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Show 'to be good ild-fashlnned welcome to our foremoat private citizen ami only living e-Preldent. "1 am particularly anxious that tbe ( delegation from my tate f-hall be well taken care of and sincerely hop that the proper commutes In the several cities will communicate wp'u the Roosevelt reception committee. No. 14 Hroadway, Nw York, at once." WANTS UTAHNS AT RECEPTION WASHINGTON, May 22 Senator George Sutherland of Utah Is anxious that his state should bo well represented represent-ed nt Oe reception of Colonel Theodore Theo-dore Roosevelt In New York. Juno lbth. "Colonel Roosevelt enjoys the affection affec-tion and esteem of a greater proportion propor-tion of the American people than aay ex-I'resldent ever did." he said today. "And It Is therefore only right that the people should turn out and give him a heart) welcome anil congratulate con-gratulate him upon his safe return from the wilds of Africa and hh triumphant tour through Kurope. H-? exerts as bl a force for good as any man In the world todav and vet be bold no office. Every achlvcment of his abroad has added lustre to our country's name, and I for one wish io see due acknowledgement of the fact made In the form of the biggest gathering of patriots at New York n Juno ISth, ever seen in this or any other country. "We should come from every' quarter and extend him the right hand of good lellowshlp. This Is no policl-cal policl-cal affair. It must be absolutely nonpartisan, non-partisan, else it will fall of Its pur-pose. pur-pose. If It were gotten up by a lot of .Republican politicians for the pu;--pose of booming or currying avr with a former or prospective bos. I would advise my constituents to have nothing to do with It. Morever. Theodore Roosevelt would not countenance coun-tenance such a scheme. It I simply |