The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-04


nm and he viii never turn out very
bad or very good either, and take the
horse that is best worth riding or driv-
ing and the high spirited thoroughbred,
and If ne is badly trained he Is not an
enjoyable animal to handle. Any sec
ton OF the people who have the strength,
VINO nave the power in them. need to
have that power guided and shaped
Alright. and I congratulate you of Kan
sas that yours is being guided and
shaped Alright. I believe in you with
al my heart and soul I am proud OF
you and prophesy a glorious future for
you Cheers and applause.)
AT VICTORIA.
The chief incident of the trip occurred
at victoria, the Russian settlement in
Ellis county. Here the men were lined
up on one side of the track and the wo-
men on the other. AS the train stopped
forty or fifty little girls in white, each
with a flag, began singing, THE Red,
White and Blue" The train was
scheduled to stop only moment, but
the president said:
Mr.. Conductor. don't let the train
start till l am ready. This is too good
to miss
AS the singing ceased two tiny girls
came up to present the president, one
with vase of flowers, the other with
a beautiful bouquet It was long
ways up to the president and a secre ct
service man lifted each of the little
girls up to present her gift. It pleased
the president greatly.
It was al Victoria that it has been
announced that the president would
speak in German, the language spoken
there, but instead he spoke in English.
He said:
Let me thank you with all my heart
for having come here to greet me- 1
have not enjoyed any meeting more
than this. / congra tulate you and
congratulate the United States that we
have such citizens in it. / congratulate
you on what you have done here on the
farms, in business on all your work,
and congratulate you especially upon
the children. upon the way they are
being brought up, and upon the way
they sing and the tunes they sing. II
did me good to see such first class
young American citizens here and am
pleased and proud to have had the
chance of seeing you
Then as an afterthought he said, i
wish I could speak in German un-
derstand it well, and if you should
speak to me in German I could under
stand YOU" he said to a man in front
of him.
But I can't speak German. said the
man in pure English, and everybody
laughed.
At Sharon Springs perhaps 200 PEG
pie were waiting when the train pulled
IN at $3.50 O'Clock One small lamp
shed its feeble rays over the depot plat
form, but the lights from the presiden-
tial train did better.
The president told the people that he
had come to spend Sunday with them
because he wanted a quiet day. ana ne
thanked them for their welcome
The side track where the presidential
train stood over Sunday was roped OH
leavine. about 40 feet of space on each
side Of the train. Local guards IN
charge of the sheriff of Wallace county,
kept the people outside the ropes. This
gave the secret service men IN the
presidents party a chance TO rest, al
though one of them stayed on susiu d.
night.
President Roosevelt was anxious 70
oet ont and walk as soon as he could
after he reached Sharon Springs. He
could not go as long as the crowd re
manned about the train, but as soon as
it had dispersed and he could sup away
urobserVed, he took Dr. Butler, Ut.
Rixey and thestW senators and started
off across the Drairies to the north IN
the darkness. The air was clear, crisp
and invigOrating, and the president Was
glad to feel the prairie sod and th-
buffalo grass again beneath his feet, Tor
the president loves the prairie.
The president led the other members
of the party a swift pace, chatting OF
things on the prairies. A coyote howled
a short distance away. A single coyote
sounds like a whole pack, and the presl-
dent told the others all about it.
night, startling the other members Of
the party. but it was the president who
told what made the sound
Afer an hours walk Senator Long re-
marked that he had not been feeling
very strong for some time.
This walk is just the thing for you,N
said the president. 1t will do you
GOOD.
Finally he consented to turn back.
We must have walked ten miles
said Senator Long YEARLY as they
reached the train.
More like twenty" said Senator
about five, should say" said the
president.
None of the photographers on the
presidential train take any pictures on
Sunday 1t is obtectionab Bile to Pres1-
dent Roosevelt, and nothing would in
duce one of the newspaper men of the
presidents Sarty to disObey his wishes.
THE president has never told US not
to take any Sunday pictures. but he has
made US understand that it is very dis
tasteful to him to have Sunday pictures
taken. and 1. for one, won't do it for
anybody" said George B. Luckey, rep
resentative of Leslie's Weekly on the
presidential train. We are here prac-
tically as the guests OF the president.
and this alone would induce us to obey
his wishes even if our personal regard
for him did not do So"
The only pictures taken in Sharon
Springs Sunday were taken by local
photographers and others, who knew
nothing Of the presidents wishes ami
even these We're distasteful to the presi~
DENT
The manufacturers of a new patent
top which possesses certain phenomenal
qualities sent Senator Burton one to be
presented to the president. with an ap.
propriate speech. It was a gold plated.
diamond-studded top. MADE specially
for the president. Senator Burton hins-
self had a common one. Senator Burton
Then the rresi.5ent vas anvio,,s r.
spin his toy. He first tried ii on an
onyx stand. but it wouldn't spin. The
dining table was cleared off and both
the president and the senator started to
spinning A rivalry developed to sec
which could make his top spin the long,
est Roth got excited over the toys.