The Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt edited by J. Martin Miller

2i8 SWINGING AROUND THE CIRCLE
lula, Pasco, Yakima and Ellensburg, the President went to the
Coeur d' Alene mining camp in northern Idaho, from which
point he doubled back into Washington to return to Spokane,
where large crowds greeted him. Stops were next made at
Montana City, and at Wallace, Idaho, where, in spite of the
fact that rain was pouring heavily, fully ten thousand persons
thronged the streets. The President then continued on his
way, making a brief address at Harrison, Idaho, from the rear
platform of his car.
IN MONTANA AND IDAHO
On Wednesday night, in Butte, Mont., President Roose-
velt, in a speech to twenty thousand persons, threw down the
gage of battle to the trusts. The President was the guest of
the Labor and Trades Assembly of Silver Bow County. As the
President was leaving the platform a secret service man
shoved aside a militia man. The President censured him and
shook hands with the man, remarking that any one in the
uniform of a United States soldier was his friend. At Helena,
in the morning, the President met many old-time Western
friends. One of the first persons he inquired about was John
Willis, a hunter and trapper, with whom he had camped years
before.
The keynote to President Roosevelt's speech in Pocatello,
Idaho, delivered on Friday, May 28th, was justice to the
Indians. He said that the race was making progress in edu-
cation and in the efforts to own property. Short stops were
made during the day at Shoshone, Glen's Ferry, Mountain
Home, Kimana and Nampa, and at each place he was greeted
by cheering crowds. He reached Boise City in the afternoon
and left shortly afterwards for Salt Lake City.