The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-06-16


them the shivera-
That IL q question thu answer Of whi,.h
b fraughf with s00e nOnleni 70 this
country. Certain gentlemen Of the
press and Of the conservation move
nent. popularity known n the return
from Eliza" crowd believe be will
be 4 candidate for president In 1912
Certain other gentlemen Of the press
Rnd of official station. known Of all
men AZ friends Of the administration.
are just AZ certain that he will get t,sA-
hind Taft man Of the name Of
Heron George d. HerrOn-expatriat-
ed as I recall because OF certain mat
rimOnial complications. thinks ItOOse-
velt will become not only president. hut
virtual emp. rOr. that he will end the
republic and that he will he the begin-
ming Of the new dark ages" Thus .
the thing is seen to be not without
an element Of the fantastic. especially
when dealt with by Il fantastic mind
It is PERHAPS as well to keep ourselves
within the hounds OF sanity when deal
ing with Roosevelt or with other things
Will Go to Cheyenne.
As to whether he will or will not he
come q presidential candidate ne alone
can answer. OF only two things are
We sure-that he will have the great
est reception ever given an American
citizen on his homecoming and that
he will 20 to Cheyenne I'm August and
III Rs,,is
and swarms OF delighted citizens on
the way and back. This much will
come Of the suggestion Of western
editor that the colonel return by way
OF San Francisco and tear up the vocal
apparatus OF the country on his way
east That he could not do because 1t
would bring him home too late for his
sons wedding. But ne yielded to the
suggestion to the extent OF taking a
later round trip to Cheyenne. Re
yond these meager details II IL given
out that he will lecture. write books
and help to edit the Outlook. What
else the future holds for him and for
us the American peOnlp and Theodore
Roosevelt himself alone can tell.
Certain II Is that he will have plenty
to do after he informs himself Of what
has taken place during his fifteen
months absence. and whatever he
does 1t will keep the country on the
jump. II Is impossible that his per
ennial energies should be bottled.
They will find an outlet. and political
outlet at that. OF late the advices
have linked his name with an ambi-
tiOus tour of twenty-four states. with
an address at one big mass meeting in
each. This tour IL to he made in con-
nectiOn with the Cheyenne trip. and
the fortunate commemorative included
are "a follows:
New York. Ohio. Indiana. Illinois.
Wisconsin. Minnesota. South Dakota.
Nebraska. Wyoming. Colorado. Kan
sas. Oklahoma. Texas. Louisiana. Ala
hama. Georgia. Tennessee. South Car
olina North Carolina. Virginia. Penn
sylvania. Maryland. Delaware apA
New Jersey. -
Walter Wellman. who has been with
him on the European tour. intimntcs
that II the country demands It Roose
welt will again run for president. Bv
the way. Wellmnn in one Of his letters
hns touch that ia too good to he lost.
It recounts how Young Enclishman
came down to the wharf In Egypt to
see the former president. He gazed
long and earnestly at that picture Of
health. Then he turned and said:
And Just to think that man IL now re-
turning from a year on the equator!
They tell me he has been out day after
day eight. ten. twelve hours in the scorcn-
ing sun. He has waded marshes up to
his neck He has fought his way through
papvrus and reeds and ooze and mud. He
has never had day of fever or met
touch Of dysentery. Look at him and
look at me. as have been down here 100
miles from the equator only one year.
l have tried to take care of myself. l
have been In no swamps. done no hunt
ing. save OF mosquitoes. l am wreck
have had fever. have had dysentery. haze
taken barrels Of medicine. have been in
hospitals and am now going home. am