Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-03

Roosevelt bore tribute to the services rem
dered by Senator Burkett at intical times
in his administration as president and
compllmented the senior senator very high
ly by reading part Of an address made by
him in the senate touching the high quail
ties needful TO the best type of citizen ana
public servant. The extract was read with
vim and emphasis. such as the man on his
feet alone could give them.
Being insistently called for, Iowa's senior
senator stepped to the edge of the plat
FORM hat in hand, and made himself heard
to every corner of the hall as he com
mended certain utterances Of Thomas JEFF
ferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore
Roosevelt. Abiding to the latter, he thun-
dered the slogan OF 1.-The square deal" and
caught his hearers with the assertion that
1t would be carried out more and more
hereafter.
Multitude ThrOnEs Auditorium.
The crowd which heard Roosevelt's speech
began to gather hours before o'clock, the
time set for the doors to be opened, 1t
being on record that the first would-be
auditor arrived at the auditorium doors at
high noon. BY the time the automobiles
bearing the visitor and his party hove into
blBHtB AnSlS was iiON q NhSdhN AOOh Va AiONi
space in the vast auditorium. and the
streets on either side of the big building
we're almost equally jammed. All of this
means that about 10000 people heard the
colonels speech and almost as many had
to be satisfied with gazing at the dis
tinguished mans smiling countenance.
Fridays crowd was typically American.
It was composed of poor men, rich men
and beggar men. and women and children,
all rubbing elbows, and it was surely a
Roosevelt crowd in spirit, There was
nothing resembling worship or near-royalty
nor were there many In the vast crowd
who had word of criticism for tho city's
guest. 1t was a concourse of people. who,
irrespective OF party or other affiliations.
had assembled TO do their mite to honor
one whom they had learned to love.
An especially noticeable feature in the
crowd, was the large number of elderly
people. This was probably due, in part to
the genial weather which prevailed and yet
It testified to the respect which the older
people of the country have for Roosevelt,
himself younger man,
A Roosevelt crowd would not be COM
plete without children and they were there
in force. 1t is estimated that II the daunt-
less colonel had kissed every baby in his
audience he would have been busy until
the year, 1912 but he omitted that part
fthe program.
There was a good deal of crushing when
the doors OF the Auditorium were thrown
open. and yet on the whole, the crushing
multitude was a good-natured one, and It's
units laughed and joked each other as the
fight was made to secure eligible seats.
Every seat Of any kind was occupied by
3:15. Thousands of both SEXES and OF ell
ages stood up in the side aisles OF the
arena floor; in the speace back of the seats
and in the aisles of the balconies. Even
the short stalrways and platforms leading
20 the roof were tronged and hundreds
overlooked onto the roof itself taking what
satisfaction they might from peekins
through the windows far up toward the
sky line
Text of Address.
A few minutes after 4 o'clock the colonel
arrived. He was seated with Victor Rose.
water In the tonnea uof the Dietz machine
an das he drove along Howard street tc
the side Of the Auditorium entrance thS
cheers and applause which went up from
the crow dalong the sidewalk was almost
deafening, Mr. Roosevelt looked tired al
he walked between the line OF policemen e
the entrance Of the big hall, and paid little
attention to the crowd until he had reached
the top of the steps. Then he turned, lifted
his hat and bowed several times. As the
ex-president passed from the street to th'
ahl a number OF the ultra enthusiastic,
attempted to launch a presidential boomle
with cries OF %19l2." our next president
and similar expressions but the only no.
a slight broadening OF the habitual smilt
and a few words to those who were witt
him, which were indisunguishable to th'
crowd.
william l. Kierstead and his three aides
Charles l.. Saunders, Charles II, Withnel
and Gtorge F. West. handled the stage ar
rangemnts and the accommodations fol
the press men in admirable fashion. Their,
wa sno confusion in placing the earlier ar
rivals, probably 80 DIN number; and whei
the colonel and hi sparty and the visiting
men from other states and cities came the!
found seast awaiting them In eligible posi-
ton to see and hear, Even an unexpecte'
bevy OF women were accommodated at tn
slide OF the stage.
Admirers Shont Hopes of Future.
Following is the text OF the Roosevelt
address on The Panama Canal"
in travelling in Europe last spring on
thing which especially struck me was IN
fact that the two feats which made tn
deepest impression abroad were the crws
OF the battle fleet around the world an
the digging OF the Panama canal Thes
were the two feats to be credited to IN
American people during the last decade
which had most profoundly and favorabl
affected foreign Judgment Of America dun
ing that time, Such Judgment depend
not In the least upon what people say the
can do. but on what they actually Dc