The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-05
IMMENSE TNRONG HEARS
The LRBOR DAY ADDRESS
10000 Saw Him Arrive.

When the Roosevelt train pulled into
the Great Northern passenger station
last evening at 5:45 o'clock, there
around the depot and along Broad
/ way and Front street, along which the
! noted visitor and his party passed on
their way to the Waldorf hotel.
AS the train pulled into the station
the crowds surged around the auto
mobiles that were pulled up at the
! east end of the depot and it was with
difficulty that the noted visitor and
! his party made their way to the cars,
! although there was a squad Of police
keeping an open lane from the train
to the automobiles. When Colonel
( Roosevelt stepped from the private
1 car Republic, the crowd at once took
up the cry There he is" There was
: shouting and waving of hats despite
( the fact that it was Sunday.
Considerable difficulty was expert
( enced in getting away from the depot
and twice or three times the automo-
biles were brought to stop to avoid
running down the insistent people who
crowded in front and blocked the
street. once away from the station
the going was good until the Waldorf
was reached, where another great
crowd of people had assembled. Along
the entire route thousands Of people
lined the curbs and it kept the ex-
president constantly lifting his hat and
waving his hand in response to the
demonstration.
Shook Hands With Old Friends
At the station Colonel Roosevelt
and party were met by Congressman
Hanna, Lieut.. Gov. r. S. Lewis
and other prominent members of the
reception committee. Twice, while
leaving the station grounds he reach
ed out of the automobile to shake
hands with some of his old North Da-
kota friends whom he knew while he
was a rancher in the slope country,
and who came to Fargo especially to
greet the famous American.
The Roosevelt party was joined at
Sioux Falls by Sen. P. j. McCumber,
Sen. w. E. Purcell Atty. Gen. Andrew
Miller, Secretary of State Blaisdell,
Mayor Frank Eberle, of Wahpeton,
Col. r. H. Hankinson of Hankinson,
Postmaster E. H. Myrah of Wahpe-
ton, ]. r. Hughes and w. J. Robinson,
all of whom accompanied the party to
Fargo. .-
Great Crowd at Waldorf.
When the party in their automo-
biles reached the Waldorf hotel they
found thousands of people crowded into
Front and Seventh streets and filling
I the entire space between the hotel and
the Northern Pacific passenger sla-
glimpse of the great American and
long after he had been gotten into the
hotel many thousand people kept a
constant string going in and out of
the lobby.
The prettiest feature of the welcome
and one which touched the heart of the
ex-president more than all the others
I was a reception of an exact 100 little
girls. This feature was the thought
of Mrs. w. E. Hunt and she must
be given much credit for the splendid
manner in which it was carried III.
The children all dressed in white with
their hair tied with pink ribbons and
each carrying a Teddy bear with n
pink ribbon around it's neck were in
1.-THE parlor of the hotel and when
Colonel Roosevelt assembled the stairs
he was given greeting that according
to his own words, was the nj ,est and
most touching demonstration he has
encountered on his present trip Or that
he encountered on his European ira
wells.
The pretty little girls surrounded
the colonel and lifting on high their
Teddy bears shouted "Hurrel for
Teddy Mrs. Hunt was assisted in
carrying out this pretty welcome by
the Misses Harriet Hunt, Dorthea
Young and Clare Elliott and the
Messrs. Harry Carpenter, Horace
Young, Hawley Russell and Denton
Burdick
Roosevelt Gave Short Tab.
All evening the lobby of the hotel
and the streets outside were filled with
an insistant crowd of people. put
MANS band was outside the building
giving a concert. The demonstration
became such that Colonel Roosevelt
stepped to the balcony in front of the
hotel and was Immediately cheered to
the echo When the demonstration
had subsided he said: II hope the
band will continue to play as I know
you will enjoy hearing 1t more than
you will me-"
In response to repeated calls from
the gathered crowd the colonel made
q few remarks.
i want to tell you people how glad
am to be here in Fargo tonight"
said Colonel Roosevelt. ! Thirty years
ago, when / first saw Fargo, 1T was a
much different type of a city than that
OF today. 1t was twenty seven years
ago that / passed through Fargo on
my way to Medora, in the western part
Of your state. where spent the hap
piest and most profitable years Of my
entire 1afe.
owe to that experience my knowl-
edge OF the western people. One can
mot come to know a people until you