The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-05

more than $500 miles. He has passed
/ through fourteen States. He has ad-
dressed thousands OF persons who have
shown the friendliest regard for him.
Everywhere one hears only the most
favorable comment. There has been no
undercurrent of anti Roosevelt sentiment
that has been observed by those who
have watched for IT, Taft's name is
scarcely mentioned when the colonel is
around. and only once has Mr.. Roosevelt
spoken Of #. and then by referring TO
the President end lot to Mr. Taft.
No one has lost sight of the fact that
Mr.. Roosevelt has been speaking In the
land OF the insurgents, where the admin
istration is not in entire favor. But It Is
-lore than a mere poltlcal devotion. 1t
is personal appreciation.
His Personal Campaign.
IN one sense Mr.. Roosevelt is making
a campaign He is setting his views be-
fore the public so that they can digest
them. and on the other hand they must
think them over and over If they don't
care TO consume them.
Kansas roared with delight at his visit
! Nebraska was enthusiastic: South Da-
kota and Seth Bullock did themselves
proud; Iowa and Ohio were more than
! generous. The news that some New Jer-
sey Republicans have already started
boom for the colonel did not bother him.
lie said nothing, and he didn't look sur
prised.
At all of the Western cities where Mr.
Roosevelt tarries one hlds dozens OF
little and big politicians swarming Ike
bees around him. They seek advice and
! they seek office. That is what makes it
look as though the colonel is being taken
mighty seriously as a candidate in 1872
Some OF the wise ones who have tried TO
draw him out on the matter of his break
with the President have failed utterly to
get satisfactory answers There is no
need of his making further explanations,
he tells them for his public utterances
are not ambiguous.
The last leg Of the trip Is at hand
Visits TO ST Paul, Milwaukee. Chicago,
Cincinnati. and Pittsburg will be of deep
Importance. When the colonel reaches
the home Of Mr.. Taft he will be watched
closely. in the hope that he viii commit
himself; those who are with him believe
that he Will steer clear Of politics with
studied innocence. His speeches for these
places are not prepared. so that on the
spur OF the moment he may cut loose and
upset all calculations
Conference at Fargo.
Tonight Mr.. Roosevelt reached Fargo
Senators McCumber and Purcell. OF North
I nj a.
ridge and chatted with him all the way.
Neither had anything to say regarding
their talk further than that the colonel
is a fine man and great
Fargo has made elaborate preparations
for the coloners stay. The streets are
all hossy with flags and banners and the
homefoIks are contemplating a big Labor
Day celebration. The colonel viii lay a
couple Of cornerstones. review fire COM
panies. and make his main speech in the
| afternoon late.
Tonight he went TO bed early At a
hotel he slept. He'll be up early in the
morning and will be on the jump from
sunup 20 midnight.
Mr.. Roosevelt found a great crowI
waiting HIS arrival at the station. He
drove Immediately TO the Waldorf Hotel
and was confronted with more of Fargo's
lively popu!ace. Grouped in front OF the
hotel entrance were 100 little girls dressed
in white and carrying Teddy bears. They
ranged In age from ten months to ten
years. They gave a soprano cheer as the
colonel approached.
7. p. jumped from the machine as fast
as he could and began to talk with the
children. AS he passed between the two
lines they had formed he patted each
one OF them and said nice things. 4
lot Of proud mothers and fathers and
relatives swelled perceptibly when they
saw what was happening. In order that
the photographers can get a picture Of
this the tableau will be repeated to-mor-
row at noon.
Police Preserve Order.
The colonel pushed mis- way through
a mob OF curious persons who choked
every door leading into the hotel. The
police had hard time. FaTgo's Sunday
crowd is a large one. As MI Roosevelt
entered his room on the second floor he
emitted a whoop Of Joy. Guess who was
there. Who? Why Of course Sylvane
Ferris and his brother Joe. The Ferris
boys
Yes. the very ones who worked and
hunted with the colonel in the good old
days on the Little Missouri I'D near
dedOra, n. Oak. BY George, but IL was
good TO see 'em again.
'Oh. my laughed the colonel. Isn't
this fine. By George. isn't it fine. This
is the finest thing I've struck yet, to see
you boys here"
He recoliected a lot Of things about
He'll Roaring Bill Jones. about the night
he struck Medora twenty-seven years ago.
1T was a weird night. 1 can tell you,
the colonel exclaimed. I went over 10
the Pyramid House Hotel The old man
who was the proprietor took me 10 the
room IN which there were fourteen beds
One OF the beds wasn't being slept in at
that moment, so grabbed IT, Oh,
George. VIII I forget? Remember that
night, Sylvane?"
The colonel and the Ferris BOYS. who
are about fifty years old. swapped yarns
for an hour while the crowd waited out
side. They spoke Of the horses the col
onel used to ride and the strange hap
penings in which he was the central
figure.
Tell Good One on Him.
T. r. rode Ben Butler" and a bald
faced animal that did not have a name.
The Feuises were mighty enthusiastic
about the coloners nerve and spunk IN
those days. They related how he went
with them on a ride and got stranded
sixty-fve miles from the nearest rail-
road station.
Roosevelt was the gamest Of the