The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21

I ia mas tSSil L S' dS " AAN'A
an exponent of the principles OF the
government Of this country He was
received everywhere in Europe and
honored as no man from this country
ever was honOred. We glory IN all
that and it only remains for me to
saw now. Mr.. Roosevelt. that We vel
come you home most heartily, and we
are eiad to see you again"
Mr.. Mayor. Fellow ToWnslnen and
to you, my fellow Americans the
Colonel began. A tremendous wave
Of cheering went up. and the word
"Americans' received especial e1npha-
sis.
His voice was a little hoarse. but he
spoke with his usual force and de-
clamatorv effect:
COL ROOSEVEITS SPEECH.
Says Such a Reception Made Him e
Very Proud and Very Humble.
Replying to Mayor Gaynor, Colonel
Roosevelt said:
In thank you. Mayor Gaynor.
Through you ] thank your committee
and through them | wish to thank the
American people for their greeting. /
need hardly say l am most deeply
moved by the reception given me. NO
man could receive such a greeting
without being made to feel both very
proud and very humble.
i have been away a year and d
quarter from America and | have
| seer strange and interesting things
alike in the heart of the frowning
wilderness, in the capitals of the
mightiest and most highly polished
of civilized nations. ] have thor
oughly enjoyed myself. and now | am
more glad than l can say to get home.
to be back in my own country, back
among people l love. | am ready
and eager to do my part 50 far as [
am able in helping solve problems
which must be solved if We Of this,
the greatest democratic republic upon
which the sun has ever shone. are
to see its destinies rise to the high
level OF our hopes AMI its opportuni-
ties. This is the duty of every citi-
zen, but it is peculiarly my duty, for
any man who has ever been honored
by being made president of the United
States is thereby forever after rend-
cred the debtor of the American peO-
pie and is bound throughout his life,
to remember this as his prime obi
cation and in private life as much as
in private life 50 to carry himself that
the people Will never cease to regret
that once placed him at this head
He Stuck to His Text.
Did l follow copy, 5oys?" he asked
as the cheering still fingered over his
closing sentence.
TO a word came back an appre-
ciative chorus from the press stand.
The exercises at the battery were
surprisingly brief and simple and al
most before the people realized they
We're over. Mr.. Roosevelt. the mOyar
and Cornelius Vanderbilt, chairman of
the reception committee, were moving
toward their carriage in the line of
parade. The crowd had their fill of
impression.
While Col. Roosevelt and his escort
were waiting in their carriages at
the head Of the parade to perfom, the
LA Rough Riders who had come
from every part of the country-some
of them from as far as Alaska-had
their first chance to greet their old
chief.
Rough Riders in Evidence.
AS the Roosevelt carriage drew up
behind them they gave a long wild
yell. The Colonel was on his feet in
an instant. L certainly love all my
boys he shouted back. and again
there was a yell almost mystical in
intensity.
The parade started at 1870. In
front Of the Rough Riders, and lead
ing the line, was a detachment of
mounted police Then came the
mounted band Of Squadron A, New
York -. G., followed by Rough Riders.
followed by the Roosevelt carriage and
eighty other carriages in which rode
tne visiting mayor governors, mem-l
bers Of the House and the U. S. Sem
ate, and members of the reception
committee. Eight policemen.
all formerly cavalrymen Tho served
an the Spanish-American war, sur
rounded the Roosevelt carriage.
The line Of march in the lower city
was through q seething whirlpool Of
enthusiasm. The tall cliffs Of the
Canyon that is Broadway were speck-
led with faces at the windows. Every
thing imaginable was waved alo& and
aioft. Whirls of descending ticker
tape, thrown from windows in the
district filled the air with
spirals.
stood in His Carriage-As He Did in
Raleigh.
Colonel Roosevelt was as enthusiast
tic as the crowd. He remained stand
ing almost constantly throughout the
two hour Journey.