Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-15

TO TEXAS.
President En- Route to Colorado
Camp Children Present a
Big Stick"
THE GREATEST MAN."

COLORADO SPRINGS. colo. April
11-Prcsidcut Roosevelt and party ar
rived here last night and after a two
hours stay left for the west.
While here the president obtained a
hunting outfit ana became the tempo
rary owner of Il large Colorado Mid
land nlogul locomotive, which was So
lected to haul his train TO Newcastle
The presentation WAS made by John
Hopkinson on behalf Of the Colorado
Midland and the train crew. 50 that thp
president will he hauled by his own
locomotive.
The presidents trip through New
Mexico was Il continuous ovation. for
although the train did not stop at small
stations there were crowds at all Of
them. who let out Il good western veil
for the nations chief executive.
While nj Trinidad. Colo. 1000 per-
sons, including 1000 school children
waving small flags, greeted President
Roosevelt as he passed through IN
route to the Colorado hunting camp.
The station platform had been ropctl
Off. and fifty special officers kept the
crowd in order. y number of rough
riders and other veterans acted as Il
guard of honor to the president.
President Roosevelt was introduced
by Mayor II. b. Brown as the great
est man in the world" The president
. T., I1-,l E.n ,,,t,,Y4,. xr-a,,,Ir- ,rpnn4t,,,r
the old soldiers. Turning to the chill
dren, the president told them how glad
he was TO see them. for you know !
am as great on children Ms | am on
irrigation. and you know what my
views are on irrigation" The remand
err of his talk was Oh irrigation.
The pulling out of his train interrupt
ed the presidents speech. As the train
moved away the crowd broke through
the ropes. climbing Oh his car, and he
shook hands with many.
At TeXline President Roosevelt said
goodby 10 Texas yesterday, speaking
as follows:
Il want TO say goOdbY to all the good
people of Texas; also | want to say
that | appreciate to the limit the kind
ness with which l have been treated in
Texas. 1t has been to me the greatest
pleasure TO go through this great state.
Two years ago | went to the Pacific
slope. | have been north, south, east
and west in this great country of ours,
and while there are slight differences
between the people in II place and
those in another the fundamental thing
that strikes me wherever | go is that
down at the bottom the average Ameri-
can is a pretty decent fellow"
At Clayton. n. NJ, the president
spoke as follows:
at is a great pleasure to me to be
back in New Mexico and TO pass
through Clayton. Right from this
ueighborhood some fifteen of your citi-
zens anne into my regiment. Several
of them were wounded. | have the
feeling for them that one naturally has
for the men with whom he has been
thrown in one of the intimate relations
of life. | am particularly pleased to
see you all here. l am glad TO see II
first class exhibit of New MeXicO's
children. You do not know what a
pleasure it is to me to get out into
this western country that ! have
known 50 well. where | have ranched
in other days and from which | drew
fhc men with whom | went TO San
tiago when the wal with Spain broke
nut. | follow your career with the
greatest possible interest. When | get
out here. where I see the big plains, it
makes me feel as if | was at home
again"
Pueblo citizens to the number of
5000 greeted President Roosevelt on
his arrival at the Union station there.
When the special was first sighted a
mighty cheer went up, II it continued
until President Roosevelt appeared on
the rear platform and addressed the
crowd. His speech was interrupted by
the presentation of Il big stick" the
gift of school children.