The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-03
CROWDS GREET HIM
AT CONVENTION CITY.
Enthusiastic Men and Women struE-
gle for Chance TO Grasp
His Hands.

KANSAS CITY, July Gov. Roose-
welt was given a remarkable reception
in this city today. The governor, on his
way from New York 10 attend the an
nual reunion Of the Rough Riders. which
takes place this week at Oklahoma City,
arrived here al about $40 and for half an
hour Democrats and Republicans alike
united In giving him a vociferous welcome
and in shaking his hand until he was
glad to quit The Santa Re overland train,
on which Gov Roosevelt was travelling,
was due at $50 a. m At that time about
2,oo0 people had congregated in the Union
depot sheds 70 get a glimpse Of New
York's governor but by the time the
train pulled In fully 700 were jammed
along the platforms, sitting on the roofs
OF the train shed and clinging to the iron
girders. Shortly before Gov. Roosevel,'s
train arrived a big delegation OF Kansas
Democrats and a few delegates, all carry
ing huge sunflowers, arrived. and they
waited 70 see the Republican leader.
Met with Roar of Cheers.
When finally the train slowly backed
into the shed and Gov Roosevelt. smiling
and spectacled. was seen on the platform.
a perfect road OF cheers went up.
Hello Teddy" "'Rah for Roosevelt"
Teddy, step of and talk 10 the Demo-
Gratis yelled enthusiastic members OF
the crowd
The governor laughed at the last remark
but refused to talk politics.
, The instant the train stopped a rush was
made for the platform 10 shake Gov.
Roosevelts hand. and It took the united
efforts OF n score of policemen stationed
around the car to keep the crowd from
degenerating into a perfect mob. For
twenty minutes the governor was kept
busy shaking hands with enthusiastic men
and women who succeeded in crowding
up to the car platform. Several members
of the Rough Rider regiment attired in
Khaki were among those al the station
and to these the governor gave an espe-
cialy cordial greeting, The crush during
the struggle 70 shake Gov. Roosevelts
hand was terrible and several women
tainted in the crowd No one. however.
was seriously hurt.
Welcomed 10 Missouri.
The train was boarded at Carrollton this
morning by delegation from Kansas
city, headed by Mai. William Warner and
a committee from Kansas city Kan.
headed by Postmaster Nat Warner. who
gave the governor formal welcome 10
Missouri and Kansas and accompanied
him to this city.
Just before the train carrying Gov.
Roosevelt reached Kansas city the gov
ernor met and exchanged pieasantries
with Congressman John ] Lentz Of
ohio. who was iourneying ia the Kansas
city convention on the same train.
Called on By Lentx.
c. G. Philbrick. chairman OF the dele
gation which Is seeking 10 have the Dem
ocrauc national headquarters located in
Columbus. Ohio. escorted Mr. T.entz into
Gov Roosevelts private car and made
the two men acquainted The New York
governor aud the ohio congressman greet
ed each other very cordially and in the
course Of very brief conversation Gov
Roosevelt stated II as his opinion that II
would he impolitic for the Democratic
convention 70 weaken on the silver ques-
tion
The people do not like a gutter" was
the way the governor expressed IT, Mr.
LentE conceded that IL would weaken the
party 10 fake any backward step On silver