The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-11
ROUGH RIDERS RETURN
BACK TO THEIR NATIVE
HEATH
WELL USED IN WASHINGTON
Senator CIapp Guest of Honor ON
the HOmeward JOurney-Wer-
gedahl Gets Left En-
Route.

st. paul's contingent Of Rough Riders,
tired and sleepy, yet having sufficient
enthusiasm left tc do some lively cheer
ing as their train pulled into the depot,
arc again with their families and friends.
The Chicago Great Western special of
five coaches and a sleeper carrying the
St. Paul and Minneapolis Marching
clubs, arrived at the union depot at 2:l5
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The men,
bers without ceremony and with their
accoutrements slightly disarranged and
rusty from a nights storage, piled out
of the cars and made for the street cars
which lined UP in waiting. No attempt
was made to form in marching order
and remind the old town that the Cal
liant Rough and Readys" were home once
more Banners bearing the words st.
Paul and Minneapolis Roosevelt March,
ing Clubs" were strung along each side
Of the sleeping cars, but Indictment
weather had tinged them with dust ana
CRIME and we'll night obliterated the let
terS.
The trip from Washington which began
at late hour Friday afternoon was
uneventful, the only thing to relieve the.
monotony occurring at Dodge Center,
where E. O. Wergelahl While hunting
for quick lunch counter and a cigarette
failed to make connections with his
coach and aWoke to find it rounding a
curve and rapidly dwindling out Of sight
in the distance An accommodation
brought him in late last night. While
about seventy enthusiasts from St Paul
participated in the inaugural exercises at
Washington q number remained at
Washington to take a late train home.
while several, among them A. w. Lin
deke, F. w. Bass, G. r. Folds, George
Sheppard and Charles Stees went on to
New York city and other Eastern points,
where they will remain several days.
The members of the club say that
while accorded no special honors beyond
those showered on all the visiting clubs
they were we'll taken care of and nave
no fault to find. Their accommodations
were somewhat crowded, but OWING 70
the immense throngS in Washington dur
ing the week they suffered no more dis
comfort in this respect than others
On the return trip Senator Moses p.
Clapp was guest of the st. Pau clup
and relieved the monotony of the jour
ney with his usual fund of interesting
stories and information The senator
is in good health and declares that wash
with him nicely. Owing to his limited
stay in the national capital he was reluc-
tant to speak of politics there, or of
the future fate of measures laid over
from the retiring session, but he seems
proud of the work that resulted in Civ
ing St. Paul an appropriation to finish
her big federal building. He modestly
intimated that Senator Nelson should
not be forgotten in the work that made
the appropriation possible. Senator
Clapp arrived in time to see the thick
of the fray consequent upon the battle
to prevent the passage of several meas
ures that were delayed until the last
moment, and his vote is recorded in ev-
cry instance on the winning side.
The members of the club say that Sen
ators Clapp and Nelson and Congress
man McClearY did everything possible
to make their visit pleasant, and sue
ceeded admirably All had the honor of
greeting Vice President Roosevelt per-
SOnailY