The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-01
T.R. REJOICES OVER
CHICAGO RECEPTION
Knew There Was Rcd Blood in
the West, JIG says
on Leaving.
ENCOURAGED TO WORK on

CHICAGO. April 3o.-Col Roosevelt left
chicago for his homo IN oyster Ray
tonight. Arm N the belief that tn"
middle Yves, IL flled with ,ren who are
widely awake 20 the necessity Of pre-
~paredness.
So satisfied was NJ that tie people OF
the Mississippi Valley can be depended
upon Ia go the limit that he withheld
the forma, statement he had planned
TO issue on political conditions. There
was no need for II, he said.
Prepare =" was his plea prepare y
sas his advice; prepare" was his
warning prepare" was his demand to
the 1900 Illinois and Chicago lawyers
IN attendance at the Illinois Bar AS.
ISOLATION banquet ~ Hotel La Sale last
night.
When he demanded universal service
In the United States modelled on the
Swiss and Australian systems. after he
had urged for - full hour the gospel
81 genuine Americanism." there came
4 demonstration that convinced MIN
that the West was alert 10 present con-
ditions and To the necessity OF immediate
preparation to defend the nation. II needs
be.
People ~ West Rtght.
ParaphrasinE his words Of last night,
when his listeners at the dinner climbed
on tables and chairs and yelled their
approval OF the expressed sentiments
for universal training and service. the
Colonel this afternoon as he boarded
his train for home said
THAT demonstration meant more TO
mo than | can express in words. II
showed plainly that the hearts OF our
people IN the great democratic middle
West are right
1T encouraged me 20 go forth with
an uplifted heart and head. to continue
tho preaching OF the sound doctrine Of
adequate preparation not for war but
10 defend ourselves rs men against any
rsr that may be forced upon us.
"Gratihcation does not begin TO ex-
press the way I feel about that demon
stration. When the members OF that
distinguished audience jumped to their
chairs and yelled their approval Of the
idea OF universal service II convinced
me down to my boots that the people
want TO prepare.
There Is no question that the middle
West Is filled with men with red blood.
Why, back East the cave dw-ii-r- AMI
gioom purveyors told me tina, would
hnd the West a%pathetic. that the West
"eS hhuithcEcut u ne udUkeTS tndt might
confront cities on the Atlantic told
them they were wrong and that the
West never failed me. II was ready with
It's boys for the navy and tho army
always.
And when they Jumped 70 their chairs
And tore loose over this idea tina; you
should do Il and l should dc II, why.
they showed the spirit OF the State of
Lincoln and Of Grant. The West has
Just as much good red blood as the East
ard the Atlantic Ocean. for that matter,
rolls right up the middle of the Missis-
.ippi Valley.
The West never failed the nation
;here is no division OF Americanism by
geographical section n never for a
moment have 7 doubted IL. ] wouldn't
have missed that outrouring Of sen,i-
ment for tho world"
Holds Bach Statement.
Though the Colonel arose late for him
his day was one Of the strenuous sort.
After a hearty breakfast he sent for .hc
newspaper men. whom he had promised
~ 10 o'clock in the morning a statement
mn political conditions. and tod them
he had changed hts mind about talking
politics and that there would be no
eXr ression from him on these lines un:ii
inter he had returned to Oyster Bay.
Then the Colonel made preparations
Ia go to church--the Fourth Presbv-
terian-where he heard a sermon by the
R>. John Timothy Stone preached from
the text
Therefore we ought to give the most
earnest heed TO the things which We
nave heard"
Though there was a drizzling rain q
Rood part Of the morning the church
was crowded TO capacity and there WIS
also a throrg on the outside to greet
he Colonel as he emerged from the ed.-
fee and climbed into his automobile 10
hurry TO Hubbard's Woods on tho Nor:h
Shore. where Harold 1. Ickes. Pro-
gressive national committeeman. had
planned to entertain the Colonel at a
luncheon.
The gathering was non-poliical, two
score OF the friends snd neighbors Of
the hosts having been Invited to paw
honor 20 the distinguished ruest, Among
the guests we're julius Rosenwald, Wal
ter l.. Fisher. ex-secretary OF tbs In
tsrior Nelson Lampert, Alex II. Revell
and Judge Orrin N Carter. There war
also a liberal sprinkling OF erstwhile
Progressives. but politics were taboo and
the conversation ran to general national
subjects.