Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-12
WILSON TALKS TO
WESTERN PEOPLE
GUEST OF OMAHA AND SIOUX
CITY ON SPEAKING TOUR OF
THE WEST.
Spends Sabbath Day In iowa Capital,
Where He and Mrs. Wilson Attend
Services at Church and Enjoy
Automobile Ride.

Omaha.-President Wilson was tn,
guest of Omaha and Sioux Falls, s. d.
ON Monday, on his tour of the west
In Omaha the president spoke to 6
crowd OF 5000 persons following 6
drive through the principal streets
where he was enthusiastically greeted
by thousands of cheering Nebraskans
Omaha Is the home of Senator Hitch
cock, the Administrations leader In
the fight for the ratification of th6
treaty.
The streets of Sioux City, the busy
little South Dakota city, were crowded
with people most anxious to do him
honor with all the power Of their
lungs.
The presidential party spent Sunday
In Des Moines, Iowa. The president
and Mrs. Wilson rested most of the
day In their suite at a Des Moines
motel, where they had spent their first
night off their special train sine leav-
ing Washington, Wednesday, Septem-
Der y. In the morning they attended
1
church, and In the afternoon went for
an automobile ride, which took them
out through the country about the
Iowa capital.
DR.. Grayson, the presidents physi-
clan, said Mr.. Wilson had been much
refreshed by his Sunday stop In Des
Moines and was In good trim for the
strenuous week before him. He said
he would urge, however, that the pres
ident make few rear-platform speeches
along the way, saving his voice for
the eleven scheduled addresses.
The president made his third speech
In Missouri at Kansas City on Sep
TENDER 6, in the Convention hall,
which accommodates $4,000.
When the president, accompanied by
Mrs. Wilson, appeared on the plat
form of the vast auditorium, the
crowd, each of whom had a small
American flag, arose and cheered for
more than two minutes.
An escort of airplanes dropped
flowers on the presidents special train
as 1t approached Des Moines, and he
was cheered during an automobile ride
through crowds that packed the down
town streets far out beyond the curb.
President Wilson's first speech Of
the western tour was delivered at Co
lumbus, Ohio, Thursday, September 4.
The meeting was presided over by
DR.. w, o. Thompson, and the presi-
dent was introduced by former Cover
nor James E. Campbell as "the first
citizen of the big, round world"
Escorted by battalion of state
troops and city officials, President
Wilson was driven through the city to
Memorial hall Immediately upon his
arrival.
To greet him on his arrival were
crowds somewhat reduced on account
of the street car strike, but the presi-
dent was cheered heartily as he pro-
ceeded, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson
and his party.
On arriving at the hall at IL 80
o'clock, the president received an ova-
ton. The audience sang "Dixie" and
then burst forth cheer that rang
through the hall.
President Wilson made two address,
es at st. Louis ON Friday, Septem-
Der 8.
The presidents first address was
at the chamber of commerce luncheon
after he had been cheered along the
route of seven-mile automobile ride
through the STREETS. At night he spoke
in the Coliseum, where in 1915 he
was renomlnated for the presidency.
Following the midday address the
president and Mrs. Wilson went for
an automobile ride and stopped at
Washington university to visit several
members of the faculty who were
school chums of the executive.
The Coliseum was packed, and when
the president arrived the crowd arose
and cheered for more than four min
utes. Thousands of small American
flags had been distributed and the
audience waved them wildly while
they cheered.
The president was introduced by
Governor Frederick d. Gardner, who
said the people of Missouri never had
been more sincere in extending well
come to any visitor. At that the crowd
cheered again.
When the governor introduced Mr..
Wilson as ''the father of world de-
mocracy," there was more cheering. |
A photographer in a lookout gallery
called through a megaphone for mo-
ment's attention, to take a flashlight,
but the president did not wait, saying !
"this is much too serious an occasion I,
to care how we look, we ought to care |
how we think"