The sun., 1916-10-26
COLONEL RECALLS
WORK AS SHERIFF
Trip Through Colorado and
Nebraska Enlivened by
"reminiscences.
TALKS IN CHICAGO TO-DAY
Speech to Women in After
noon. Another to Labor Men
In Evening.

Norm PLATTE. Neb.. Oct. 25.-Little
Talks with prairie men and women along
the Pacific line through Colorado and
Nebraska were rest for Col. Roosevelt
to-day. after yesterdays three ring show
IN Denver. the heart Of Teddyland. They
weren't speeches. They were Just
friendly conversations with Western
FOLK who. despite efforts 10 prevent 1t.
had heard he Syas coming through.
The colonel is eager to get TO Chi
caso. where tomorrow he makes the
last address of this tour. lie will talk
to women voters In the Auditorium The
atre at p. NJ. along the name lines As
his plea TO the women Of Colorado. In
the evening he will make . labor speech
at the S~tockyards Pavilion. emphasizing
the fallacies OF the Adamson law.
Col. Roosevelt met a man after his
" heart to-day. AZ JuiesburE, Col.
he got into conversation with a group
a. the railroad station. He told them
how much he enjoyed his experiences
as deputy sheriff In Dakota Territory
In the sos.
THAT sounds good to me. Colonel
piped a man on the platform. I'm the
Sherir here, sheriff Hurnberetone Of
Sedgwick county"
The Colonel leaned from the train and
squeezed the eager hand Of his fellow
guardian of the law.
Colonel. there are some Democrats
here" sheriff thunderstorm said apollo
getically. They're like the TELLER that
sold q litter OF puppies before election
day. lie called EN- Democratic puppies
because they didn't have their eyes open.
After election they opened their eyes and
got to be Republican puppies"
The Colonel said Perfectly hne"'
which has replaced the old Delighted"
A woman who had just leh the train
spoke up: u heard you speak In Denver
last night"
Did you indeed he exclaimed. Il
enjoyed that speech. And I must say I
especially enjoyed the interrup options.
You see. I'm getting old. and nave 10
have something to stir up my interest.
Well. friends, goodbye and good luck"
As the private car passed the station
Col. Roosevelt read the lame Jules
burg"
Why" he said. next TO Dodge City
that used TO be the toughest town In
the West. although. OF course, It's ali
right now. Well. ! remember catching
a horre thief only fifty miles north OF
here. WAS Sheriff Hell Roaring Bill
Jones's deputy In Dakota. and he sent
me and two others after them"
At Fort Morgan. Col. where cattle
are fed on b~ets after the sugar Is
squeezed out. Col. Roosevelt odd a group
OF ranchers that he was not talking poll
tics on this par, of the trip. bu. wa al
ways glad to meet men with tho
bark on"
1T made me ,rouder 10 be made
deputy sheriff in Dakota than to be
elected President OF the United states"
he said TN fact. II gave me a start
toward the Presidency. For II I had not
lived among the w~esterners and got to
know them I could not ave raised my
regiment or Rough Riders, and II u had
not been for the regiment and the Span
ish war ! would never have lived in the
White House. ! did mot get as much
pleasure out 81 being President as l did
from my life out here. I think one rea-
son ] got along SO we'll in the West was
that ! was not too proud 20 lght."
W. ala not know you was a-goin'
through til a few minutes ago. or we'd
a-lad a lot more folks out" explained
one OF the cowmen. The Colonel coin-
forted him ny saying that ne knew those
present were a good sample and he was
avoiding crowds. anyhow.
h prominence OF Archie NJ. steven
son At last nights Denver meeting
! amused and cheered Col. Roosevelt. Mr..
Stevenson. known as Angel Archie and
Zig steve kept rot only the Colorado
vote away from the Colonel In the Re-
publican National Convention Of 1917
but also. holding proxies from other
states. swelled the Taft vote. Last night
Big Steve" sat In the front row on the
platform. right behind Col. Roosevelt.
and with hand and voice ~spplauded
everything he said.
Addressing 500 persona from the train
at North Platte, Neb.. tonight the
President added a new touch to his pic.
! ture of the l.~usitania's sinking. After
mentioning the 1903 babies that were
drowned ~ said:
"ATd or the same day in the morxlt
at Queenstown were scores Of dead
| women c.aspinR dead babies Ia their
arms lying on the boards awaiting iden-
tificRtIon. Those women and hapies
We're murdered on the Lusitania. and
men and women OF America we're mur-
Tered In Mexico because foreign ma,
lions lad come 20 believe that Presi'
dent Wilson was too proud 70 fight"