Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-05
Roosevelt
Reaches Fargo
BIG CROWDS WAIT FOR HIM ON
SUNDAY TRIP.
CALLS FOR SPEECHS
No Day Of Rest for x-President-Has
to Respond from Car PIatform-WlI
Lay Cornerstone of Library.

Fargo, n. D., Sept. 4.-After an all
DAY ride through parts of South Da-
kota, Minnesota and North Dakota,
eA-President Roosevelt reached Fargo
this evening. The people of Fargo
were waiting at the station for him
and gave him a great welcome, in
spite of it being Sunday.
1t was after midnight when Colonel
Roosevelt retired last night at the con-
clusion of an arduous Gay in Sioux
Falls.
\-Limits to Endurance.
Friends travelling with him have
been astonished AT his endurance. He
has attended breakfasts before seven
o'clock and dinners which lasted until
late at night and has made so many
speeches since he left New York that
he cannot even estimate the num- Der.
But last night he admitted that he
was tired
Like Weller's Thanksgiving tur-
key" he said, II am old and tough
But there are limits
Crowd Waiting at Marshall.
Telegrams were sent to the towns
through which he was to pass today
saying that as it was Sunday he
would make no speeches from the
train. That done the unsuspecting coll
onel settled down in his private car
to realize his visions of a day of rest
The special train raced across eastern
South Dakota and into Minnesota and
for the first sart of the morning Col
onel Roosevelt sat in an easy chair
reading. He glanced up from his book
as the train slowed down for Marshall
the first stor, to hhd a cheering crowd
closing around the rear PLATFORM so
large that 1t looked as though every
person in Marshall was out to see the
colonel. His telegram had arrived the
Tf9I1 hafn fl,a 1r T. Il 4
no attention to it.
TEDDY. Teddy, come on out!" the
crowd shouted. Lets see you'll"
Yielded to Shouts for "Speech!"
The colonel hesitated for moment
The shouts grew louder. He laid down
his book, walked to the door and
thrust his head through. The cheer
developed into yell of greeting, and
the colonel could not resist. He walked
out to the platform and in an instant
men and boys We're scrambling upon
the railing, trying to shake his hand.
Speech! Speech" the crowd shout
ed. Colonel Roosevelt kept firmly in
mind his resolutions to make no
speeches on Sunday and took a step
towards the car door. The cries grew
louder and the colonel capitulated and
talked about honesty good citizenship
and children AS the train rolled away
he was still talking. The same thing
happened at every place at which the
train stopped
Big Crowd at Fargo.
At Breckenridge, Mimi. Senators
McCumber and Purcell of North Da-
kota got on the tratin. When the train
reached Fargo the largest crowd, of all
was on hand.
Thousands of persons have come to
Fargo for tomorrow, Labor day cele-
bration. The streets are decorated
from end to end of the city and every
room in the hotels here was engaged
long ago.
To Lay Cornerstone.
Colonel Roosevelt will lay the corner
stone of the Carnegie libreary at Far
go college tomorrow morning. In the
afternoon there will be a parade
through the city and to Island Park.
where he, is to make his chief speech
of the day.
Begins Homeward Trip.
Colonel Roosevelt will leave for St.
Paul in the evening and begin his
homeward trip. Since he has left New
York he has passed through fourteen
states and has travelled approximately
3,700 miles.