Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
WH|RLW|NO CAMPAIGN
FOR ROOSEVELT IN WEST
Invitation to- Kansas City Opens OPP
portunity for Effective Try
ing Out of Sentiment.
MAY VISIT IMPORTANT POINTS
appearance Expected to Create En-
thusiaSm Which VIII Fire Mine
That Will Set That Section Ablazc
for Him.
Especial to The rimes-Dispa,ch.

Especial TO The Times Dispatch
OYSTER BAY. y. y. April GAM
nounccmcnt WAS mtda that Colonel
Roosevelt has been invited To- deliver
the memorial address at Kansas city
May 80. The Invitation will. in all
probability, lie accepted
The invitation opens up an oppor-
tunity for an effective trying -out OF
the Roosevelt sentiment in the Missis-
siDpi valley. where il is said to he
weakest Roosevelt supporters. there
fore. are planning for the Colonel :,
whirlwiud campaign in that section. to
begin about Memorial DAY, and con
tinuc UP TO the time OF the assembling
Of the Republican convention in Chi
cage June Is.
Tho conjunction az Memorial Dar
and the Coloncrs appearance in Kansas
city. with tho enthusiasm he is counted
upon I" evoke IL is hoped. viii fire
tho mine that viii set the Wcs. ablHzc
for him From Kansas city II is ten
;ativcly PLANNED 10 have him cover
such important points as Dcs Moincs.
Omaha aud Denver with rctr-cnd
speeches at t1le smaller cities en- route.
Following such a program. Colonel
Roosevelt would he able TO reach chi
cago on the return trip on the morn
Ing of the assembling of the convcn-
ton. The carrying out of this ten
tative program, of course, IL dependent
upon tho acnuicscencc of tho Colonel.
Considered solely on the political
side, the Roosevelt advisers frankly
declare their belief that with the zeal
the Colonel Will be able to put into
his nesaaE" To the people Of the Middle
! West and the Mississippi Valley. tho
! demand for his nomination viii spread
TO such proportions that the delegates
ttt tho convention will pcrforce gather
lin that heroic mood" which the col
ionel himself has said will he ncccs-
sary in order {" insure his nomination.
THINGS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY
FItOM NOW TILL. CONVENTION
From now on until the meeting OF
tn. convention things viii move rap
idly. Next Thursday night Colonel
Roosevelt will deliver an address on
peace at a banquet in New York given
IN honor OF delegates to the forth
coming Methodist conference at Sara
tora.
The next day he will leave for Chi
caEo. where hT viii address. on the
cnsunE Saturday night. the banquet Of
The Illinois state Bar Association on pre-
parcdness. Both of these addresses. II
is understood, wil! hi, ont from the
shoulder the issues uppermoat in
the public mind.
Following the Chicago address. as
the Colonies movements arc now
planned. he VIII return TO Oyster Bay.
This. however. is subject 70 change
Assuming that the Kansas City in
v!tation is accepted. he Viii leave
oyster Bay again on May 81 for the
West. In Kansas city monster cello
bration or Memorial Day is being
planned by Civil War veterans OF both
the North and South, veterans OF the
Spanish War and civic organizations
The invitation to the Colonel is signed
hy committee OF representative cit
liens OF Missouri. The opportunity
viii enable him 70 cover practically
the same ground as that which Prcsi-
dent Wilson travelled over in his recent
preparedness campaign.