Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-06
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Il
GREETED BY ADMIRERS
ALONG ROUTE.
In "THE WEST" TODAY

Train Passes Through Kansas and In
dian erritory-crowds of People at
Depots Hear and Cheer the Presi-
dent--Makes Few Speeches.
vinita, I. r., April 5.-President
Roosevelt's train arrived here few
minutes late and departed for the
south at 9:10 o'clock this morning.
The train passed through Parsons,
Kansas, at 7:35 and there were 5000
persons at the station. The President
appeared on the rear platform Of his
car and made brief speech.
Tribute to People Of Territory.
Muskegee, I. T., April s. - Presi-
dent Roosevelt paid tribute to the
people Of Indian Territory and COM
mended them as eligible for statehood
in brief speech at Vinita, where a
stop of two minutes was made. The
| little city was more profusely deco
rated than any other place through
which the presidential train had
passed. The station was decorated
with flags ard bunting and an immense
sign suspended at the point where the
train stopped bore the words: "Wel-
come to Our President" AS the train
slowed down a salute was fired and
hundreds of people pressed about the
train.
Indians At Muskogee.
South McAlisterI 4. T., April 5. The
presidential special made short stops
at Wagner and Muskogee and the
President briefly addressed the large
crowds at each place. His talks were
i principally on the question Of state
hood for the territory and on good cit
izenship. At Muskogee the President
was received by a local committee
4 headed by Pleasant Porter, chief Of
ithe Creek nation. Excursions were run
by all railroads and not for years have
so many full blood Indians Of all ma
q ftions visited the city. Territorial
mounted guards and 100 deputy mar
shals constituted guard of honor for
the executive.
In Indiana and Illinois.
st. Louis, April 5.-President Roose-
velt reached this city at o'clock last
. evening. He was at dinner at the
time, and although large crowd gath
cred at the station and cheered per-
sistently in the hope of inducing him
to show himself. He did not
! leave the car. A stop Of an hour,
,, for switching and changing engines.
, was made, after which the journey to
! Texas was resumed.
From Louisville to st. Louis Presi.
dent Roosevelt took more than pass.
ing interest in Indiana and Illinois,
!, through which he passed. At dozen
or more towns the train slowed down
and at most Of these great crowds
were at the depot cheering as long as
the train was in sight. He made three
speeches en- route. They were at
Milltown, Ind, Huntingburg, Ind, and
! Mount Vernon, III. At East Junction
near Princeton, Ind, where change
of engines was made, the President
jumped down from the platform Of his
car to shake hands with number OF
employees of the railroad shops there
The train ran through Princeton slow
! ly to give the President an opportun
f ity to review hastily several hundred
d school children.
r Styled Greatest Dignitary.
0 A gray-bearded patriarch at Milltowl
n Ind, introduced the President as "th'
It greatest dignitary on earth" MI
u Roosevelt shook hands with many o
e those who pressed about the car an,
a addressed the assembly, saying:
c 81 am glad to see here, as whereve
{ go, the type of man and of woman
s who / believe make for the future we
!. fare of this country, the man and VIC
~ man who believe In doing their duty
y in facing life, knowing that life has il
it any amount that is hard, but VIII
are going to do their best to max
things right for themselves and TO
:, their neighbors.
'"There is not anything very Difficult
in government. 1t is simply the apply
= ing of certain common sense prime
= pies that we apply among ourselves
The man who is a decent man will b
decent husband, a decent father,
decent neighbor, and in public life, h
will do the right thing
Speaking at Huntingburg, Ind, tn
X President said:
. There is one thing am always in
pressed with in going through thi
country, and that is that down at th
bottom, east, west, north or soutl
= wherever you meet the average Amer
can, he is pretty good American
!. While am particularly glad to see th
men and the women, think am eve
more glad to see the children thin
the American stock is middling goo
10 one and / don't want to see it die out
Id Speaks in Mount Vernon.
ur At Mount Vernon, ILL.,, the Presider
ed said: II am delighted to be in thi
I'd great and beautiful state today, to b
a. passing through Illinois, which / kno
r. so well, and to be greeted by you.
of-l have but a moment, and want to sa
as a word of special greeting to tw
I'D bodies here. In the first place to tn
ut men Of the great war, to the men
lc- the grand army to the men who act