New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-20
ROOSEVELT AT RTVERHEAD.
HE RIDES A MUSTANG. ESCORTED BY
ROUGH RIDERS. At THE FAIR.
THE GOVERNOR TELLS THE FARMERS HE,
TOO HAS RAISED COWS. AND HOPES
HTlCAL PROBLEMS.


IITICAL PROBLEMS
Riverhead. Long Island, Sept 19-Governor
Roosevelt was the attraction at the Suffolk
County Fair this afternoon. When he arrived
at 1i.45 o'clock in President Baldwin's private
car he was greeted by Hftecn hundred persons
who had gathered from the village and distant
points The train bearing the Governor left
oyster Bay at 10 O'clock and made n quick trip
70 Riverhoad. The Governor was looking we'll
but somewhat stouter and paler than when he
was at MOntauk a year ago. With the Gov
crnor were several officials 81 the Long Island
Railroad and members Of his staff and family
He was mot by the directors Of the Suffolk
County Agricultural Society, headed by Henry
A. Reeves. Of Greenport. He was loudly checred
ne stepped from the car.
Drawn up i'm line were tho Suffolk County
Rough Riders an organization Of horsemen or
gained recently They were dressed in the
regulation uniform Of the Rough Riders Colo
mel NJ c. Lewis was in command. E. p. White Is
captain. and the Rev DIT Van De Water. Of the
list Regiment. is chaplain The committee Of
fered the Governor his choice Of riding in car
riage or mounting horse He chose the lat
ter and a mustang. such az he rode in the
Army. fully equipped with a coloneps outfit
was led forward The Governor then mounted
and, escorted by the Rough Riders and the rest
in carriages started for the fair grounds. The
reception he met along the line OF march was
cordial and he was repeatedly cheered. He was
taken to the pavilion at the fair grounds. where
dinner was waiting. He later wandered about
the fair grounds viewing the exhibits and heing
introduced 10 prominent Suffolk County men
At . o'clock Governor Roosevelt was escorted
u the judges stand -Four thousand persons
were packed into and about the Grandstaho
70 hear him speak. He was introduced ny MI
Reeves. He began by saying that his ancestors
lived in Suffolk County two hundred ana hr'y
years ago. and commented upon the progress
the county had made since those days. lie COM
plimented the fair and talked 10 the FARMERS
He said the cattle exhibit had Interested MN
greatly because he had been in the COW pus'-
ness himself The kind he was In had us polh's
Of difference from that Of the farmers anVu'
him. for COW raising on the plains was far dif-
ferent from raising them on the meadoWs OF
peaceful and civilized Suffolk. lie salo tndt
when he first went out West ne mao ten 'nou,
sand head Of cattle. but had 10 take condenser
milk for breakfast The way Of the refOrmer
was beset with difficulties always ana ne uleo
to start reform on the ranch and round II
out He gave orders that thereafter TWO COWS
should be MIXED every morning. Inc coWpoy
who received the order simply SAID an rIg ,
The next morning COW was mllkeN llnS
however, was not until she had been chHstu
two miles roped and thrown. The result dd
not warrant the eXertion
He then spoke at length upon the necessity
Of selecting good men to fill public oihce, ana
declared that Of the principal things 10
require Of a public official that he be hon
est However il did not matter II a man was
honest II he were a fool for then he would he
Of no use and the worst kind OF an official
Men with brains, men who We're honest, men
who would know what they were DONG ana
what those about them were doing, we're the
kind Of men wanted. A man brought up m
idleness was Of no use. He piued the parent
who brought up his child to 60 nothing
The Grand Army men had turned out IN
force and % them the Governor paid warm
tribute He said the war Of a year ago was A
little one compared with the great struggle in
which the men Of the Grand Army had par
ticipated. The men in the Civil War gave the
men Of Qs a standard which they had tried
to live up 10. The war had not lasted long. but
the soldiers who participated in II had endeaV-
ored 70 do as we'll as they might in following
the example OF the men OF '76 and 81. The
war Of '9S has left the Nation with some great
questions to solve and the question now was
whether they would be solved so that our children
OF the generation which solved the far greater
problems which resulted from the great civil
War, and TO gain approval In the eyes Of
the civilized world He believed the problems
would be solved and rightly solved. The Ad-
ministraton had shown zeal and strength IN
facing the difficulties and all would end well.
for the sound sense of the people told them
what was right He could ask nothing better
than that the questions arising now be as well
solved as We're those Of the sixties
The Governor was repeatedly cheered re
left Riverhead shortly after o'clock. being
escorted back to the railroad station by the
Rough Riders. This organization will to-mor-
row 60 into camp and remain a week.
THE GOVERNORS VISIT TO MINEOLA.
Mineola Long Island Sept. 1a-The managers IF
the Queens County Agricultural Society have been
Informed by Governor Roosevelt that he VIII visit
the fair Wednesday Of next week. instead ~
Thursday the day originally fixed The change IL