The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-19
ROUGH HOUSE.
FOR ROOSEVELT
Hecklers in Crowds Where He
Spoke, Caused Him to Get
Hot Under the
Collar.
IS HEADED OUT WEST
Bolsterous Welcomes and Noisy
Meeting. All Along the Line.
With Engine Of Train
Baking Repeatedly.
IFS HEADED OUT WEST
[By J. p. Yoder. United Press Staff
Correspondent

[By J. p. Yoder. United Press Staff
Correspondents
ABOARD ROOSEVELT TRAIN,
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Oct. 19.-With the
Kentucky mountain district and It's
eventful day behind him, Colonel
Roosevelt is speeding across Missouri
and Kansas today to the scenes of
his short grass range riding days.
While the colonel ostensibly is out
to make votes for Hughes, republican
candidate, he does not intend to
spend all his time playing politics
while in Phoenix, Arizona, and Albu-
QuerQue. N. NJ, where he speaks Sat
urday and Monday, respectively. He
is looking forward to meeting, some
Of his old plains pals. And il the
colonel keeps ali the dates with gun
fighting cowboys who knew him in
the old ranch days who have wired
him to be sure and visit them. this
trip won't end when It Is expected to.
There are two men, however, who
have wired Roosevelt they will meet
him either at Phoenix or at Albu.
quefQue. One ID Seth Bullock who
used to sit behind the colonel u
political meetings with q pair Of
loaded Colts IN his hands, ito keep
the audience attentive"
The other is Jim Davis, whose left
ear WAS bit on by q gentleman in
an argument"
Roosevelt admittedly is glad to get
out west. It has been four years
since he did any western travelling.
Then, too. his day yesterday was not
all beer and skittles. Besides The
wrecked freight train ahead Of his
special, which delayed him two
hours, the engine pulling his car.
broke down six times. The last time
was at Livingston. There was a
crowd at the station calling for hiIn.
He was greeted with shouts of
woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, .
as he started to speak:
The heckling plainly nettled the
colonel and unable to get well started
he shouted at the men, that's right;
shout for Woodrow Wilson If you're
too proud to fight and if the Lusi-
tania sinking doesn't make your blood
shout" and he went inside
to speak no more until he reached
Louisville for his first big address of
the trip.
Excepting Louisville. Roosevelt got
his best reception at Corbin. Despite
a downpour, several thousand noun
tain folk who could get a job any
time suping as mob in Belas-
coesque play, all but tore Roosevelt's
arm from his shoulder joints shaking
hands with him. The colonel said
that Corbin crowd was the most
picturesque he ever addressed. And
they were. Some had left their noun
tain Businesses for the first time in
three or four years and had walked
or ridden horseback or mules, mostly
mules, from ten to forty miles ito
see Teddy
One grizzled old man, who was
obviously a stranger to 1916 civtli-
cation, persistently yelled, where's
Teddy; l want to see Teddy" until
finally Roosevelt interrupted his
speech to say, well my friend, take
a look. I'm Teddy" And then the
old chap refused to, let the colonel
continue his speech until he had
gripped the colonel's hand.
The Louisville affair was something
like Fourth Of Julys used to be pe-
fore safety first propaganda damp
ened gun powder. There was enough
explosive wasted in red fire, sky
rockets, roman candles and noisy
bombs to have furnished the allies
with powder for three hour drum