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Show TEDDY TALKS ON ARIZONA STATEHOOD ' WTL1JAMS. Arlav. March IT. Colonel Theodors Boossvslt pssssd through this place yeaterdsy aftsmoon. en routs to ths Grand can yea of Arlaona, where he gpsnl ths sight. Tha stay In Williams was less than a. hour and OoJonel Rooeev.lt eonflned himself to a train -end talk lo tha crowd that had gathered at tha station to greet him. Ths colonel's voles has bees somewhat affected by his many recent addrissis In ths open air. Hs baa found It neceeeery to spars himself ft Utile, and cannot be Induced to ex tend tha apeak lag programme pro-gramme laid out far him before he left New York. Tha only change la tba announced an-nounced schedule of his trip mads since tha Journey was begua waa forecast yeaterdsy wbea his secretary beams looking a. Urns table. rhat would permit per-mit visit ta Carso. City,' Nov April - I Telegrams urging this c ha age were received and Colonel Rooe.v.lt has i about decided to include tha Nevada capital when be visits Rand. The atrugglo of Arlaona for statehood has especially attracted Colonel Roosevelt', Roose-velt', attention.' When Governor Sloan, who will gulds ths Roossrslt party through tha Grand canyon, boarded tha train todiy. a brief discussion of tha recently re-cently adopted constitution for Arlaona marked his oonverestion with Cotonsi Roosevelt. Mr. Rooeevelt Is not aatle-neg aatle-neg wMh several things In ths document, as ha Intimated last night during bis apeech at Albuquerque, Ha reiterated that feeling oace or twice today Ml hht train-end talks and no doubt will sxplsln his position fully before be leave, the territory. At Flagstaff hs ssid. the best mug i ess should hsvs granted ststshood. no nastier nast-ier what ths constitution contained, and thst If ths constitution were bad "It's your funeral." Archie Roosevelt, who came oa from his school st Mesa to lota his father climbed aboard the train here and will go aa far aa Phoenix. Tbe depot crowd witnessed tha greeting between father snd son. ths colonel hailing the bad as "a young rough rider of the future." |