The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-11

President Roosevelt received a gen.
uine western welcome from the citi-
zens of Bismarck, and several thou
sand citizens Of the Missouri slope who
thronged the city to see and hear the
nations chief executive. President
Roosevelt was in good humor, pleased
with the welcome and entered with
right good spirit into the events OF the
occasion. From the balcony OF the
state capitol, looking down upon the
city, and upon several thousand as
sembled citizens of the slope, he ad-
dressed the multitude of people. His
head was bare and he held his black
slouch hat firmly in his right hand,
gesticulaing with it as he talked.
There was earnestness in every gest
ure and every infection of his voice,
and for ten minutes he spoke to his
old friends of the West, of which he
said. he claimed to be an old timer.
Frequently his address was punctuated
with applause and cheers from the
crowd.
Greeted With Cheers.
President Roosevelt was introduced
by Governor White, and was greeted
with rousing cheers as he made his
appearance on the balcony and the
crowd below could see him. His face
, glowed with the color of good health
and he leaned partly over the railing
of the balcony as he spoke. The
crowd extended far Own the slope to-
ward the driveway and a mighty cheer
went up as the address began. The
balcony was crowded with distin-
guished guests of the city. Near the
president We're Governor White, Cap
tain J. S. Parke. Mayor Register and
members Of the local reception COM
mittee, DR.. BiXby, Secretary Loeb, sew
eral secret service men. John Bur-
roughs, the naturalist who is the per-
sona guest of the president, steno-
raphers and reporters. After paying
tribute to his old friends Of the west
and to the veterans of the civi and
Philippine wars, President Roosevelt
spoke of the individual responsibility
of the citizen and the essentials of
good citizenship. His address in full
was as follows:
Presidents Address.
My Fellow Citizens, men and women
of North Dakota,
l have felt as rode westward today
along the line Of the Northern Pa
cific Railroad thai l was steatily set
ting more and more hacl into my
home country. tirst came here TO
North Dakota when il WAS still tie ter
ritory of DAsa+a twenty three years
ago, so / car rlaial IL L.. Il lrctry n.d
settler myself. (Aop,aLs.al For a mum
ber of years / liJeG west OF here on
the Little Missouri and have passed
more often through here OIL a 'i;Ae
or freight train than any other way.
(Laughter.} 1t just .ya: ne good t.
g9' back here a'r cs..'. say how
glad am; and know the rest Of you
will not grudge my saying a special
word first to the veterans of tie great
war and to the men TO whom we owe
it, because of what tllet did from s6l
to '65, that we have 4 co'l.try to live
in and be proud Of nov, ,.Ni.3lansej
And now, you veterans here before me,
of the great war saved in different
regiments from different stetas and
then came out here to do the pioneer
work that was, in its way, as hard as
the work Of a soldier. And those Of
the next generation, helped out here
and there by one Of your own num-
ber, formed regiment of the state
in the war that was not even thought
of at. the time of the greater war;
and that regiment went forth to the
PHILIPPINES to do their share in up
holding the glory Of the flag you had
preserved untarnished and untorn.
And after greeting you, want to-
greet my own comrades. the men Of