The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-11
JUDGE dunno AT THE ALAMO.
President R0OSeveItSpoke
To Enthusiastic
Texans.
LEAVES FOR THE W|LDS

San Antonio, Texas, April To
Riders reunion and President Roose-
welt, after two strenuous days with
the men of his old company, days
spent in renewal of friendships and
talk of wars, has completed the seri-
Gus part Of his journey and will now
cater to the sportsman side of his ma
ture.
For the next month at least he will
be hunter in fact and in spirit.
Tonight he took final leave of his
old Rough Rider companions. Through
the day, he was not to them the execu-
tive of the United States but the COL
onel of their old regiment who had
shared with them the rigors of brief
but decisive war. So they addressed
him as Colonel and he called them
BILL" Charlie" Ben" and the like.
One of his old soldiers described the
feeling of the rough riders for him by
telling of his trip to Washington to
pay his respects to his former colonel.
1t was at the time OF the coal strike
when the president although laid up
with broken ankle was trying to
bring together the opposing forces, an
effort in which he finally succeeded.
In spite of the great demand upon his
time the president insisted upon his
old comrade bringing to the temporary
White House on Jackson Square his
daughter. He made her sit down and
then told her of what good soldiep
her father had been and spoke so
feelingly of him that the young girls
rough rider perhaps you can under
stand little why every man here
would go to hell for the colonel"
| 1t is the human quality of the pres
ident which is catching the heart Of
every Texan. On the line of the ride
cottage which he had evidently spent
much time and thought in decorating,
What do you think of that?" he
shouted to the passing carriages as he
swept his hat in circle embracing
the decorations.
bitter Democrats in Texas" comment
ed, the local committeeman.
On the drive to the speakers stand
this morning small boy plucked a
bunch of roses from the hand of a fell
low and running to the carriage tossed
them in. Il forgot to bring any flow-
ers this morning" he explained to the
president "and that fellow did not
know how to give them to you"
Mr.. Roosevelt, in telling with laugh
ter of the incident, said: THE little
chap was such an efficient individual
that | Immediately appointed him a
member of the secret service and he
stayed with me until we got to the
stand"
Although his speech on the open
i stand in the ruins of the historical
Almo today was after the nature of the
speeches which he had made all
through Texas, there was every here
and there one Of his characteristic and
epigrammatic sentences.
A coincidence and one that was en-
| tirely accidental was the fact that di-
rectly beneath his feet was the bloody
angle" of the wall surrounding and
protecting the historical Almo whose
shadow almost fell upon him. 1t was
ct just that point where Davy Crock
EFT fell in the fight that is historical
in Texas fight for independence AS
he did not learn of this fact until late
in the afternoon it must have been an
inspiration that caused him to speak
so feelingly of that battle and what it
must and should mean to the people
of the entire state as well as to the
citizens Of San Antonio.