Show TEDDY STARTS ARTS I ONUIS ON HIS HIS' LONG WESTERN TRIP Will Travel Miles and d MaKe Fourteen Set Speeches FIRST ADDRESS TO YORK STATE FARMERS Journey Extends as F Fat Far West as Cheyenne and f Denver OYSTER BAY Aug 23 Theodore Theodore Roosevelt left h hero ro this morning for Now New Yo York Tort where ho be will make his start for his big speaking tour through th tb the country The colonels colonel's trip to the city waa was made in a motor car and not a a. tow fow early risers in the village bade him goodbye as tho th ho machine whirled through the streets street streets From this mornin morning when ho lie leaves cS the tho Grand Central station in the private private vate car car Republic until Dl o'clock on n tho the morning mornin of or September 11 when the Republic is duo due back hero here Colonel Roosevelt will be bo kept constantly on the move move- o e making speeches attending receptions and dinners reviewing parades parades pa pa pa- rades and traveling tra Each day from start to finish has been mapped out al almost almost al al- most to the tho minute and he be will have few of his waking hours to himself Although ho has made it clear that ho he is not going west to talk partisanship partisan ship politics his trip is is re regarded as as' of political si significance He Ho is to mako fourteen speeches most of which will deal with public c questions which J ch fi figure figuro uro in iii party platforms and he ho will dech declare o hi his beliefs in in rc regard to them During Dur Dur- in ing the trip ho will also hold many man conferences with political leaders in tire tho west First Address at Utica Colonel Roosevelt is to make mako his first p 8 speech ech of ot his trip today at Summit park near Deaf Utica Instead of leaving tho the train at Utica as had beell been planned ho bo will go o direct to Oriskany Oris Oris- kany kony nine miles from front Utica and proceed pro pro- ro- ro coed by automobile to Summit park a amile amilo amilo milo mile away There ho will speak to tho the farmers of Herkimer and Oneida Oncida counties I who are holding 8 a a. a picnic at the tho park to to d io t o n try home nome in Mohawk Herkimer count coun cows county t ty til- of f Dou Douglass Robinson cit f N New Naw York his Jaw in remaining there until until un un- un til shortly hor l before his hiscar ear car r leaves leaven Utica at midnight bt t tomorrow morrow nl night ht Then ho he will with of oC th proceed no stops stops' length tc to Wyo where he be is is to mako make his bis second speech at the frontier car car- During tho the entire trip he will travel miles Elaborate preparations are every every- whore bein being made mado to receive Colonel Roosevelt At many towns and cities where no DO special stops are arc scheduled committees have been appointed to greet Colonel Roosevelt who is is expected ex cx- to make mako numerous speeches from the rear platform of isis his is car Mr Roosevelt accompanied by William Wil liam linus B. B Howland Ernest Hamlin Abbott Abbott Ab Ab- bott Harold J. J Howland Rowland and Frank Harper his bis secretary will travel Inthe in ill tho the private car Republic Oar au of ot Newspaper Men A car ear filled with newspaper men starts with tho the Republic from Now York and carries seventeen representatives tives thes of ot news agencies and newspapers Another newspaper ne car car carwill will bo be added at Chica Chicago o making makin a total of about thirty five reporters who will travel with the colonel on on this trip The Tho three special cars carl will wilt T be e attached at to regular passenger trains Tho Tire train arran arrangements for tho the entire trip have havo been made mado by E. E J. J O Hayes Jr general Jeneral passenger er a agent of the tho Now Ko ov York Central who accompanies thu the party After the tho colonels colonel's train pulled out onto Chairman Griscom said I I regard reg P President sl- sl dent Taff Tafts position now as 81 stronger than It has been at nt any time since ho he took hold oC or the tho administration Ho lie ha has hall simply done what we wo all nil expected ho would do clo o i I ROOSEVELT MAY GOTO GO GOTO GOTO TO STATE CONVENTION NEW 23 I I I am very much pleased with Mr Tafts Taft's statement mont It makes the tho situation perfectly clear If Nassau county count wis wishes mo mc to go sro t tl to the tho state convention I shall go so I regard rc- rc re i-c- gard rd tho the issue iss issue as clear dear cut and and as far tar faras faras taras as I am nm concerned there thero will bo absolutely absolutely absolutely no no compromise e. e This declaration was mado toda today by Theodore Roosevelt a few fow minutes fore his departure on his western speaking speaking speak speak- ing D tour and followed a short conference confer confor ence once with County Chairman Lloyd C. C Griscom Colonel Roosevelt was in in a happy h p. mood this morning as he bo edged his waY way through h the crowd at the station an and l smilingly ly remarked to one ODO of his budno's business business busi bud ness nos associates that it looked like hike old campaign days dan Mrs Roosevelt Congressman Con Can gressman ana and Mrs Lon Longworth orth and nuil Q Quentin Roosevelt came camo to o tho the sin sta tion Reporters Too Too Trustful Tho The colonel was disinclined at nt first to discuss politics in in any of its ib phases and when told it ha had been that ho he was expected to mako make a detailed statement this mornin morning regarding Mr Tafts Taft's letter letter to Mr Griscom he laughed au heal healand and said id I I am afraid YOU vou are of If an over over- trustful nature No o Im I'm not going JOin to to tl Slav sav v anything not a word Tho colonel and his family were escorted es ls by the railroad officers to the private car ear Republic and there here th tho thu former president was soon joined b by County Chairman Griscom and Collector of the tho Port Loch Loeb Later tho the colonel emer emerged ed from th the rear of his hia private car and ma made e the statement that ho bo would go o to the tho state convention con if Nassau county selected him as a dolo dole gate and that there thero would be no compromise com corn promise as IS the tho issues were clear cut The declaration was was taken to moan mean by hy politicians that ho he now no proposed to go IQ to go-to to the convention at ut Saratoga a and make his fight ficht against tho the old Continued ou on page S. S 1 1 TEDDY STARTS Continued from page paJo 1 1 guard for tho the platform and candidates tandi candi eandi- dates that ho he thinks most desirable On his way to the station this morning morn morn- in ing tug tho the colonel branded as ns false falso astone astory a story stone printed recently that he ho lad had sent seat Chairman Cha Griscom Gri col to Beverly with an ultimatum to President ent Taft There Thero was a rou rousing cheer from railroad railroad rai- rai rail rail- road employees and othe others 8 as tho the car attached to a re regular ular train tram moved out of tho the Bt station tion and the tho former president president dent waved wa bis his hand The rhe first stop is at nt Utica this after after- noon |