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

Chicago. Sept. S.-Trouble came shortly
after Col Roosevelt's arrival at Freeport
station this afternoon. A delegation
from the Hamilton Club, headed by Pres
ident John H. Batten. met him. Along
with tts reception committee OF railroad
men. Who did not relish the intrusion.
the Chicagoans escorted Mr.. Roosevelt
10 a grove in the fair grounds.
The colonel chatted pleasantly with Mr..
Batten and the others, and asked who
would be at the dinner. He smiled at the
mention Of Uncle Joe Cannon. but his
expression changed into one Of anger
when he heard that Senator Lorimer had
been invited
do you mean to say that Lorimer is
to be there?" he asked Batten.
why. yes. replied the Hamilton Club
president ''5e has been invited and has
accepted"
EmphnticaIly Declines.
The colonel looked around him and ex-
claimed Then 1 shall decline 10 90. II
Lorimer comes you can count me out OF
IL. 1t would be the same 10 have him
there as TO have others who are now
under Indictment"
Members OF the Hamilton Club tried 20
dissuade Mr.. Roosevelt from hasty judg-
ment large crowd pricked up their
ears in order 10 catch every word. The
colonel talked sufficiently loud for every
one TO hear He had made up hts mind
and nothing on earth could change It. he
said.
Judge Batten told Mr.. Roosevelt that
! he would ask Senator Lorimer to with
/ draw, but the colonel would hear OF no
such thing He insisted that Lorimer be
/ informed that Roosevelt had refused 10
associate publicly with him, and that
there was not room for both at the din
ner tonight He could do that or leave
/ the colonel out Of II.
After a conference that was mighty
brief the Chicagoans decided TO send this
message 70 Senator Lorimer:
LOrimer Gets Broad Hint.
"CoL Roosevelt positively declines 10
sit at the same table with you. Our in
vitation 10 you for this evening IS. there
fore, withdrawn"
The colonel was satisfied when he saw
this message and took occasion 10 reit-
Ct dlt Ills absolute ItluSdl 10 nave Aug
thing 10 do with senator Lorimer.
If I find that he does come. anyway. %
he said. before he reached Chicago. 7
shall get up from the table. That IS
final"
Mr.. Roosevelt said he meant Shurtloff
and Lee O'Nen Browne and their kind
when he spoke OF Others under indlct-
ment"
/ The Hamiltonians who rode into Chi
cago from Freeport with T. R.. were
much disturbed by the sudden show OF
anger on the coloneI's part He refused
to adopt any middle ground despite their
arguments. and told them that there was
no need OF further parley He sat with
Garfield all the way in. He thought he
should have been informed about the
guests earlier than at the last moment.
I There were other things 70 occupy the
minds OF political gossips to-day besides
the Lorimer incident In a long speech
al Freeport the colonel startled some
OF his hearers by what a good many
considered his first declaration in re-
gard to his re-entering public Office.
Words of Significance.
| I 4
lie life again." he said TO the railroad
men Of Illinois, but II am. there is
always a chance that sometime it may
come up when I shall make MY words
good"
Cheers greeted this announcement. but
the man in the crowd who started TO
nominate the colonel for 1912 was choked
off nv further declaration
no corporation. no politician must
ever support me for anything under the
idea that I will pardon that corporation
or that politician II II or he is corrupt.
II either corporation or politician, II
either one or the other helps to put me
in a position Of influence, let them re-
member that il they are corrupt, II they
encourage corruption in others or ben
eft by Il themselves. they help me at
their peril. for I will hurt them II get
the chance"
Preparing for Emergencies.
He said afterward that he meant just
exactly what he said. There is no need
OF placing great significance on every
word he utters, aas his advice to his in
quirers. for his words are not ambig-
uous He simply does not know what
is going to happen He is going along
on the very lines that he outlined before
he left Oyster Bay for this trip; forward
and not backward. He says he cannot
tell what the next eighteen months viii
bring forth.
A thrOng Of laboring men greeted Mr..
Roosevelt at Freeport There were 10000
persons on the grounds where the picnic
of four organizations was being held.
The colonel as a member Of the Amer
lean Brotherhood Of Firemen and En-
ginemen met them as a fellow-member.
and made some hit with the crowd by so
doing p. II. MOrrissey called him ia
boris friendJ A man who sang a song
about Illinois" referred TO T. r. He
was again hailed as the greatest man in
the world.
Mr.. Roosevelt appealed to his audience
by praising the work done by the brother
hoods in behalf of the injured and de-
crepit railroad men.
Cost of Public Safety.
The damage these men have suffered
said he. by gripping disaster has paid
for our welfare; the damage they have
suffered Is the penalty exacted that al
Of us may ride in safety and comfort OF
the railroad. The government OF this ma