Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-20
ROOSEVELT DAYI
WARM RECEPTION TO TEDDY.
Senator Nelson a Favorite With the
Crowd.


Notwithstanding the rawness Of the
atmosphere and the early hour, a crowd
estimated at 300 gathered Friday norm
ing at the station to see and hear the
republican candidate for vice president,
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. The local
Mckinley and Roosevelt club, 120 strong,
headed by the Webster brass band,
marched to the depot and were lined up
along the track. While waiting for the
train the band favored the assemblage
with several selections. The depot
premises were neatly decorated with
fags and bunting, with the words aHeilo
Teddy" displayed on the end of the
building. On the south side of the track
was a huge streamer with the name
1Mckinleyr; on the north side was a
similar one with Roosevelt" A banner
-Welcome- was also strung across, as
were . number of American flags. Tele-
graph poles were entwined with bunting
and most Of the business honses were
decorated or displayed the American flag,
giving a patriotic appearance to the city.
AT $40 a. N. the special train rolled in
amid the footing Of whistles aud firing of
guns aud r~evolyefs. When the train
stopped the rear end rested ON the east
side Of siain street. and II. w. Parliman
made his appearance and in a few words
Introduced the aGoyernor OF the Empire
State, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt When
the applause which greeted his appear
ance subsidized, ''Teddy" opened his 10
minute speech with aIt seems to me that
the people of South Dakota are very
much awake His voice showed the
effects Of the severe strain 10 which it
had been subjected during the trip, but
his address was interesting and convinc-
ing and was heartily cheered by the
crowd.
II. w. Parliman, a well known former
resident of Webster, now of Sioux Falls,
greeted his old friends in a few well
chosen remarks and introduced
.GOvERNOR ROOSEVELT
20 the eager throng. Governor Roosevelt
when the cheering had quietd so that he
could be heard, said:
My fellow citizens: 1t seems to me
that South Dakota is literally pretty
wide awake. tapplause) am glad of q
chance to speak to you II only two OF
three words.
south Dakota was not organized as q
state during the great civil war never
theless, probably no state has proportion
ate to the population, q larger number
of men who fought through that wal
than South Dakota. And it was but nat
ural that when the Spanish war came
South Dakota should relatively to her
population, furnish a larger per centage
OF men to the army than any other state
in the Union. lapplause and cheers) Now
after the civil war INCA and '6S we asked
that all men should vote the way they
shot Ia voice "we're going to- to which
Gov. Roosevelt replied 'ssure") and now
we hope that South Dakota will con.
tribute to the craftsmanship of the
country as she has TO the soldierahip
that her voice In the counsels of her
country will be as effective as her strong
right arm in war. (cheers) We ask thai
you support the party that stands for the
dag. Now let me JUST point ton one thing
gentlemen.
There is such a thing as honest oppo
%sition; there is a kind of opposition that
Is merely for the sake of opposing. W.
have among our opponents many mer
who honestly OBJECT to our policy. You
know what we have done and il We
have done what we ought. ] say yor
know what we have done. We ought no
TO leave the Philippines instead of re
claiming them and bringing them bach
under our Gag, and TO keep them under
the best government they can have. Mr.
Bryan Is not the issue Ia this point-it il
getting the Philippines back.
/ ask you to remember the great wa,
and call to mind the gloomy days of 1864.
In order TO overcome the enemies of the
republic under arms you had to uphold
the hands OF Abraham Lincoln, and, as
you remember well, no defeat that could
have been inflicted on the rational armies
In the field would have been as disastrous
TO the cause of the republic as the defeat
of Lincoln at the polls.
Yet at that time the party, whose politi-
cal heirs and assigns Mr.. Bryan is. was
hthVuittAHS nOiduulH IluCplu Ill Terms
which make the language used by our
opponents about President Mckinley
seem like praise. They used the yilest
language IN describing him personally
accused him of the desire to be an EN-.
Feror; they had not invented the term OF
imperialism at that time, they just called
him plain emperor. They said he was
trying to force himself upon tne country,
The language their convention used was.
.'that they will build a monarchy on the
wreck Of the constitution and found an
empire on the ruins of the r~epublic.'
Now, thirty-lye years afterwards, our
opponents have gained wisdom. They
have come up naturally, but they come
on. Gentlemen, we go a good deal like a
procession, passing along down there,
say it was passing by here and the tail
wSaId be over there By the Farmers Ex.
chUnge and The head would be up there
by the shop. Now, as il moves along the
the tail would finally get up to the Shop
(laughteg) but il would not be up with
the Ehead daughter and cheers but
pass where the head had been. Now, ii
Mr.. Bryan lives. AZ 1 hone he will for