The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09
ROOSEVELT OFF FOR The HUNT
LEAVES SPECIAL TRAIN FOR 4
FEN DtI'S or SPORT.
Got = Housing Welcome In Fort worth
saw Man Win His slick Hnd
shook Ills HAnd-PrniSes the Texans,
Especially the stOcknIen. In . speech,

FoRI WORTH Tex April s,-President
Roosevelt has quit the special train on
which he has been seeing the country and
il ready for the hunt for jackrabbits and
wolves, which will begin In earnest to-
morrow
With him are col Cecil Lyon, Republican
national committeeman OF Texas, who
Joined the party at st. Louis; Sloan Simp.
son who served with Col, Roosevelt in the
Rough Rider Regiment Lieut. q. r. For.
leeCue and o couple Of guides. The hunt
viii cover a small strip Of Texas and extend
into Oklahoma
The President IA scheduled 10 appear
in civilization again on Apr il ~, when he
will start for Colorado
The President made speech, took A
drive around the city. planted a tree and
was greeted by at least 10000 people during
his hours stay in Fort Worth to-day The
welcome was more than cordial II Dor
dered on the hilarious.
In the opinion Of soIne mcmbers Of the
party il was the biggest demonstration
that has been witnessed In any city along
the line As tho President aliRhted from
the train he espied man carrying a for
midable looking cane.
by George, there's the big stick he
said lie then shook hands with the man
who carried the big stick.
These words we're painted on a sign
which greeted the President at one point
in the parade around the town;
-The oattle raisers extend hearty vel
come to our President, the coWman's
friend
Fort Worth supplied the customary
- - ct National
Guardsmen and Union and Confederate
veterans. At the request Of citizens Mr..
Roosevelt planted tree in front Of the
Carnegie Library. His speech follows
THE PRESIDENTS sPBhCH.
mir Mayor. and you my fellow citizens;
! trust | need not ray how profoundly
touched and moved ] am by the greeting
] have receive q 70 day a greeting which IL
such as have received throughout Texas,
While thanking you from the DO tom Of
my heart for 50 much Of the greeting as
affects me personally, let me say hat /
appreciate 70 the full the infinitely deeper
significance Of the fact that it il the greeting
Of the great State Of Texas TO the President
Of the United States. Applause,
My fellow citizens, the rest Of you !
know will agree with me in saying that
profoundly though ! am touched 10y the
greeting Of all OF you, the greeting which
touches me most, because auRuTs 20
much for the welfare Of the country. ia the
greeting Of the veterans-Of the men Of the
times that tried mems souls, the greeting
of the men who wore the blue and the meu
who wore the gray, mingled together
now, each OF whom with all courage and all
sincerity Of conviction fought for the right
"a il was given him to zee the right. and
who are now united for ever and ever,
in devotion 10 our common Dag, our common
country. Applause.
TO you Of the civil war let me say that
there are present veterans who make all
Of US feel under the deepest obligation,
the veterans Of the Mexican War, the men
who fought TO round out the work done by
the pioneers Of Texas, when they established
the Republic OF TeTas, the men who com
pleted the work begun under Thomas
Jefferson when the Louisiana Purchase
added TO our domain ell the country west
Of the Mississippi and made US a mighty |
continental nation.
LIST me thank my comrades OF the |
National Guard for the escort they have
given me and for their part IN doing the
duty OF keeping alive the spirit which has |
always made the sons Of Texas the most |
formidable OF foes as they are the most |
faithful Of friends. Applause.
Il cannot begin 70 express 10 you how /
impressed have been by my four days |
trip through Texas, not only with your |
material growth, not only with the future |
OF material prosperity which assuredly |
looms before you, but with the character |
Of your men and women and what steps !
that You are taking 70 educate the genera /
tion 20 that they shall be citizens Of benefit I
10 TEXAS, Of benefit to the entire United /
States. IApplause.l
sTUFP TO MAKE GOOD CITIZENS.
sYou have here a territory that Il an /
empire in itself and you have what counts |
for more than aught else, the stun out OF 4
which good citizenship Is made. We need |
In THE country good laws; We need fearless ]
and honest enforcement Of the law, but .
what We need most ia the right type Of men +
and woman behind the law. lApplause.l .
II the home is all right, II the average citizen
Is all right, there is not much question Of .
our getting our problems solved success
fully, and we are going to have them solved
because the home IL all right,
because the average man Is a man and the
average woman h woman In the true 7
sense OF the word
After all, l have come to the conclusion,
through the great country Of
ours, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from
Maine TO Washington, and Montana TO
Texas that the chief thing we need is TO
have Americans know one another. / am
willing 10 guarantee the result II you will
just get them together. That Ia what
impresses me most In going through this
country and speaking 10 the various audi.
ences, not the points Of divergence, which
are really small, but the points Of funda-
mental unity.
The average American. wherever you
find him is a pretty decent fellow, and all
/ want II 10 have him know that other aver
age Americans and We can get along al
right, We have our troubles but we are
going 10 solve all the problems ahead OF us.
OF course, in the nation, / think we have
the necessary courage, honesty and oom-
mon sense 10 enable us to work out our
salvation.
GREETING TO STOCK MEN.
Here at Fort Worth want 10 say a word
II special greeting 20 the representatives.
" a great industry in which ! have always
elt peculiar interest, the stock men.
lived for a number Of years In the COW
Nountry myself and always look back 10
hat time not only with keen pleasure, but
with the realization Of what II taught me by
he life out In that country.
Things ware q little different there from
what they were In the East. II gave me
he chance, for instance. 10 realize the i'm
nense Consequence Of a matter which n
little concerns western Texas, but which
still more the Rocky Mountain
Statea That In irrigation. There u moth
nR l am prouder Of In connection with my
than having done my part
n making the movement In irrigation a 1
NATIONAL one.
Here in Texas you have rivers and
larboTs we want TO improve by national ,