The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-04

WIkesbarre. Aug. 3.-The contributing
editor continued his mission Of uplift
among the mining classes OF the Wyo-
ming Valley, and spent to-day whirling
along through several little towns. where
he was received with a great show OF
I enthusiasm.
At Kingston they hailed Col Roosevelt
as the next President OF the United
States Flags huttered. women trotted
out their broods. and pointed with pride
to the man who decried race suicide;
grimy miners OF various races cheered
the colonel until they got tired Of cheer
ing. In many respects it was as grand a
day as yesterday in the Lackawanna
Valley
Mr.. Roosevelt repeated to-day that he
does not want the impression to be
spread that he is investigating labor con-
ditions in these parts. He said that he
simply wants to look over the social side.
He declared that there is no significance
in the fact that John Mitchell accom-
Panied him on his second journey. His
intimacy with the Catholic clergy, whom
4 he met at every turn OF the road. is
merely the result OF old friendship and
regard FOR them. The Rev Father J. J.
Curran. his host. has been a big figure
in the mine troubles up here.
shoes Hidden as Prank.
After his shoes. which had been hid
den so that the colonel might not arise
too early. were restored. Mr. Roosevelt
dressed for breakfast and left the house
Of Father Curran for the days run 70
motor car. John Mitchell, Father Cur
ran, and Father j, J. O'Donaid, Of Stow
ell. Pa. went with him.
They stopped first in front Of a little
red store At Brookside. a mile outside OF
the city. It did not take the village
idlers long 20 recognize the colonel, and
as soon as they did they set UP a whoop.
/ and the handshaking commenced He
did not remain here long. however. He
had too many other places 10 visit.
| The news Of the coming Of Roosevelt
was carried through the valley with
startling rapidlty. AS the big car spinned
/ into Pittstown he was greeted by miner :
who struggled along the sidewalks. and
/ by their wives who had the kiddies all
doodied up for the occasion. The colonel
/ inspected the Roosevelt School, and he
said 1t is all right A Mrs. E. j. Glib
bons tipping the beam at 275 pounds,
trOtted out her family just as the great
man was about to depart. She insisted
upon introducing all the little Gibbonses.
and remarked 10 her eldest daughter:
Amt he handsome, Bridget" The colo
/ mel blushed in righteous embarrassment.
Chats with Little Italy.
/ All through the town Of Pittston the
crowds gathered and the children were
played up for ali they were worth. The
folks OF the valley seemed to think that
{ the greatest theory Roosevelt ever ex-
pounded was the race suicide theory. In
the Italian colony the colonel fingered for
some time, caressing the children, chat
/ ting with mothers. and rapidly going
I through several homes that he wanted to
gather color from. With Rose Cont, a
fve-year-old little mother Of the type
so common in -he east side Of New York
! the contributing editor spoke in Italian
The colonel isn't any too proficient in
that tongue, but he managed to make
| himself understood, in addition to max
ing a mighty hit with the Italians who
witnessed the tableau.
The automobiles travelled at a rapid
clip through Pittston, on to Duryea, a
small town five miles away. The mining
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