The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-14
From the Time the Special Left Indianapolis Until It Arrived
in Richmond, One Mistake After Another Was Made,
Delaying the Train at Each Place It Stopped.
but the Climax Was Reached in This City.
MISTAKE ON TRAINS MADE IN RICHMOND
COL Roosevelt Was Under Impression Regular Train Was Be-
ing Held for Him, But When He Learned That II Had
Gone and Special Was Being Made Up 1t Made
Him Very Angry-LocaI Men BIameIess.
Is there an invisible government

Is there an invisible government?
Senator Beveridge spoke Of it few
days ago defining it as an intangible
force that runs things. thwarts people,
defies Justice and all SO deftly that
one cannot put ones finger upon the
particular overt act or the specific
fault.
It would take a mighty forcible de-
batter talking a mighty long time to
convince the thousands of voters Of
Richmond and Wayne county that
Beveridge Is wrong and there is no
such force. Six thousand Of them
massed inside the mammoth coliseum
and three thousand more massed out.
side OF 1t. waiting for an overflow
meeting, stood for four long hours
Thursday night waiting for the ap-
pearance of Theodore Roosevelt In his
last speech scheduled for Indiana.
That Roosevelt never appeared was
due to the unavoidable delays" of the
railroads that carried Roosevelt's spec
ial cars. said the railroad officials.
That it was due to the avoidable bung-
ling Of railroad officials that was not
avoided Is the firm belief OF the 10000
people who were disappointed at Rich
mond. Not all the argument could
change their minds. They may be i'm
aginative. they may be foolish. but
that is what they think, and that ends
1t.
Why Was Time Lost.
They do not think that one hour
and half should have been lost be
tween Indianapolis and Richmond in
q run OF three hours schedule. All
tho time was lost, too, by railroads.
The speech-making did not add to 1t.
At Fortville, Anderson and Muncie
Roosevelt was taken to his stand with
promptness by the local committees
and he shaved the time off his speech
tice to the thousands assembled at
those places to hear him. But sue
cession of little things kept happen
ing with irritating recurrency that
knocked the time schedule galley west
and crooked. The Big Four held the
special prior to the Anderson meeting
on siding just stones throw from
the stopping place at Anderson for
one-third of the hour that was lost;
the change of tracks at Muncie con-
sumed that much more Of the lost 80
minutes; and an apparently indiffer-
ent manner of running ate up the rest.
Chairman Edwin Lee. seeing the
train would be late in Richmond,
where Roosevelt had to make connec-
tions for the east got the Pennsylva-
mia to agree to hold its fast train at
that point for twenty minutes in order
to take on the Roosevelt cars. The
schedule gave Roosevelt fifty minutes
between his arrival in Richmond and
the departure Of the fast Pennsylvania
train No. "a for the east. Even this
gift of twenty minutes was eaten up,
and Lee then offered the Pennsylva-
mia representative $500 II it would
make up special over its own lines
as far east as Columbus where the
Roosevelt party had to make connec-
tions for Dunkirk. N. Y. In order
Roosevelt might open the New York
state campaign there Friday morning.
Was Not Accepted.
This proposition was not taken up
by the Pennsylvania official on the
special train from Muncie to Rich
mond. for the reason, he said, it would
be impossible for a special leaving
Richmond for Columbus after the C. &
o. train would arrive here, about 9:35,
to make connections at Columbus. He
pointed out considerable time would
be taken up in transferring the Roose.
welt cars to the Pennsylvania special
This official said that train No. a.
eastbound, due to leave Richmond at
$40, was being held at Richmond
and that the Roosevelt cars would be
attached to It.
However. this official was mistaken
about No. "a being held here. Supt.
L. Ohliger OF the Indianapolis divis.
lon. at Columbus, had wired that No
- was not to be held and that Roose.
velt should be taken to Columbus in
q special. He issued these orders on
being advised that the C. & o. special
would not arrive here until about
9:z5 or $3.50. Al has been stated
No. "a Is due to leave here for Co.
lumbus at $40.
But the order providing q special
train for Roosevelt from Richmond to
Columbus was not made known to the
members Of the Roosevelt party until
on their arrival here. Col Roosevelt
regretfully decided not to 90 to the
coliseum as he was under the impress.
sion that his cars would be immed
lately transferred to the Pennsylvania
special and he would have to 20 on
Immediately because Of the campaign
opening at Dunkirk Friday morning.
Made Rooseveit Angry.
Owing to 4 misunderstanding be
tween the railroad officials and the