Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-05
DECLARES EYES OF NATION ARE
ON hAwkEvE STATE IN
ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY.
REFORM METHODS HERE ARE
lNaPIRA1IoN IN NEW YORK
Roosevelt Strongly Endorse Progress
.ive Methods and Says Whole Party
Must Come 70 Same Views Hold by
Majority Of Iowa RepubIieans-'m-
menss Crowd Hears Roosevelt.
snecial to rimes-Republican.

Special to Tin1es-Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. o.-The impression
prevails that the net result OF the vis-
i, of Theodore Roosevelt to Iowa at
,nis time has been beneficial IN very
many ways to the republican ticket.
Whatever may have been the nnpiee-
son which is abroad that the people
care to listen TO Roosevelt the
,.ceu. .e received mere shows that
u,. yau command more attention. anu
more consideration than amy olner
xIuericau. 1t IS true tnat ne mas al
ways peen warmly welcomed Ill Oes
MONIES, not only when ne WAS presl-
dent. bur before that time ana slnce'
.hu1 ne mas never mad more tnousnt1ul
attention than At this time.
rne teachers meeting was u great
evenr the immense Coliseum COM
,,eiely tilled with the choicest young
lnen ana women OF Iowa, and all en-
,uusiastlc tor Teddy" The weather
couIu not have been any worse, yet the
people were out in the streets TO give
me colonel a welcome. There was no
.1rosr' anywhere but every evidence
OF sincere interest Ill the IMAM ana ms
work.
Scramble for Seats.
The auditorium meeting was great
success 4 hall many times the size
could have been filed. There was
scramble for places and many woulo
have gone but for the knowledge that
rney could not get in. The appearance
on the stage OF Dowell and Prouty. VINO
had opposed each other for the nolnina-
t,ou. and OF Cummins and Carroll, all
speak,nE for the republican ticket,
showed the fact that despite all ideas
10 the contrary the republicans OF Des
Aioines do get together III support OF
,ha whole ticket just as they have done
Tor years.
The encouraging words Of Colonel
Roosevelt gave the climax TO the meet
inx, der,left no manner OF doubt that
he stands right where he has stood for
years and that he Is q believer in the
forward movement in American poll
tics. He urged that Iowa people elect
republican candidates and for best ree-
sons He spoke as If he meant 1t Ill.
and unquestionably the effcc. will be
excellent
Said Il Was "euIIy."
When his train came in from his
0SSS~AN
Iowa congressional district. there went
up a cheer that was multiplied many
times when he stepped from his special
car and entered waiting automobile.
AS he caught his first glimpse Of
Fourth street as the party, preceded
by a cavalry escort, moved along, he
was silent for a moment and then he
turned to his seat mate, President Hill
NJ, Bell. Of Drake University, with a
bully" that came not lightly. but
reyerently, from the bottom Of his
heart.
It was 'buly,' for stretching away
for several blocks UP Fourth street
were many thousands of people. cheer
ing, clapping their hands, waving hats
and handkerchiefs in enthusiastic well
come. The sidewalks were filled to the
curb and the windows Of the building
en- route framed numberless heads.
Crowding around his automobile were
hundreds Of boys who were shouting in
unmistakable admiration Of q boys
hero When tie party turned into Wal
nut street it found more thousands Of
people stretching away on both sides
as far as Eleventh street, and heard
more cheering and more enthusiastic
applause and shouts.
Makes Characteristic Speech.
At the Auditorium following the
meeting at the coliseum. Colonel Roose-
Welt made a characteristic speech and
was given vociferous evidence of ap-
proval by the great throng. He
thumped the democrats. denounced
graft and crookedness and in all its
forms. took several shots at Tammany
hall, endorsed the progressive policies,
nut in q few words for new nationalism
and declared the Roosevelt policies are
the Iowa policies. He wound up mis-
address by expressing the hope that the
entire Iowa republican ticket would be
elected.
Colonel Roosevelt spoke to an audi
ence which filled every available inch
of space in the Auditorium. The build
ing was crowded long before the meet
ing opened at O'Clock and policemen
were forcing people away from the
closed doors by o'clock.
The audience did nos get glimpse of
Colonel Roosevelt until $3.50 o'clock,
when he came to the Auditorium from
the Coliseum, where he had addressed
the state teachers. Prior to his COM
ing speeches were made by Governor
Carroll, Judge Prouty, Lafayette
Young. Senator Cummins and Harvey
Ingham.
Eyes Of Nation on Iowa.
Colonel Roosevelt said:
"Mr Chairman, and you, My Friends
and Fellow Citizens: It is a great
pleasure to me to be here this evening
to speak to you, and especially to be
speaking with my friend Senator Cum
Minis. And let me at the outset say one
word Of deep sympathy for Iowa and
nj keen regret upon the part Of the
rest Of the union Ior the tls.ii. VI my
iamented friend, that great statesman
and popular leader, Senator Dolliver.
II have but q moment here. and lit
(Coutinpsd On Pass Tsn.)