The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-05-14

MN flowers, and men threw their hats
high IL air and shouted -Four years more
of Groverr' Children scrambled through
| the line of march to get glimpse of him,
and from the first moment of his arrival
| in st. Louis to the very last, Mr.. Cleve-
land was the idol of the people there as
sembled. 1t would have taken fine ear
| to have noted difference in the volume
| of applause that greeted the appearance
or the utterances of the two men whose
| proudest title is and has been President
of the United States.'
And Mr.. Bryan was not there. By an
| empty chair in u side box, this was made
known.
| The arrangements for the comfort OF
the guests of st. Louis We're quite com
| plete, but the crowds were so much great
| er than had been expected that there We're
a few lapses of courtesy, bat they were
never intended, and were rectitied as soon
as plumbers We're perceived. Some of the
people who didn't get quail on toast every
morning for breakfast kicked Il good deal.
1t Is quite safe to guess that those who
did so are quite glad to get UNDERGONE
lamb chops when at home. The story was
sent out that President Roosevelt thought
he had been very badly treated on the first
day of the festivities, because when he en-
tered the big Marquis tent where refresh
ments were served to the distinguished
guests he did not find rosewood dining
table and gold plate awaiting him, with
slaves to do his bidding. 1t is incOn-
ceivable that the President would have ut
tered a complaint had things been even
intOlera bic, which they were not. MIR.
Roosevelt is gentleman. No gentleman,
no gentlewoman would accept hospitality,
and then revile the host or hostess.
The President entered the tent late, af-
ter the review of the troops, and found
that some two or three thousand people
had been there before him. Dishes and
broken victuals were piled high upon the
table which circled the tent, but place
was speedily made for the President and
his guests, and with laugh and jest they
all proceeded to satisfy hunger that
seemed to be voracious. The President
annexed everything in sight and being
next the table, handed the viands out to
those whom the crowd pressed back. 1t
was sight for dyspeptic to see the
healthy appetite displayed by the Presi-
dent, who thoroughly enjoyed the pic
mic" way of eating. He enjoys, as any
healthy man does, the getting away from
the stilted customs of official society at
times, and he is equally at home at the
teepee, Council feast, the campfire of the
soldier, the barbecue of the politician, or
the salt horse ard cOrnbread feed" of the
cowboy.
The various parades and reviews dur
ing the week were distinct successes.
There were detachments of our splendid
Regulars, who look like born soldiers,
whether in the saddle tangled up in yell
low braid and sabers, or on foot march
ing with precision that fairly forces en-
thusiastic approval. Then came the Ma
tional Guard of Missouri, trim and neat
and well drilled Fair types of the young
men who on that very same ground took
their stand and held old Missouri in the
Union, less than a half century ago.
Then came the Governors of the States
with their various stats. My, what a
ripple of gorgeous color they did deluge
the crowds with. King Edward
who on that very day in Paris was driv-
ing the populace wild with, enthusiasm,
was attended with less pomp and display
than the Governor of New York, whose
superbly apparelled staff was arrayed like
King Solomon's lilies. Only less gaudy
was Gov. Yates, of Illinois, with his at
tendants and outriders. Gov. Mickey, of
Nebraska, didn't put on as much style,
who while they can wear dress parade uni
form, can also show you how to fight, for
they ''have been there" Gov. Mickey's
escort was commanded by Brig Gen. Cul-
yer, veteran of the war of the rebellion,
who led his four stalwart sons into the
Spanish-American war, and then across
the ocean to the Philippines.
Kansas was there, but her bachelor
Governor, Mr.. Bailey, was attended by
his staff in somber frock coats and high
hats. There were many other Governors
there, but some of them didn't get into
line. Their feelings were stepped on,
some way, and they didn't show them
selves in the parade.
All the parades were led by our magni-
ficent Marine Band. all dressed I'D in the
bright new red uniforms. How the peo-
pie did shout and applaud Prof. Santel-
mann as he led the big fellows, and how
they shouted again for very joy in the
splendid music the band made. The men,
bers of the band say that they were never
so splendidly treated in all their expert
ence. They were handsomely and COM
modiOusly quartered, and their entertain
ers provided every creature comfort posi-
BILE.
France and Spain should be very proud
Of their representatives at st. Louis, for
their utterances were the very finesse of
diplomacy. NJ. Jusserand is the ideal
diplomat, and combines with that fine
quality the yet finer one of being an ideal
gentleman. He spoke in admirable tone,
and his vast audience responded to
each sentiment with an outburst of ap-
plause that must have been most crafty
ing. The same is true of Senior Don
Emilio de Ojedo, the Minister from Spain,
which once owned the Louisiana Terri
tory. When Chairman Thurston intro
duced Senior Ojeda, he said that he knew
that all feeling against Spain had long
since been effaced from the minds of
Americans, and mighty shout of APP
prevail went up. When the Spanish EN-
bassador stepped to the front of the plat
form, and faced the 10000 people who
filled the vast auditorium, he received a
grand ovation. He began by referring
with pride to the fact that his Flag had
been the first standard planted on Ameri-
can soil.
Roosevelt captured the people when he
spoke from the same platform, by a sim
pie impulsive act, most intensely Ameri-
can. The platform was inclosed and elab-
orately decorated, but when the distin-
guished guests were seated, about all that
could be seen of them was tuft of hair
or the tip Of a bald head. Standing. the
speaker was only little less invisible.
When the President came forward to dedi-
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