East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-27

Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 27.-Long
before the Roosevelt party arrived to-
day, the stage was all set for the COL
oneps entrance. Cowboys galloped
through the streets and everything
looked truly frontier. Long before
the train arrived, a parade OF soldiers.
cowboys. fraternal orders, etc., lined
up waiting to move past the review
ing stand in front of the state capitol,
where Roosevelt reviewed 1t. After
the parade, luncheon was served to
the colonel and the real program be-
gan. From a special stand at From
tier Park. Roosevelt delivered his ad-
dress which in part follows:
Roosevelt's Speech.
When, at the close of my hunting
trip in Africa, / reached the borders
of civilization, the first invitation
accepted was this. to visit the capito
of Wyoming on the day when the peo-
PIE OF the frontier came together &c
commemorate their achievements;
was glad IL was so because / have a
peculiar feeling for the men and wo'
men of what used to be called the
Far VAST and especially for those
Of the cattle country.
For number of years lived OF
a ranch on the Little Missouri sharing
work and play, good fortune and bat
fortune, with my neighbors; working
on the roundup, serving as delegate
from the Little Missouri roundup dis
trict to the Montana Stock growers
association, and even at times actint
as deputy sheriff at my end Of tn,
county. I count those years as am
ong the most valuable Of my life, be
cause nothing breeds such commun
ity of feeling as to work with one'
fellow-men at their life tasks, and I,
learn to know their feelings by actu
ally sharing them. The man of tn,
West, throughout the successive
stages of Western growth. has Away
been one of the two or three mos
typical figures-indeed, 1 am temple,
to say the most typical figure-il
American life. and no man can reall.
understand our country and appreci
ate what 1t really is and what
promises unless he has the fullest an,
closest sympathy with the ideals an,
aspirations of the West.
Westerner is Good American.
The prime reason for this is to b
found in the fact that the Westerne
Is so good an American. He is a.
American first and foremost for thi
Is the great lesson, friends, that all o
us need to learn and to keep, the les
son that 1t is unimportant whether
man lives North or South, East o
West, provided he is genuinely and 4
good faith an American, that he feel
every part OF the United States as hi
own; and that he is honestly desirou
to uphold the interests OF all othe
Americans in whatever sections OF tn
country they may dwell.
The West stands for growth, 10
progress. So must the whole Am
erican people stand. great demo
cracy must be progressive or 1t wi
soon cease to be either great or dem
ocratic. No nation, no state, no par
ty, can stand still. 1t must either 6
forward or go backward; and 1t be
comes useless If it goes backward
Therefore I greet you, men Of tn
West, and stand for progress as a
men must stand who are progressive
Frontier Virtues.
The pioneer days are over. save
q few places; and the more compile
life of today calls for a greater varit
ty of good qualities than were neet
ed on the frontier. There is need {
present to encourage the developmeI
of new abilities which can be brougi
to high perfection only by a kind
training useless in pioneer times; b,
these new qualities can only suppl
ment, and never supplant, the oil
homely virtues; the need for the spe
ial and distinctive pioneer virtues
as great as ever. In other words,
our civilization grows older and mo-
complex, while 1t Is true that we nee