New-York tribune., 1903-04-26
PRESIDENT IN NEBRASKA
CROSSES THREE STATES.
Sees a Genuine Coacboy Shosp and
Makes Seueral Speeches.

Alliance.
,amrleted hard days work with stop Of if
-, minutes at Alliance this evening Captain
sstb Bullock. superintendent OF the Black Hills
r,o-sst Reserve. who Joined the President at
Gardiner yesterday, left the train here Presi-
ssut Roosevelt. who has great admiration for
contain Bullock, invited him TO accompany him
m his trip to the coast, but the captain was
.o-oe6 10 decline the invitation. During the day
she President travelled IN three States and made
: number OF addresses. both from the rear plat
.o--, Of his car and from stands erected for the
,u-nose A unique demonstration, and the one
,hst undoubtedly pleased the President most.
,.-as the cowboy show at E6gemont s. D The
demonstration was arranged by the Society of
rsok Hills Pioneers. and consisted OF exhibi-
inns Of cowboy riding. Special trains brought in
large crowd from the surrounding country and
they we're at the station with three bands of
music 10 greet the President. AS his train
-ured IN tbs cowboys let out yell
ENTERTAINED BY COWBOYS.
The band played and a salute fired. The
exhibition stand only short distance from
the STATEN. and after the President had made
en address the boys began riding the bucking
horses and only horses that would buck were
ridden The President took luncheon at the mess
wagon. The only disappointment of the day
was the failure Of the prize bucking horse Of
that section to perform. This horse has
ord as a champion bucker. and few people can
ride him. To-day. however, he was as gentle
as a kitten, and a greenhorn would not have
had much trouble in keeping on his back Why
The bucking horse did not buck viii be discussed
in Edgemont for q long time to come.
At the close of the exercises The cowboys
formed an escort TO the train. and after il had
started they dashed alongside the Presidents
ha With of
from the window.
HONOR TO THE PIONEERS.
In his speech at Alliance the President re-
ferred 10 the work accomplished by the early
pioneers. Honor TO all good citizens he said,
hut honor most OF all 10 the men who took the
lead in tanning the shaggy wilderness 10 the
trail blazers, 10 the men who first of the world
marked out that earliest of highways. the spot
led line. the blazed train; the men who first
on horseback steered across the great, lonely
plains. and drove their cattle up TO feed upon
The ranges. from which the buffalo had not yet
vanished. To you from the Black Hills. who.
coming here in 1876. OF at the time Immediately
around that date. have developed the wonderful
mines of that region. have built up in what was
then an Indian haunt. a wilderness. cities like
Deadwood and Lead, ii has fallen 70 your lot
70 see one of the great epoch feats of the coun-
IA lou are among lLal DOUS Oh llicA VIII NOAA-
Quered continent for a race and a people; who
did your full share in making the nineteenth
century the most wonderful upon which the sun
has ever shone The pioneer days have gone,
hut the need OF the old pioneer virtues remains
1he same as ever. IAppIause) You won. and
YOU could win only because you had in you the
stuff out Of which strong men are made. In
the DAYS Of 1876 here In the Black Hills. the
room for the weakling or the coward was small,
and now the man who will do decent work here
must be the man that has got the stuff in him
AT Newcastle, wyo., where half hour stop
was made earlier in the day, the President was
escorted to the speakers stand along pathway
strewn with flowers and lined one side by
school children. who waved miniature flags and
seemed TO enjoy the Presidents speech much
as Gid their elders The stand from which he
spoke was gayly decorated, a stuffed bear and
. stuffed deer standing either side and a
large stuffed eagle surnlounting the top
II opening his address the President said ne
wished publicly TO express his acknowledgment
of the way in which the Wyoming Senators and
Representatives had operated with him in
Washington. He referred 10 the irrigation Law
passed al the last session Of Congress, and said
he believed much good will CONE from i, as the
government viii be able TO undertake enter
prises which it cannot be expected that private
be able 10 try experiments, from the results Of
which private capital may be able to learn
much
WHAT MAKES GOOD CITIZENSHIP
He then SPOKE on the subject Of good citizen
ship saying that what counts most is the honesty,
the courage the common sense and the capacity
for hard work Of the average man. Nothing
can take the place of those qualities in the
fbsarr n
tries with institutions like those OF our great
republic which nevertheless, have failed TO
come up 10 the standard we have set, because
they old 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 NE IL Is
the average citizen back of the law that counts
most We must have clean ana oeceht govern
ment: va must have good laws; We must nave
decent officials 10 make and to execute the laws
II We DO not il is your own fault. In closing
=. me inst reneat one thing. There is no royal
road 70 prosperity any more than there Is any
royal road 10 good government Good govern
ment does not come by any special genius or
brilliancy. good government comes from the
average man showing the qualities Whlch We
recognize as making a good friend ana a eoou
neighbor. Prosperity comes not by any Juggling
with the Ia ws not by any effort TO show smart
hess unaccompanied by moral sense; IL comes pg
the constant exercise on the part OF the m
6Tidual Of those qualities which each of US rec
ognizes as making a desirable citizen OF our
neigh0or in private life.
The President was welcomed al Crd"LoIo'
Neb when his train reached there this after
noon The sth Cavalry saluted him with drawn
sabres and the regimentai band played an
&c The Chief" He spoke a few words of greeting
70 The soldiers and also briefly addressed the
large crowd that gathered about his car stops
we're also made at Gillette ano Moorcroft &yo.,
and Ardrnore s .. AT each place the Presl-
dent spoke briefly and at all the stopping places
the crowds were enthusiastic and extended
warm greetings 10 him.
Tomorrow win be spent quietly on the tram
al Grand Island Neb