Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-03
TEDDY AND SMILE TAKE CITY
Nebraska and Omaha Join in Glad
Welcome to Colonel.
CLOTHES ARE ALL wRNKLED
Black SLOUGH Hat IL Lifted TO the
Crowds--LuncheOn at the Field
CIub-Active Day for
Strenuous citizen,

with the glad abandon to homage such,
as might be accorded to a visiting poten-
tate, Omaha gave itself over to a mighty
reception to Theodore Roosevelt. The whole
city represented by officials OF top rank,
big professional and business men and
with notable citizens from all over the
state, opened its arms to the greatest pri-
waite citizen In the world
In the mnelstrom of this meeting OF the
man and the city, Theodore Roosevelt, the
man, shown forth as a personality that
shed such an impression Of bigness as goes
with an official director of national affairs
lie appeared quite In spite OF himself, a
real live president to as great an extent as
II he hao been coming from second in
suguration to the chiefest office OF the
land
In the throng of celebrities that person
ally paid their respects to the returned
hunter we're a governor. an ex-governor
mayor of the city, and several congress-
men and senators, besides dozens of other
city and state officials and prospective
officials. There also were number OF
just plain citizens, to whom the distin-
guished guest paid as hearty and individual
attention as to the more pretentiously titled
ones.
some of those who greeted Colonel Roose-
ernor sheldon, Mayor Dahlman, Senator
Aldrich Lieutenant Governor Hopewell and
score of others. A few army officers
including General Smith, head of the De-
partment of the Missouri, also walked
through the several groups OF new found
friends around the former president.
Worlds Greatest Citizen.
1t was the coming of the worlds most
Spectacular private citizen-the one mar
who. holding no office, unfettered by the
gold lace OF official life. brought to tumult
Of cheers as no other man-for the sake OF
the man-could do.
1t was Roosevelt day in Omaha from th'
time the train pulled into the station The
city was attuned to the occasion. and the
colonel always attended to anything III
meets from a diplomatic ianction in Londor
to a fhinoceros In Africa, gave his hearty
word that he was glad to be here. He die
not once say the oft repeat ted "d-e-e-lighted,
but he did say mighty glad" and his smile
carried conviction Of sincerity.
Omaha being the half way-house between
New York and San Francisco, the gatewa!
TO the west, has within It's Comparatively
young existence, shown hospitality to man!
notable persons, but no demonstration per
haps has surpassed the magnificence of tn,
Roosevelt welcome. Grant the man whit
led the army that saved the union, cam
once as president and later as traveller re
turning from his world tour; Mckinley
the martyr, was here and welcomes beft
ting their station were forthcoming-bu
there was dash about the Roosevelt wei
COME yesterday that was distinct
Rooseveltan in its nature. AS he srod
with the stride of soldier up the depo
platform. his wrinkled old black coat denot
ing need Of a pressing establishment, Tor
Flynn, the man whoYthrough political at
filiation would be beast expected in
Roosevelt crowd. exclaimed.
What political mixer that man Isl"
The Plain Citizen.
Colonel Roosevelt, be it known, has neve
depended upon sartorial peacockage I
carry him through nfes journey. II
scorns conventionality with the abandon {
genius. and there sets the waiting crowd
TO cheering. His garb as he arrived
Omaha Friday morning might we'll beflt IL
conservative country merchant from tn
outlayng districts His old black hat wa
crumped, but he waved It with hand thf
had the grip OF a lion.
Hundreds Of people lined the viaduct owe
looking the station long before the train a
rived. Others came brisky, a little lat
eagerly inquring il the colonel had gon
1t was a feYerish crowd, and while thei
was no blocking of passageways 1t was q
elbow-to-elbow task to squrm through
Uptown TO the Omaha club. the colon
rode in Gould Dietz' automobile seated b
side Victor Rosewater. Chairman Of the r.
ception committee. There, he had in acco
dance with the program, an open forenoo
which meant that he would not be burden,
with sneechma king Most men would IN,
rested after the strenuous journey the col
Z mel has been undergoing and the opt
= forenoon was meant for rest, yet true
his nature he was active, and looking abo
the club rooms, he asked many question
about old friends In Omaha, Indicating
desire to meet them