The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-04
Colonel Roosevelt's Ten Thousand
Mile Trip Is Ended With
Visit to ThIrty-seven
States.
IN THE SAME CLOTHES
Started One Month Ago Today and
Came Mighty Near Going Every
where on the United
States Map.
UNITED Press Special service.l

tUn1Leu PreSS SpoCldi S6FViCc.1
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. q
Theodore Roosevelt, erstwhile presi-
dent and willing to try the job again,
entered the national capital today, on
the home-stretch OF the most compre-
hensive campaigning tour ever under
taken by presidential candidate.
BY the time he reaches New York,
the bull moose leader will have COW
cred 10,T50 miles, and have made 800
speeches to perhaps ten million citi
zens, in advocacy of the progressive
principles Tor which he is fighting.
The three hundred speeches does not
count mere rear-end-of-the train talks,
of which there were scores. 1t does
not give an idea of the typically
Roosevelt strenuosity of the trip, Of
an enthusiasm that never waned,
keen insight into local conditions, an
alertness and versatility that trans
formed what were about eight basic
| topics for speechmaking into almost
| new addresses in city after city.
Thirsy-seven states have been trav-
ersed by the bull moose leader. One
month ago today he began his swing
around the circle by an excursion into
Connecticut. Thence he swung west
/ ward, zigzagging up and down to the
j coast, and then eastward and through
/ the south, returning along the Allan
tic coast.
The colonel had physician along
1 with him, but he might just as well
i have dispensed with his services, and
4 merely gargled his throat when it got
z tired from speaking, for he was In the
i same splendid trim today as when ne
i left oyster Bay-still sunburned and
vigorous in every movement.
what I'm anxious to do now
j said the colonel today. SIS to get back
{ to Oyster bay, play fey sets OF ten
i mis-, take ride or walk, and ther
I'm ready again"
Il What the candidate will probably
. do tomorrow is to play ten sets O
f tennis, ride fifteen miles on horse
q hack, hew down few trees and 9th
: erwise enjoy himself in his TYPICAL.
I Rooseveltian way-at time whel
(; most folks would be so tired from
+ ten thousand mile trip that the,
+ would be glad to seek comfortabl
/; rocking chair.
Throughout the trip, the colone
9 has worn just one suit of clothes. II
/ deed, his wardrobe-and his simpl
= city was reflected in the fact that b
! carried only one big kit bag and tw
= suitcases-only contained the on
q business suit and frock coat. Ths
!, one gray suit was sadly worn an
:, wrinkled and creased and dirty, as II
- wearer ought to have been afte
= !. such trip, but the colonel isn't muc
:. on style. His black felt sombrer
:. :. was almost equally marked with wes
= and travel.
A. Here was the usual Rooseve1tia
Of program day by day:
y Arise at o'clock.
IL Shake hands with crowd ar
Of make two minute talk, perhaps
B. / the middle of his breakfast at
u O'Clock.
Talk politics with local bull moo
ers, interspersed with perhaps
couple Of set speeches.
so Grab luncheon at o'clock.
IA More speeches, and In betwet
m times, rest. Crest, according to Il
OF coionei's notion, consists OF readi1
such books as the history OF the sc