The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-11
President Roosevelt Gets Royal Western Reception
North Dal1Ota's Capital City-~-Expresses
Pleasure His Greeting

endure the heart breaking weariness
of the long marches under the South
ern sun, the misery of the freezing
nights in winter on guard in the
trenches, the short commons, the risk
of fever, the risk of death by bullets
and by shell. When you had to do all
that, you wanted to know the mettle
there was in your comrades; you could
do nothing if they did not have the
mettle in them. You wanted to know
that the man on the right hand and
on the left was man to be depended
upon; you did not care what the form
of his worship was, you did not care
what his social standing might be,
what his wealth was, whether a brick
layer, lawyer or farmer. What you
wanted to know was whether. when
the time came, he would stay put
That was what you wanted to know
You wanted to know that when the
time came to move, he would move
the right way. In other. words. you
had to judge him and his worth as a
man. And in the grim Sitting out Of
the war, the generals VINO were de-
veloped to lead you We're the men
who came to the front because they
could do the job best; Grant. Thomas,
Sheridan, Farragut on the ocean, came
to the front because they were the
fighting mon who could handle best
the fighting men under them. In
choosing them we could not afford to
nay heed to ANYTHING except the worth
Of the man himself 1t is just so in
our civil life today. If We pay heed
10 the accidents and not to the es-
scatials. of q mans character we by
just 50 much prove false to our tradi-
tions and our principals, and by just
so much more or less the chance of
getting honest and decent government
What you want to know of any man
in public life is what you want to
know of him in private life: how does
he treat his wife; how does he treat
his promises; does he fulfill the prom
ises he made on the stump as we'll as
those made in private life: does he
deal squarely with his neighbors; does
he try to administer or make laws
that will neither njure the rich man
IS such, nor the poor man as such, but
will protect every honest man, be he
rich Or poor? That is what We want
to know. That is what we have right
to ask. If he has got these qualities
we are for him. and if he has not
we are against him, because he has
no proper place in the American body !
politic. That is the doctrine we should
preach; the doctrine of mans worth
as a man. And it is the doctrine of
q mans worth as a man up to- which \
you have lived here, my fellow citi- /
zsns, and that is why you have made
state to be proud Of and a state !
which We are glad to have in the
Union.
l greet you and thank you and have
enjoyed you. l wish you all the pros
perity that the coming years can pos
eilly bring.
Arrival of the Train.
The. train bearing the presidential
party arrived at 4:4O, and the mem |
bers of the party were welcomed by
members of the reception committee
at the depot. The presidential salute !
of 81 guns was fired by detail from
Fort Lincoln as the train pulled in.
The depot platform and the. entire
block surrounding it had been roped off, |
to prevent the entrance of the crowd,
which stood back along Main street
and the north frontage of the depot
park. There was no crowding of the
presidential party, the route to the
carriages being kept clear of all except
those who were to accompany the
party to the capitol 1t was not over
two or three minutes after the ar
rival of the train before President
Roosevelt dropped lightly off the rear
end of his special car, accompanied by
Secretary Loeb, President Mellen of
the Northern Pacific road who accom-
panies the party to the park, and DR..
Rixey. The president was immediate
ly flanked by several secret service
men, and standing for a moment on
the platform he was surrounded by