The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-05

President Spends Most Strenuous
Day on Present Trip - Endesrs
Himself to Fargo Mothers by Pat.
ting Children on the Heads-Lays
Cornerstones and Reviews Fire
Fighters In North Dakota City.
Fargo, N. D.. Sept. 5.-Eyen on
Sunday the colonel can't keep quiet.
He has tried and failed. He decided
that he would make no speeches
from the train, but he couldn't resist
the crowds that gathered at the sta
ions along the line, and before night
fell he had spoken at least Is times.
That Is probably as much talking as
he has done on any one day in the
course Of the whole trip.
The Roosevelt special slid over the
rails through three states. From
South Dakota it carried the colonel
into Minnesota and from there into
North Dakota. The word had gone
forth that the big man would be
passing by, for the railroad operators
who got the tip over the wire flashed
II on to the next station, and so it
went. The result was that the engi-
neer. Casey Jones, stopped at places
where he mistook barn for the sta
tion and the colonel got busy.
He discussed mostly moral topics.
He told his hearers to be honest, to
be good, to be kind and to be patient
and true. Politics was tabooed, but
Il was all right for Mr.. Roosevelt to
tell tn. westerners to stand by the
law and help their fellow citizens
conduct themselves properly. for
Sunday above all days was for hand
ing cut q bit OF sermon.
Upon his arrival here Mr. Roose-
yet found great crowd awaiting
him at the station. He drove imme-
diately to the Waldorf hotel, which
is some place. and was confronted
with more OF Fargo's lively populace.
Grouped In front OF the hotel en-
trance were 100 little girls, dressed
In white. and carrying Teddy bears.
The kiddiss ranged in age from 10
months to 10 years. They gave
soprano cheer as the colonel APP
preached. II. r. jumped from the
machine as fast as ne could and be-.
gan to talk with the children. AS he
passed between the two lines they
had formed he patted each enc OF
them and said nice things. A lot of
proud mothers and fathers gwelled
perceptibly when they saw what was
happening. In order that photogra-
piers can get picture of this the
tshleau will be repeated today noon.
The colonel pushed his way
through a mob of curious persons
who choked every door leading into
the hotel. The police had hard
time. As Mr.. Roosevelt entered his
room on the second floor he emitted
whoop OF Joy. Guess who was
there. Who? Why, of course, Syl-
vane Ferris and his brother joe The
Ferris boys, in fact. Yes, the very
ones who worked and hunted with
the colonel in the good old days on
the Little Missouri. up near Medora
N. D. BY George. but it was good to
ses 'em again.
"Ob. my" laughed T. X. Isn't
this hns! BY George, isn't II fine!
This is the finest thing I've struck
yet, TO see you boys here He rec
objected a lot of things about He'll
Roaring Bill Jones. about the night
he struck Medors 27 years ago.
1T was a weird night, | can tell
yon," the colonel exclaimed. 81 went
over to the Pyramid House hotel.
The old man who was the proprietor
took me TO room in which there
were IA beds. One OF the beds wasn't
being slept in at that moment, so
grabbed 1t. oh, George, will l ever
forget! Remember that night, Syl.
ysne?"
The colonel and the Ferris boys,
who are about so years old, swapped
yarns for about an hour, while the
crowd waited outside. They spoke
of the horses the colonel used to ride
and the strange happenings in which
he was the central figure.
The last leg Of the trip is at hand.
tlbits w pts duls mllN duhtt, NHl-
cago, Cincinnati and Pittsburg will
be OF deep importance. When the
colonel reaches the home of Mr.. Taft
he will be watched closely, in the
hope that he will commit himself;
those who are with him believe that
he will steer clear OF politics with
studied innocence. His speeches for
these places are not prepared. so
that on the spur OF the moment he
may cut loose and upset all calcula-
tiOns, Again, you never can tell
Fargo is today celebrating Labor
day in true western style, the city
being all fossy with flags AMI ban
hers. This morning Colonel Roose-
yelt, laid two cornerstones. reviewed