The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-04-14
PRESIDENT ENTERS TEXAS.
Address at Dallas Recounts GIores Of
States History

| Tho SPECIAL train bearing the president
md his party arrived in Dallas over the
! Missouri. Kansas and Texas railway
| promptly at go o'clock. Reception com
| mitt"cs were IN Attendance when the train
! rolled into the depot. and tn" chief "Nccu-
tive was driven through the succts to n
! public stand near IN" Oriental hotel,
| where he delivered an address, Tho streets
| were denscly packed with citizens and Wis
/ itors. and tho reception accorded tn" pres.
idcnt was nothing short of II continuous
4 ovat ton.
! After delivering his speech the president
! and party attended n dinner at the Ori-
'ntal hotel. rendered by the citizens of
( Dallas.
! When Mayor Bryant T. Barry of Dallas,
! finished his address of welcome and intro.
duouon President Roosevelt addressed
the immense gathering In part as follows.
| A Speech to Texans
| Mr.. Mayor, ana You Nv Fellow AmcrI-
| cans: II has been indeed n pleasure for
me to come today within the limits Of
your mighty and beautiful state TChc"rs.
| This afternoon | have been passing;
through n voritahlc garden of the Lord.
aud II Is only few weeks since that
did my part in the growth hero whom |
stguod the hill under which the Trinity
river will I've improved. Wild cheers
And was mighty glad to do I; Iyeltsl,
for think that We Amortcnn$ have
learned the lesson that whatever is good
FOR some of us is good for all OF us
! ichcorsl and can in sense claim TO he.
by blood II least, tNrical president. for
I am half sOUthorncr half nOrthcrnrr. l.
was born In the east and | have n Ercat
deal of the west in my spirit IChooysl
The civil war has left YOU rs heritage
Of honor not merely thH memory Of mighty
deeds, done alike hv the ,Nrn Of The north
aud the mon OF the south. It has loft us rs
an inspiration the WAY In which those
men, whom the war was through. returned
! to the callngs OF peace and wrought in
peace success exactly as they had wrought
Il ont 10 war.
The president then rccountcd the prcv
Gus trip to Texas when he organized the
rough riders regiment.
States Glorious History.
Continuing he said;
You of this state OF Texas have behind
YOU history containing deeds of which
not only YOU, but all the country, must
be forever proud. My. reg .mcnt was raised
under the walls cf that historic building
cf which II was said that Thermcpyl'e hal
Its messenger OF death. but the Alamo had
none. 'Chcors,l
is not a fact that, as a rule the man Who
was a good soldier was the man who did
We'll each day the litte things Of the day;
that man that YOU wanted was the man
who when his business was to dig kitchen
sinks dug ,hcm-was not that so?
So another word here;
| want YOU men of Texas. you men Of my
, age to see today that exactly rs YOU lift
your heads here by virtue or what your
athcrs have dAne. 50 your children have
the rtsht 10 hold their heads high because
Of the way in which you have handled
yourselves, \ glorious memory of nj!
things for nation spurs that nation on 10
try TO rise level with that memory 1t is
a poor thing for n nation II II uses the
memory of the past TO excuse it for inac-
ton or failure in the prestnt, Keep before
yourselves ever that tho very fact that
YOU are proud Of those who have gone be-
fore makes II incumbent upon YOU TO leave
y heritage of honor 10 those who are 10
INyN - .I n a hf " ~
are To come after you so that they can do
,hcir work in the word
The Raising of Children.
After urging the people to bring up chill
dyen with the idea that they must bear
Hardship he said
What would YOU all have been fit for.
ynu men who fought in the civil war, If
you had been trained up to believe that IL,
you iNet s dtthc0lty the proNer thing was
10 lay down OF run awaSE And you don't
like, do YOU, for an occasionally foolish
mother 10 bring up the boy or the sirl on
the theory that all that is necessary /. TO
ttss2 l cannot sufficiently thank YOU for
the way YOU have greeted ME today. |
am more touched by it than can eN-
press, and come 20 the soil of This state
hallowed by the great deeds OF great men,
] come knowinS Your people already, and
believing: IN them. shall so away with
that fcrlir1s \ couple, of wears acs | went
from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific. The fund
arncntal fact and q mighty pleasant fact is
that wherever You IlilG the average Amer
lean the average American is a pretty
good man, ICheeCs,l II is our unity, not
the a,verseNcN, that is the great fuuda-
mental fact Of our national life, l shall
no away a stronger and \ better .Auleri-
can for having been in this state of strong
and good Americans, this mighty common
wealth of Texas, thank YOU.
Banquet Last Night.
The president was the guest OF honor
at Il banquet st which covers were laid
for SOC The president made character
fstic speech in which he save q definition
o. what he meant by the expression of a
square deal for ALL
His definition was received with great
applause, the demonstration lasting for
several minutes.
Later ne was presented with loving
cup by the citizens of Dallas, the presen-
tation speech being made by W, H, At
well, United States district attorney for
this district, Just before the banquet was
over former Governor j. S. Hogs. in re-
Spouse TO calls, got I'D and made s. speech
IN which he warmly commended the prest-
den, for ats policy n the Panama canal
matter and the Northern Securities case,
AT the conclusion Of Governor Hogg
speech President Roosevelt left his chair,
ana, walking over to Governor Hogg.
shook hands with him and warmly COM
Haended him
Governor Hogg had said IN his speech
that he wanted the president TO under