The Washington times., 1910-08-26
By JOHN SNURE.

EtB' N =. low A. aug -b-SuCn SpGeCEle5
as Theodore Roosevelt has made thus
far on his Western trip and the con
versati0ns he has had with his friends
make clear TO a large extent the course
he intends 90 follow.
The work he has hewn out FOR himself
is 70 hammer away on his policies and
make a fight for them at every turn OF
the road. he intends 70 stand for poll
cies OF the most progressive sort TO
keep on talking against corruption il
politics, to keen hitting at the crook,
Z hieh and low. TO support the direct
primary and popular government and
% work for the Initiative and referen-
( dUrn and the recall
f To q limited degree as 20 the ta-in
T ne WlU side with those who faN
Z commission and the overhauIinE Of
( schedules in the light Of its findings
( Ee Is expected TO come out strong for
[ the strctest kind Of government con-
/ trol Of railroads and capitalization
No Attack on Taft
/ Pounding away in favor Of these
+ things and other matters commonly
Identified with the progressive poll
/ ciss GIr- Roosevelt VIII not attack
/ President Tai. No open breach be-
tween them need be expected
: If the Administration takes I'D with
his policies Lr. Roosevelt viii be
. pleased II IL takes another course
. then the Inevitable viii happen This
1 IS the view those have come 10 who
( have been giving most careful at
{ tenriOn TO the Roosevelt course thus
. far
/ Colonel Roosevelt crossed Iowa to-
day. The nature OF his reception was
shown by the fact that he was called
out Of bed in his pajamas and z rain
coat at Marshalltown and obliged to
- 4 o.
Has Strenuous LAY.
From the time the former President
struck NarshaIltown and was routed
out Of bed TO speak to the crowd as
sembIed he had a busy and strenuous
trip across the Buckeye state
At every stop ne was greeted at the
. small towns with crowds of from loo
10 200 people He talked on such
themes as gcod government. race sui
eide. hunting down the crook ar5 cor
+ ruptiouist. and the like
/ Significance was attached TO the fact
that Senator Cummins. one Of the form
er iDsI.rgent leaders in the Senate join
ed him at Ames and rode across the
Senator Cummins treakfasted to-
gether, and had long talk
At Ames, Boone, OP len, Jefferson,
I Carroll, and Deuison the colonel was
OF men, women. and children II was
impossible 10 mistake the temper of
good VIII and friendliness- They seemed
10 feel on familiar terms with the
colonel and To care not so much for
what he said as 20 set a cFan~e TO
greet him The colonel had much TO
say for the babies, and this always
made hit
a short distance from the EDS Moines
valley bridge TO ogden. Colonel Roose-
welt rode the engine Of the train
The enEine was handsomely deco
rated with Tags On leaving he shook
hands with the engineer and fireman.
I Colonel Roosevelt was on the engine
when II crossed the bridge, a dizzv
height. abo-e Des MOines river. At
i Ogden some one held I'D a pair cs
twins. The colonel expressed his de-
Hight Il am glad to see YOU in Iowa
coming 10 the front" said he
At Jefferson the colonel took in his
arms a small girl who was holding a
Teddy bear
harCIes GriIik. Of Davenport. who IS
running for Congress in the Second
Iowa district crossed the State on the
Roosevelt train AR Grilik is an insur-
gent he asked Colonel Roosevelt 20
speak in Davenport in the campaign.
Colonel Roosevelt promised to make a
political speech there November 3
J New York Fight.
When Colonel Roosevelts attention
b was called to the statement of Wood
ruff, in regasd TO the New York fight.
he said: The progressives are emphati-
tcallv IN favor Of taking a real steD
forward in regard to direct primaries.
Substantially on the lines Of Govern r
Hughes proposition But this is nO1 the
, tmain issue The main issue is that We
stand szsinst boss big and little snd IN
favor OF POPULAR rule. not only at the
elections. but within the party orsaniza-
Ition
I Above all, our war is ruthless
against every species Of corruption. big
and little. and against the alliance De-
/ tween corrupt business and corrupt pol
lcnntfr-,sd On sixth PareN