Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19

nois folks were Judge Batten Of Chicago,
| Charles ]. O'Connor former secretary Of
the club; Judge Fishback, ex-alderman
Among the distinguished southerners
were Lee Richardson. representing the gov
ernor OF Mississippi A. ]. Wills, post
master at Nashville and representative OF
Governor Wilson Of Kentucky; II. l.. Run
nell, republican national committeeman of
Little Rock, Ark, heading a delegation of
tried and true followers of the grand old
party from the environments of Arkansas.
John c. Greenway of Coleraine Mimi,
brought a batch Of staunch Minnesota re-
publicans with him. Mr. Greenway was
formerly a Rough Rider and is now an
attache of the United States Steel corpora
ton.
Around the Hotel buckingham. where the
Rough Riders are stopping, there was a
conclave for "reminiscences at every avail
able opportunity. Marshal Ben Daniels,
quiet Of voice and keen Of eye who halls
from tho sun baked territory Of Arizona,
was the center Of a great deal OF interest
Ben used to be an officer Of the law in
Dodge City, Kan, about the same time
that Bat Masterson was assisting in teach
ing tho residents the law at the point Of
tho six-shooter. Ben wears half a dozen
forehead which he got in a controversy
with measly horse stealing greaser
MuxlOw and McGinnity.
PUSSY Foot" Muxlow of Oklahoma was
another attraction. PUSSY Foot" used to
be the object Of more pot shots than any
other man in the territory when the shoot
ing was good
"Bnl" McGinnity, champion broncho
bltqtar pbO bag haaa mn a1iyad nv the
late Frederick Remington, was eighth in
line, astride of molly coddle plug which
he hired at New York livery stable.
Bill Lang, ex-captain of the Arizona
Rangers, who has seen as much violent
death as any man, rode In the procession,
paying no attention to his horse, but
nearly dislocating his neck trying to get
peep at the roofs Of some of the Lower
Broadway buildings.
Chief" Colbert a pure-blooded Choctaw
Indian, whose grandfather fought under
Andrew Jackson at New Orleans, was an
other in the khaki line.
Many newspaper men gathered at the
Buckingham hoping to get some of the
wild and woody members of the Rough
Riders to tell some true blood and thunder
tales of the good old days in the west, but
the older chaps would rather ride in the
subway and admire the Metropolitan tower
than to spout about their adventures.
Same Old "CharIie."
Charley Maverick, who used to reside in
Texas, but who now lives in effete New
York, was another Rough Rider who en-
joyed the reunion. Charley IS q lawyer
and has cleaned up about million dollars
getting New Workers out of scrapes, but
he is the same old Charlie that he was
when he scampered up San Juan hill.
Colonel Brodie, who halls from st. Paul
and who is a straight 1.-THE man Of 90,
snapped a lot of stories with General
Cooper, u. S. A.. Despite his years, Colonel
Brodie Is as -spry as youngster, and he
could probably give a mighty sood account
of himself in a skirmish, too. The colonel
is West Pointer. He was attired in
civilian clothes this evening and when you
were introduced he gave you a grip that
made you secretly wonder II he hadn't got
his early training in a blacksmith shop,
Dick Oskison, for whom Colonel Roose-
welt did some trifling favor in Cuba, was
loud in his praises of the former president
Osxison is a quarter breed Cherokee Indian
and he doesn't talk much, but when he does
| cut loose with some conversation he is
pretty apt to praise Colonel Roosevelt.
The Alternately boys-Louis and Temp
who rode all the way from Oklahoma, did
not ride in the procession. They saw the
parade and cheered as Justify as any one.
| Hotels All Crowded. ~
The hotels were filled almost to the hilt.
The Pittsburgers were at the Holland
house, the Hamilton club at the Waldorf
Astoria, the Rough Riders at the Bucking-
ham, the Kentuckians at the St. Regis, the
Arkansans at the Victoria, the Big Game
club OF Buffalo at the Hoffman house, and
the Mlnnesotans were scattered between the
Imperial and the Holland house. Every
time one entered a hotel he ran into a
squadron OF citizens wearing badges which
proclaimed them as out-of-town welcomers
The only party to travel from distance
by automobile came from Detroit This
party was headed by Mayor BrletmeyeI
and brought a message from Governor
Warner of Michigan. The Michiganders put
in bid for Colonel Roosevelts presence In
Detroit next month.
The invitations to be present at various
places literally rained upon the returning
statesman. A delegation from Washington
asked Colonel Roosevelt to visit there
Colonel Moore insisted that Colonel Roose
welt spend the Fourth Of July In the Smoky
City, and the Chicagoans thought seriously
of using force to get the former presiden
into the west.
It was q glorious occasion and was sum
med up flttingly by Chief Pollock, the full
blooded Pawnee Indian Rough Rider, VIII,
YEARLY wendell his way into the grill room
of the Buckingham tonight remarking
Dam big day"