River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-30
PRESIDENT GREETED.
Warmly Welcomed by Residents of
Three States.
SEVERAL BRIEF SPEECHES MADE.
Ills Views on Good Citizenship-En-
tertained by CowhOyS-Spendsa
Quiet sunday in Grand
Island, Neb.

Alliance, Neb., April 27.-President
Roosevelt completed hard day Satur-
day with 15-minute stop at Alliance.
During the day he travelled in three
states and made number of addresses
both from the rear platform of his car
and from stands erected for the pur-
pose.
The most unique demonstration of
the day. and the one that undoubtedly
pleased the president most, was the
cowboy show at Edgemont. The dem
onstration was arranged by the So
ciety of Black Hills Pioneers and con-
sisted of exhibitions of cowboy riding.
Special trains brought in large crowd
from the surrounding country and
they were all at the station with three
bands of music to greet the president.
Greeted by Cowboys.
As the train pulled in the cowboys
let out a veil The band played and a
salute was fired. The exhibition stand
was but a short distance from the de-
pot. and after the president had made
an address the boys began riding the
bucking horses and the president par
took of luncheon at the mess wagon
At the conclusion of the exercises the
cowboys formed an escort to the train,
and after it had started they dashed
alongside the presidents car and he
shook hands with many of them from
the window
Welcomed by Children.
At Newcastle, Wyo.. where a half
hour stop was made earlier in the day,
the president was escorted to the
speakers stand along pathway
strewn with flowers and lined ON one
side by school children, who waved |
miniature flags and seemed to enjoy
the presidents speech as much as their
elders. In opening his address the
president said he wished publicly to
express his acknowledgment for the
way in which the Wyoming senator's
and congressman have cooperated
with him in Washington. He referred
to the irrigation law passed at the last
session Of congress, and said he be-
lieved much good will come from it,
as the government will be able to un-
dertalle enterprises which it cannot be
expected that private capital will UNI
dertake, and the government will be
able to try experiments from the re-
suit of which private capital may be
able to learn much.
Praises Good Citizens.
He then spoke on the subject of
good citizenship, saying that what
counts most is the honesty, the cour-
age. the common sense and the capaci-
tv for hard work of the average maH.
He said
Nothing can take the place of those
qualities in the average man. There
are other countries with institutions
like those Of our great republic which |
nevertheless have failed to come up to |
the standard we have set because they |
did not have the man back of the law.
Just as on the battlefield it Is the man
behind the gun who counts most, so in
civil life it is the average citizen back
of the law who counts most We must
have clean and decent government; we
must have good laws; we must have
decent officials to-make and to execute
the laws; if we do not it is your own
fault.
I'm closing let me just repeat one
thing There is no royal road to pros
perity any more than there is any
royal road to good government. Good
government does not come by any spe-
ciaI genius or brillancy, good govern
ment comes from the average man
showing the qualities which we recog-
nize as making a good friend and
good neighbor. Prosperity comes not
by any juggling with the laws, not by
any effort to show smartness unac-
companied by moral sense, it comes by
the constant exercise on the part of the
individual of those qualities which
each Of us recognizes as making de-
sirable citizen Of our neighbor in pri
vate life
Met by Soldiers.
The president was given a military
welcome at Crawford, Neb., when his
train reached there in the afternoon.
The Tenth cavalry, mounted, met him
with drawn sabers, and the regimental