The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-08
Allah Was the Presi-
dents Yesterday.
TWAS A DAY OF DAYS
Greeted BY Enormous Crowds and Pro-
fOundlY Touched BY Outbursls Of
Cheers, Under The Walls OF the
Old Alamo He Made a Char.
acteristiC Speech.
acteristic Speech.
(By the Associated Press. }


San Antonio. Texas, April with
the city covered wit hpatriotic em-
blems, a display Of flags of all sizes.
likeneses of the President in many
windows and the streets and plazas
filed with cheering throngs of people.
Theodore Roosevelt could not mis-
take the hearty welcome accorded him
in san Antonio today Enormous
crowds OF peopel greeted him along
the route OF the procession from Fort
Sam Houston TO Alamo plaza. where
and address of welcome was delivered
and response made. rhe people felt
that they had as their guest not only
the President of the United States. but
man to whom the people OF San An
tonic feel especially friendly on ac-
count of the fact that ii was here that
the regiment was organized with
which his name has become a sy-
nOnym.
The President was delighted with
the reception accorded him. He was
kept busy bowing right and left ac-
knowledging the outbursts Of enthus-
iasm. II Is approximately seven years
since President Roosevelt left san An
tonic with his Rough Riders.
mo human being dreamed that az
te rthat / would return as President
OF the United States" he said last
night In a short address at the depot
1t was a busy day for the President
1t began with the reception at the
train The forminity was soon ovel
and the President and party proceed
ed TO the parade grounds of the post.
where the troops ia Fort sam Hous-
ton were reviewed This interesting
ceremony over the start was made foe
the city From the moment the pro-
cession of troops, carriages, police ard
Rough Riders swept out OF the gates
of the post into Grayson street until
the President entered the gates OF the
fair grounds 70 go to camp. with tht
Rough Riders. he was the recipient OF
oen of the greatest ovations ever wiz
messed here.
The most peculiar scene Of the day
was at Travis Park The Presidents
reception here by 5000 school children
was the most inspiring feature of ths
program. All the way the crowd
cheered and the children sahg Amer
ica" while band played the national
air. A@
on Alama plaza within the ~ladow
of the old Alamo he was greeted in a
manner which profoundly touched him
His arrival was the signal for a out
burst of cheering which lasted until
after he had taken his seat on tho
stand, and which was renewed when
he arose TO respond 70 the address of
welcome By Alderman Kirkpatrick
The President made a characteristic
address. lie was pleased that San
Antonio agreed with him In his ideae
on race suicide. He noted with satis-
faction the attention Texans are pay
ing to education. The law OF the
worthy life the effort In a cause
worthy of striving for was his theme.
His reception throughout Texas had
touched him.
The Presidents Address.
The President spoke as follows:
II thank you all for the way In
which ! have been greeted You can
hardly imagine how much Il means to
me to come back to San Antonio IN
this way and to be received as vom
have received me. (Applause).
know that the rest of you will not
grudge my saying q special word Of
acknOwl adgment TO two sets among
your citizens; first, TO the men OF the
great war. to the men who wore the
blue or wore the gray I'm the days that
tried mems souls My fellow citizens
infinitely more important than any
President Infinitely more important
even than the reception to any presl-
ident is what is symb0Ized by seeing
the men who fought IN the Union army
and the men who fought in the Con-
federate army standing mingled to-
gether, fellow Americans, one IN devo-
tiOn and honor and loyalty to the eoun-
try shoulder TO shoulder as fellow citi-
zens Of the mightiest republic upon
which the sun has ever shone Indeed
the man would have a poor heart, q
poor spirit who would not be thrilled
by such meeting as this. by such a
sight as you accord me today you 0g
the gray, you OF the blue. ali one un-
der the flag Of this reunited country
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