The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-18
F|DDLERS HAD
time OF LIVES
Hungary Captured by Colonel Roose-
welt on Sunday Where Speeches
and Fiddlrg Were
Plentiful
EVERYBODY TURNED OUT
Little Boy Made Hit by Saying in
English ppm Very Glad to
See You, Mr.. Roose-
velt."

BUDA PESTH, April 1S.-Col
! Rooseyelts welcome to Hungary sur
passed anything he is likely to eXper-
| lence during his whole tour of Europe.
| The crowds and the enthusiasm could
] not have been greater if the people
had been welcoming the savior of the
country Nine addresses of welcome
and nine speeches of thanks formed
part of the program of Mr.. Roosevelt's
third Sunday in Europe.
Leaving Vienna at 9:05 an enthus-
/ iastic crowd bade him farewell At
Pressburg, on the Hungarian frontier,
4 Count Apponyi, formerly Hungarian
prime minister, with the mayor,
crowd of citizens and band of fid-
i dlers, met him. The mayor welcomed
4 him in the Magyar language. Then
a local orator in fluent English made
an impassioned speech to "the great
apostle of freedom concluding with
a quotation from Longfellow.
Col. Roosevelt's reply was almost
equally as fervid, as he told how long
he had admired and loved Hungary,
which every man from the western
i states of America must do
Count Apponyi with his head tied
! up, he having met with an accident
while teaching his little daughter to
drive, took Colonel Roosevelt and
4 Kermit in an automobile The fiddlers
remained to collect pence
The little city of Pressburg turned
out to a man The mayor, the local
4 orator and Col. Roosevelt again ex-
changed speeches. The drive to
+ Count Appoints chateau lay through
three villages. one Hungarian. one
Sloval and one German. The whole
population of each welcomed the Wis
itors At the first village no stop was
made, as the place had been stricken
with measles. AT the other two Col
Roosevelt was received by the mayors
or selectmen, dressed in the Sunday
sarb Of workingmen
/, When the chateau was reached Col.
Roosevelt took lunch with a few OF
Count Appoints friends. Then there
was an automobile ride to another
railway station, drive of an hour and
half. which was a repetition of the
mornings program. The party pass
ed through two villages, where the
usual crowds had collected and the
usual speeches were made.
In one village a little boy got off a
speech in English, saying: I'm very
glad to see you, Mr.. Roosevelt" !" This
stirred up great enthusiasm.
The inmates of every farmhouse
along the route turned out to cheer as
the party passed and so the station
was reached. Here there We're more
speeches. and here also were the most
frenzied fiddlers of the whole day. but
Buda Pesth gave the finishing touch
to the days enthusiasm
. The train arrived at O'Clock in tbe
evening. Rain was falling, but in re-
, sponse to the mayors appeal the
toWnsfolll turned out by the thous-
ands. Within the station itself the
, crowd swarmed everywhere. and when
; the train came in the officials could
hardly clear the track. Scores OF
men and boys climbed on to the roofs
, of the cars. A fervent welcome was
extended by the mayor, and Col
, roosevelt, wearing a cavalry colonel's
) coat and black felt hat, made an
, ELOQUENT reply.
Col. Roosevelt then proceeded
5 through crowded streets to the hotel
: the people cheering ard shoutine
: Long Live Teddy" At the hotel he
] was forced to address he crowd ron
5 balcony.
Rrosevelt was nearly mobbed wher
he arrived here today. He was car
ried fifty feet on tie shoulders of en-
thusiastic friends. Roosevelt said il
was like a department store rush ir
$ America. The chief of police was
: crushed in the crowd and had his les
broken. but Roosevelt was unhurt
Roosevelt visited Francis Kossuth
leader of tie opposition and this show
of democracy pleased tae people yer,
7 much. He will be given dinner thi.
!, evening
e In a speech in tie Hungarian panlia
: ment today Colonel Roosevelt took :
d slap at political reactionaries whe
S sneer at all efforts OF progress. Hc
s declared the reactionaries' fear is en-
countered in legislative halls thu
world over and cited the opposition.