New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-25

been found generally 20 be Improbable.
and either cultivation has wholly ceased
/ OF has been carried on in a most desUl-
! tory manner. often at q loss
! The long motor trip from Ithaca to
Binghamton. full Of interesting incident,
was made under ideal weather condi-
tons. and the enjoyment was greatly en-
| HANGED by the magnificent coloTing of
the autumn foliage and the frequent
vistas Of valleys and streams which
charmed the eye. the last part Of the
/ trip being made entirely through the
valley Of the Susquehanna.
Crested by the Smith Family.
! steaming down Connecticut Hill at
/ considerable pace. Mr.. RooseveIt's au-
I tomobile was checked BY two small boys
who held a cord across the road. They
proved 70 be two 81 the six boys Of the
( Smith family. the father OF whom came
1 here after an experience in Illinois as a
I teQant farmer. Alongside the road Mr.
Smith and his wife. a buxom woman Of
attractive appearance. had placed a
chair. on which they proudly exhibited
/ handsome specimens Of potatoes. ruta-
/ bagas. cabbage and rye, all grown on
/ their farm.
Colonel Roosevelt. after hearing the
story OF their heroic struggle TO make
their farm profitable. complimented
them on their success. and especially on
their crop Of little folk. He later re-
/ ferred 10 them in one Of his speeches as
the ideal type Of American citizen.
! The Roosevelt party stopped at
+ quaint little town known as Newfeld.
! perhaps because there is absolutely
nothing about it which suggests new
ness. II is several miles from a rail-
road and looks the part Several hun
dred persons were gathered at the four
/ corners. and Mr.. Roosevelt spoke from
the balcony OF the hotel. A local band
played Onward, Christian Soldier and
a Presidential salute. fired with anvils,
was begun bur never finished.
! Mr. Roosevelt did not talk politics. ut
spoke Of the importance of agriculture
and appealed to those veterans he saw
to confirm his assertion that the best
soldiers in the Civil War came from the
farms. He asserted that he was
/ farmer himself. and that on his farm h
raised COWS. pigs and chickens and sold
/ milk and chickens.
If the ex-Presfdent observed that the
( five stores of Newfield displayed four
/ pictures of Dix and only one Of Slim
son he made no comment on the fact.
Speaks at Hau7Iets.
The next stop was made al the little
hamlet Of Van Etten. The colonel said
he had received a letter from Theodore
Roosevelt Barnes which said that that
small person had been found in a barn
and named for the colonel Theodore
Roosevelt Barnes was produced and
cordially commended by the cx-Presi- !
dent as a bright little chap. Mr..
Roosevelt explained to his audience that
he was half Dutch himself and, having
lived in the West, knew something of
sheep raising. which he commended to |
the community.
At Spencer. and later at Candor, /
crowds Of a few hundred were gathered |
at the four corpers and were addressed !
by Mr.. Roosevelt on the duties Of citi- /
zenship, the beauties of agricultural life |!
and a few other things. politics being /
reIigiously oschewed.
In the picnic ground on Irish Hill |
Representative Dwight played the host /
and set out a highly appreciated lunch /
con. Nj Roosevelt standing about /
munching sandwiches and explaining I
that he had never tasted anything finer
in his life. 1t was a most picturesque |
spot, and a fine air which seemed to /
have the quality of wine produced appe- |
tites which did full justice to Mr.
Dwights excellent hospitality.
Criticises ex-Judge Parker.
Owego was reached at 2::}O p. m. and
there the colonel returned to politics.
Speaking from the balcony Of the hotel
from which the late Senator Plat so
long registered. Mr.. Roosevelt de-
nounced crooked politics, described the
Saratoga and the Rochester conventions, !
related the character of work done by
Harry Stimson, described DiX's relation
10 the Wallpaper Trust and ridiculed
Judge Parkers criticism of Stimson for
having accepted a moderate fee for re-
covering S4.0OO,0OO from the Sugar Trust
when Parker had himself accepted a
considerable fee from the trust as its
lawyer. fee which Mr.. Roosevelt de-
clared Mr.. Parker did not deserve be-
cause he did not win his case.
| From Owego a rapid run was made to
Binghamton, and if the speedOmeters
/ occasionally approached the fifty-mile-
an-hour mark there was no one around
to give notice that the pace exceeded
the speed limit.
on reaching Binghamton Mr.. Roose-
welt came directly TO his car. where he
dined. and this evening addressed a
meeting at the Stone Opera House. into
which nearly two thousand persons had
crowded and which in point Of enthusi-
asm. was in striking contrast to Tn
crowd of like proportions which listened
TO the colonel at Owego.
Roosevelt Expresses Confidence.
/ Mr.. Roosevelt read TO his audience an
appeal for funds which is being sent out
| BY Tammany Hall. signed by Mr.. Muir
ply and others. This circular declares:
The present campaign is Of supreme
! Importance. because it viii affect the
financial and business interest of an in
calculabIe number of people" 1t asserts
that the present tranquility and peace
viii be seriously disturbed by Repubn-
can success and that i is important to
defeat the wild doctrines Of Roosevelt
.'One Of the wild doctrines" interpo-
lated Mr.. Roosevelt. reading the circu-
! lar is Thou shalt not steal"
The Wild doctrines Of Roosevelt. which
! viii unsettle values. disturb business