The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-11
GOES TO SEE PRESIDENT
lanoCeaCe joins the ThouSaadS Who
Honor The Chief Magistrate al
Fort Worth.

The opportunity to see real live
| president does not come often TO we
| Texans, living as We do nearly two
thousand miles from Washington
| City. and of course q great majority
CT us felt like we would like to lay
eyes on him for the first time.
| Thousands went 10 Dallas TO see him
and TO hear him speak. | saved my
self till Saturday to see him at Fort
| Worth on his return from San Anto-
MO. ahere he attended the reunion
of his regiment OF Rough Riders.
| Two long trains Of coaches went in
over the Central that morning and
| they were loaded down TO the guards
Soon after we arrived the presidents $
train reached the Texas and Pacific
| depot. He was escorted to a hand
somely decorated carriage in walt
ing for him. and the grand parade
| begun As he passed up the streets
| of Fort Worth. all Of which were
| beautifully decorated he was kept
| busy bowing right and left 10 the
thousands of Texans who warmly
greeted him was fortunate In get
| ting several good looks at him and
| / must say he is a finer looking man
than his pictures represent him to
be We Texans never did point to
| but one act of President Roosevelt
| with seorn, and that was his dining
with Booker Washington. Raised up
/ North as he was OF course he did not
| look upon that act as we did Not
only we of Texas, but the whole South
| made II so hot for him for this one
act that you can depend on IL he will
not repeat IT, and have no doubt
| he is truly sorry he ever did 1t.
When he started 10 TO raise his
! regiment to fight Spain and free
Cuba be pitched his tent close to the
walls of the Alamo in San Antonio,
A great ma jority of his regiment were
/ boys born and reared ia the South.
| The president owned a ranch in North
Dakota several years ago and there
while ranching he heard OF the grit
and stamina OF the Texas cowboys
| The Rough Rider regiment with
| Colonel Roosevelt at It's head distiu-
guished itself at san Juan hill In
Cuba and after his return home he
was elected governor Of New York
| He succeeded 10 the presidency upon
| the death Of William Mckinley In
/ he army and also az public official
| he has never shirEed a duty. and the
| fact OF his suppressing the trusts and
/ other cf his official acts since ne be-
| came president stamp him iH the eyes
/ Of ine world as an honest man. who
| .s endeavoring to do his duty as he
/ honestly sees ID. We who have
noticed his movements along these
| lines know he has gone further to-
| ward suppressing the trusts that are
| grinding the people down than any
| president before him has ever done.
| The Cattlemen OF Texas had one of
| the finest and most costly decora-
| Uons seen in Fort Worth A fun
| life size picture stretched across
Main street and above this written
lin large letters. President Roose-
golt. the Cattlemen $ Friend" Col
s. 3. Burnett. one of the largest cat
convinced men Of the fact that ala
native Texan. planned the hunt and
Il now with the president on one OF
his big pastures in Oklahoma
NJ trip South this winter where I
met hundreds OF Northern people
convinced men tthe fact that all
the clever, good citizens in the
| United States do not live In the
| south II was largely due 20 where
a fellow happened TO live when the
war broke out which side he espOus-
ed
President Roosevelt's hair is OF
an auburn color not red and he has a
! somewhat florid complexion. which
. shows energy and determination. Ills
rapid rise 20 the highest office tn the
gift of the people proves that he is
Ia man OF 90 small cAlsher, and no
! mau who ever visited Texas received
| such an ovation a. he did : sincere
is hope be- will never cause as TO re-
! greet the reception We Texans gave
him INNOCENCE ABROAD