The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-02-10
DIDN'T SET EN- UP.

DIDN'T SET EN- UP.
"In all of Mr.. Roosevelt's life on TIE
frontier" says Jacob Riis. writing
about the president in 1.-THE Outlook
he was molested only once, and then
by a drunken rowdy. who took him for
a tenderfoot, and with a curse BAD
him treat. at the point of his two re
v~olvers. enforcing the invitation with
a little exhibition of gun play while a
roomful of men looked stolidy on.
Roosevelt was a stranger in the town
and had no friends there. He got
up apparently to yield to the invita-
ton. practicing over mentally the while
a famous lefthander that had done
execution in the old Harvard days.
The next instant the bully crashed
against the wall and measured his
length on the floor. His pistols went
off harmlessly in the air. He opened
his eyes to find the 'four-eyed tender
foot standing over him. bristling with
fight. while the crowd nodded calmly,
Served him right He surrendered
then and there and gave up his guns
while Mr.. Roosevelt went to bed un-
molested. Such things carry far on the
plains. No one was ever after that
heard to express q wish to I'LL this
tenderfoot full of holes ever though
he did wear gold spectacles and firing
ed angora chaps"
THE PRESIDENTS TENDERNESS.
Here Is a new story of the president
t1tI hv Taanh Dgtr q. IT. smlo~
dore Roosevelt. the Citizen" now run
ming serially In The Outlook:
There was news of fighting every
day, but only the names Of the killed
or wounded officers came by cable.
There was a war department order
against sending those of the privates
who fell or who died of cholera; and
it resulted that when. say. Company
H of the Fifteenth regiment had been
In battle. every mother who had a boy
serving In that command went shiver-
ing with fear for six long weeks be-
fore the mails brought word whether
her boy was among the thirteen pri-
vate soldiers who fell or not. I had
been asked to put the case to the presi-
oCil dIu 6Ct HlHt W cut the TtQ 'dilt,
If possible; but. against expectations. I
found a tableful of soldiers and stat as
men at lunch, and I saw clearly enouy n
that it would be hard to get the presi-
DENTS ear long enough.
but, as luck would have II, I was
put beside General Young, fine old
warrior. whom I had met befoc,, and ]
TIA Ito. - x~,h,% x~o. ~ A@.. ..oort
He knew OF no such order whe,, he
WAS in the Philippines, ara We got
into quite a little argument aL nut q,
which l pun ,saly draec.t cut Ill
tn, re was a hull a Lie ,itk at re
presidents end Of Ire .sb!a. n, ! | saw
him looking my way. | asked aim Il
he knew of the order.
What or iar?' saI,; lie aud told
.k,m-told him If the ~ ,tl,rls frettirs
fer the boys AL ovrr the laEsi. lie
looked up Quickly ut .Admiant t~i.,,rral
Corbin, who sat right opposite. 1t was
what I wantt.i. ne knew.
General sail ", ~i:nnss, cit. Is
there such an order?'
YES, Mr.. presilal., said te. 'ti..ie
IS
WHY Frasil. vt ism,scrrlt Wastes
few words when he - IN eariics' about
al ything.
General Corbin explained hat II
was a measure OF economy. The tele-
graph tolls we heavy. An officer
had a code word, just one, to pay for.
whereas to send the whole name and
place of a private soldier under the
Pacific ocean might easily cost per-
haps $25. The president heard him
out.
"'Corbin.' he said. 'can you tele
graph from here to the Philippines?'
1.-The general thought he might wait
till he got to Washington; he was go
ing in an hour.
No said the president: no. we
will not wait. Send the order to have
the names t~elegraphed now. Those
moihers gave the best they had to
their country. We will not have them
preaRinP their hearts for Twenty-Five ,
dollars OF for fifty. Save the money