Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-26
SUNDAY AT VEGAS
Memorial Service Held at the Opera
House Yesterday Forenoon by
Rough Riders.
DENVER MINISTERPREACHED
The Eloquent Sermon Praised by Governor
Roosevelt-An Iowa Editor Surprises
and Electrifes the Audience with
a Touching Talk.

a tired look upon their races yesterday
morning, and a tired feeling in their
muscles. Few had slept during the
night, and many We're unable to get
sleeping accommodations. AS a general
thing charges We're moderate, and Las
Vegans gladly shared with visitors all
they had, at reasonable rates. The few
exceptions rather accentuated the fact
that Las Vegas took good care of its
visitors and did all in it's power to make
their stay pleasant. The streets We're
crowded with an orderly multitude, a
large percentage of it's numbers being
from Santa Fe. The camp of the rough
riders was a ~favorite spot with visitors.
1t had a thorough military appearance,
with it's long rows of white tents, its
guards pacing up and down, and men
in soldiers uniform fitting to INT fro.
During the day different visiting
bands gave concerts at the camp or 9TH
err parts of the city. The Santa Fe cav
airy band and the Silver City cadet
band rendered especially fine selections
and received continued applause.
Governor Roosevelt was everywhere
the center of a small crowd. Had he not
been so popular before, he certainly
would have made himself so with all
those who saw him at Las Vegas. He
walked up and down the streets with
comrades in arms, or stopped to talk
pleasantly to those who approached. In
his slouchy rough riders uniform nc
| one could have distinguished him from
the rest of the rough riders had his pic
ture not found so general a distribution
as it did. He seemed to be in earnest in
whatever he said, and whenever he
opened his lips to speak or to laugh two
rows of large white teeth would show
that have furnished so much material
for the cartoonists for the past few
years.
The event of yesterday was the SER
mon of Rev. Thomas Uzzell, of Denver,
The opera house was crowded. On the
platform, in a semi-circle, were seated
tlle IOuSIl IluclS III Ill III,
Governor Roosevelt, who was loudly
cheered as he entered; Governor Oterot
who was also rendered an ovation by
the crowd from the time he entered the
| opera house until he took a seat upon
the platform; Governor Murphy of Ari-
IONA, Ex-Governor Adams of Colorado,
LATE Young, of the Iowa State Capital,
and a number of other distinguished
people. The Silver City cadet band
played several sacred selections during
the service.
Governor Roosevelt introduced Par
son Uzzell, a plain, transformations in
dividual in citizens clothes, who had
the appearance of a village schoolmas-
ter. But he held the audience spell
bound for an hour, and when he fin
ished, Governor Roosevelt congratulate
ed him, saying that he had heard Hen
ry Ward Beecher and other famous
preachers, but never before in his life
had heard a sermon as eloquent as this
and he was glad that he came to New
Mexico, even if it had been only to hear
the sermon. 1t would be impossible tc
give a newspaper resume that would
do justice to the preacher, and Governor
Roosevelt urged that the sermon be
| printed in full. The clergyman spoke
of the army that stayed at home while
the rough riders We're at the front, and
he defended the soldiers in humber
prosaic places who We're not able tc
stand on the front of the battle line.
LATE Young, Associated Press repre-
sentative in Cuba during the war, was
announced to speak, and as it was al
most noon there was a sign of impa-
thence from many as the newspaper
man began his speech. But those who
felt impatient were sorry a few minutes
after the speaker began. He spoke in
a conversational tone only, but every
word told. He was frequently inter-
rupted by applause. There was a mo-
ment when Governor Roosevelt led in
this, although he had requested that no
applause should be given, as the serv-
ices were of a divine character. In the
applause he vas Joined by Governor
Otero, Governor Murphy, Ex-Governor
Adams and Mr.. Uzzell, and the audi
ence, for minutes, many rising from
their seats, and tears were in their eyes.
The words that led up to that outbreak
of enthusiasm were simple, but they
touched a responsive chord in the audi
ence. Mr.. Young told of the new epoch
that the charge of the rough riders ush-
cred in as one Of the three great epochs
in national history since the civil war,
the other epochs having been inaugu-
rated by Editor Grady, Of Georgia, and
Booker Washington. He said that when
he saw that glorious advance of the
rough riders In Cuba he vowed that
never again would he be a bitter parti-
san, that from that moment on "All
Americans would look alike to him!" 1t
was then that the storm Of applause
broke loose.