The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-12
Views on Tariff Show Him
Standpatter, St. Louis
Papers Say.
REACHES ILLINOIS
TO EXPLAIN STAND
Former President to Push on Into
Indiana to Defense of
Beverage.
By John SNURE.

PEORIA. H.. Oct I2.-ColoneI
Roosevelt arrived in Peoria at
o'clock this afternoon. and will re-
main here until 1870 tonight, when he
VIII head for Indiana, where he will
endeavor 20 save Senator Beveridgc
from falling into the clutches Of the
Democrats and where there will be
the most intense political interest in
what he viii say.
Compared with Yesterday in ST.
Louis. with its wild auto dashes, the
colonel airship fight, and half dozen
speeches, this was a comparatively
quiet day
The Roosevelt special passed
through Alton. Granite City. Spring
field. and other points in Illinois on
the way 10 Peoria. and at these points
the former President made brief
speeches from the rear end Of his car.
Coloel Roosevelt was up bright and
early and experienced not the slight
est i'll effects from his extremely
strenuous visit to St. Louis. His
vcice is not troubling him much, iu
spite OF the hard work of the last
several days. He is feeling in excel
lent shape for the opening Of the New
ork campaign Friday
Discusses Tariff.
In Peoria Colonel RoOseveIt's prin-
cipal speech viii be at dinner given
him by the knights Of Columbus on
arriving he went to the country club
for luncheon, and then TO the house
OF Archbishop Shalin.
In view of the feeling in the West
over the tariff plank and some Of the
other features Of the New York plat
form, the colonel is extremely anxious
10 have his views on tariff made clear.
For this reason he carefully prepared
what he had TO say at tire ST. Louis
Coliseum last night on the subject of
tariff In this he spoke for tariff com
mission. for revision, schedule bv SChed-
ule. and for the abolition Of Favoritisni
and special privilege in dealing with
duties.
Called Standpatter.
lie said before the speech he thought
this could not fail 10 be understood by
those that wanted to understand. but
when the colonel awoke this morning he
found that the leading Republican
morning newspaper of St Louis. the
standpatter organ of Missouri, repre-
scented him as having made an -'OrthO-
dox' speech on tariff. The leading
Democratic paper. the organ Of the re-
dictionary end Of the Democratic party
in the Stale. announced Roosevelt
F'lcps To StandDatters''
Missouri standpatters were not pleased
over the attention Colonel Roosevelt
showed Governor Hadley. progressive.
and over the warm commentator he
gave Hadlev in his Coliseum speech
last night.
In his speech last night the colonel
referred TO the 'Unhulv alliance between
Tammauv and Wall Street This is a
torerunUeT 90 much that will be heard
from him along the same lines when he
gets into tho New York campaign.
He IS expected TO attack Dix as the
candidate Of Tammauv and Wall Street
and hammer on the charge Of such an
alliance.
In speaking at Springfield. the
colonel fired a shot at corruption. an
Uareutly having in mind once more
the political conditions in Illinois. and
the election Of Senator Lorimer. He
said that when il came 10 corruption
ne recognized no party lines.
Governor Deneen, of Illinois. met
Colonel Roosevelt at Springfield He
got on the train AMI rode 70 Peoria
and they talked over political conditions
I'm Illinois a considerable crowd was
gathered at Springfield. and the train
remained there a few minutes while the
colonel spoke.