The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
RODE ALL NIGHT.
Col. Roosevelt Billed for Another
Strenuous Day.
Will Talk Politics at st. Louis
Coliseum Tonight.

St Louis, Oct. 11.-After an all night
| ride from Hot Springs Theodore Roose-
welt reached st. Louis early today. He
was met by Governor H. s. Hadley aad
a reception committee of the Business
Mems league and was taken to break
fast.
Col Roosevelt is to stay here until
tomorrow morning and his visit will be
busy one. After breakfast he was
taken for an automobile ride through
Forest Park and then he was the guest
of honor at a luncheon given by the
Traffic club.
This afternoon he will visit the avia-
ton field, speak at Clayton, St Louis
county. and address the school children n
at Fair Grounds park. Governor Had
ley will give a private dinner to Col
Roosevelt tonight.
The principal address of Colonel
Roosevelt will be given TT the Coli
scum tonight under the auspices of the
Republican city anG state. committees
He is expected to talk politics. On
leaving st. Louis tomorrow morning,
Colonel Roosevelt will start for home
He will stop in Peoria. ILL.,, tomorrow
to speak to the Knights of Columbus
there and on the following day will
make several speeches in Indiana to
help Senator Beveridge in his fight for
New York.
He Makes Forecast.
The completion of the entire
lakes-to-the-gulf deep waterways
project was prophesied by Theodore
Roosevelt in the speech which he
made here today at the breakfast given
to him by the business mems league.
Colonel Roosevelt said it was large
ly on account of the business mems
league that he had first come to take
an interest in the project for improv-
ing the Mississippi. He said that his
grandfather's brother built the first
steamboat to go down the Mississippi
and that on the first trip he encoun-
tered an earthquake.
There are people in my own city,
especially those who reside in the
shadow of Wall street, who would feel
that there was certain appropriate
ness in having an earthquake when
that Roosevelt went any where, espe-
cially west of the Alleghenies, he con-
tinued.
The colonel said he felt absolutely
certain that the lakes to the gulf deep
waterway project would be completed
in time although it was necessary to
go slowly and perfect the plans for the
work.
when we come to improving the
WATERWAYS" Colonel Roosevelt said,
several things must be taken into con-
sideration. In the first place have a
we'll thought out scheme for the en-
tire waterway. Then take it up, sec
ton by section, completing each sec
ton if possible, proffting by the ex-
perience that each Improvement goes
to better future methods.
'"The we must get proper control of
the terminals for if we don't the rail-
roads will get control. If the railroads
do get control we can't expect them to
act in an aItruistic spirit toward their
rivals
The colonel said that the waterway
would not hurt the railroads and that
people should get out of their heads
the idea that some ones profit means
some one else's loss.
whenever that is the CASE he said,
I'D like to interfere with the profit.
In no way do I help the honest busi-
ness man so much as by opposing the
dishonest business man
Colonel Roosevelt will begin making
speeches for Henry L. Stimson, Re
publican candidate for governor in
New York. Friday according to an an
nouncement made here today.
Instead of going to Pittsburg after
leaving Columbus, Ohio, Thursday. the
party will go to Cleveland and thence
to Dunkirk. New York, where the
colonel will speak at 1880 o'clock Fri
day morning.
other political speeches viii be
made at jamestown. Olean and Wells
Vile and Elmyra. Mr.. Roosevelt will
arrive in New York Saturday morning.
This mornings automobile drive here
included a trip to the Country club
where mint juleps were served