Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-27
ROOSEVELT TRIP AN GRAFTON.
Encourages Insurgents and Gives
Stand patters Food for Thought.


Roosevelt's trip across Iowa yesterday
was a continuous grafton. From Mar
shalltown, where a crowd cheered
around the distinguished visitors car
at 6:45 in the morning, until he came
forth clad in pajamas, disguised with
raincoat, to Council Bluffs, hordes OF
Iowans besieged every station, bands
played, flags fluttered, church bells
rang and everything that had
whistle from a small boy to a factory
blew it.
Colonel Roosevelt made speeches un-
til his voice threatened to fail him and
then he stopped, along in the middle Of
the day, to rest up for Council Bluffs.
The safari that Colonel Roosevelt made
was thru the heart of the insurgent
country and the natives looked upon
his coming as directly showing his
sympathy with their cause
The visitor did not in his speeches
touch directly upon the insurgsnt
movement, but in a statement replying
to Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff re-
garding direct primaries, he spoke of
the progressives being emphatically in
favor of taking real step forward re-
garding direct primaries on the lines
Of the Hughes bill, and the Iowa in
surgents who were in the car smiled
at the word 'progressives," and mur-
INJURED, that's u.s."
cummins is Chief Host.
Senator Cummins of Iowa rode in the
Roosevelt private car all the way
across the state, and stood at the col
onePs back every time he made a
speech. In Iowa Senator Cummins is
regarded as the father Of the insur-
T.: -
the hallmark Of approval for the cause
on every speech Colonel Roosevelt
made. Added to this, Colonel Roose-
approval Charles Grilk of Davenport
who has announced that he will not
vote for Uncle Joe" Cannon for speak
er and who has taken the other vows
Of insurgency in preparation for race
for congress.
All Of the glory did not go to the in
surgents, however. Congressman Walt
er l. Smith, a staunch supporter of
Speaker Cannon, also talked with Col
onel Roosevelt In introducing him to
the people of Council Bluffs Mr.. Smith
referred to the colonel as the greatest
American"
Standpat Men Are Impressed.
AC lew dONo olelh0PbSsSAS WIZ slp
peared near the Roosevelt train appar-
emily We're impressed by the course af-
fairs were taking. They did not seem
entirely pleased.
James r. Garfield boarded the train
at Omaha and will ride thru to Chey-
enne "A Nebraska standpatter who
wouldn't give his name because he was
contemplating running for office this
fall and who was not ready to answer
the question of the hour, "Under which
fag?" shook his head when he saw
Garfield climb aboard and said:
THAT about settles it. That train Is
getting insurgenter and insurgenter as
it goes along. They are going to have
Aldrich's and Joe Cannon's hides tack
ed on the tail Of the observation cal
| before they cross the Mississippi
again."
1T was rumored at various times that
Governor Carroll of Iowa would join
the Roosevelt train, but all such stories
proved untrue.
"The governor wouldn't get on that
train" said an Iowa man. Hes a
standpatter, and he don't want to get
mixed up with these insurgents who
are clear off the reservation now and
ghost dancing and making war medi-
cine. The governor is too wise