The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-05-21
Will Travel From the
Atlantic to the
Pacific.
CONDEMNS WILSON
For Allowing "Blackmail" te
Columbia and Giving UP
Canal Rights.

Oyster Bay, N. Y.-Twelve hours
after Colonel Roosevelt had returned
from South America, he was back in
the thick of politics. He was UP
early and as soon as breakfast was
over he was hard at work, picking
up the threads where he had droppch
them seven months ago.
Roosevelt, it was learned, looka
forward to one of the hardest poll
tical campaigns of his career. EX-
cept for the time occupied by the
trip to Spain, for the wedding of
Kermit, he expects to devote to
politics most of his time until No
vember. Already a tentative plan of
action has been mapped out. The
colonel has in mind one of the long
est campaign trips he ever made,
taking him from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, with several shcN.er trips to
nearby states.
Roosevelt awaited his first confer
ence with leaders of the progressive
party, arranged by cable before he
left South America. George w. Per-
kins, and O. X. Davis of Washington,
are expected at Sycamore Hill to give
a report on the situation. The col
onel has appointments with leaders
of several states in the next ten days
The colonel will go to his editorial
office tomorrow and will spend most
of the day meeting political assoei-
ates. He will address the Nationfa
Geographical Society next Tuesday,
when he will make the first formal
announcement of his discovery of a
river in Brazil.
Scores Deal With Colombia.
The Wilson administrations atti-
tude in the controversy with Co1um-
bia over the Panama canal was
criticised by the coolnel. He object
ed strongly to the payment of what
he termed "blackmail'' to Colombia:
I'm submitting to this" he said,
sit is just as though some future
president of the United States Shouts
apologize to the successor of Huerta
for the seizure of Vera Cruz. AS for
the payment of $25, 100000 to
Colombia here the colonel threw
up his hands-"well that is unthink-
able"
He expressed himself as strongly
opposed to the repeal of the Panama
exemption. He said he thought it
perfectly right to arbitrate the ques-
tion if the right of the country to
grant exemptions was questioned,
but declared that to yield the point
unequivocally without arbitration
was indefensible, as he was convinc-
ed that the United States was within
its rights in freeing coastwise ship
from the payment of tolls.
Tells of Seeing MeIlen
Col. Roosevelt speaking of the tes-
timony of former President Mellen
of the New Haven, said that when
Mellen came to him to discuss the
merging of the New Haven with the
Boston and Maine, he hold Mellen so
far as he was concerned he would
have no objection provided the mer-
ger came within the law. Roosevelt
said he sent Mellen to Franklin X.
Lane, then of the interstate commerce
commission, for information on that
point.
But l told Mr.. Mellen that if the
merger could not be thus accom-
plished and the law should be violat-
ed, he must not come back" he said.
Given Quiet Welcome Home.
New York City.-Theodore Roose
welt returned home yesterday from
his visit of many months through
South America. Accompanied by
two naturalists of his party, George
X. Cherry and Leo e. Miller, the
former president arrived from Para
at quarantine shortly before four
O'Clock yesterday on board the Booth
liner Aidan.
With a few crisp sentences, pune
tuated by decisive gestures. the col
onel reaffirmed the verify of the
river of doubt" quickly denied
having expressed himself as to presi-
dental possibilities for 1916, declar.
ed he would not run for governor OF
New York, made few deprecatory
remarks about his critics and with
harbor craft footing and flags fiutter.
ing was taken on board tug which
proceeded to Oyster Bay.
Retains Old Vigor.
Friends, who were alarmed by the
reports of Colonel Roosevelt's severe
illness, were greatly surprised when
they saw him. He was noticeably
thinner and he used a cane as he
walked, but his face wore health,
tan and he had apparently not lost
an ounce of the vigor and energy
which have become characteristics Of
him. After stopping 10 days in thi.
country. Mr.. Roosevelt will go t.
Spain to the wedding of his son, Ker
nit:
AS the tugs, which carried severa
members of the Roosevelt family, in
Guiding Mrs. Roosevelt, w. Emlil
Roosevelt, Archie and Theodore, Jr.
approached the Aidan, the familia
figure of the colonel gould be seer
leaning far over AS he wav
ed &c .,9,,s greeting, e',iI,g hi fixed in tn
Not few eyes were wet as tn
collector of the port. Dudley Fiel
Malone, and host of newspaper me-