The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-21
COLORADO'S WELCOME
TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Met at State Line by Governor McDon-
ald-Greeted by Great Crowds and
Makes Short Speeches at Trinidad,
Pueblo and Colorado Springs.


welt will arrive at New Castle this
morning and will go to the camp which
has been established by his guides as
quickly as possible. He arrived in Col
orado shortly after noon yesterday, be-
ing welcomed by Governor Mcdonald
and party when he crossed the state
line. trinidad was the first city
through which the Presidents speciai
train passed. A great crowd awaited
him there and he made short speech
At Pueblo there was another throng OF
cheering people and he had to make
another speech.
The longest stop made in any city
was at Colorado Springs, where the
President selected his hunting outfit
before going into the mountains. At
the Colorado Springs station he spoke
to big crowd before going to the
home of Philip b. Stewart for a short
time.
President Roosevelt will be the guest
of the Denver Chamber of Commerce
when he returns from his outing. He
accepted the invitation extended by
delegation from the chamber at Colo
rado Springs last evening.
Colorado Springs, in its reception to
President Roosevelt, respected the fact
that his present visit to the state is
personal one. There were thousands
to greet the private train on its arrival
at the Santa Fe depot. The cheers were
hearty as the train slowed down, dis
closing the President standing on the
observation platform of the private
car in which he has travelled from the
national capital. 1t was gOod-natured
crowd, laughing boisterously as it
cheered.
A wedge had been formed by the po-
lice and G. A. r.. forming large va
cant area in which stood the touring
cars of Fl. T. Lowe and Sherwood AL
drich. Two score extra arc lights had
been strung to light the area. When
he end of the Presidents train stopped
opposite these cars there were calls for
a speech.
Before responding to the request the
President was attracted by the autos
and asked:
Are you able to keep the automo-
biles reasonably quiet? l do not like
any competition in speaking"
Continuing, he said:
81 have been to Colorado Springs
often before and was always greeted
with the most delightful hospitality in
your beautiful city.
II desire to give special greeting
to the G. A. R.-to you, my comrades
have just arrived from Texas and the
trip to the state has done me good. 1t
would have done you good, you men
who wore the blue, to see how they are
standing down there, the men who
wore the blue and the men who wore
the gray, united now and forever un-
der one flag and for one country. De-
lighted as / was with every feature of
my visit to that state, this was the
one that pleased me most-that would
have pleased you the same way.
Il now have request to make to the
people of Colorado. / am going off on
hunt Anyone who knows anything
about that knows that you cannot take
brass band with you. You cannot
continue hunting bears with a Fourth
OF July procession.
II ask you to treat me just as well
as Texas treated me. There they re-
spected this fact and they let me hunt
in peace.
'If lot of newspaper men start to
come in after me / will have to go
home. Leave me alone when l am off
in the mountains. When | come out |
am fair game myself. l ask the news
paper men to give me fair show. We
will arrange that any important news
will be sent to headquarters. where
all will be given out. l do think that
for these three or four weeks / might
have fair show.
DeB my SOOu Vi Soioiauo
to treat me as well as they did in
Texas, where the people, as at Fred
erick. simply agreed to it and would
not allow anybody to follow me into
the fields.
81 believe in this state, in its pros
perity. in it's mineral wealth and its ir-
rigation possibilities, and l believe
most of all in its people. l believe
most in your type of citizens. ! am
glad to know the interest you take in
your schools, for after all the first
crop OF any state is its babies"
The automobiles We're driven rapidly
to the handsome residence of p. b.
Stewart on Wood avenue.
Mr.. Stewart had provided number
of articles such as hunters need from
which the President selected hunting
boots, sweaters and similar articles
for the trip. Some light refreshments
were at hand, but the President had
dined in the car before reaching Colo
RADIO Springs.
scarcely over before delegation from
the Denver Chamber of Commerce ar
rived to invite the President to ban
uuet in Denver. handsome parch-
ment scroll engrossed with the invita-
tion was presented in a satin case.
President Roosevelt expressed his
pleasure over the invitation and
promptly accepted it. He stated that
he could not name a date at this time
but that Secretary Loeb would notify
the committee as soon as it was pos
sible to fix day.
To representatives of Denver and
Colorado Springs newspapers the Pres
ident accorded a private interview in
which he repeated his plea to be al
lowed to hunt without every move
ment that he will make. and many that
he never dreamed of making, being
telegraphed broadcast over the coun.
try.