Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-07-07
FROM OKLAHOMA CITY.
The Rough Riders Rounion--Entire
Affair a Grand Success,
R0oSGvtlT ON STATEHOOD.
Special Correspondents

hprolAA IoffonpOnoa0QA
UkiahOnaA S4ly, saAy a--ltO0asyelt
has come ana gone. ae doosn nasa
Eks meteor. he Iust keepa on anan-
4us hko nrat-eiass planet Ins msn
0n horseback 10 the ideal 0f any peOpis.
Roosevelt - certainly ths iasai ana
nero OK tha houE. 1hsgs are az ieast
su.uu0 pcopia here TO-DAY and each one
tfiod 10 Gus hollof hAa nNHhDOr aa
d, us"ytlt ru1e ~ On = pranrlnE Hos
inante of tue bronoho type.
haa a pleasant talk wllh him ~
h,a car tnls mornins. 4 sgoKe " hiu
ryiautu 20 h,H promise ~ help us Win
our statvHood m0semenG 4 guots his
Norua. 5ay ~ lhe poopls og Nsw MoK-
'eo tnat 4 stand lesuy nee anu always
10 heip them Wtth ststoa9oa % any
taing else they want say " my oid
comtauos ana fr,vnaa whom 1 met a.
l.sa eBaa "a year ago. thal 4 geel they
Nlu nut neae mp assistance. for a. a.
my judgment mat tne eAyreasion in
inu Tntiaucipnia platform gsiAuve 20
tnt auiuisaiun 0f the teTut0usa 40 a
guarantees mat the republican pafty
wal admit them TO statehood. 4 Dcasys
in SarryIug 0u- eyery pledge la Lhs
platform aud rely upon me IA the kesp-
,Ng of my word. Vas a delssats "
tHu convention which adopted the plat
tolIn anu Asa 1 not beueyed IA A.
should not nave voted for u"
Ihe entrc analr here haa been =
succeah in every way. Ths detail Was
not 80 emecuve az mat al I.sA Vesaa
"A year ance, but on the Waole. tns
management ate entitled " credit The
injury " ar. ueOrEe. the secretaiy.
sustained BY bolnE thrown from Ela
morse. served TO mar the whole daya
pleasure. The mana cement had no one
sh0 could take his place.
Mrs. Allan Capr0n. the widow OF
the iamcntcd captain OF that maze, ~
heie. 5na " one VI tha features
lovely and diating guiahed Appearing wo-
man. Al women look anko ~ the
Rough luder aud COW punchar, bat
Mrs. Capron came Ia Tor great applause
wherever she went. carrying as she did,
the eolorn Of her husbands troop.
New Mcxico was honored with the
vice presidency OF the HSuEh Ridera
association. Captain Muller. OF santa
Fe. beins elected TO that place. Muller
u great fayOrlte with all the officers
and men. Some OF them call him Won
Moltke. n the war had lasted, nobody
knows but what "Uuser Frltz" might
not have come 1ut colonel ~ least
Colonel HOosnyclta trip through
Kansas. as you doubtless know through
tue Associated Preas. was one continu,
Gus round Of crowds and ss.ssssssaSsgss.
Roosevelt a. not handsome. Mia smile
anu grin are not captivating. lie 10 not
an orator.as BrutuB-l mean Bryan--ia,
ana yet his eccentric manneflsmn, hls
apparent sound sense and honesty OF
purpose seem to hold the crowds which
cheer his speeches TO the echo. HIS
Ideas about the honesty OF public ON
oials are not new. but everybody seems
to know he ~ not talking through his
Rough Rides hat when he declares that
the nrst duty OF the American citizen
begins a. home, and that. to practics
honesty la the administration OF ali
public anairs. Ho IL an expannionlst
aud believes that tho destiny OF The
American people lies close TO the tOp
OF the pinnacle. lie is a man OF dsedn
lis Rough Rider hat ala not show up
here neither ava his khah uniform. He
is standing op bis record as governor
OF New York. but ne 10 running on his
whole record Gince he waa a boy, ana
the democratic cartoons. yet 20 be-
drawn. cart cut San Juan hill and Las
0uaslmas cut OF the story.
Well 1 have said enough. / am much
indebted to she Press association Tor
fsvors extended ss your representative.
The press bureau 10 the best managed
pagt of the reunion ThiA ls the con
census of opinion of all the boys from
New York 10 Denver. and thsrs u q
ear load OF them here.
Il. y. TWITCHEI.L.