The news & observer., 1905-10-20
Roosevelt Happy
In Strong Speech
Continued from Page Three.)


He illustrated this by a narrative OF
t1e days when he was in the Cow
Country" He had a man who went
with him on the range of another
land owner There they saw maver-
ick-an unbranded cow-and his man
threw it and branded it. He dis
covered that the man had put on his
brand, when by the law of the sec
ton the brand should have been that
of his neighbor. The man was sur
prised when the President discharg-
brand" he said in Justification.
Il believe" the President quoted
himself as saying, that if you'll steal
for me, you'll steal from me-
And that was what he meant by d
square deal"
President Dances to Dixie
The President ceased speaking and
the crowds gave him cheer after cheer
while he stood and bowed. Those On
the speakers platform crowded up TO
congratulate him and shake his hand.
In the midst of this informal recep-
ton, some big lunged fellow from the
crowds below shouted out: Music
by the Band!" The band master
away in the gallery heard the shout
and the music came. 1t was "Dixie!'
Instantly the people, feeling good,
knowing that they had received what
they came after, delighted with the
personality of the President, went in
to a fury of cheering. Roosevelt saw
the moment to. win the hearts of the
multitude for good and ALL He step
ped briSky TO the rail, his high hat
came off. He marched up and down
in time to the music swinging his hat.
Men below went crazy. They fought
to get towards the stand. There was
~,
band played and the President just
out of a speech in the full glare of the
sun, still marched up and down WaV-
ing his hat.
"Come on boys!' he shouted.
They came. The grounds rang with
it, the shouts of men, the delirious
cheering of boys, the boarse throated
below of the men from the farms, the
sobs and the high falsetto of women.
The President was part of it all
There was no sham about his enthu-
siasm. He pranced-there is no 9TH
er word, undignified as that sounds
Almost, | had said, he cake walked
and to Dixie! No one could look at
the sight and think of it and miss the
enthusiasm of the moment. Presently,
madder and nadder in its joy as the
ryUhm. of the old tune had come to be,
the band ceased playing. There was
d
of the mighty, the big secret service
man stepped IN front of the President
and the party, Followed by the mar
Shais and others in authority HIed
away to the luncheon to be given 10
the President.
The ZingarelIi Anti-Climax.
Instantly the brief way closed up
with those who now had-or thought
they nad-OppOrtunity to get at last
II 4 xlcf,, Il al hon
lady in blue tights proceeded to stand
on a baiI and roll it up d spiral STAIR
way and stand ut the top and play
with SabreS and then roll her pail
down hill some mOre-and the crowd
that an instant before had been
wild with enthusiasm and patriotic
feeling stopped TO gaze at her per-
Torrance with the almost perceptlble
nope that she might fall and furnish
another sensation! ,.--.tst3..# lee,
President Disregards Policemen.
After Madame Zingarelli had got
ten through--it takes time to roll
balls up and down hill-the President
came out, still surrounded by his Sc
cret service men and took his seat
in the carriage which proceeded down
the race track. There was u great,
big policeman in a high hat on the
boot, another not SO large i'll the car
riage, still others on foot clustered
around the horse and at the doors OF
the vehicle SO far as the President
disclosed they might have been at
home doing something useful. with
the people jammed against the two
fences within almost arms reach, the
President stood up and bowed ana
smiled as the carriage went down the
living lane of humanity. The secret ser
vice was in his actions respected by the
President as little as q necessary ad-
iunct of his trip as it was by the
crowd itself, who would have torn to
pieces any one who had attempted to
hurt a man of SO brave a breast and a
lack Of fear which would have Shamed
any coward who might have been
imported into North Carolina for the
occasion.
AS a matter of fact the only un-
pleasant features of the day arose i'll
every instance out of the bumptious-
ness of some of these policemen with
the dude appelation and of others
dressed in tinsel and spectacular au-
thority.
Value of Il Conscience.
"Look at him." said man on the
fence as the carriage moved by He
wouldn't know what it was if he
should get afraid. He's got a good
conscience; that's what l think about
him.
According to Roosevelt and sup
ported by the work of his serious
thought and administrative acts as the
living truth, a conscience is fine
platform.
Anyway the belief in it's embodi-
ment in the Chief of the Nation, took
nightly with the seventy thousand
or more, who saw the President in
Raleigh yesterday