Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-02
ROYAL WELCOME
Given to Senator Teller on His
Arrival at Denver.
GREETED WITH WILD ENTHUSIASM

whole City Turns Out to Do Him Honor
for Betting the st. Louis Convention and
Ovations Are Numerous En- Route-His
Carriage Dragged in Procession by 500
Young Men. who Take Out the Horses
Cheered by 30, 0e0.
DENVER, July a.-Senator Henry NJ. Tel
Ter, on arriving in Denver last evening,
was met by a great outpouring of people
from all parts of the state. The demon
stration was non-partisan, and it is doubt
ful if the scenes Of enthusiasm have been
paralleled in western history. Teller left
Cheyenne yesterday morning and went to
Greeley, fifty miles north of here on the
Union Pacific where he remained until
the arrival of q special train from Denver
bearing the reception committee, which
was headed by Governor Mcintyre and
Mayor McMurray.
AT Greely the senator received his first
ovation, the farmers having driven in
from miles around and the station being
crowded with enthusiastic agricultural
lists. The run to Denver was marked by a
succession of Ovations at the small towns
in the Platte valley. Tho explosion of a
bomb at the Union station at d. IN. an
nounced the arrival Of the special train in
Denver. The streets were jammed with
people. Immense flags and pennants.
pictures of the senator and banners of
welcome were everywhere displayed.
Gilpin County People Were There.
Half the individuals in the crowd waved
small white flags on which were printed
portraits Of the senator. An immense
parade was already formed. Military and
civic and labor organizations made up the
procession, and the TELLER Silver Club"
1000 strong, was in line. AS the SEN
ator stepped from the train there went up
a mighty shout. The roar of human
voices drowned out the noise of the bombs.
Six hundred people from Gilpin county,
Teller's home, who had camped Mt the sta
ton the greater part of the afternoon,
rushed pell-mell after him waving flags
and shouting voceferously.
Took the Horses Out of the Carriage.
carriage was in waiting and after
much effort the senator reached it. Pre-
coded by an escort of the Denver city cav
airy and Colorado National Guards the
carriage moved slowly up town, the parade
bringing up the rear. The carriage was
drawn by six white horses but had not
proceeded four blocks before it was
descended upon by about 800 young men
who detached the animals, tied a long
rope to the pole and dragged the vehicle
the remainder of the way themselves
Along the line of 'the procession the sena-
tor was accorded a continuous ovation.
At Seventeenth street and Broadway
Teller reviewed the parade.
Cheered by $4,000 People.
His appearance on the reviewing stand
in company with the Colorado delegates
who bolted with him from the national
convention at st. Louis was made the Oc-
casion for a general demonstration among
the 10000 people assembled before him.
After the parade had passed Governor Nc
lntyre welcomed the senator on behalf of
the state, and Mayor McMurray on be-
half of the city. Judge Fl. p. Bennett,
representing the Colorado pioneers, who
had participated in the street greeting
presented him with a silver token. Sena-
tor Teller's remarks to the crowd were
brief and mainly local.
Brief Speech of the Senator.
Il have been your representative for
twenty years in the senate" he said, land
it has been my great object and purpose
to represent you honestly and con-
| scientiously If ever the hour comes
when l cannot do that l will tell
you SO. believe now that all the friends
| of silver have to do is to get. together.
There are friends enough of silver to
dominate and control this country and
adopt a monetary system that is an Amer
| lean system, and which is not adopted to
| suit Great Britain. CHEERS. This coun-
| try is big enough to take care of itself and
| its affairs without the interference of any
| other nation. When we are united all
other sections of the county will unite
with us, and we will have true, honest
and American system of finance. Again
I thank ron for tbic ,poOp;Roop& boror I,