The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08

fairs of state on the journey to Den
Yer.
Arrived in Denver at 1925 and spent
two hours and forty-ive minutes. trav-
cling more than six miles. addressing
5000 people and responding to the
cheers and acclaim of $4,000 more
along the streets.
He took dinner on his train and
arrived at Colorado Springs at
40 where he made a twenty-five
minute address to another immense
crowd
Pueblo was reached at $50. The
President went to a stand near the
tracks at Mineral Palace park and
spoke to another enormous gathering.
Then he drove mile through the
streets to the Union depot, receiving
tremendous ovation. and left for New
| Mexico.
In all. fully 5000 people heard the
| President speak during the day, and
100000 Coloradoans cheered him as he
passed through the streets.
He was in the state twenty hours in
all. Perfect weather continued through
the trip in this state.
Upon emerging from the depot at
| Denver. as he was escorted to his car
rage. the President was confronted by
q memorable scene The court in front
of the building was filed with mass
of humanity that had awaited his com
ing for hours with patriotic patience.
Down the vista Of the street so far as
the vision could carry the pavemeE'
was packed with crushing crowd.
But it was a quiet crowd, thoroughly
/ imbued with the spirit or respect and
/ rhppriTp a rnnIIef
Amid the Haunting of flags and to
the stirring strains of martial music
| the procession moved up Seventeenth
street toward the capitol.
The terracod grounds were packed
from curb to capitol, and on the
steps of the building was waiting
multitude. 1t is estimated that there
! We're $4,000 people in the crowd that
! listened, or tried to listen, to the Pres
| ideut on the capitol grounds.
The grand stand was over the lower
| flight of steps between the capitol and
! Broadway.
| On one side of the stand were the
| children of the North Denver high
! school. on the other members of the
hereditary societies. In front were
Z ~ y. A. = pd4,a. the SpaAis4 Amoci-
can war volunteers and lining Lincoln
avenue were the guard of honor, com
posed of High School cadets and
| company of the National Guard.
The Presidents chair on the grand
stand was decorated with flowers. Be
| fore he began his speech he was pre-
sentcd with n beautiful silk flag by
Mrs. s. NJ. Casper on behalf of the
| Daughters of the Revolution, and re
| sponded with a few charming words of
| thanks.
| Col. Charles J.. Cooper. U. S. A., in
charge of Fort Logan garrison. pre-
| sented President Roosevelt with a
| camp at San Antonio, which was re-
ccived with many expressions of de-
| light.
| Governor Peabody stepped forward
and welcomed the President on behalf
of the state He said:
at is my honOred and most pleasant
duty to introduce to you the President
Of the United States, an American citi-
zen, honored as citizen, soldier and
author. the most beloved of our peo-
pie, Theodore Roosevelt"
President Rooseyelt's address was as
follows:
"Mr. Governor. Mr.. Mayor and all
my fellow citizens: Now in greeting
all Of you to-day | wish to say special
word OF acknowledgment first to the
men of the Grand Army. tApplauseD To
the men to whom we owe it that we have
to-day either a country or President.
(Applause) The men who have taught
us by their lives, by their services in
war and in peace. how to carry our
selves alike in war and peace. | greet
you first of all: and then the rest OF
you will not grudge me greeting spe-
cially, in the second place, my own
comrades of the lesser war-the men
whose deeds in the remote Orient |
followed with such keen interest, and
with the pride taken in them by all
good American citizens. tApplause) |
| am glad, indeed. to have chance of
coming back to Colorado and to speak
to you as chief executive of the Nation.
Il know your people well. | have
been with them before; I have visited
the state on more than one errand. |
G.aughter)
Il have visited it on business and
then again not on business. U.aughtcr) |
1T is a great pleasure, indeed. to |
come to this great state of the plains
and the Rocky Mountains, this state
with a great past already, and with
future infinitely greater even than its !
past.
But aside from this general and |
greater interest. Colorado is serving !
special interests, which shares with |
the group of stass Immediately around |
II, and to my mind one of the best |
pieces of legislation put upon the stat
ute books of the national government |
of recent years was the irrigation act
lapplausc). an act in which we declare |
it TO bs a national policy that exactly |
as care is to be taken of the rivers and !
harbCrs along the lower courses so on |
their upper courses care is to be taken |
by the Nation. and the irrigating work .
to be done in connection with them.
Under that act beginning has been
made in Colorado Montana, Wyoming,
Nevada and the territory of Arizona.