Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-15
FAREWELL TO TEXAS
President En Route to Colo
 rado Camp.
CHILDREN PRESENT 4 "BIC STICK
Speeches at Texline and Clayton. Mayor of Trinidad Introduced < Roosevelt as the "Greatest
 Man In the World.'

Roosevelt as the "Greatest | Man In the World.'
 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Apri 15.-President Roosevelt and party ar rived here last night and after a two hours stay left for the west. While here the president obtained a i hunting outfit and became the tempo. rary owner of large Colorado Mid land mogul locomotive, which was SC. lected to haul his train to Newcastle. The presentation was made by John Hopkinson on behalf of the Colorado Midland and the train crew, so that the president will be hauled by his own locomotive.
 The presidents trip through New Mexico was a continuous ovation, for although the train did not stop at small stations there were crowds at all of tsem, who let out good western yell for the nations chief executive. While at Trinidad. Colo. 1000 per sons, including 2,0O0 school children waving small flags, greeted President Roosevelt as he passed through en route to the Colorado hunting camp. The station platform had been roped off, and fifty special officers kept the crowd in order. A number of rough riders and other veterans acted as a guard of honor to the president.
 President Roosevelt was introduced by Mayor H. B. Brown as "the great est man in the world" The president talked five minutes, warmly greeting the old soldiers. Turning to the chil- dren, the president told them how glad he was to see them, ''for you know am as great on children as am on irrigation, and you know what my views are on irrigation" The remaind- CT of his talk was on irrigation.
 The pulling out of his train interrupt ed the presidents speech. As the train moved away the crowd broke through the ropes. climbing on his car, and he shook hands with many.
 At Texline President Roosevelt said goodby to Texas yesterday, speaking as follows:
 q want to say goodby to all the good people of Texas; also I want to. say that I appreciate to the limit the kind ness with which have been treated in Texas. It has been to me the greatest pleasure to go through this great state. Two years ago went to the Pacific slope. I have been north, south. east and west in this great country of ours, and while there are slight differences between the people in one place and those in another the fundamental thing that strikes me wherever I go is that down at the bottom the average Ameri- can is pretty decent fellow.'
 At Clayton. N. M., the president spoke as follows:
 Tt is great pleasure to me to be back in New Mexico and to pass through Clayton. Right from this neighborhood some fifteen of your citi- gens came into my regiment. Several of them were wounded. I have the feeling for them that one naturally has for the men with whom he has been thrown in one of the intimate relations of life. I am particularly pleased to see you all here. I am glad to see a first class exhibit of New Mexico's children: You do not know what a pleasure it Is to me to get out into this western country that I have known so we'll, where have ranched In other days and from which I drew the men with whom I went to Sam tiago when the war with Spain broke out. I follow, your career with the greatest possible interest. When I get out here. where see the big plains. it, makes me feel as if I was at home again. ...
 Pueblo citizens to the number of 5000 greeted President Roosevelt on his arrival at the Union station there. When the special was first sighted a mighty.cheer went up, and it continued until President Roosevelt appeared on the rear platform and addressed the crowd. His speech was interrupted by the presentation of "big stick" the gift of school children.