The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-03
ROOSEVELT TAKES ANOTHER Ap- vANcED STAND IN LINE OF
 GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
lPEN THE SCHOOL HOUSES
-atter Should Be the Scenes of Do iltical Debates, Polling Places, and a Sort of Public Senate
 for the People.

Albany N r.. Sept Theodore Roosevelt struck out on the trail of the bandanna handkerchief today to -follow it on a months journey into she four corners of the country. His first days trip took him into Connecti- gut and Massachusetts. Then he turn ed toward the west. He was greeted today by large crowds.
 Colonel Roosevelt discussed social ism. one of Woodrow Wilson's speeches, the tariff, the democrats and the weather. He spoke feelingly of the weather, for he made some speeches standing bareheaded in the rain.
 I'm sorry you should suffer so much from the wet" he told the crowd in Hartford, Conn. I'm glad to see, though that the progressives of Connecticut never suffer from cold feet"
 The colonel announced his belief that the national government should help tighten expenses of political cam paigns. He declared himself also in favor of control of insurance compa- nies by the national government, and said school houses should be used for political meetings
 T want to touch on the text of the government exercising it's powers to hclp voters f0 get more control over their machinery than at present. ? he said at Hartford
 One of the ways by which would see that done is by having greater use of the school houses by getting the government to utilize them as they have never been utilized. For exam pie, the polling places ought all to be in the school houses. At present, we have the polling places in sheds, barber shops, saloons, everywhere
 But the school houses should be utilized much more than that They should be thrown open to all citizens for public meetings especially politi- cal meetings. That means that either the school principal or some other school officer should have it made part of his duty to provide for open ing school buildings whenever need ed for public meetings, and should, if necessary, provide means for having memoranda made of the discussion.
 'sAt first blush, this will strike you as rather a revolutionary move. But I am sure We shall have to have the government assume for all parties some of the expense for our political campaigns. 1t ought not to be neces- sary for the parties to hire buildings in which their candidates are to speak. We have the school houses in which they can speak. We can make each school house a senate chamber of the plain people.
 Think of how this would reduce the expenses of campaigns. Every thing should be done in ~the line Of making the government limit what is necessary to be spent and what can and shall be spent on campaigns, and also to make the government provide further legitimate means of reaching the people by arguments which ought to be the real end of every campaign committee
 In speaking of control of insurance companies, Colonel Roosevelt said:
 The government must inevitably assume control over business opera tons or many kinds that it never be- fore has touched. For instance. the national government will have to ex- ercise control over the insurance busi- ness, not to the extent of interfering with the taxing power of the states but so as to properly both regulate and protect the insurance companies
 Colonel Roosevelt began his tour with the announced intention Of mak. mag one speech in most of the states he Is to visit. The only speech he had planned ito deliver today was in Hart. ford, although a few days ago he promised to stop at Bridgeport Conn. for an hour. But at almost every stop along the line he found crowds which cheered until he made speech
 Colonel Roosevelt Is due al St Louis at pm. tomorrow, and after speak ing there. will leave for St Paul