Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1915 — Gov. Ralston Returns Home After Long Trip West. [ARTICLE]

Gov. Ralston Returns Home After Long Trip West.

“ Governor and Mrs. Ralston arrived at their home in Indianapolis Wednesday evening after a six weeks’ tour in the west. Their trip extended through California, where they attended the exposition, through southern states to New Orleans and then to Havana, Cuba, and the Panama canal. “I never was so proud of my citizenship in Indiana as I am now,” said the governor after his arrival home. “I always have known that Indiana was a great state, but a Hoosier does not quite appreciate his state until he goes away from home and hears what other people think about us. Many times I heard admiration expressed for Thomas Hendricks, Governor Morton, Ben Harrison and many other great men who have rendered distinguished services for their state and country. James Whitcomb Riley is known everywhere.”