The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-01
VISITORS
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF
PRESS CLUBS IN DENVER.
WELCOMED TO COLORADO

S'y aHu State Ohte IN Sr>etihS-let-
ter From President RooseveIt-sir-
minsham Selected as Next Place Of
Meeting.
Denver-Thus far there has been no
hitch in the schedule outlined for the
entertainment OF the delegates to the
International League of Press Clubs
now In Denver.
The delegates were told before they
came that they would have the time
CT thei. lives and none mas been dis,
| appointed. Both day and night their
time is being occupied. They arc sec
ing what Denver is, and ere they de-
part 10 their homes far away they will
have Il good idea Of what Colorado is
Birmingham, Alabama, vas chosen
Tuesday as the place of lie next an
nual session of the league.
The visitors received an official wei
come to Colorado and Denver at the
| first meeting of the delegates held
| Tuesday forenoon in the assembly
| room at the Albany hotel.
After the Introductory remarks of
| the president. Governor Mcdonald cx-
tended 10 the delegates a welcome from
| the state of Colorado
| A. J. Spengel, pre- sident OF the Board
| OF Supervisors, representing Mayor
| Speer, delivered to the president of the
! convention two big keys, one of which
ne saiu was for Denyers front door
and the other for Deuvcr's 5ack door,
! for those out late.
President Keenan, responded to the
| welcome addresses in short speech.
! He said in part:
| " pixies Peak or bust was the
| motto of the pioneers who struggled
across the American desert to reach
+ the ocky backbone of the continent
| With the flight Uf years the hopes
| which fixed the eyes of the ,argonaut s
| upon the distant summit has crystal
liZed iEto a realization as far beyond
the gratitied lust for gold as the ionged
for shores of tho Pacific lies westward
of yoSr mountain barrier. You have
turned tie desert wastes into gar
| den of plenty
BY a rising vote the convention
elected Belva Lockwood as special en-.
voy from the league to attend the
peace tribunal at Milan. A resolution
introduced by Belva Lockwood con
demning the increase of m:.itaT,sm i'll
the old countries was adopted without
+ dissenting vote.
/ A message was received from Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The President is Il
member of the Denver Press Club, hay
ing been e'-cted when he was in Colo
RADIO on his bear hunting trip.
. The message follows:
ITO the Denver Press Club:
Il am sorry that it was Impossible
for me to attend the convention OF
newspaper men i'll Denver, but while l
am no. with yol in person | am with
you in spirit and wish you all the joys
that can come to such a gathering
Sincerely yours,
/ THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House, Aug. 2S, 1906
| To c large house at The Broadway
! theatcr Tuesday night a program o.
singing. instrumental music and ctorr-
telling was rendered. The numbers, IL
they might be so called, were on the i'll
/ formal order. For instance, when Opie
| Read came ont to tell some OF ms
stories he acted as though ne were sit
| ting in his old arm chair II home and
| talking to the members OF his own
, household. There was nothing stI aimed
| about the performance.
Mrs Belya Lockwood advised the
ladies in the audience to stlly law and
exercise the glorious privilege of
casting the ballot She was not severe
in her talk, and did not undertake to
denounce the men. She made it APP
| pear as though she really liked men.
miserable creatures though they might
be
President Keenan, presided over the
symposium and made the announce
ment that no professional talent had
been engaged, except the orchestra.
Francis J. O'Neill sang nicely and re
ceved a couple of encores. Dan Hart
of Pittsburg was the recipient of 4
gold headed cane. the com9limt as OF
the clubs, and Alfred A. Pearssu OF
New York City borrowed the cane and
rendered Sword" song. Pearsail has
splendid voice. and though suffering
from a severe cold, made good"
Opie Read appeared in the role OF
monologue artis. and carried away the
honors of the evening. His original
stories in the dialect OF the South were
refreshing and cheering. The program
was rounded out with recitations and
musical selections by well known men
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