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Show PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION A Hearty one and Participated in by Thousands of People. - CROWD SECOND TO NONE IN SIZE Said a Member Presidential Party. Par-ty. A few Notes. The President's visit to Utah was a most pleasant 'one, and tho people of the state did the handsome thing by him last Friday. Salt Lake City, the pi ldc of the State and the metropolis of the Inter-mountain Inter-mountain country, was a blare of glory and good cheer and many thousands greeted the chief executive there. Tho paiade was a most Imposing spcctclc, and second to but a limited few on the president's tour. The Presidential party arrived In the city at 8:30 a. m. and at D:lfi the president addressed the school children child-ren of the city from a reviewing stand outside of the city and county building. build-ing. At 10 o'clock, ho addressed an enormous assemblage In the tabernacle, taber-nacle, then dined with Senator Kearns, and left for Ogdcn at 1 p. m. At Ogdcn an cxtradinaiy reception had been piepared for him. The city was gaily decorated and a very laigc crowd of enthusiastic admirers was on hand, Major Glossman talked,, Senator Sena-tor Smoot said a few words and then the president delivered an address that called forth great enthusiasm. At 5 the paity left for the east." The weather and arrangements jk weie peifect, and every thing con- ducic to the glorious good time that was enjoyed by ovorybody. Tho president expressed himself as highly pleased with Utah, its people, and his hearty leceptlon. Many people who havo neer seen Roosevelt and have been Inclined to feel that the cartoonists aro pretty hard on him, now feel that ho Is being be-ing dealt with pretty faiily. It was stated by some of Roosevelt's party that the gathering at Salt Lake was the largest, with ono exception, that had turned out to see the President Presi-dent upon this present? tour. Senators Kearns and Smoot, Representative Repre-sentative Flowell, Governor Wells, the head otllclals of the Utah National Guard, and other prominent gentlemen gentle-men were entertained at the Weber club, Ogdcn, after the departure of Prcsldeut Roosevelt. Those who have not seen President Roosevelt need only to look at P. W. Maughan of this citj , secretary of the A. C. of U. to see his likenessthat like-nessthat fs, so far as stature and avordupois Is concerned. With all due respect to Teddy, Mr.Maughan , Is a much better looking man. fh Why should Senator Kearns have entertained PrcsldentRoosevelt rather than Governor Wells? The governor is considered the leading man of the state, not the senator, and It seems to us a slight bieach of "court" etiquette. eti-quette. The Governor Is tho direct representative of tho people and It will hardly bo claimed that Senator Kcains is more than an Indirect representative. rep-resentative. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, while speaking In Ogden, expressed a regiet that theic are not more graduates gradu-ates In agriculture In tills state. lie insists that theio are already too many doctors and law vers, and suggests that the joung men of this country leainmorc about when, and how to npj5y the water that will eventually 40 furnished from rescrvohs the gov-A gov-A eminent Is expecting to build. Secretiny of Wai Moody Is from Massachusetts and Is an oiator. In ( Ogden ho staled In no fihccrtaln way, j that If Congicss will make an appro- H prlatlon next session to build live H more battleships one of them would Bs. bo named "Utnh." This la mora than fiOT can ho promised cvciy state, there- 9t fore woiuo wananted In feeling that B Secrctaiy Moody's heart Is In the H l Ight place so far as Utah Is concerned. President Roosevelt was not the only on-ly great attraction In SaltLakc.IIehad to divide honors with E. II. Sothcrn in "If I Were a King." Quito a number num-ber went down to sec the play and Incidentally In-cidentally to seo the President. Those who saw the big parade In S.ilt Lake city and viewed the live hundred "rough riders" who formed a part of It, state without hesitancy, that the fifty rough riders from this county were the best mounted In that parade. The horses vvcro line, large, magnificent looking animals and created cre-ated favorable comment all along the line of march. The city papers, in commenting on the arrival of the different delegations mentioned the extraordinary appearance of tho Cache Valley horses, as compared with tho mounts from the other parts of tho state. An Incident that certainly was very annoying to Senator Smoot happened at Ogden, Just as the Senator arose to speak. Standlngclosc to the platform were two llag-bcaicrs,wholn the faithful faith-ful performance of a glorious duty and privilege held high their banncis, and In such a way as to obstruct the view of many behind them. Just as the Senator launched out, a lusty-lunged lusty-lunged individual away back in the crowd jelled, "Down with the Hags! Down with the flags!" The speaker was plainly disconcerted to a marked degiec, and did not entirely regain his composure during the time he was talking to the pcoplc.Thc Intent of the disturber was not such as the Senator and others evidently put upon it, yet in view of the many accusations made against the Senator and his faith It could have been so construed. The rough llders of this county returned re-turned from Salt Lake Sunday morning. morn-ing. They report having had a good time, but much disappointed in not having scats reserved for them In the Tabernacle to hear tho Piesldent. This was evidently an oversight on the part of some of the committees. If any of the vast crowd deseivcd the best seats In the audlencc,lt was the boys who rustled outfits and traveled one or two hundred miles to help make the parade what It should be. Many complaints on the seating question ques-tion were also heard at Ogden. Theic vvcicfiom eight to ten thousand people peo-ple gathered there to hear the Piesldent Piesl-dent and only enough seats to accommodate about 800 or lOOO.Hough scats foimcd of planks that could have been borrowed for the occasion would have been highly appreciated by those who weie In tho parade as well as the thousands who had been walking all the forepart of the day. The Ogdenltes are to bo congratulated on the appearance of their city lost Friday. The stieets were literally covered with bunting and other decorations; deco-rations; every detail appeared to be perfectly arranged. No adverse comments com-ments could have been made except In regard to the failure on the seating seat-ing question. Everything being perfect per-fect with that exception, that should be overlooked. |