The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-27
Great Crowds at All the Sta
tons Through Which He
Passed in IOwa-Bands
Played and Citizens Cheered
PROGRAM REPEATED IN
THE NEBRASKA TOWNS
Special Train viii Arrive at
Cheyenne This Morning and
the Colonel viii Speak at
Frontier Day Celebration,
INCIDENTS OF THE TRIP

ORAND ISLAND. Neb.. Aug. 26.-The
II west gave eX-President Roosevelt
n warm greeting today. The pee
pie gathered ia crowds at all places at
which he stopped On his journey across
Iowa and part OF Nebraska, rang bells,
footed whistles. played bands and
eheered.
They stood on roofs. climbed teIe-
graph poles and scrambled On tep of
ears the sidings 20 see him when
the crowds the ground grew 50
large that there was NO other way
They began their welcome before Cole
mel ROOseVeIt WAS out of bed and kept
IL up until long after dark. When the
day was done, Colonel Roosevelt said
he was greatly pleased by the way the
people of the west had welcomed him
back again
He viii arrive in Cheyenne in the
morning and viii make the second set
speech of his western tour there n
the afternoon at the cowboys carni-
val. The colonel was up early. he ha d
TO be for he was called out OF bed by
people at MarshalltOWn, Ia, who he
gone 10 the station before breakfast 10
see aim and would not be denied. clad
in a rain coat and slippers he made
the first speech of the day at 6:45 this
morning.
From then on il was almost a con
tinuous performance, for at every point
at which the train stopped a speech
was demanded. The colonel kept on
talking until his voice began TO grow
husky and he was. urged 10 stop. Al
Dunlap, Ia. some one pulled the bell
cord lust as Colonel Roosevelt got on
the back platform and, with his arm
held alOft. in his characteristic pose,
was about 10 speak
Great disappointment.
The train pulled out leaving the
people standing there in open-mOuthed
At Logan. the next point. Colonel
Roosevelt was allowed less than
minute for his speech, but he made
such good use Of 1t that thereafter at
tempts TO suppress his speeches were
The manager of a wild west show
on exhibition at Grand Island. Neb.,
wired the agent in charge Of the ROOse-
Welt train. urging him not 10 stop here,
for fear there would be no one at the
show, which began five minutes after
the time set Tor the cOlOnels arrival
here But the colonel stopped here and
II looked ar though most of the town
was on hand. He made a short speech,
after which the people of Grand Island
went 10 the show.
In his speeches today. Colonel ROose-
welt continued 10 talk about honesty
IN public and private life. and TO at
tack the crooked men and the crooked
public servant. He also spoke about
New York. referring 10 the situation
In his own state while talking to the
people Of Council Bluffs.
Bessisni Denounced.
Earlier in the day he issued a state
ment in regard 10 the New York pro-
gressives and denOuncing bOssism and
corrupt alliances between business and
politics. experimenting the statement
later he declared that he would not
permit the odd guard" Of New York
state 20 pick the issue there. He said
that the great issue was not the fight
30 procure the enactment of a direct
nomination primary law, but the fight
against hOSSiSm. He said that his state
ment referred To the New York situa-
tion solely and had no hearing on the
situation in national politics
Two staunch prOgressives had long
talks with the colonel today. Senator
Cummins got on the train at Ames. Ia.
and stayed there until he reached
omaha. At that place James r. Gar
field Of Cleveland. former secretary
or the interior, Joined the party. He Is
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