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ill k , - Splendid Ovations Everywhere Tendered Presidential Party On Southern Trip WELCOME WAS BOUNDLESS Everywhere the Nation's Chief Execu tive Was the .Recipient of Typical Southern Hospitality Happy in His Speeches Well Up on Local History Greeted With1 Enthusiasm by. Enormous Crowds. - . The splendid Southern tour of President Roosevelt began with his visit to Richmond on Wednesday. Thousands upon thousands of patri otic citizens poured out at tbe capital city of the Old Dominion to do hom age by their presence to the nation's first citizen. No printed acepuntrcan do justice to the enthusiastic recep tion accorded the distinguished guests of-the ,etiy :and the State. Address ing the tremendous throng present, Mr, Roosevelt, among many tactful, patriotic and thriling things, said : : I trust I need hardlv sav how ' great is my pleasure at speaking in "u'1" vapimi ui your HIS LOT 1C State; the State than which no other has contributed a larger proportion to the leadership ofj the nation; for ua me nonor roil oti those American worthies -whose greainess is not only for the age, but for all time, not only fox one nation for all the world, on this honor roll (Virginia's name stands above all others. And in greeting all of .you, j I know that no one will grudge my j saying a special word of acknowledgement to the vet- erans of the civil war. A man would, indeed, be but a poor American who could without a thrill witness the way in' which, in city after city, in the North as well as in the South, on every public occasion, the men ! who wore the blue and the men who tyore the gray now march and stand shoulder to shoulder giving tangibly proof that we are all now in fact as well as in name a reunited people, a people infinitely richer because cf the priceless memories left to all Amer icans by you men who fought in the great war. Last Memorial Day I spoke in Brooklyn at the unveiling of the statue of a Northern general, under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic, and that great audience cheered every allusion to the valor and self-devotion of the. menJ who followed Lee as heartily as they cheered every alusion to the valor and self-devotion of the men who followed Qrant. "The wounds left by the great civil war have long healed, but its memories remain. Think of it, oh, my countrymen, think of the good fortune that is ours! That whereas every other war of modern times has left feelings of rancor and bitterness to keep asunder the combatants, our great war has left to the sons and daughters of the men who fought on whichever ide they fought, the same right to feel the keenest pride in the great deeds alike of the men who . fought cm one side and of the men who fought on the other. The proud self-sacrifice, the resolute and daring courage, the hiigh and steadfast de votion to the right as each man saw it, whether Northerner or Southern er, these -qualities render all Amer icans forever the debtors of those who in the dark days from '61 to '65 proved their truth by their endeavor. Here around Richmond, here in your own State, there lies' battlefield after battlefield, rendered memorable by the men who. counted death as but a little thing when weighed in the balance against doing their duty as it was given them t .-see it. These men have left us of the younger genera tion not merely the memory of what they did in war, but of what they did in peace. ' "Great though the meed of praise is which- is due the South for the soldierly valor her sons displayed during the four years of war, I think that even greater praise is due 'to her for what her people 4iave ac complished . in the forty years of peace which followed. For forty years the South has made not merely a courageous, but at times, a desper ate struggle, as she has striven for moral and material well-beinsr. Her News in Brief. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Com pany has acquired all the property of Coxe Bros., the most exquisite in dividual operators in in the Pennsyl vania anthracite field. Cashier S. Lee; Clark, of the En terprise National Bank of Allegheny Cit, Pa., committed suicide, and an investigation started by the bank ex aminer wan followed by placing the institution in charge or a receiver, j SPEED; success has been extraordinary, and all citizens of our common countrv should feel joy and pride in it; for any great deed done, or anv fine qualities shown, by one group of Americans, of necessity reflects cred it upon1 all Americans." While discussing at some length the duties of citizenship, the Presi dent said: "This government was formed with as its basic idea the principle of treating each man on his worth as a man, of paying no heed to wheth er he was rich or poor, or heed to his creed or social standing, but only to the way in which he performed his duty to himself, to his neighbor, to the State. From this principle we cannot afford to vary by so much as a hand's breadth. Many repub lics have risen in the past, and some of them flourished long, but sooner or later they fell, and the cause most potent in bringing about their fall PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT. was in almost all cases the fact that they grew to be governments in the interest of a class ic stead of gov ernments in the interest of all." ; At the banquet in the evening, speaking impromptu, Mr. Roosevelt said: "Gentlemen, I cannot sufficiently express to you my deep appreciation of the way in which you hav greeted me to-day. You cannot be nearly so glad to see me as I am to see you. Let me say once more what I said in my formal address. Think of the good fortune- that is ours, as a peo ple, in having, each of us, whether we in our own persons or through our ancestors wore the blue or the gray, the proud right to challenge as our own all of the valor, all of the self-devotion, all of the steadfast adherence to right, as God gave to each man to see the right, shown alike by the men who wore the blue and the men who wore the gray in the great contest that was waged from '61 to '65," At one point in the line of march the President shook hands with Giles B. Jackson, president of the Develop ment and Jamestown Exposition Company, and addressed a gathering of negroes as follows: Remarks to Negroes. "I want to congratulate you upon the showing your school children have made, and further I wish as an American to congratulate the repre sentatives of the colored race, who Tiavo pTiown km oh process in the in- I Earthquakes in West Indies. Santiago, Cuba, By Cable. Anoth er earthquake shock was felt here Sunday afternoon. It was stronger than that of Friday, or the shock of Saturday, Kingston, Jamaica, By Cable. An other earthquake shock was felt at 6.35 Sunday evening, lasting for nearly a minute. It was oppressively hot before the shock took place. trial interests of thiscitV. AH ey have done in that way, - Mr. ackson, means a genuine progress for the race. I am glad, a& an Ameircan, for what you are doing. The standing of the bank which in this city is managed by colored men, should give genuine pride to all the colored men of this country. Its record is an enviable one. '.You col ored men who show in business life both ability and a high order of in tegrity are real benefactors, not only of your race, but of the whole coun try " 1,1 Jr. During Mr. Roosevelt 's progress through the city he showed special in terest in the school children lined up to greet him, the whites on one side of Broad street, the blacks on the other. He was much amused at an other point by the appearance of a huge stuffed bear, over which was the sign: "Mr. Roosevelt, have a shot; the only one in Richmond. ' ' He laughed heartily at this. As the pres idential party passed the Centenary Method church,, the chimes in the tower of the church rang out "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," and at an other, point a hundred and fifty girls from the Womans', College, attired in pure white, sang the same anthem. Everywhere the party's progress was through streets packed with well dressed people, who cheered the Pres ident enthusiasticaly, and showed in every way their delight at seeing the chief magistrate of the country. As Mr. Roosevelt left he said to" a .re porter: "I want the people of Richmond to know what a pleasure it has been for me to have been with them, and to have had an opportunity of meeting them personally. If they like me half as I like them, we will call it square, and I'll be satisfied." Roosevelt in Raleigh. Raleigh, N. C, Special. It was Roosevelt Day in Raleigh and what is said to be the greatest number of people ever brought together in North Carolina did the President honor with true Tar Heel heartiness. This city had to face a situation brought about by the sudden death of Gover nor Glenn's brother, but did it clever ly and well. The features of the day were the wonderful weather, the intense interest, good order and pa triotism of the crowds, the President 's personality, his attentions to Confed erate soldiers, and the boldness of his speech, in which he declared for complete govermental control of railways. His character and his talk were such as to appeal to North Car olinians as much as to any people on earth, for they dearly love a man who does things and they were swift and sure to recognize in the President one of their own kind of men. After a generous reception the President was introduced to the tre mendous crowd, an he said in part: "I glad here at the capital of North Carolina to have a chance , to greet so many of the sons and .daugh ters of your great State. North Caro lina's part in our history has ever been hiarh and honorable. It was in By Wire and Cable. Capt. Elmon F. Taggart got a de cree of divorce from his wife and the custody of the children, the wife's cross bil being dismissed. The assistant chief of police of Kischeneff, Bessarabia, was assassi nated. The profits of the alleged conspira tors in the cotton report leak are said to have been $200,000. North Carolina that the Meeklenburg Declaration of Independence fore shadowed the course taken in a few short ' months by the representatives of the thirteen colonies assembled in Philadelphia. North Carolina can rightfully say that she pointed us the way which led to the formation of the new nation. In the Revolution she did many memorable deeds; and the battle of King's Mountain marked the turning point of the Revolutionary war the South. But I congratulate you not only upon your past, but upon the great industry and activity shown the great industrial activity shown in your Commonwealth, an industlial activity which, to mention but one thing, has placed the State second only to one other in the number of textile factories. Yon are showing in practical fashion your realization of the truth, that there must be a foundation of material well-being . in order that any community may make real and rapid progress. And I am happy to say that you are in addition showing in practical fashion you. un derstanding of the great truth that this material well-being, though nec essary as a foundation, can only be the foundation, and that upon it must bo rajsed the superstructure" of a higher life, if the Commonwealth is to stand as it should stand. More and more you are giving care and atten tion to education; and education means the promotion not only of in dustry, but of that good citizenship which rests upon individual rights and upon the recognition by each in dividual that he has duties as well as rights in other words, of that good citizenship which rests upon moral integrity and intellectual free dom. The man must be decent in his home life, his private life, of course; but this is not by itself enough. The man who fails to be honest and brave both in his political franchise and in his private business contributes to po litical and social anarchy. Self-gov- ! ernment is not an easy thing. Only those communities are fit for it m which the average individual prac tices the virtue of self-command, of self-restraint, of wise disintersted ness combined with wise self-interest ; where the individual possesses com mon sense, honesty and courage. Here Mr. Roosevelt dwelt at length on the great problems of the day. He spoke of the Appalachian Park, and discussed railway rate legislation in a conservative, but vigorous way. In a way, infact, to show that he means to push some definite measure. In closing he said : "It must be understood as a matter of course, that if this power in grant ed it is to be exercised with wisdom and caution and self-restraint. The Inter-State Commerce Commission or other government official who failed to protect a railroad that was in the right against any olamor, no matter how violent, on the part of the public, would be guilty of as gross a wrong as if he corruptly rendered an im proper service to the railroad at the expense of the public. When I say a square deal I mean a square deal; ex actly as much a square deal for the rich man as for the poor man: but no more. Let each stand on his merits, receive what is due hira and be judged according to his desserts. To more he is not entitled, and less he shall not have." Great Crowds Everywhere. Leaving Raleigh, the Presidential party made short stops at Durham, Greensboro, High Point. Salisbury, Concord and other places, where the people were out in grsat numbers to greet them. At Charlotte the party was taken to Vance Park, where twenty thousand people had assem bled to see and hear Mr. Roosevelt. On being introduced he said in part: Spoke at Charlotte. '''Mr. Mayor, Mr. President, and you, my fellow-citizens, men and wo men of. North Carolina: 1 1 have enjoyed more thanl can say passing through the great State to day. I entered your borders a pretty good American, and I leave them a better American, and I have rejoiced in the symptoms of your abounding material prosperity, l am here in a great center of cotton manufacture. Within a radius of a hundred miles of this city, perhaps half of the cotton manufacturing" in the United States is done. I realize to the full, as does every good citizen, that there must be a foundation of material prosperity upon which to build the welfare of State or nation; but I realize also, as does every good citizen, that material prosperity material well-being can never be anything but the foundation. It is the indispensable foundation, but if we do not raise upon it the super structure of a higher citizenship, then we fail in bringing this to the level to which it shall and will be brought. (Applause). And so, though 1 con gratulate you upon what you have done in the way of material growth. I congratulate you even more upon the News Notes. The murder of Gaetno Costa, a Brooklyn butcher, who was shot dead, is ascribed by the police to the Neapolitan Camorra, his four broth ers having died by violence. Painters of Suffolk struck last week demanding an increase from $1.75 to $2, for a nine-hour day. Owing to the press of work the contractors ac ceded to their demands. great historic memories of your State. It is not so very far from here that the Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde pendence was made (applause) the declaration that pointed out the path on which the thirteen United Colonies trod a few months later. "As I got off the train here, I was greeted by one citizen of North Caro line (and I know' that neither the Governor, the Mayor, nor the Senators will blame me for what I am going to say) whose greeting pleased and touched me more than the greeting of any man could have touched me. I was greeted by the widow of Stone wall Jackson (appleause).- And we of this united eountry have a right to challenge as a part of the heritage of honor and glory of each American the reunion of the people Americans who fought in the Civil War wheth er thejr wore the blue or whether they wore the gray. (Applause). The valor shown alike by the men of the North and the men of the South as they battled for the right, as God gave them to see the right, is now part of what we, all of us, keep with pride. It was my good fortune to ap point to West Point the grandson of Stonewall Jackson. (Applause). "Here, as I came up your streets, I saw a monument raised to a fellow soldier of mine who fell in the Span ish war at Santiago to Shipp, of North Carolina. (Applause). The morning of the fight, he and I- took breakfast together. It wasn't much of a breakfast, but it was the only breakfast that was going, and we were glad to get it. The night before, I had no supper, and he and his comrades gave me out of the very small amount that they had a sand wich. In the morning they had no material for breakfast but by that time my things had come up and I shared my breakfast fith them. That was at dawn. Before noon, one of them was killed, and the other (as we then though) fatally wounded. " And now fhere are here men who fought! in the great war. We who went in in '98 had the opportunity to fight only in a small war, and all that we claim is that we hope we showed a spirit not entirely unworthy of men who faced the mighty and terrible days from '61 to '65." (Applause). Every Man Has a Duty to Perform.! And nowj geatlmen, tnougii we glory in the memories of the past, we f A i . i . -a must remember ever to keep these memories, not as excuses for failing to do well in the past, but as incen tives to spur us on to action. In life, every victory won inevitably brings us face to face with a new struggle. The men of one generation have to do their allotted task. If they fail to do it, they accumulate misfortune un to those who come after them. If they do it, it yet remains true that the men who come after them must do their tasks in return. It is just as it is with you, my escort, the men of the National Guard, ihe artillermen, the infantrymen. If there comes a war, I know I can count on you and those like you, because .the memory of what your fathers did .will make you ashamed not to rise level to the demands of the new time, as they rose level to the demands of their time. (Applause). Here the President turned aside and asked how much more time he had if it was not two minutes. Some one told him to speak as long as he wanted to, when he made the char acteristic utterance (sotto voice) that he "would like to go on all night.") Crop of Children the Best Crop. "And now, in saying good-bye, I- want to say to you men and women that I have been immensely- impress ed with North Carolina with her ag riculture, with her industries, but that the crop that I like best is the crop of children. (Applause) and I congratulate North Carolina on the children seem to be all right in quality and quantity." (More appiause) At the conclusion of the President's speech he was driven rapidly, in an automobile to the station At 7.45 the train departed for Greenville with the President's party The Charlotte people gave President Roosevelt a royal reception, and he was delighted The hospitality shown him here was unique. It looked as if the entire town had turned out to exeet an3 cheer the distinguished guest. This concluded the Presidents tour of North Carolina. His reception everywhere was most cordial, and if results thus far are any indication of what are to follow, his Southern trip must have a most happy effect in every way. Reception to Mrs. Roosevelt. At Charlotte Mrs. Roosevelt was met by a committee of representative ladies of the city, headed by Mrs. Stonewall Jackson. She was escorted to the home of Mrs. Jackson where she received a number of distinguish- ed ladies while the president spoke Three Escaped Prisoners. Knoxville, Tenn., Special. Heis- Ken uixon, John Woodruff and Geo. Greenlee, were arrested here on the charge of breaking jail at Asheville Sunday night. One of them .stated that they had been four months saw ing their way out of the jail and that the saws were slipped into the prison by the wife of, a fellow pris oner who was incarcerated on the charge of murder. WELCOMED IN GEORGIA Georgia Gives a Great Welcome to the Man Whom Editor Graves Declares in Speech at" Luncheon to Be Her Most Illustrious Grandson and 100, 000 People Are Said to Have Seen . and Heard Him. Atlanta, Ga., Special. The Presi dent's visit to Atlanta Friday was a marked event in th history of the State of Georgia. He was greeted on his arrival by distinguished citizens, and on every hand were shouted words of welcome that left no room for doubt of their sincerity. The city was in gala attire and business was practically suspended that all might greet the distinguished guest. South Carolina, in the person of Gov ernor Hyward, added .its welcome to the South in no uncertain tone On being introduced to the vast throng present, Mr. Roosevelt made a brilliant and timely speech, among many other things laying : "Here is this great industrial cen ter in this city which is a typical Southern city, it is natural to con sider certain phases of the many-sided industrial problem which this generation have to solve. In this world of ours it is practically impos sible to get success of any kind on a large scale without paying some thing for it. The exceptions to the rule are too few to warrant our pay ing heed to them ; and as a rule it may be said that something must be paid as an offset for everything we get and for everything we accomplish. This is notably true of our industrial life. The problems which we of Am erica have to face today are very serious, but we will do well to remem ber that after all they are only part of the price which we have to pay for the triumphs we have won, for the high position to which we have attain ed. If we were a backward and sta tionary country we would not have to face these problems at all; but I think that most of us are agreed that to be backward and stationary would be altogether too heavy a price to pay for the avoidanee of the problems . in question. There are no labor troubles where there is no work to be done by labor. There are no troubles about corporations where the poverty of the community is such that it is not worth while to form corporations. There is no difficulty in regulating railroads where the resources of a region are so few that it does not pay to build railroads. There are many excellent people who shake their heads over the difficulties that as a' nation we now have to fee; but their melancholy is not warranted save in a "Very partial degree, for most of the things of which they complain are the inevitable accompaniments of the growth and greatness of which we are proud. 1 ' Now I do not wish to be misunder stood. I do not for one moment mean to say that there are not many and serious evils with which we have to grapple, or that there are not un healthy signs in the bodv social and politic; but I do mean to say that while we must not sIioav a foolish optimsm we must not less beware- of a mere blind pessimism. There is every reason why we should be vigi lant in searching out what is wronar and unflinchingly resolute in striving to remedy it. But at the same time we must not blind ourselves to what has been accomplished for good, and above all we must not lose our heads and become, either hvsterical or ranco- rous in grappling with what is bad. lie also discussed the regulation of commerce, the Chinese boycott and other subjects of vital interest to the South. At a banquet, speak nsr inprcmptu. he praised Joel Chandler" Harris ("Uncle Remus") as one of the fore most writers of the age. He also said : The surest way of blunting the public conscience in dealing with cor ruption is to confuse the public mind as to who is corrupt and who is not. xnere are plenty or men from whom we differ radically, plenty of men of whom we radically disapprove, as to whom it is right and necessarv that we should express that disapproba tion ; but' beware of expressing it in terms that ly moral x ?jat ion. Governor Heyward Adds Welcome. Following the President's address, Colonel Graves introduced Governor Heyward of South Carolina, as the guest second in honor only to the na tion's Chief Executive. Governor Heyward added his welcome to the South' to that alreadv extended bv Gsorgia. He declared that nowhere hear welcome than in the South and he joined most heartily with Georgia in honoring the President. In dosing Governor Heyward pro posed the health of Mrs. Roosevelt, already on her way to Washington, and the pretty compliment was re sponded to by ihe entire company standing. At His Mother's Old Home. Roswell, Ga., Special. President Roosevelt carried out his long cher ished plan of visiting the home of his mother Roswell, Ga. One of his reasons for coming South was that he might see the old homestead where his mother spent her girldhood, and which she left a happy bride. That the visit was fraught with many ten der recollections was evident, and as his carriage drove away from the old Bulloch mansion, whev his mother lived and married, the President's munnur to Mrs. Rocsevelt: "I can hardly bear to live here." In speaking to the people he said: "Yon ean have no idea of how
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