Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-01
At
White. HOUSE
President Is Delighted and
Gives Zach Warm
Welcome
Mrs. Page and Miss Satter.
lund Write Of launch
ing Party

! ILL | Wt
/ Alice Nelson Page in Grand Forks
Herald: A number of North Dakota
people who went with the governor S
party to Boston to witness the
launching of the big battleship North
Dakota, returned by way of Wash
ington, D. c., and spent a few days
there sightseeing. They were intro:
duced to President Roosevelt at the
White House and this event was one
of the most interesting of their stay
in the capital city. Columns of mat
| ter every day about how hard it is
to see the president, how many Sc
1 cret service men have to be encoun-
tered and solemn looking individuals
in uniform, who look you through
and through If you even mention
you would like to see how his ex-
| cellency looks, until you are awed
4 into thought that every other man
or woman who gets off train in
i Washington has to be carefully look
ed over for fear they may have some
4 dire intent toward the determination
of our great Teddy" Not so with
/ the North Dakota party. They were
| received with open arms, in fact Ted
dy did everything but embrace each
and everyone of them individually.
He did collectively If the term may
be used. The audience for the North
4 Dakota party was arranged for by
Vim. Jermaine of the Minneapolis
Journal. A member of the party on
arrival in Washington, called up Mr..
Jermaine, the Washington represen-
4 tative of the Journal, and were ask
ed to call at his Office. Their recep-
tion was most cordial, and when the
request was made that an audience
with President Roosevelt would be
appreciated, Mr.. Jermaine called up
Secretary Loeb at the White House
and asked that the North Dakota
party be presented. The answer
/ came back at once: e!az-,
i President Roosevelt will be de. ).
lighted to greet the North Dakota
| party, each and every one of them,
at IL tomorrow ss.5t.5 .
Arrangements are Made.
Arrangements were made to meet
Mr.. Jermaine at the executive offices
of the White House at that time the
next day and those of the party lefs
in the city who went were President
John H. Worst Of the Agricultural
college; Mrs. Alice Nelson Page, of
the Grand Forks Herald; State Treas
urer and Mrs. 3. Z. Biekford, of Bow
bells, N. D.; Mr.. and Mrs. Cox, of
| Bowbells, and Mr.. McCone of Minot;i
| Mr.. and Mrs. J. K. Swan, of Fessen-
den, and Major ]. G. Hamilton of
Grand Forks.
At the door of the executive Offices,
the members of the party were met
by United States Senator McCumber,
of Wahpeton, who greeted them most
cordially and said he had been look
ing for the North Dakota crowd. The
impression among them had been
that he had not as yet reached Wash
ington or they should have been look
ing for him. He asked Mr.. Jermaine
to turn the party over to him and as
NH. Jermaine had some high officials
| of the Shriner order to present at
the same time he was quite willing
Mr.. McCumber should do the honors.
The waiting rooms were crowded
with people evidently on the same
/ intent to get a word with or even a
look at the president, and many filed
out with disappointed faces, while
others waited maybe for number
of hours before being admitted, or if
the hour for receiving was up, would
leave and return next day. The
president only received from Ii until
/ / each day and not then If matters
of state take up his attention.
4 With either Mr.. Jermaine or Sem
ator McCumber with the North Da-
4 kotans there was no question or trou-
BILE in passing through gates or doors
in fact they were opened as If by
magic and with bows and pleasant
looks for both gentlemen seemed on
the best of terms with everyone from
the president down, at the White
House.
4 Greet the President.
After wait Of about twenty min
utes, Senator McCumber and party
we're called for and they passed
/ through the magic portals, into q
short corridor, at the end of which,
ready to greet them and with all
those beautiful teeth showing had
we not been SO excited and oyerawed
we could have counted thenl-and