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Show S ROOSEVELT I! AT THROTTLE II After Running Train i 11 Teddy Talks Politics Ili to Passengers 91 ' Missoula, Mont., Sept. S. Over the I ' continental divide to Uie Pacific slope, 3 Si f' Colonel Roosevelt came today on the Sat ' last 9tage of his journey across the '" W ; : continent. The colonel had a peace- fl ', j ful Sunday. The towns along the way j i wore Bmall and far apart. He was 1 met by little groups of mountain folks J m i; at the stations and went out to shake I ' hands with thorn and said ho would ? 1 i make no Sunday speeches He did, v I however, make a brief speech in MIs- j I I soula. The exolting adventure of the I aj' 'or tno clnel waH a two-hour I If ride on a locomotive. Senator Dixon 5" I I of Montana, chairman of the Progrea- , I f Bive committee, who met the colonel I ' last night at Helena, where he had - Sl :, been attending the state progressive - -yM convention, came to Missoula, his "j ;l home, with the former president, i Jfjj ; Colonel Roosevelt and the senator ygb n talked over Montana politics. fl .M i The colonel said ho was greatly h ,: T pleased with the outlook in this state, a JjS I Ho had been told, he said, that the I lm I Qew party was facing such opposition j09 i here that it would bo difficult to make a . .M J headway. . Lm I nuns Locomotive, ''! Colonel Roosevelt spent th0 night 'W I in Holena nnd wlien the train pulled V"3 f out this morn,ng there were two loco- Ji i motives tugging it The colonel sur- 5 -; voyed the locomotlvo just behind his -H " car and said he would like mightily to get aboard. His request was granted. jH The engineer handed the colonel a l ft ; pair of gloves and took him into his 3g L confidence by giving him minute dl- and '& rections as to how to run an engine. rj 1 1 After half an hour's instructions the J '; qolonel said he thought he knew how JM , j and wanted to try it. With the engi- sm neer at nis flJde nc ook charge. He Jm ! worked the levers, tooted the whistle )M v "By Goorge! this Is bully." g Once the colonel pulled what the TJ & engineer said was the Johnson bar He TJ5I f pulled too hard and passengers all M t though the train were mildly startled CH by a vigorous bump. I- Wlicn he was ready to go back to i his car, Colonel Roosevelt, instead of I Traltlng until the train stopped, climbed out of the cab to the running i board. He made his perilous way j along the narrow strip, clinging tu the hand rail as tlie locomotive lurched I and swayed, and finally stepped down I over the pilot and up over the rail to I the platform of his car in safety. I Appreciates Drummers. Br Colonel Roosevelt saw several com- K merclal travelers on the train today i and told them ho appreciated the ef- K forts of traveling men In his behalf. 2 "Everywhere I go," he said. "I find K evidence of admirable work which you 1 and your fellows are doing for tho jt Progressive movement, and I wish B now 'to express my obligation to coni- I mercial men everywhere Our organ- K izatlon is so imperfect that wo are I almost entirely dependent upon volun- ?! I tee'rs and among these volunteers tho ji Ifif commercial travelers occupy a. pectin pi If llarly -important position. T extend "3 I my thanks on behalf of all genuine Progressives of the "United States." 9 On his trip through the far west, S i Colonel Roosevelt has not been able iii to keep up with the political news. W and it was not until today that he ,dfl learned the full details of the nomina- tion of Oscar Straus as Progressive candidate for governor of New York B ' i "Next in importance to the vlco-m vlco-m president is tho nomination of govcr- nor of New York. The life and work , : of Oscar Straus are a guarantee that 9 . in the richest and most populous state 21 ' ot the Union the Progressives intend M ln actual practice to apply the doc-m doc-m , l trines they proach. Ills nomination !was in the most emphatic wav a nom-j nom-j ination bv the people When he was in my cabinet I leaned much on him 2 and a more loyal friend no man evor had. "A head of the department of com merce and labor, Mr. Straus himself, by study and administration of the law, was one of those who reached the t conclusions as to the needs of our handling of tho anti-trust and interstate inter-state commerce and similar laws, which were substantially embodied In our platform." Colonel Roosevelt expects to spend ; tho night in Spokane, where he will i speak tomorrow before leaving for tho j coast |