The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-28
By JOHN SNURE.


CHEYENNE. W--o., Aug es-Chey-
enHe awoke at a ate hour this morn
ing with a dark brown taste in its
mouth.
Several days of the frontier ceIebra-
tion and one day Of the colonel proved
almost too much to permit the locality
u keep IN normal condition.
As for the colonel. ne did not seem
70 uind il much He was up in good
season and then proceeded TO take life
easy over SUNDAY. and rest after his
usual fashion
That is 10 say. ne had a hearty
breakfast. talked 10 me newspaper men
went 10 church. saw a uumbC~ Of the
leading citizens who came about s5s
hotel anxious to have a word with him.
and IN the afternoon set out with Sen
atoT Warren and ether Iuminaries Of
the politics OF wyoming on a horse
back ride. IN the course Of which the
party had game dinner on a neigh
boring ranch Here It may be said.
they regard anything within a hundred
miles or so as ju the Immediate vicin-
it's
Around town for the last few DAYS
they have been betting on the proposi-
tion whether the colonel was game for
a long ride. Considerable money has
been put up on the proposition that he
would not take any such ride as has
been talked Of. one Of thirty-fve miles
Until the party gets back late this
evening the exact distance Travelled
cannot be- given. BUT when il set out
this afternoon the former President was
IN great spirits and acted as II he were
good for any distance
Appeal to Remington.
OF no small national interest in con-
nectiOu with the visit or Colonel .Roose-
welt 20 Cheyenne IS the fact that out OF
il viii probably come monument 20
the sreat American artist, Frederick
Remington Colonel Rooseveit's aDDesI
70 the audience he faced at Pioneer
Park here yesterday afternoon. as mot
ley an audience as could weii be found
on the continent. : omposed Of all the
types yet 10 be found in the vanishing
west, cowpuHchers, -anchers, sheep
men, Indians, soldiers, miners. home
steaders, was peculiarly rorcefuI-
He spoke OF Remington. the man
whose art has preserved the old West
for all time, in terms Of admiration and
affection, which were made none the
less sincere by the fact that Mrs Rem
ington- widow Of the dead artist. sat in
the audience only few feet away
from him Looking over the crowd. one
would hardly expect IL be moved bv
anything appeTtaining 20 art or artists
But II was moved
Here they appreciate Remington and
feel he has done a great work As The
result OF the reference of Roosevelt 10
Remington, and his appeal for a fund
for a monument. steps are already be
inS taken TO form committer among
the cowboys and Cattlemen, and wen
the citizens are Interested Governor
Brooks. Of this State. viii soon call a
meeting for the purpose OF organizing
in this part Of the West the movement
for the monument IN the National Cap
ital.
Wyoming. as IS well known. is one
of the most conservative of tie Rocky
Mountain states one would hardIy
lock for Insurgency here. But Il Is here
nevertheless and those who are back OF
the movement say il is going TO he
think that before Roosevelt gets through
the swing around the circle. which he
i now ma king. he will speak out i'm q
way that viii help their cause greatly
Senator Warren IN Command.
in his speech here he steered clear o
politics. aside from a few generaIities
but the insurgents think the effect o.
the speeches which are looked for a
I Denver. OsawatUmie. Sioux Falls. anC
St. paul viii be distinctively helpful
TO them the more so as the Wyoming
public viii have the colonel fresh II
mind. Senator Warren and the machin,
I Of which he is a part, and in which sucl
Z great Iisn6 and sheep barons as he ar
: extremely potent, have the State pTett,
Z thoroughly CinChed-
But former Senator Carey is ruuninl
I for governor az an insurCent, State At
: tcrnev. General MUlliu is the Candidst
/ Of The machine Muliiu lives in Sheriial
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