Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-28
ACROSS IOWA AND NEBRASKA
Colonel Roosevelt Makes Speeches at
Nearly Every Stop.
MEETS SENATORS ON THE WAY
Cummins Travels with Him In Iowa
Directs BurLett and Brown at
Kearney-win &c Dele
gate In New YORK.

GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. Aug. T-The
west gave ex-President Roosevelt a warm
greeting yesterday. The people gathered in
crowds at all places at which he stopped
in his journey across Iowa and part of Ne
braska, rang bells, footed whistles, played
bands. and cheered They stood on roofs,
climbed telegraph poles and scrambled on
top OF cars on the sldings to see him when
the crowds on the ground grew so large
that there was no other way. They began
their welcome before Colonel Roosevelt was
out Of bed and kept It up until after dark.
He will arrive i'm Cheyenne, wyo., in the
morning and win make the second set
speech Of his western tour there in the
afternoon at the cowboys carnival.
The colonel was up early he had to be.
for he was called out Of bed by the people
OF Marshalltown, Ia, who had gone to the
stand before breakfast TO see him and
would not be denied. Clad In a raincoat
and slippers. he made the first speech of
the day at 6;45 a. IN.
Talks Till Voice Gives Out.
From then on, It was almost a continuous
performance, for at every point at which
the train stopped a speech was demanded
The colonel kept on talking until his voice
began to grow husky and he was urged 70
stop.
AT Dunlap, Ia, someone pulled the bell
rope just as Colonel Roosevelt got on the
back platform, and with his arm held aloft,
in his characteristic pose, was about to
speak The train pulled out, leaving the
people there in open-mouthed, disappoint-
ment At Logan, the next point. Colonel
Roosevelt was allowed less than a minute
for his speech, but he made such good use
of it that thereafter attempts to suppress
his speeches were given up.
The manager of a wild west show on ex-
hibition at Grand Island tried TO help things
along by wiring to the agent in charge OF
the Roosevelt train, urging him not to stop
here. He said he was afraid that IL the
colonel should stop, everyone would be at
the railway station TO see him and that
there would be no one at the show, which
began five minutes after the time set for
the colonels arrival here. But the colonel
stopped here and it looked as II most of
the town was on hand. He made a short
speech, after which the people Of Grand
Island went to the show.
In his speeches today, Colonel Roosevelt
continued to talk about honesty in public
ana private life, and to attack the crooked
man and the crooked public servant He
also spoke about New York, referring to
the situation in his own state while talking
to the people in Council Bluffs. Earlier in
the day he issued a statement in regard to
the New York progressives, denounoinE
Dossism and corrupt alliances between bust
ness and politicians. supplementlng this
statement later, he declared that he would
not permit the 'old guard" of New York
state TO pick the issue there He said that
'ne great Issue was not the fight to pro-
cure the enactment of a direct nomination
law. hut tho FIGHT
that his statement referred to the New
York situation solely and had no bearing
on the situation in national politics.
Party Greatly Enlarged.
When Colonel Roosevelt left New York
all the members of the party Travelled in
two cars which were attached to regular
trains. The number of cars has grown nm
I'll now there are six OF them made up In
special train. At Chicago yesterday one
car was attached carrying a party of men
VINO are going along merely to see what
happens. George AIDE was one OF them.
Ihree more cars were added today and the
rafiroad Officials gave up all hope OF haul
ing them on the regular trains
Inc mayor Of Galesburg ILL.,, tele-
graphed to Colonel Roosevelt today a re-
quest that he try to settle a strike in the
bitumnous coal fields. The colonel re-
marked that 1t was the fourth strike which
ne had been asked to settle since his re-
turn from abroad and that he could not
consent to act as he would be obliged to
devote several weeks to such task and he
hasn't the time to spare.
Speaks of states Growth.
hEAftNEY. Neb., Aug. N.-CSpecial Tele-
grandfather the train bearing Theodore
Roosevelt pulled into Kearney at S:10 last
evening he was greeted by a densely packed
crowd of from $500 to 5000 people who well
coined his appearance on the rear platform
with a rousing cheer An immense boquet
of sweet peas was handed him. Senators
Burkett and Brown boarded the train and
Senator Brown presented him.
During the course OF a five-minute talk,
the ex-president found time to compliment
Nebraska on its wonderful development
since he first saw the state twenty-seven
years ago; to emphasize the importance to
the nation of individual character; to COM
pliment Senator Burkett warmly for his
work In connection with the Cuban tariff
matter; and to speak to the boys about
lion hunting.
Il am glad TO see your two senator's" he
said, II shall always remember with pleas
ure and gratitude the help given me by
MI Durhett Wneh ne was IN lhe mouse On
Representatives and I was In the White
House, In getting a satisfactory tariff ar
Management with Cuba, which has knit two
nations ever closer together"
| Colonel Roosevelt promised tonight to ad-
dress the members OF the Colorado legis-
lature when he visits Denver on Monday.
When Colonel Roosevelt was Informed
that he had been elected a delegate TO the
republican state convention at Saratoga
N. Y, by the republicans OF Nassau county
he said that he was very glad to hear It
and would OF course accept, as he said
he would do, II he were chosen. ColOne
Roosevelt declined to make any further
comment or to Indicate whether he would
give any encouragement 10 the movement
begun by the republicans Of Orleans county
to elect him as temporary chairman over
the head Of the state committee, which