New-York tribune., 1905-05-09
PRESIDENT IN DENVER.
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permitted the President to depart in quiet
Breakfast was served in the Presidents car
when the train passed the Divide. The curtains
We're raised and Mr.. Roosevelt took keen in
terest in the scenery.
When the train arrived here the President was
greeted by large crowd. He spoke as follows:
1t is a great pleasure to have the chance of
greeting you to-day. l cannot say how l have
enjoyed being in Colorado again 1t has been
the first three weeks holiday 1 have had since
have been President, and | suppose il will be
the last, and have enjoyed it to the full.
In greeting you let me say word or two Of
special acknowledgment to the veterans of the
Civil War, and to say how glad am wherever
go to be greeted by the men to whom we owe
it that we have country to be proud Of at all
Then let me say a special word Of greeting To
those at the other end of the line, to the small
people. l have been particularly pleased COM
ing through Colorado to see the care you are
taking with your schools in the education Of
the children who VIII control the destiny of this
State when who now in our prime shall
have passed from the stage. 1 congratulate you
upon your marvellous material prosperity /
congratulate you still more on the pains you are
! taking to educate the citizenship of the future,
to educate the boys and girls who will be the
men and twenty years hence who will
! be controlling the destiny of this State For
| important though material prosperity is there
/ IS one thing that is far more important and
! that is the character OF the Individual citizen.
/ That is what counts most. That is what made
/ you men of the Civil War able to preserve the
/ Union. 1t was not chiefly the material wealth
! Of the country; it was the character Of the
| average citizen who went into the ranks 1t is
so in private life and in civil life. The charaC-
! ter Of the average man and average woman is
! what in the last resort determines the great
! ness of the State, the greatness of the nation |
! believe in this people with all my heart and
SOUL because l believe in the average of charac-
| ter of the people.
| Let me say one more word here in this town
| of special greeting to the railway men It has
| always seemed to me that the men engaged in
| the actual work OF handling the railways of the
! country possess, by virtue of their work. certain
! qualities which are especially necessary to good
| citizenship. They are accustomed to hard work
| They are accustomed to take risks. They are
accustomed both to assume responsibility and TO
/ obey orders quickly, and both qualities are alb
| soluteIy necessary. You cannot command If
! you cannot obey.
| Canyon City, Col, May S.-Some remarkably
| fine views of the Presidents party were taken
at the Hanging Bridge, in the Royal Gorge the
| train stopping there ten minutes. At the re-
quest of the President Skip the terrier, was in
| cluded in the picture. When the train pulled
into Canyon City it appeared that every inhabi-
| tant on the reception committee. Hun
dreds Of children carried large punches of IiIacs
with which they shOwered the President as he
! appeared on the back platform of his car In
addition, dozen huge baskets of flowers were
put on board the train The President spoke in
part as follows:
| 1t is great pleasure to greet you here L can
| not say how glad am to see you all, men and
! women of Colorado, and greet especially the
| veterans and the school children and say how
| pleased l TO go through your State and see
| its resources, not only your mines, your fruit
| all its products-but l want to say you have got
| a wonderful asset in your scenery, in the natu-
raj beauties of this State. Passing through your
wonderful mountains and canyons, realize that
| this State is going to be more and more the
, playground for the entire republic Not only
! have you serious work TO do but you Will have
| to provide for lot of the rest of us from the
| East and West who will come here to see your
magnificent landscapes, to enjoy holidays that
can be fully enjoyed among your mountains. l
| have been more and more impressed with that
| as l have been through your State and you
| will see this, the real Switzerland of America,
made as much a holiday place as Switzerland
| is in Europe.
Pueblo, Col, May S.-President Roosevelt to-
day paid his second visit to Pueblo since he
rived in Colorado three weeks ago. The station
platform crowded and the President was
| cheered heartily when the train arrived. He
| spoke follows:
1 cannot say how much impressed am as I
! travel through your great State. l doubt if you
yourselves fully realize its future. 1 have said
TO you before. Your mines. your manufactures,
| the commerce in which you engaged, your
! orchards the development that will surely come
| of your water power; above all the extraor-
| dlnaTy strides you are taking in irTigation-all
! OF that impresses me immensely But l am
| impressed by another thing in addition to all
! of those industries. You have got industry
/ III yOuI I'tIIuSc]pe' your scenery rms State IS
! going to be one of the places to which people
frOln the East ana west are going to
! see your country to enjoy it, to make it one of
! the holiday spots of the land. This morning
we have come over Tennessee Pass right in the
midst of the snow. right down from the high
! mountains, through the valleys. through the
| great canyons. into your fertile valley now out
] TO the plains There is such a marvellous diver
sfcation of natural features in your landscape
that you are thrice fortunate in your material
| TesOuI ceS.
But. I have said everywhere and as I
cannot say too often, the thing that counts, of
course, is the character of the average citizen
ship, and that is what gives me my supreme
/ faith in the future not merely Of Colorado, but
/ of all our nation; my belief that we are going
! steadily on, generation by generation, to train
/ up the average citizen, man and woman, so that
/ he or she can do the full duty demanded by
the Republic That is one reason why con-
! graduate you Of the West because your task Is
! great and because you have done it we'll. In
I life ii is not the things YOU shirl1 that count
! 1t is the things that you are able to do. and
/ the greatest benefit that be given to any
/ man is the chance to render good service to
! those nearest to him, to his neighbors, to the
/ Republic as a whole. You here and those who
| went just ahead Of you. have conquered the
| wilderness and make 1t blossom like rose.
Colorado Springs Col, May S.-The President
! remained in Colorado Springs only a minute
/ He greeted the large crowd, saying:
! l have just had the honor of being made an
/ honorary member of the Pixies Peak Press Club
/ I want to thank all of you for giving me the
| chance of seeing you here and greeting YOU
/ Florence, Col, May S.-Florence turned out
/ en- masse to greet the President to-day. All
J business houses were closed and working men
and women We're at the station, where the train
stopped five minutes. AS the train neared the
station factory and mill whistles were bIown
continuously until the President began to sDeaK
He made a short address.
! ARCHBISHOP ON DIVORCE