ached Milwaukee, Mr. Davidson got on the rear platform
and was introduced by me to Col. Roosevelt, and he at once said to Col.
Roosevelt:

"The boys are all anxious that you have your supper at the Hotel
Gilpatrick, and we have made arrangements there so that you can rest.
The hotel is not one of the best known hotels in Milwaukee, but it is a
quiet and good place. The owner has been a great friend of the county
committee and it would please us all very much if you would come."

The Colonel said to Mr. Davidson and to me that he had planned to stay
in the car and go directly from the car to the Auditorium. As I recall
it, Col. Lyon, O. K. Davis, Dr. S. L. Terrell spoke up and said:

"That is the arrangement, and that is what will have to be done."

Then the Colonel turned to Mr. Davidson and wanted to know whether
these arrangements had been made, and whether the boys would be
disappointed if he did not do what had been expected. Mr. Davidson
said:

"We do not want to do anything that will inconvenience you, but I think
they will be disappointed."

Whereupon the Colonel saluted and said:

"I am going."

The Doctor went back to get the Colonel's overcoat, and as soon as he
put on his overcoat the Colonel, accompanied by Mr. Davidson, Capt.
Girard upon one side and Col. Lyon on the other, went through the line
of the marching club and got into the automobile. Col. Lyon requested
of me that the party be made a small one and not have a great many
automobiles. They went directly to the Gilpatrick. At about twenty
minutes to eight I went to the hotel with H. E. Miles, Frank M. Hoyt,
Congressman H. A. Cooper, of Racine, Prof. Merriman, of Chicago, and
others. When I reached the lobby of the hotel I talked with Capt.
Girard and told him that I had another machine there and that I found
there was only one machine in front of the hotel; that Mr. Moss, Mr.
Taylor and I thought that machine should be used, and that I, with the
others who had accompanied me, would walk from the hotel to the
Auditorium, my understanding being that Col. Lyon did not want a large
crowd to accompany Col. Roosevelt to the Auditorium. Capt. Girard told
me that he understood that the party would be down and ready to start
promptly, to reach the Auditorium at a few minutes after eight. Mr.
Moss and Mr. Taylor were in the auto in which the Colonel was to drive
from the hotel to the Auditorium. The machine that I had came through
the crowd and got r