The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-06

Territory and TEXAS Cities Along tie
Route 1T Stations.
NEVER FELT BETTER
Aroused Great EnthEsiasm by Pre-.
dieting Statehood For Oklaho.
ma and Indian Territory
Within a Year.

Dallas, April 6.--When the president
awoke Wednesday morning. his train
was traversing the plains OF Kansas.
The special train entered Indian Ter
ritory before noon. At vinita a short
stop was made and the president brief
ly addressed large crowd.
When Muskogee was reached fully
10000 people surrounded the railroad
station. A stand draped in the national
colors had been erected near by and all
though programme did not call for n
speech here, the president yielded to
the loud acclaim of the people and, es-
| corted by committee who boarded
his car to a stand, made brief address.
His subject WAS Statehood" ard en-
fhusiastic applause greeted his utter
| anoes that Indian Territory would add
Its star to the galaxy of states within a
year. He was received by the local
committee. headed by Pleasant Porter,
chief of the Creek nation Excursions
| were run by all the railroads and not
| Indians visited the city, The territorial
mounted guards and horde Of deputy
| marshais constituted guard of honor.
As the president left the train the
crowd gave d mighty cheer and as he
mounted rhe speakers stand and bowed
| a son of the plains, who had climbed
| a telegraph pole, yelled, "eHiio. old
| pal; how are your He acknowledged
he sal ta4s L.
| OF his hand. Two thousand school chill
| dren had gathered En- an enclosure near
| the stand and gave a flag salute. The
| president spoke as follows. Il cannot
| say how much impressed / have heea
travelling through the territory this
morning. Your territory probably In
| conjunction with Oklahoma will xuoa
| be one Of the great state of this union.
look forward &c meeting your sena-
| tors and congressman rot long hence.
| / earnestly hope that as you enter
| statehood you viii realize the immense
responsibility that rests upon ysu.
| Statehood liz a first class thing IL you
! use 1T right II will be "a mighty poor
| thing II you don't. Successful self
| government Of course must be based
! upon the average qualify Of the cIt1-
| Zenship. If the average citizen does
his duty. yeu wifi have good state
and you Will not otherwise Nobody
can make a good state except you your
selves. You reed just the qualities in
| government that you need in private
| life. man who IL a good nelgnhor. A
| good husband, a good father. is a type
/ OF "a man who makes a good citizen.
| That person you want to have as a
| neiEhbor fs the man 20 whom you can
| tie, on whom yuu can count; The man
| who is n game man in the time OF from
| bic. but who does not seek trouble. the
| man who does not hraE and braxl but
who IL decent and square Sri bis deal
| ings with others. That Is Just the typn
you have got te have in public life
You cannot afford 60 let any ulan rem
resent you IN public life II ne ia crooked
/ don't care whether hg Ia crooked on,
your side or not II he viii dn some
thing that rs not exactly straight for
your advantage ne win do II Quicker
For his own advantage"
Brief speeches were also made al
south McAiester. Atoka. Caddo and
Durant. after which the train crossed
the state line into Texas
Denison Was reached az 81 o'elaak
Preparatory TO the arrival Of the train
the Yards had been cleared - ali ra-s
and all work was suspended An }na-
nleuse crowd had gathered ta greet the
president who was standing uu the rs1.
platform. smiling and bawinw Ills ae-
know ledger1ents 60 tha cheers ,yhleh
greeted bin as sonn - tho train stop
ped
party ~ sf lCHl children Rad al
vancsd tu the platform ard presented
the president with "a magnificent floral
o"HfinR iu the shHus Of Texas flag
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w~l0"fde 'u th% president the state
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