The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-09-09

Car conveying one of Roosevelt par
ty, Congressman Eben W.. Martin,
Hon. w. c. Cook, chairman of the re-
publican state central committee, and
Hon. Thomas Thorson of Canton.
Car conveying one of the Roosevelt
party, Congressman G. III. Burke OF
Pierre, Attorney General Clark and
Judge Joseph w. Jones.
Car conveying Hon. s. G. Policy,
secretary OF state, Royal H. Johnson,
candidate for attorney general on the
republican ticket, Hon. f. M. Byrne
of Faulkton and one of Roosevelt par
ty.
Car conveying Hon. John G. Him
ing, secretary of state, Hon. o. G.
Dokken, state commissioner of lands,
Speaker CLANCY of the house of rep
resentatives of the state legislature,
President Gault of Vermillion univer-
sity and Hon. III. A. Ustrud, state SUI
p~erintendent of public instruction.
Car conveying Hon. C. HI. Dillon OF
Yankton and the newspaper men with
the Roosevelt party.
THE PARADE.
The feature OF the demonstration
which attracted Colonel Roosevelt's
ear first was the music OF the fife and
drum corps of the Grand Army of the
Republic, which corps was at the train
to meet him and the stirring strains
Of the martial music, made by the civil
war veterans, whose steps were short
and hesitating, though in perfect time.
was a strange and not unpleasant
contrast to the music of the bands.
Arrived at the speakers tent, Colo
mel Roosevelt alighted from the auto,
and preceded by Mayor Burnside, as
cended the short fight of steps to the
platform, sat down for a few moments
alone, in one OF the front seats and
very shortly thereafter the crowd,
which completely filled the tent and
extended out into the adjacent streets.
literally packed into that intervening
space, cheered and cheered, until
Judge John e. Garland, arose and
American.
Colonel Roosevelt went to the Catar-
act hotel, where he dined privately
with United States Marshal Seth Bull
lock, after which he ~endeavored to
secure a brief period OF rest before the
banquet hour.
THE BANQUET.
Colonel Roosevelt was the only
speaker at the banquet given in his
honor, which was attended by two
hundred or more of the prominent
men of the state.
Colonel Roosevelt was very tired
and he requested the committee on
arrangements to consult with the
other speakers of the evening and
ascertain whether or not they would
be willing to cut the program short,
because of the late hour and the prox-
unity of Sun day morning.
This change in the program was
made and Colonel Roosevelt, at the
end OF the elaborate and delicious re-
past, was announced as the only
speaker of the evening.
AS Colonel Roosevelt arose from his
chair, everyone else arose and while
napkins were waved the b~anqueters
cheered. When quiet was restored
Colonel Roosevelt said:
II think that Bishop O'Gorman and
myself are the only ones who ought
to be allowed to retire. ! have tried
to induce Bishop O'Gorman to re-
main and deliver a Sunday morning
sermon to you, but he declines. L
think that the POSTMASTER ought to
keep the other speakers and compel
you to listen to them, but he declines
to do that also.
"And now | wish to express my very
profound and genuine thanks for the
very cordial welcome, which you gen.
tlemen, representing the city of Sioux
Falls and the state of South Dakota
have extended me.
II shall always consider myself a
citizen of the Dakotas. / never would
have been colonel OF the Rough Rid
ers, nor president of the United
States, IL I had not once lived in Da-
kota. / gained here a knowledge OF
people which | could not
have gained in any other way. 1t was
of great value to me when, as presi-
dent | came to consider the various
problems in the west, irrigation and
the Indian question. / knew what the
conditions were in the west and that
knowledge helped me
II could never have raised a regi-
ment had | not lived in the west and
so the west has placed me under OBJ
legations which / shall continue to at
tempt to repay, so long as | live.
"And now, gentlemen, / am going to
bid you good evening. I know that
popular opinion is that II I can ride
all day and speak all night, and ought
to enjoy IT, That / am old and tough.
But I must say goodbye, and go to
bed"
NOTES.
Nothing in the way OF fireworks
was ever undertaken In Sioux Falls
like the display of last evening. 1t
was a brilliant spectacle. The entire
business district of the city famed
light at the same instant and
the effect upon horses was peculiar.
They seemed stunned for an instant
and then started to get out of that
of sparks and red fire at top
speed. There were several instances
Of near runaways and the crowds
were at times in danger of being run
down by frenzied horses but nothing
happened.
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