The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-23
GIFTS TO THE PRESIDENT.
"Truck" Accumulated by Mr. ROose.
welt During Recent Trip.

welt During Recent Vr1p.
Springfield Republican.
The enlarged White House will be none
too ample for the storage of all the gifts
received by President Roosevelt during his
whirl around the great circle he encom-
passed. Almost every town and city visited
during the sixty days added its quota to the
pile in the baggage car, and no good New
England housekeeper will envy the mistress
Of the White House her task Of disposing
Of this spoil of a conquering journey in the
presidential museum and the presidential
menagerie. Nor is this all, for while the
President had been smiling pleasantly and
making pretty thank-you speeches to open
hearted Westerners, others, who were
doomed to give unseen, have been shipping
to Washington a wonderful assortment Of
samples of Western life and industry. Per-
haps Roosevelt now holds the record as far
as quantity goes, but Grant retains that for
quality, as the gifts which he received in
his tour of the world We're more valuable
than those received by any other President
or ex-President But Mr.. Roosevelt's pres
ents are enthusiastically Western. The
cowboy, the hunter, the sheepman and he
who washes gravel in a little pan have
given their mite. as we'll as the plutocrat
who lives in a palace and dreams Of the
Senate.
The list is long one, but it's more i'm
portant items are Of interest as showing
what the people Of the West prize the most
and consider most fitting to lay at the feet
or the executive head of their country.
Chicago was the first to bear gifts, and SOL
EMMY gave the President the degree of LII.
D.. through her university, Northwestern
University ditto. Milwaukee made him a
member Of her Press Club with ''hochs''
and cheers. The painted chiefs of the great
Sioux nations gathered about the white ia
Their at Bismarck. N: D.. and he was given
council of the tribes. Placidly the warriors
who had slaughtered the Seventh sat
around while the President thanked them,
and then, as further token Of their es-
TEEN, gave him pipe of peace made by the
most cunning craftsman of the Six Nations.
Gardner, Mont, received Mr.. Roosevelt as
he dashed from the snow-bound Yellow
stone and pressed Masonic charm and a
gold nugget upon him before he flew to St.
Louis. Kansas City gave him a sealskin
card-case with a membership to one of her
clubs in. it,; and Abilene, Kan, added bat
tle-scarred football to the pile. Denver's
gift was a gold badge and a golden pro-
gramme of the order of events which &C.
CURED while the President was within her
boundaries. and the colored people of Colo
RADIO Springs gave him silver medal a
live badger was presented to the smiling
and long-suffering President at Sharon
the Albuquerque, N. NJ, offering. Santa Fe
tossed her history aboard the presidential
special as It whirled past on Its way to
waiting for the President California was
productive in gifts and did more than her
share. Redlands gave him a silver plate
| and then went through the ceremony OF
defeating big tree to him. In San Fran
| cisco the people were, more than generous.
| A golden group of bear hunters will serve
| to keep the Mississippi hunting flasco in
| gold canteen was given to the President by
| some Of his ex-Rough Riders, and the city
| added gold case to the list Then. the
| streets of the city. an aged hunter rushed
| out from the throng dragging two sets OF
| elk antlers in his wake, and these, too
| went on the list Redding, CAL, gave him
copper specimens with a lavish hand Al
| Portland. Ore, bear cub was fastened tc
| the engine which drew Mr.. Roosevelt's car
and whether this was later presented to
him not the dispatches neglected to
state but, anyhow the President spoke to
| the little bear, so even that Is not without
| honor.
Tacoma, Wash, gave him gift which
has much value as an historical relic, q
| plate made from a bit of the keel of the
battleship Oregon. The plate was Enclosed
in beautiful case made from the wood
| which was In the captains cabin. Far.
| away Alaska sent her gifts to meet the
| President at Tacoma, and among them was
| a placer miners pan made of solid gold
| Another was golden purse filed with
| passes to Alaska, so Mr. Roosevelt can &c
i there free Of cost at any time. The citi
| zens Of Anaconda sent the President a vase
| made Of all the precious metals which are
| found in Montana, and the vase was Sc
| with the gems which are found there. Butte
| gave him a picture of himself etched in cop
| per, and Nevada City, New. added a box OF
| quartz Cheyenne and Douglass. Wyo., of
| fered a horse, bride and saddle, the tive
latter mounted in gold. These things ar,
| only the more important. for there wer.
| moccasins, buckskin suits. mounted heads o.
animals and Indian beadwork in almos
carload lots Flowers were presented in
| every city, and others were thrown beneath
the wheels Of his carriage. and the whole
| long trip regularly punctuated Will
Photographic proofs in disproof of tn,
charge that race suicide .mpends