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Show SEVERAL THOUSAND HEAR ROOSEVELT AT DAVENPORT DAVENPORT, la.. Nov. 4. A crowd of several thousand persons listened to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt here today when he made his first spoech in Iowa, .for Charles Grilk, Republican candidate for congrcsB. Colonel Roosevelt's wel-como wel-como by the people of Iowa when ho mado his first appearance here was cordial, cor-dial, with no markod dogreo of cnthu siasm. There was so much loud talking by men in the crowd that tho colonel could not make himself heard by all. Colonel Roosevelt reached Davenport at 2:35 a. m. and remained in his car until 8i o'clock, when ho went to the home of Miss Alice French for breakfast. break-fast. A small crowd at tho station cheered him as ho appeared. Alter breakfast he drove to Central park to make his first speech of the day. More than an hour before the time set for his arrival tho people began to gathor and when he reached the park he was greeted by a large crowd of students of Augusta college in Rock Island, 111., who gave their cheer, as did tho high school students. The sky was dull and the weather cold. Representative A. F. Dawson made the opening speech. He said Colonel Colo-nel Roosevelt's presence mado it cor tain that the Republicans would carry tho district. Says Harmony Coming. "After nil tho turmoil," said Colonel Roosevelt, "tho Republican party is coining together on a sane and progressive progres-sive platform, while our oppononts are utterly divided." Tho official leadership of the Democratic Demo-cratic party, Colonel Raosovelt said was either absojuteb' reactionary, as he asserted as-serted was the case in Now York, Connecticut. Con-necticut. Missouri and in many stato, or elso it was purposelesu and vacillating. vacillat-ing. Ho then took up the tariff, repeating tho argumont which he has made in several states. "We Republicans stand by the principle princi-ple of protection which Is right, and will abandon the method which Is wrong. Our opponents have adopted tho position posi-tion of abandoning thn principle which is right and clinging to tho mothod which Is wrong." "If Republicans do not work In tho right spirit." ho said, "we'll hunt them out of public life." "We're In this fight to a finish," said Colonel Roosevelt. "We don't care whether wheth-er thero aro temporary checks. I don't think wo will be defeated this year, but If we are we will fight until Appomattox succce-ds Bull Run. If we are beaten this time we will win next lime." Tammany and Wall Street. The colonol said Tammany Hall and Wall street had formed a corrupt alliance, alli-ance, but that In New York stato they could not defeat the Republican policies by fair argument nor by any methou. other oth-er than by a large expenditure of money. The colonel explained his doctrine of "new nationalism." giving his usual definition defi-nition of it. He again expressed his disagreement dis-agreement with the supremo court of the United States In the bakoshop case and his criticism of ex-Judge Simon Baldwin. Bald-win. Democratic candidate for governor of Connecticut. Colonel Roosevelt explained ex-plained that all he sought was an equal opportunity for all men. "My opponents call that socialism. " ho said, "but It Is the anti'dote for socialism. so-cialism. The conditions that throw men in the scrap heap, whlc hdlscard them at fifty for a life of pauperism, are wrong," he continued. Genuine popular rule and absolute honesty, he asserted, were necessary to overcome them. At the close of his address the colonel Went to his train to go to Des Moines. |