Show SPQKE 10 COMAD Ropsevelt Talks to Members of His Old Regiment ROUGH RIDERS REUNION Twentyfive Thousand People Listen to the Republican Candidate for VIc Prcsjclent Talk Americanism Ho Presents Tacts Not Politics Shows What Expansion Has Done Pays High Tribute to Soldiers Appeals to People to See that Flag Remains Wherever Unfurled Oklahoma City Okla July 8A typical typ-ical frontier demonstration and a rousing rous-ing welcome from roUgh riders cowpunchers cow-punchers and citizens of all classes white black and red was accorded today to-day to Gov Roosevelt of New York The second annual reunion of Roose veILs famous regiment brought 10POO strangers Into this little Western city Of the 1100 who originally composed tine rough rider regiment about two hundred were here to greet the Colonel The second day of the reunion can be described as a great success with but one distressing feature That was an accident to Clifton George secretary of the local committee on reception who was thrown from his horse and Is thought to have sustained fatal Injuries In-juries TEDDY THE CENTRAL FIGURE The central figure was the Now York Governor and the guests of the city vied with each other In extending to him a true Western ovation The Governor Gov-ernor himself rode a black charger In the procession which passed through the principal streets He was cheered all along the line the cry Hurrah for Teddy being the prevailing sentiment The procession was formed of members memb-ers of the Grand Army of the Republic and the United Confederate veterans cavalry from Fort Reno a band of red men In their native garb members of the Twentieth Kansas First Ten iiesscc and First Colorado volunteer regiment and civic organizations of Oklahoma City and Guthrle DRAMATIC SCENE The exercises of the day were held at tho fair grounds Coy Barnes of Oklahoma and Mayor Van Winkle of this city made welcoming addresses lfrid Mrs N A Jennings of New York sang the Star Spangled Banner Col Roosevelt rose to his feet when the first strains of the soulstirring anthem were heard and soon the entire en-tire assemblage of COOO people were reverently standing The scene became dramatic when a rough rider unfurled the Stars and Stripes and waved the banner over the Governors head REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION i The Introduction of Gov Roosevelt was the signal for an extraordinary demonstration and at times he could scarcely proceed with his address on account of the applause In the cotlrse of his speech the Governor said I have never bcen In your Territory until last night but I feel at home here You are bone of my bone blood of my blood and to some of your sons I am bound by the closest ties that can bind ono man to his brothers I hope to come down here often and the next time I come I hope to sec you a State You have got free homes and now you need Statehood I know I dont have to say to you least of all to those who know me closely like my comrades lucre that I am with you heart and soul to aid in whatever you desire THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY And I want today first of all to thank the Territory and city whose guests wo are for the magnificent hospitality extended to us and then to say how glad I am that we had with us men of the First Colorado who followed Gen Irving Hale men of the Twentieth Kansas who followed Funston and Metcalf and men of the First Tennessee men of the different Volunteer regiments and men also of those splendid legulars who in time of war and time of peace are ever ready to do the bidding of our common country And I am glad to see here today representatives of the Ninth and Tenth cavalry beside whom we marched to victory on that bloodstained blood-stained morning two years ago last Sunday FACTS NOT POLITICS I Men of Oklahoma It is eleven years since yau entered Oklahoma Why ate you here Because you expanded Into Oklahoma This is not politics This Is a statement of fact Wherever the nag Is and ns long as there is an armed foe against it the flag stays there Among the men of my regiment who are hero today are men partly or in whole of the blood of the Pawnee the Cheiokee Chiekasaw and the Creek the ancient red owners of the soil One of fhe men of that blood I promoted for gallantry in action from a Second Lieutenant Lieu-tenant finally to a CaptaIn He was shot and before his wound was healed ho Joined us at the front And noV that mUn has a commission in the army of the United States over In the Philippines Philip-pines Now why was ho with me Because Be-cause you had expanded over hini because be-cause you had treated him with justice jus-tice because you had made one law the same for all men Injustice and I wrongdoing ruin the nation that does it and another thing docs It even quicker quick-er cringing and flinching from the work ot the world when the woilds work has cot to be done TRIBUTE TO GEN WOOD Wo rough riders are proud of our Colonel the present Gen Leonard Wood Proud of him not only because wo remember how ho formed us not only becautfo we remember how he led us In the fight at Guaslmas when most of us had not any Idea exactly how It felt to be in a fight but we found out but we are proud of him because he has been sin able and upnlglnt civic administrator ad-ministrator In Cuba because we feel that our regiment has taken the lead In furnishing tine sort of men who must bo sent to the tioplc Islands that have become ours If weare going to aa we must make our rule a blessing Indeed to those islands APPEALS TO WEST And I appeal to the people of the great West I appeal to the men who fought In the Civil war and to their sons who came forward so gallantly to offer all that they had when the Nation Na-tion again called 1 i appeal to them to see to 11 that the Nation does not shrink i I from its work that the flag which has so far been borne to honor shall bet be-t upheld forevermore as the flag of this tho greatest and mightiest nation of mankind a nation that shrinks from no duty when duty calls S EVERY ONE A MAN I have a right to appeal to you for I fought with a regiment from the West containing many men from the East men whose fathers once wore the blue others whose fathers wore the gray a regiment In which we knew neither Easterner nor Westerner nor Northerner Northern-er nor Southerner no distinction of creed or race or origin or occupation but in which we treated each man on his worth as a man We could get good work out of that regiment because every man In Jt knew If he did his duty we would stand by him and If he did not do his duty all the politicians in the land could not save him MUST PRACTICE HONESTY No nation no matter how glorious its record can exist unless It practices practices mind you not merely preaches eivlo honesty civic decency civIc righteousness No nation can permanently per-manently prosper unless the decalogue iind the golden rule are Its guides In public ns in private life Dont get into that most foolish of attitudes of ndmlrlncr mere smartness unaccompanied unaccom-panied by moral purposes PROMISES MUST BE KEPT If we are going to make this Republic Repub-lic what it ought to be the lesson of Insisting that a public mans deeds must square with his words that his 5 performances must make good his promises or he has no right to appeal to you for confidences or for mipporr and when we have learned that lesson when so make It understood that no ability no capacity nothing shall atone for the lack of elementary decency in public life then we will put this Nation where it should be the greatest among the nations on which throughout the ages the sun has ever shone PRESENTED WITH A SWORD At the conclusion of Col Roosevelts speech he was presented with a magnificent mag-nificent sword anti scabbard the gift of the citizens of Oklahoma City During Dur-ing the afternoon the Governor was entertained en-tertained at the fair grounds bv ex hibits of different sports In true AVest ern style Including mule races Indian dancing and steer roping and tying He was tine guest of honor at an Informal dinner In the evening and nn elaborate display of fireworks ended the days festivities The Governor left on his special train tonight Gov Roosevelt Is expecledto deliver somespeeches tomorrow to-morrow on the trip through Kansas and Missouri PATHETIC INCIDENT A pathetic incident of the reunion to day was the presence of Mrs Captr Capron widow of CapL Allen Capron of troop L of Iough riders Mrs Capt Capron was seated on the platform during the delivery of Gov Roosevelts address and the greeting between her and the Governor was affecting She carried In her hand the guidon of the regiment draped in plain black and when the boys of the rough riders bore to the platform the colors of the regiment regi-ment she wept bitterly Mrs Capron came to Oklahoma especially to attend the reunion of the regiment in whose affaIrs her husband bore so valorous apart a-part |