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Show Movernor Adams Is Welcomed Home Pueblo Gives Him Most Enthusiastic Popular Demonstration Ever Given Giv-en Any One in City's History. PUEBLO, Colo.. March 19.-Former Gov. Alva Adams was welcomed homo this afternoon by ono of tho largest and most enthusiastic popular demonstrations ever accorded to a man In this city's history. his-tory. The streets around tho Union depot and extending for blocks In all directions were ono mass of humanity. The train bearing the Governor wns on schedule time, and at his llrst appoaranco on the -pOAUocm-o CtlK? carain Ijih tyehou tive n t up from the assembled throng. He wao escorted to a stand In front of tho Union station, where ho delivered a short address. ad-dress. He spoko as follows: Governor's Address. It U Impossible for mo to expross what In In my heart on thin day ae a result of tho grat ovation you have given mo. You havo nirulo this tiny for mo ono of tho proudest In my life, and ono that I will remember forever. I como homo to you defeated, but my hands are. clean. I want to ray that I did my duty a beat I could and I feel nt this hour that I would rather bo robbed than to rob. While hero I wnnt to pay a trlbuto to thopo who stood by mo during this cctest. Not m Democrats Dem-ocrats or rtppubllenntf. but ns citizens of this Stato In Justice, rlxht ln upholding th? laws, Constitution and the ballot of the people. I wish to nay that robbery bears no political politi-cal brand, but bourn tho brand of pirates And no honest citizen will uphold this kind of a robbery. I do not foci the wrong that has been done me. It Is not such a wrong to me an It Is to you and 1 hopo to sec the hour when retribution will como down on those mon of Colorado who are controlled by corporations and eervo these corporations as their maiitcrs This Is not a political- question, but a question ques-tion of preservation of tho laws of this State and of duty. I have no regrets. I would rather stand In the hearts of tho peoplo as I fun today than to stand under the cnultol dome of any Stoto of ih United States a chief executive. I lhu.nl; you fitam my heart for tho reception. Continuous Ovation. After his address the Governor, accompanied accom-panied by his wife, entered their carriage, car-riage, which had boon almost llllod with (lowers by their admirers, and the carriage, car-riage, drawn by about a hundred cnthusl-afitlc cnthusl-afitlc citizens, headed by a bnu-H band, proceeded to the Governor's home Tho route through the streets whs a continuous continu-ous ovation, and when ho reached homo there was a crowd of Intimate friends and neighbors to welcome him. To this gathering gath-ering he made a short speech of thanks for their welcomo. |