The Holt County sentinel., 1916-02-18
AN INTERESTING LETTER

r.. u y
President Wilson meeting at Kansas
CITY. The letter H. interesting. a. "
comes from one of our home boys
and not from u newspaper reporter;
"I was lucky enough to get 10 near
President Wilson in Kansas 'iiE. !
got excused from two CiHsaCs, "I
really three periods. and went down
on the 3:25 train. Got down lh''t
and Immediately got supper an"
went up to Convention lall where W.
vas TO be. Got there niue albl
five. and ran on to a bunch Of Par;
fellows pretty close to the door. b'.
fore long there were thousands ct
peoplc packed around that door.
had my hands in my ovcrcoat, ana II
was almost impossible to get thcll
out, a. We were 50 close together;
There was a bunch Of William Jewel
fellows there. and We al sang col
lege songs and yelled. About n;3o
policeman came around ami told US "
get out. that the side entrances We're
open already, and they woulu nov
or;en that door thought that W"
would never get in at all, but We ran
around and got in on the ground floor
about two-thirds Of the way back.
EVERYBODY kept crowding up, though
until finally We got up within 100 or
300 feet Of the platform. Convention
Hall is an oblong building with two
galleries. At the north end there ~
no gallery. but the seats are on on
slope. Away up at the top there Is
an archcd doorway, and over tn"
doorway were the words Our frc.-
idcnt" in lights. and the whole north
end was decorated with lights Of va
rious colors. These lights were not
turned ON until the very moment the
President stepped through the door
way. ~ the bottom of the" seats
was n platform several feet ahoN'
tho level uf the grouud ilnUr and %
IL wa. table aud chairs for IN"
President and vi. iumcHiat" part, .
Tho front 81 the stag" was simply
decorated with lars" hnauu"i OF
flower. and several i.ars. IN'
whole hos $50. very imply deco,
atoi With fIai, dtnruN along The RAJ
ing az 'uc halcuriUs. TIL" hoilop
rnyy4 OF .pat. 'u tN' group r".rrN' .
at the mort. and uhu'v the stage were
orrurfnd b.. The hplysWuard If tho
President all in The regular army
uniform. The rest uf the sunt, wen"
taken up hy the President party and
the Kansas City graduate of nrincr.
ton aud their wives. ! tried to see
Mrs. Wilson. but could not at lea
did not know IL II | did. At about
20 minutes past eight o'clock, tho
President came in attended by q
large company Of noted pcrsonag" /,
n, least | supposed they were noted
That whole vast concoursc OF people
rose to their feet and greeted III,
President with u mighty shout and Z
yroat waving of flags, while the ban'
played "Thr Star Spanglcd Banner.
The President stood and bowed fni
several minutes before the people
stopped applaudinR and shouting
Finally they were induced To stop
aud the President sat down.
lie was then introduced and u"
gan his speech. When he began L
sneak he had rather peculiar att
tudc: he hooked his thumbs in hi
lower vest pockcts n he talked. -
courc he said chow glad he was tn b
there and how he appreciated tn
hearty welcome tina, had been accord
ed him. Tha, he. Of course, had pres
sing business nj Washington, but tina
he had come among the people To- a.
them what backing had the rrcsid"n
Of these United Stntrs, whether
was moro enthusiast" Patriotism %
Wn'ln'l " WIS Shlll'NIlNE Nl''N '" .
u, relied upon IN time uf need. "
first spoke Of the navy and said tina
IL was very cilicicn, for Us size. bu
Il must hc enlarged 10 make II prn,
ticollv imprognahlc tn others in Oh
world. lie said that the army VA
not large enough 80 that he can cor
troll the M"Nican border. and Il
wants n larger army. Militarism
the United States Is impossihlc und,
the present administration. He the
smoke Of the inefficicncy in the Cuba
War. The present Administrations
says, asks for something not raw mn
terial to begin To make an efficiel
army. in other words, 100000 pa
TALLY trained men. railroads. bus
ness men, engineers and others mu
Tern to coordinate with the Cover
ment, though they are To some .
tent now. He Is anxious that II