Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1905 — PRESIDENT’S TRIP WEST. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PRESIDENT’S TRIP WEST.

Where Roosevelt Ha* Been and Whet He Has Baid and Been. President Roosevelt left Washington on his hunting trip April 3, after announcing the appointment of the members of the Panama canal board. In the party with the President were Gen. 8. B. M. Young, U. 8. A., under whom he served in the, Spanish war; Dr. Alexander Lambert, a New York physician and personal friend of the President, and Secretary Loeb. From the minute the train left Washington the President gave himself over to the enjoyment of his vacation. At every important town along the way as the presidential train sped west, the special slowed down and opportunity was given for the people to see .the chief executive. At Louisville, Ky., he was given a hearty Southern welcome. Mayor Barth and a committee of prominent citizeps met the presidential party at the depot and escorted them to the court house. Along the streets he was cheered by thousands. A party of 100 cx-Coufederate soldiers sent up three cheers for “Tcdily,” and tlie President showed his teeth in acknowledgment. At the court house the President was met by Gov. Beckham .and other prominent officials and a great audience who wanted to hear him speak. Tlie President talked for several minutes and spoke of Clay and Jackson arid others dear to the South. When he had finished German societies joined in singing “My Old Kentucky Home,” and the party left Louisville with the strains of the song.ringing in their ears. At St. Louis the President was met by National Committeeman Col. Cecil Lyon anflfjloaa Simpson, a wealthy ranchman, who prepared to pilot him through Texas. The trip through Kansas and Indian Territory was made hurriedly, although the President made speeches at Parsons, Kan.; Vinita, I. T.; Muskogee, Durant, South McAllister and other places. At South McAllister the President noticed several children being pressed back in the audience by the adults. “Let the little children come to the front.” said the President, and the children flocked around him in a way to almost swamp him. At Dallas the President made his first long speech. A banquet was given by the Mayor and the prominent citizens of the eity. Here the President said, among other things: “O, my fejlow-criunttymen, think what a blessed thing it is now that every man in this land can feel the same pride in the valor and devotion of those who fought for one side and those who fought for the other. I can in a sense claim to be by blood, at least, a typical President, for I am half Southerner and half Northerner; I was born in the East and have got a great deal of the West in my experience.” . At Austin, Texas, the President met the Governor and other officials and addressed the State Legislature. He spoke on the regulation of railroads and said he favored a “square deal” for all. At San Antonio on April 7-8 was held the reunion of the Rough Riders, one of the events which took the President southwest. The President was the central feature of the reunion and spoke to and met his old comrades. In the shadow of the old Alamo he told the thousands of Texans to “be kind to the rich.” “Don’t be hard on the wealthy,” said the President, “but give them a fair show. “If the rich man does not do his duty, cinch him, and I will help you just a* far as I can. But don’t cinch him because he is a rich man. If you do you

are a mighty mean creature yourself; you are not a good American yourself. Give him a perfectly fair show. “If he is a poor man and does his duty, help him, stand him up. If he whines about it and says that he ought to be carried, you may just as well make up your mind to drop him then and there. Every man of us stumbles at times. Every man of us at times needs a helping hand stretched out to him, and shame to (iny man who will not stretch out that helping hand to his brother if that brother needs it.” On the morning of April 10 the President went' into camp at Camp Roose velt, eighteen miles southwest of Frederick. Okla. John Abernathy, a celebrated wolf-killer, with a pack of sixty dogs and a procession of 100 horses, made up the party which took the President to his camp. On the second day io camp the President caught his first live wolf. In two days the presidential party killed twelve wolves. The President stayed at the Oklahoma camp until April 13. when a start was made for Colorado, where bear an! mountain lions were coveted by the President. The camp was pitched n.-ii Glenwood Springs, Colo. On the 15th the President landed his first bear, a 600-pound cinnamon. ll* could not use his rifle and had to shoot the animal with his revolver. From that time on the President’s time in camp was taken up with long rides—sometimes he stayed ten and twelve hours in the saddle—by walks and fierce fights with bears and mountain lions. Often the President fought the animals on the ground, in almost hand-to-hand fights. In one of these fights. Spot, one of his favorite dogs, was killed. On May <1 the presidential camp was broken and the party went to Denver. From Denver the special train conveyed the President and his friends to Chicago, thence on to Washington. The Hotel Anderson of Pittsburg, Pa., has passed into the control of Chicago people, the deal being made through John J. Mu user. The holdings of the Hecla Coke Company in the Connellsville district will bo sold to the 11. C. Frick Coke Company. The price is put at >0,000,000.

PRESIDENTS HUNTING CABIN.