The times., 1901-04-30

Daniel. and spoke from the rear plat
form of his car He said:
Il am very glad not only to meet the
people Of the city of Lynchburg, but to
be presented by your distinguished Sen
ator. 1t is a matter Of no public in
terest. but only one of pure personal
recollection that the first time l ever
tried 10 come to Lynchburg I did not
succeed. l came here with a number
Of other gentlemen VINO sought en-
trance. hut the gates were closed. We
could not open them. and you would
not And SO we departed to seek an
other host. if not more hospitable, less
formidable than the one that greeted
us here.
at is a happy tiuce for me to come
TO Lvnchburg now-the war over, no
exchange Of greetings with shot and
shell as then, but with the friendly vel
come of ell the people. which typifes
the regard and good will that subsist
between all sections Of our common
country"
A number Of short stops were made
during the day, at which no speeches
We're delivered. At these the President
shook hands with q few of the people
from the platform of his car There
was large crowd at Culpeper, the
home Of Alfred J. Stofer. At Roanoke,
one of the prosperous towns OF southern
Virginia, the President made this
speech;
My Fellow Citizens: ! am informed,
and I do not wonder at il, that your
committee which was to extend me a
welcome to Roanoke has been lost in
this great crowd. But there can be no
warmer or more sympathetic welcome
than greets me from the hearts OF your
people [ congratulate you and I con
graduate myself upon the glorious
country in which we live and that once
more and forever we are devoted to
the same cause and to the same hag.
I congratulate the citizens Of this
city On the city's marvellous growth
and progress. Twenty years ago you
had less, l am told. than a thousand
people in this community. You have
more than 10000 now. and I think if a
census were taken today you would
have much greater number than that
/ congratulate you. therefore, on your
progress as well as your prosperity. we
never had so much to do in all our his
tory as we have now We never had
SO much business at home. nor so much
abroad. We never made so much, and
never sold SO much as we sell this year
I'VE are expanding cur markets; our
productive capacity has kecome SO great
that we are not only able to supply
the home market, but we require a
foreign market fer our surplus, and SO
we are seeking the open door in the
Orient for the products Of American
agriculture and American labor.
What We want TO do now is to be
prudent in our prosperity; save while
we can, and be strong if a storm should
come-ard they do. now and then
Whenever it comes, let US be fortified
by the practice Of economy while we
are all 50 well employed. We are not
only expanding our markets, but we
are expanding our territory. The policy
Of the United States has always been
to keep what it originally started with
and hold all it honorably gets. We re
fused 10 divide our original possessions,
and we Will be the last to desert our
new possessions
The President and his party viii ar
rive at Memphis tomorrow afternoon
at 4:S0, and viii remain there over
night This is one Of the objective
points Of the tour. and an elaborate
programme has been arranged by the
citizens.