The Florida star., 1905-05-26
INCIDENTS OF
R00sEvEIrs TOUR
Ezehange of Greetings on the
Presidents Hunting Trip.
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ing hsr zfiek around her head, shouted
this greeting a. Presidenf Rooseyelt's
train recentiy swept through q little
town IN Kentucky. says q Denver cor
re<posdent q the New York Herald
And this greeting In q thousand dif-
ferenf forms has been repeated ali
through the presidents hunting trip In
Pennsylvsnia and In Colorado I'm Tex
a. and In Missouri. Desire 20 look
upon q president of the CRited States
or even the car In which be has bis
temporary abode has been the primal
motive Of all the crowds.
A4oAIG1 8<ATO. lA8t1 tlLst q tG6u anu
at Atoka. !. T.. also gave his greeting
In an interesting way. Jimmy Sloan,
the secret service man, had the rear
platform al 90 himself IL was only
half past In the morning. and the
president was I'm his room dressing.
but 100 or 20 persons were anxious
TO see him
None expressed this desire, however.
until this negro. evidently a iaborer
from his dress. approached Sloan. say
Ing: Look q heah. boss. All done bin
and An want 20 see dat president man.
Ah's a Wukkin' man. and All CANT
wait all day. CANT you all get him
20 come out just a minuteT'
In a few minutes MT. Roosevelt did
come out. aud the frst one 20 shake
his hand was this Geld laborer who
bad stood around for four hours for
the opportunity. That was q bright
morning for him.
In Colorado the people were more
FREE and easy. There were little
crowds az the water tanks and railway
crossings ali through the mountains.
AAlu. t10uku AuC uottI tkuA bt aEa
the president need sleep for the ap-
preaching hunt. they could not under
stand. So as the dimly lighted train
slowed up and then stopped and there
was not a sign OF life from within ex-
eept from the porters aud the train
men the disappointed citizens would
shout: ''Oh. Teddy. wake up and come
out and shake hands, We've been up
all night waiting TO see you But
they had TO remain disappointed.
though they woke every one on the
train
one salute the president missed. Up
In the Red canyon, a solitary horse-
man. miles from any house sn far as
one could determine. sat In his saddle
with barred head while the ears ground
around the sharp curves Probably he
Was 4 veteran OF the civil war. but he
was barely discernibie In the gray.
frosty dawn. and a river and a valley
intervened.
The president had not yet risen. but
when told OF IL be said: That was fine
OF him. I wish could have at least |
waved my hat to him" But. Ike thou |
sands OF others. the man VAS happy In |
that be had paid his respects 70 the |
head OF the nation regardless OF wheth- |
er the latter vas conscious or uncOn- |
scious OF bis tribute
There have been other gre~tings. pa |
thetic as well az picturesque. Al PEE
wee Valley. Ky. they have q home for |
Confederate veterans Two hundred or /
more Of them lined the platform. and |
a. the train drew slowly By they stood |
with uncovered heads. The president /
did not attempt any reply. but stood |
upoa the rear platform with barred \
bead There WAS no other reply poss. 4
bic. These men had rssked their all \
upon the lost cause. and in their cd /
age were dependent upon the charity /
OF thOse who had beli~yei as they did. i
but Whom fortune had favored. There 1
were tears in President Roc~evelt's
eyes after the station had bern passed.
Away MP In the mountains % rean
syiVGRiA. where the train STOPPED for
two o. three minutes az . water tank 90
reload the axtne. there was q crowd ~
'-oal miners just COminS mp from shit
They ~ere Huns and Ffrns- Cornish
nsn and Torkshirrzea. all grtny viii I
coSi dust and ahaShed N The pr~sence
~ . president
They stcod dumb until Mr. Roosevelt.
~cninE TO the reAr platform appreciat
ed the situation and. swinging erosa tie
train. began 20 shake haaSis with th<m-
One st time. boys- said the pr~xt-
deat and we'll g-t throeSa al rn<
sooner." ToeJ euckef and srTspsd
vita ths1r sarch laden cap. In hand.
and ssver Q - did th~y sss<r. BOT rAsy
fsif The eesoc Just the sane. and 10
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