use of 1t that
thereafter attempts 10 suppress his
speech were given up.
| The manager OF a Wild west show on
exhibition at Grand Island tried to help
things along by wiring to the agent in
charge of the Roosevelt train urging him
not to stop here. He said he was afraid
| that il the colonel should stop every orfS
would be at the station and that there
would be no one at the show which began
| Is minutes after the time set for Colonel
Roosevelts arrival here. But the colonel
stopped here and It looked as though
most of the town was on hand. He
made a short speech, after which the
| people of Grand Island went to the show.
Honesty of Purpose
| In his speeches today Colonel Roose-
velt continued to talk about honesty in
| purpose and private life and to attack
| the crooked and the crooked pub
| lie servant. He also spoke about New
Work referring the situation in hia
| own state while talking to the people of
Council Bluffs. Earlier in the day he =,
| issued a statement In regard to the New
| York progressives and denouncng boss
| ism and corrupt alliances between busi-
ness and politics Supplementing this
| statement later he declared he would not
permit the "od guard" of New York
state to pick the issue there. He said the
| great issue was not the fight to procure
the enactment of a direct nominations
primary law, but the fight against boss
| ism. He said his statement referred to
the New York situation solely and had
no bearing on the situation In national
| politics.
Two staunch progressves had long talks
| with the colonel today. Senator Cummins
| got on the train at Ames, Iowa, and stay
ed there until he reached Omaha. At
| that point James R. Garfield of Cleveland.
/ formerly Secretary of the Interior. Joined
| the party. He is going to Cheyenne. Gift
ford Pinchot. formerly chief forester, who
was expected to be at Cheyenne, was not
| able to leave Washington until today and
will meet Colonel Roosevelt In Denver.
| Smith Sees Roosevelt
| Congressman Walter l. Smith,
staunch supported of Speaker Cannon,
also talked with Colonel Roosevelt today.
In introducing him TO the people of
| Council Bluffs, Mr. Smith referred to Mr..
Roosevelt as "the greatest American
| When Colonel Roosevelt left New York
| all of the members of the party Travelled
| in two cars, which were attached to regu-
lar trains The number of cars has
| grown until now there are six of them,
made up in special train. At Chicago
Yesterday one car was attached, carry
ing party of men who are going along
| merely to see what happens. George Ade
is one of them. Three more cars were
| added today and the railroad officials
gave up all hope of hauling them on the
regular trains.
The mayor of Galesburg, ILL.,, telegraph
ed to Colonel Roosevelt today request
that he try to settle the strike in the
| bitumlnous coal fields. The colonel re-
| marked that 1t was the fourth strike
| which he had been asked to settle since
! his return from abroad and that he could
not consent to act as he would be obliged
to devote several weeks to such a task
| and he has not the time to spare.
| Archie Roosevelt met his father in
Omaha this afternoon and rode with him
as far as Fremont. Neb. He has been
Dakota.