The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-02
POLITICIANS SWARM
AROUND ROOSEVELT
Regulars Try 10 Win Appro-
baton, While Insurgents
Protest.
By JOHN SNURE-

OMAHA, Neb- sept Z-ColOnel RooSs-
welt reached Omaha today IL the midst
Of Ak-sar-ben initiation festivities
The Nebraska metropolis is giving the
distinguished guest a hospitabIe vel
come.
This morning, he and his party were
"a ken to the Omaha CLUB for an inform
al breakfast and after that he was al
lowed 70 rest until noon The field club
gave him a luncheon at I2-33 and vari-
Gus delegations waited on him this
afternoon
The chief event Of the day was the
speech on the Panama Canal, this after
noon, al the auditorium. where large
crowd was gathered
After dinner at the Omaha Club, the
colonel VIII 20 TO the Ak-sar-ben tes-
tfvfties. where a special box has been
provided for him. There he viii be IN
rbe hands Of Knights Of Ak-sar-5en- A
special program has been arranged IN
his honor
Il IS not intended TO be a very siren
nous. .dav for the colonel. but the menus
given ont in advance for the various
easronomic events wore a most fornal-
dable appearance
At the field club at luncheon they
began on the colonel with Canape
Iy0nzworth, and then LED him through
bewildering maze Of courses described
in the best Of Omaha French No Eng
lish was permitted
Politicians Swarm About Him
Nebraska politicians are swarmins
round the colonel thick as bees Senator
Elmer J Burkett is much in evidence
He introduced the colonel at the audi
torfun this afternoon
The Senator has all kinds Of politi-
cal trouble on his hands He has the
fight Of rs life ahead 10 be reelected
senator. Representative Hitchcock,
strong Democrat, has beer picked by the
Democrats TO oppose him
The insurgents do not Ike Burkett,
because they have been studying his
record in the Senate and find that he
voted half the time with Aldrich on the
tariff. and half the time against him
They do not Ike this balancing act OF
Burketts, and lot OF them VIII De
nightly pleased II Hitchcock beats him.
II RJfrkett can get a sign from ROOSe-
Velt that he approves him, Il VIII 90 Tar
10 help him out But Il the colonel glyes g
IT. the Nebraska insurgents VIII be sore
The only way the colonel can escape
embarrassment in Nebraska is 10 keep
silent as TO candidates.
The situation here is badly tangled
/ The regulars do not know just whIC1
way 70 turn. in view Of the colonel s
( OsaWatOnie speech ana his algnmenI
/ with the pToSreSSiVeS-
After the tremenduous demonstration
Of last night at Kansas City It viii be
hard for Omaha or any OF the cities
along The line TO come up 70 high water
mark
I Scene Most Remarkable.
! The scene AT the big convention hall
+ in Kansas City last night was remark
! able The great hall was jammed &c the
! doors Twenty thousand people were
( packed in il Many were turned away
( Had Roosevelt been President he could
4 not have been given a greater ovation.
J The demonstration was marked by the
: utmost enthusiasm Colonel Roosevelt
was deeply moved by It He would not
I have been If he had not felt the sin
F ceTity Of the tribute paid him by the
2 cheers and applause Of the vast audi
4 cnCe-
: Ffe SPOKE last night with unusual elo-
: quence-
/ Governor STUDIOS. on leaving Colonel
RoCseyelt's party ct Kansas city. said
. the people were bent on making RcOSe'
velt President again and nothing could
stOD IL hltt Roosevelt himself
; One of the interesting facts that ca.llt
20 light Ia kansas CItv was that rsEu-
Z lar members Of the House who were
seeking return and Who are IN hard
straits were writing 10 RepreseutatIvt
Victor Mur6oca. the red-hesded Kansas
& insurgent asking him 10 say a good
word for them
( Murdock was not in the Roosevelt fes-
tivitieS, having gone East 10 help FOw-
Ter in New Jersey Bur he has received
+ q number Of letters Of the kind de-
scTibed.