The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-28

Oyster Bay. June IA short, stocky
man. whom YOU could not help but no
tice as ne passed by. alighted from the
noon train into Oyster Bay to-day,
jumped into big motor car, and disap-
peared behind a cloud Of dust. The ma
chine carried him up to Sycamore HiII
When he was rounding one Of the many
curves that are contained In the ser
pentine woods of the estate the passenger
spotted a man pitching hay in the fields.
"Oh. coionelr' he shouted, Col Roose-
welt. how are your
well, Senator answered the hay
pitcher. by George it's fine TO see you"
They got together and Handicapped.
The visitor was Senator Robert NJ. Ia
Toilette, of Wisconsin,: the worker was
Theodore Roosevelt. La Toilette, whip
Of the insurgents. following close upon
the heels Of Garfield and Pinchot, had
come up 10 see the former President.
who has not made up his mind yet what
he thinks of the Taft administration. IN
the face OF the interesting rumors that
are showing themselves above the po-
Htical horizon the call Of the Father Of
Insurgency" upon the colonel appears 10
be worth noting
Others Wanted 10 Come.
If it weren't for the fact that Col
Roosevelt is having such difficulty an
swering his correspondence. there might
have been two other insurgents here to
day senator Elmer Burkett. Of Ne
braska, and Representative Madison. of
Kansas, wanted to come, but they didn't
get their answers in time to accompany
La Toilette They'll be along later,
though; so it's all right.
The appearance Of the Wisconsin Sen
ator was the most important event in
Oyster Bay TODAY. despite the fact that
neither he nor the colonel had a great
deal TO say concerning it. La Toilette
didn't want il known at first that he
was in town.
Did you talk politics with Col. RoOse-
velt?" was asked.
Yes; I did" answered the Senator.
I'VE discussed the legislative acts OF the
session just completed in Congress. We
discussed them from the standpoint Of
the members OF the Republican party
whom the newspapers are pleased to
designate as insurgents"
Pressed 10 give details. the Senator
said: no; I prefer that they should
come from Sycamore Hill"
Did you discuss the Ballinger- -Pinchot
controversy
What 1 do want 10 say" the Senator
continued, "is that Col Roosevelt is
looking fine. He is in fighting trim Hes
the greatest living American"
Col Roosevelt was found chopping with
all his might at big tree.
In Good Health.
The colonel said he was in perfect ply
steal health He has had no trouble
since King Georges physician treated
him in England
While he was in Norway, he said, he
had bronchitis, and he was very anxious
to make all of the speeches he was sched-
uled for. and he made every one of them.
In England he acquired what he called
the campaign throat" which all orators
and every one who talk q lot get.
Il spent the entire morning going
through this mornings mall" he said.
You Nnow I am as willing TO work as
any man, but | ike to get somewhere.
II seems as though I were like the cat in
the we'll that climbed UP one foot and
slipped down two. have given orders
now that all my mail received at Oyster
Bay be sent TO the Outlook office in New
York cannot cope with il here"
He announced that besides the trip al
ready scheduled for the latter part of
August in the West he has planned an
other. On October l2 the colonel Is going
TO address the knights of Columbus in
Peoria. The observance Of Uncle Remus
Day in Atlanta, Ca, he viii attend on
October H. He will speak there. TOO.