The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-20
SALVAT|0N|STS IS A
BIG ROOSEVELT
BOOSTER
"Fiery Apostle" Frat Broth.
er of Former President,
Says He Has Great Mind

Theodore Roosevelt has the most
marvellous mind of any man in the
United States and 1 will not be sur
prised If he is elected president of the
United States nex fall, declared Col.
samuel Logan Brengle, fiery apostle
and International revivalist Of the Sal
walton Army, who arrived in Grand
FORKS this morning to conduct a spc-
cha series of meetings.
Mr.. Roosevelt and / are fraternity
brothers." continued the salvationist.
We're member Of the d. *. E.'s.'"
] Joined when I was a student at De-
paw and he became a member of the
fraternity while in Harvard. The first
Tune L heard him speak was at a fra
ternity convention. He was a young
man then, just starting out in life, you
might say. He made a great impress
sion on all of us boys and right there
told us where to get off-pardon the
~v,ernacular of the street, please. We
knew then that he was going to make
his mark in this world.
His Way OF Working.
Mr.. Roosevelt is a man of destiny.
His mental processes are so rapid that
he has solved a problem in his own
mind while the rest of us are lust
starting in to figure it out. This is
why he is called a plunger by many,
while in reality it is just his way Of
doing things. He is accused of doing
things on the impulse of the moment.
A study into the way he solves prob
lens will, however, just about con-
vince n that his solutions are based
on sound logical reasons. He is IL
wonderful man, with a wonderful in
t~ellect.t
II have recently visited the west,
where I find the Roosevelt sentiment
very strong. Roosevelt has apparently
taken the middlewest by storm. One
thing that is helping the Roosevelt
cause is that his friends are coming
to the front. They are telling the
Wild that they are for Roosevelt
"Taft's supporters are not making
r"uch of a noise just now. Whether
they are doing anything for their
Cause or not is a question. 1t seems
to me that the Taft men will have to
move a whole lot faster than they are
now If they want to make any kind Of
a showing in the campaign.
For my part. / do not believe that
Taft has any show in the world Of
securing the nomination.
THE people are going to make it
almost Impossible for Roosevelt to re-
fuse to be a candidate.
Certainly Roosevelt is sincere.
People who contend that he is not and
that he is simply making a loud noise
- eHo.o ~ orc lEylH6 W isuFe OUT
n problems That he solves while
they are just beginning to realize the
full Significance Of the problem.
MY home is in the east. There con-
ditions are n bit more conservative. I
do not think that there will be a So
called split in the east. However,
Woodrow Wilson is making friends,
but the country is apparently demand
Colonel BrenEle not only talked a
little politics this morning, but, smil-
ing his winning smile all the while, he
also told Of the things the Salvation
Army Is doing in this and foreign
countries.
Interesting Work i'm India.
In foreign lands the work of most
interest at the present he said is that
being conducted in India, by Com
mander Booth Tucker, quondam head
Of the Salvation Army in this country.
In India Commander Tucker goes by
the name of "Fakir Singh and all OF
his soldiers dress in the garb Of the
country and go b~arefooted. There arc
at the present time 500 schools being
maintained In India by the Salvation
Army. and 1000 native officers are
looking after the work in that land.
A feature of the work of the sal
v%ationists in the United States. is that
Of the rescue and maternity homes,
says Col. Brengle.
There are twenty-eight homes
each with accommodation for S24
girls. During the year which closed
Sept. 30. 1911, 1901 girls were admit
ted to these institutions and 1897 girls
passed out of the homes--better wom-