Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-09-01
VESTS IDEA OF
ROOSEVELT TRIP
Nothing to It except a Third
Term Boom for the Former
President, 1t Thinks.

to-day prints the foipWlnS' Noiohe'
Roosevelt thus far upon his iirst western
trip has made two set speeches ana ~
,fnprornptu addresses in 80 cities ana
towns and eight states. With the next
presidential election two years In the
future. with no avowed purpose In making
the trip, with nothing TO say beyond plati-
tudes, Colonel Roosevelt has neverthe-
less attracted rs much attention as II he
was making the tour as n candidate dur
ing the closing days of q hot campaign.
Seventeen newspaper mon In special
car becan the trip with him from New
York At Utica five moro newspaper men
ioiued the party At Chicago a second
sueclh car nlled with newspaper men and
sro.fal writer's joined the strange ex-
curslon arrangements have been MADE
FOR a .nird car to be added a. Denver to
accommodate the men of more newspa-
uers. so that for the last two weeks of
his trip Colonel Roosevelt will be accom-
named by about 30 newspaper reporters.
representing a majority of the large cities
IN the country. Some of these men have
accompanied Bryan on several swings
around the circle, some have accompanied
Mckinley, some have been with Parker
some with Hearst, many have been with
II is the unanimous verdict of these mon
that his reception thus far can be charac-
terized only AS most friendly.
WEST TAKES 1T FOR GRANTED
There has been o. general attitude OF
taking Il for granted that he viii he the
next republican candidate for PRESIDENT
and many of the prominent business
mon who have talked with The W ora
representative have said In effect TINT
everybody knows he is going to be the
next candidate, so what Is the use or
getting excited about II.
In wyoming his conservation policy Is
not popular. The people here wish 10
have the opportunity of owning the land
and the forests themselves, but local
leaders say that despite this there VIII
no no strong opnoeition to Colonel Roose-
welt on any side.
Outside of the lack of great enthu-
siAs1n at his appearance here, where
many regarded him as simple feature
of the frontier show, there has been but
one incident in the trip that has Jared
his friends.
AT Ames, Iowa n number of Grand
Army men gathered at the station in the
midst of n crowd assembled to vel
come the former President. AS he fire.
oueutly does, Colonel Roosevelt singled
them out for special mention In his brie.
speeCh For some reason the Grand Army
men failed to enthuse and as the train
departed they did not join in the general
applause
HOW CROWDS RECEIVED HIM
A schedule Of the colone's speeches to
Gate and the manner OF their reception
might be put as follows:
lIerkirner, \. Y.-Farm life; cordial.
Buffalo. n. I.-Pure water and out
with crooks; enthusiastic.
Dunkirk, y. Y.-Prase Of railroad men
enthusiastic
Erie Pa.-Pure water; curious.
Conneaut, O.-Just Il greeting; curious.
Ashtabula, O.-Pure water; enthusiastic
gainesville, O.-Greetirgs; friendly.
Cleveland O.-,Smash corporations
break mohs enthusiastic.
Toledo, O.--SmaSh corporations and
nobs; red hot.
T.lyria, O.--GreetinR; indifferent
Elkhart Ind,-Good times; enthusiastic.
South Bend, 1nd.-Good times; enthus-
iastic.
Chicago, Ill.-iIumorous; enthusiastic.
Marshvllle, Ia.--Cirocting; friendly.
Ames. Ia--Farm life; half and half.
Roone. 1a.--Farms ana babies; enthus-
iastic.
Ogden. Ia.-Good citizens; enthusiastic.
Jefferson, Ia..-Tarms and babies; en-
thustastc.
Carroll. Ia,-Farms and babies: en-
thusiastic.
Denntson, Ia-Farms and babies;
friendly.
Dunlap, Ia.-Farms and babies;
friendly.
Missouri Valley, Ia.-C1ean politics; en-
thusiastic.
Council Bluffs, Ia--Clean politics; curl
Gus.
Omaha, Neb.-Ciean politics; Indifferent
Fremont. Neb.-Farms and babies; en-
thusiasuc-
Columbus. Neb.-Good citizens; en-
thusinstic.
Grand Island. Neb--Good citizens; en-
-husiastic.
kearney, Neb.Creeting. friendly
Lexington, Neb.-Greetn friendly
Cheyenne. Wyo.-Value OF West; luke
warm.
THOUSANDS HEAR SPEECHES.
Colonel Roosevelt's most cordial greet
ings came from the mon Of Ohio ana In
diana, In Iowa his reception was friendb
throughout but It dld not approach thu
point OF enthusiasm except in a few
places. In Nebraska there appeared t,
be great enthusiasm, but this was du,
largely 10 the fact that many of the stop.
were made after dark, and the illumlna
ton supplied by the torches of the crowds