The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-30
WHEN EAoLE MET EAoLE
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the line, thank you Keep on your own
side Of the fence soldier boysl
Nobody knows what the two presi.
dents said In that inner chamber behind
closed doors, while the anxious body.
guard strained their ears In the corri.
doris aud the Ninth Infantry Of our
army stood at attention outside. vii
liam Howard Taft looked jolly enough
10 repeat the historic remark Of the
Gov. Of North Carolina, but Diaz look.
ed too stern and immersed In the cares
Of state to joke or smile. Taft was
dressed rs all American gentlemen dress
on state occasions and he did not make
q second toilette when he went to re.
turn Diaz' call. nor when he paraded
the streets Of II Paso. As the News
representative saw him, among other
articles Of apparel he wore a black
frock coat and tall silk hat. his fam
Gus smile aud some several tous Of
avoirdupois. The st-sets shook as IL
in the throes OF an earthquake a. his
carriage passed and the springs sagged
on his side until the gentleman beside
him, (also In frock coat and silk hat,)
almost went up into the air. But then
Taft had just partaken Of n thousand
dollar breakfast in the st. Regis with
members Of his cabinet and distinguish.
ed FL Pasoans and, you know the south
r. famous for it's hospitality. FL Paso
had put OF her Sunday dress g%arnish.
ed with the national colors and the tri.
color flags Of M~exico-red, white and
green-to welcome the presidents and
there was just enough in the way Of
decorations not to overstep the plain,
democratic American idea Of what is
due a Chief Executive. We were enter.
tanning the first gentlemen Of our land
not a king or a car. A plain old
Texan in u cowboy hat yelled out to
Taft as he passed; wei Mr.. Taft
we re sure glad you eame to see usl''
and our first gentleman bowed and
smiled aud said: ~ would not have
missed 1t for anything"
Now a king would not have done that.
And as Tai, entered the st. Regis upon
his arrival In II Paso, 1000 school
children in the San Jacinto Square OPP
posite sung America as only our "young
Americas" can sing our glorious hymn,
while waving each an American dag.
President Diaz returned TO Mexico in
. high gallop as usual after meeting
Taft and AS he entered his own domain
another salute Of 81 guns rent the air.
After that Disz remained in Mexico
and in q very short while our presi'
dent returned the visit escorted by 3
troops Of cavalry, three batteries of
artillery and the regiment Of Infantry
from TT. Bliss. Then for n second time
in history an American president step.
ped on foreign soil. Leaving his sol
diers on the border, Taft entered the
glittering Mexican carriage and escort.
ed by members Of Diaz' cabinet, rode
! to the Juarez custom house attended
only by one military official Of our coun.
1 try, visited with DiaE and returned
I again to American soil to the salute OF
! cannon, and the enthusiastic yells Of Z
! typical American populace. 1t was on
! his return trip that the big parade Of
! the day in II Paso wa pulled of
! = parade three miles long and lasting
forever aud q day, and a parade this
D like Of which no patriotic American
! could look upca and not feel inspiring
! thrills Of patriotism trickling down hi
D spine and oozing out at his finger tip
\ in enthusiastic hand .clspping and from
! the tip Of his tongue in soulful yell
. Of Long wave Old Glory" and "Go'
\ bless our brave boys in bluel" 30
: our own ''Files on Parade" would in
. deed inspire the pen Of Kipling-or
4 News reporter. There was a whole reg
! iment Of infantry, stepping as one mar
! great husky fellows who handled thei
Z bayonets rs IL they loved them, an
! burned TO use them In defense Of I'll
= hah hhe aplcHdAH tiOopS VI Ne'oA'
Z that swept by on their beautiful horse
4 20 the moving music Of cavalry band
and the thunder Of the artillery, n
fanfare Of trumpets, the thud Of drul
q and the shouts Of the people would ha'
moved the most ~phlegmatic to enthu
iasm. All this blended with the colo
4 Of the two republics waving from e
cry building made a picture the like
which no true American could loo
4 upon and not be glad that he was ju
y a plain American.
After President Taft had review'
q the parade which closed with about ~
\ thousand members Of fraternal socie
a = les Of II Paso, cadets from the militia
college, @. A. X. and Confederate Va
p Grams, city officials, Yale alumni, OF
ID he made a brief speech from the graz
stand at Cleveland Square, surrounds
by members of his cabinet and seer
service men. The president said
WASH sure whether be was In Texi
New Mexico or Mexico, but he W
sure that II Paso had a sinch on thin
in that particular conner. He paid
tribute to the descendants Of Spa
and handed out a little rebuke TO 4