The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-06
TEXAS WELCOMES ROOSEVELT.
DALLAS TURNS OUT IN FORCE TO
GREET THE PRESIDENT.

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| welt woke up in Kansas to-day, crossed
| Indian Territory, where he scattered pre-
| diotions Of Statehood, and began his tnva-
! sion Of Texas.
He was the guest tonight at a dinner
Of the Oriental Hotel at which 500 persons
were present The floral decorations were
elaborate.
The introduction Of the President was
by his old friend, Col. John n. Simpson and
the invocation was by Bishop Garrett
The President made an informal address
TO which witty response was made by
Judge George N. Aldridge.
The President added another souvenir
to his collection tonight when loving
cup was presented to him by the Hon.
William H. Atwell In behalf Of the people
Of Dallas.
TRAIN LATB IN REAcHNo DALLAS.
The Presidents train was scheduled to
reach Dallas at $40 P. NJ, but was half
hour late. Stops at Denison, Sherman,
Mckinney and Plano consumed that much
moro time than had originally been al
lotted 10 them
The popular estimates Of 100, 900 visitors
TO Dallas to greet the President held good,
for no Texas city ever before presented
80 large a crowd. The programme Of the
local committees was carried out. The
parade through a section Of the principal
streets occupied nearly an hours time.
In the procession were twelve companies
Of Texas National Guards, two companies
OF cadets, nine German societies and nearly
all the other civic organizations Of Texas.
The police and military patrols handled the
crowds eIcellently and the Presidents
carriage was never crowded upon at any
point.
Arriving at the speakers stand, in the
Plaza, bounded by Commerce, jackson and
Lane streets. nearly 20 minutes were con-
smmed in clearing a passageway through
a crowd estimated at from 5000 to 100, 900
persons. 1t is safe to estimate that not
one in hundred OF that crowd could see
or hear the President while he delivered
his address, The best Of order was main
tanned during the speaking.
The Presidents speech this afternoon
the most elaborate he has so far made On
his Journey, follows;
The Presidents Speech at Dallas.
-"Mr. Mayor. and you my fellow Amer1-
cans: II has been indeed pleasure for me
70 COlue tO-uhy WITHIN NHb llnlA OF your
mighty and beautiful State. Surely no
President could be so touched by any greet
ing as by a greeting such as this with this
wonderful array; and, above all Il know the
others Of you will not mind my saying itl,
to he greeted by the men who, when the
hour Of trial came in 1891, sprang 10 arms,
and whether they wore the blue, or whether
they wore the gray. proved the sincerity
,. Il
they nsked their lives. Cheers and APP
plause.
oh my fellow countrymen, think what
a blessed thing it is that now every man in
this land can feel the same pride in the
valor and devotion Of those who fought
for one side and of those who fought Tor
the other Applause. ! can, in a sense,
claim TO be, by blood at least, a typical
President, for / am half Southerner and
half Northemer; l was born in the East
and have gotten a great deal OF the West
in my experience.
PRAISE FoR TEXAN ROUGH RIDERS.
L come 70 Texas not for the first time.
Seven years ago there was a call TO arms
against a foreign foe. IL then came to
my lot 20 come here to bel p in raising a
regiment, a regiment in which | think
about two-thirds Of the men had fathers
who served in the Confederate Army, about
one-third, perhaps somewhat more, fathers
who served in the Union Army. We were
the sons Of the men who we're the blue,
the sons Of the men who wore the gray,
and our only desire was to show ourselves
not wholly unworthy Of the mighty men
Of the years that are past.
my regiment was raised under the walls
Of that historic building Of which il was
said that ThemopylR had its messengers
Of death but the Alamo had none" Ap-
you, the men Of Texas, like the men Of
Oregon and California, like the men OF
Kentucky and Tennessee In previous
generations, did your part in changing this
nation from string OF Atlantic seaboard
commonwealths into a people bounded
only by continent.
no people more than the Texans have
rendered il impossible for this country to
be anything but great. IL h not open
to US to choose whether we shall play a
small part OF a great part. Your fathers
helped 10 make that choice impossible.
PLAY a great part we must All that we
can decide Is whether We will play il well
or III; and know you too well, oh, my fellow
countrymen, not 20 know what your de-
oision will be.
on THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN.
sOne Of the things that has pleased me
most in passing through the part Of your
State that have passed through this alter
noon was 10 see the care you are giving to
the education Of the children. to see the
public schools and private schools that you
have built and in which your boys and girls
are being trained. Do not forget that
besides the training Of the school must come
the training in the family. Take care that
the next generation Ia able TO rise level TO
it's duty. You cannot make Il rise level II
YOU do not give II the proper training
Remember always that this life Is certain
TO contain much that is hard. much that
is unpleasant
1T is not a kindness TO the children,
Il is a curse, IL you train them 10 that they
cannot meet any need that arises. ! do
not believe that we ought ever 10 try 10
demde ourselves with the thought that
we can ever make life easy, effortless, and
vet keep il worth having.
For a nation, as for the individual, the
worthy life Is the life Of effort You have
made this great State Of Texas what Il Ia
because your forefathers had in them the
spirit which recognized in a difficulty
something not 10 be finched from but 20
be overcome.
I cannot sufficiently thank you for the
way YOU have greeted me to-day. ] shall
20 away a stronger and better American
for having been in this State Of strong
and good Americans this mighty Common
wealth Of Texas Cheers and applause !
TRIP PROM KANSAS TO INDIAN TERRITORY.
President Roosevelt awoke in Kansas
this morning and began the day by making
a speech before breakfast. This was at
Parsons, where a large crowd gathered at
the station insisted on seeing the President