Evening star., 1905-05-09
PRESIDENT IN DENVER
Guest of the Chamber of Com
merce of That City.
GIVEN WARM WELCOME
EULoGIZED BY SENATOR PATTER-
SON AT ELABORATE BANQUET.
Enthusiastic Reception at Stops on the
Way to Denver-Several Brief
Addresses.
GIVEN WARM WELCOME

The train bearing the presidential party
arrived in Denver at $50 o'clock last even
ing. The chamber of commerce reception
committee, headed by President Temple and
includinb Gov. Mcdonald and Mayor Speer,
were on hand for the greeting After intro
ductions President Roosevelt descended
from the car while the crowd cheered
loudly. AS he stepped into the court on
the 18th street side of the station and be-
came visible to the multitude, a great cheer
rent the air. and the President raised his
hat and bowed smlingly. At the same time
a battalion of the I'd United States Infantry
from Fort Logan and two cavalry tro Dps
of the Colorado National Guard, who were
standing at attention inside the large court
saluted and the President swept his eyes
along both lines in responsive greeting.
The President entered a carriage, the reg
ulars fell into line, and the procession went
up 18th street, the cavalry bringing up the
rear. All along the route to the hotel
throngs banked the streets, waved flags
and cheered vigorously.
Honored by Elections.
The President rested at the hotel for an
hour and quarter in his rooms, hastily
looking over important communications and
consulting with his secretary. Then he re-
Club In his rooms, and he was initiated as
an honorary member of the club. A solid
gold membership card, made of Colorado
precious metal with his name inscribed
thereon. as the first honarary member of
the club, was given to the President This
was received In a brief speech of apprecia-
tlon, and then the President shook hands
with all the members of the club present
feW minutes later the President was
.a .aheh IN charge by chamber of commerce
a.
per OF that organization A recantion of
me guests of the banquet was held and ste
resident then entered the banquet-room
., me banquet began at o'clock and con-
tinued until ii o'clock
At $50 o'clock the last coprsa ne -
dlnner was finished and President lanes
.. Iemple OF the chamber of commerce
Ciea CaiIea the guests to order and introduced
ChIei justice William II. Gabbert who wa
postmaster. In brief speech Judge Cab
pert introduced the President. who arose
amid cheers and applause
Senator Patterson's Tribute.
He was followed by Gov. Jesse McDon-
aid, who spoke of The State" and Mayor
Robert w. Speer, who responded to the
toast The City" Senator Thomas NJ Pat
terson then spoke to the toast THE Presi-
dent" Senator Patterson said In part:
The spirit that moved the people to seat
our honored guest in the White House was
NOT lnaptiy illustrated by the campaign
putton adopted by the stockmen and COW
boys. 1t bore the likeness of the President
and beneath 1t the legend: Don't be a
maverick The men who wore those but
tons We're strenuously in favor of the erst-
while rider of the plains and believed n IN
be very bad Americanism not to bear the
Roosevelt brand.
Next to the fundamental needs of this
repupnc, the American people hold to the
unwritten article of the Constitution that
makes a PRESIDENT, however good and great
ineligible for third term. But did that ap-
ply to a President who as Vice Presidept
had succeeded to the office and had not
been elected, except to his second term?
This question had never been satisfactorily
answered. But Theodore Roosevelt prompt
ly answered 1t in his own straightforward
way.
Almost before the returns were in he,
in words that admitted of no double con-
struction. told the American people that
he held his first term to be the same as an
elected term, and that he construed the
term for which he had just been elected to
be his second term within the spirit and
meaning of the patriotic rule adopted by
Washington and the earlier Presidents.
With the announcement of his positive and
unalterable determination to retire to pri
vate life at the end of the coming four
years, those conservatives who had oro-
fessed TO fear for the future of the country
by reason of the aggressive methods the
President at times adopted. and the popu-
lar acclaim with which they were received,
saw the man on horseback become a plain
citizen on foot, the crown of a Caesar van
ish as an airy nothing, and the scepter of
a Napoleon replaced with a copy of the
Constitution as the sign and measure of
the Presidents rule over his countrymen"
At the conclusion of the speechmaking
the 500 participants in the banquet sang
choruses Then all surrounded the Presi-
dent and escorted him to his rooms in the
hotel, where they shouted Good nlght,
and cheered for several minutes. Shortly
afterward the President and his party en-
tInir re