Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-03-30
THE PRESIDENTS
WESTERN TOUR.

The coming tour Of President iioosc
Aoh through the West viii for several
reasons bat. great Interest iDf the
country u viii b. i"ngsr than any
Vihcr J1ant which president has over
made beginning un Aptil I. /, viii
take The president by way ui Chicago.
81 Paul and Minneapolis. through Tho
norihofn tief of states to Ncliowsioru
pnrh. Bnd after remaining there few
days swing 20 thu southeast Nlll be
made. which viii carry him 10 81
Louis by April 10. whore he viii assist
Ia The dedication Of the Worlds Fair
grounds This II one ot thc objects
Of bis Western visit From 81 Louis
he viii push 60 IN. racinc coast 10y
way of Kansas. Colorado. New McNl-
CO and California Then. after ira
Ncrsing The entire Pacific slope up to
Washington. b. viii pass through ,hn,
state coming east. stopping at all IA.
principal points on the way. and VIII
reach he national capital ON June @.
In the sixty six DAYS h" VIII traverse
twenty two states. viii stop st iRi
towns aud cificn. travel l3.pV0 miles
and viii see and address a larger NUM-,
her OF his countrymen than have over
before been greeted by any other
president in a single trip
President Roosevelt VIII not bo u
stranger IA any OF the A"otions whici,
ha visits He knows from personal
contact the region between the Mis-
slEsippi and the Pacific better than
did any of his predecessors Except
Ing two or three oi the states west
Of tho Rocky mountains, he has aircsd,
Travelled through every community
which he viii strike ON his coming
tour Ia hin nwinr round the circle
during the campaign OF 1900 he visit
cd more states than WAS don. by any
other stump speaker before or since
that date lie saw the West often
moreover prior tu that time In par,
uf II he resided for lew years
Though born Ia the East NO other
president ever identincd himself with
the trans Alloghany region more rum
pL.tcly Than the present executive has
done lie knows this looaiity's ideals
thoroughly. has experienced i,s life
and is capahl. ot looking at things
from it's viewpoint. Using kipling'
words regarding the people OF India
President Roosevelt could say of tn,
Nest,
| have eaten your bread and salt,
have drank your water and wine
The deaths ye died ! have watched
beside.
And the lives ye led were mine
Mnnifostiy. the coming trip viii b,
Of great advantage to the visitor and
the visited A chance viii he given
10 the visitor To study Western con
ditions and problems In their present
aspect The people OF every state
between the Mississippi and the Pa
clhc viii have chance To greet him
as win those of every state north of
the Ohio He is already well ac
quainted with Western ideas and
needs. as was shown by his prompt
and powerful championship Of the ma
tional irrigation project, which his
influence carried 10 enactment, and AS
was also cvinced by his favor for all
the measures throwing open Indian
reservations 10 settlement and for pre-
serving Western forests, His cour'
age. dash. originality. resourcefnlness
and democracy appeal powerfully 10
the Vests Imagination. In his own
person he is a representative OF that
robust Americsnism which. In the
past hundred years. has built towns,
put up schools and churches. opened
mines, stretched railroads across