New-York tribune., 1901-04-30
BIG DEMONSTRATION AT ROANOKE.
THE PRESIDENT MAKES BRIEF SPEECH. WITH
PROSPERITY FOR A TEXT.


Roanoke. Va. April 29-The biggest and nois-
est demonstration of the day occurred at Roa-
noke Thousands of people were at the STATION
and two bands greeted the President with Hail
TO the Chief,'' There more American flags
in evidence here than at any other stopping
place. The President responded to the calls for
a speech with the following remarks:
am informed and do not wonder at it. that
your committee which to extend me well
come to Roanoke has been lost in this crowd,
but there can be no warmer nor more sympa-
thetic welcome than greets me from the hearts
OF your people. Applause.) l congratulate you
and ] congra. .ulate myself upon the glorious
country in which live. and that more
and forever We devoted the cause
and 10 the same flag. Applause.) | congratu-
late the citizens Of this city upon its marvellous
growth and progress Twenty years ago you
had less, / am told than thousand people i'm
this community. You have more than twenty
thousand now. and I think, if a was
taken to-day you would have a much greater
number than that. L congratulate you there
fore. upon your progress. as well your pros
perity. We never had so much to do in all our
history as we have now. (Applause.) We never
had so much business at home, nor so~much
abroad We never made so much and never sold
20 much sell this year. We are expanding
our markets. Our productive capacity has be
Ply the nome markets. but we require a
foreign market for surplus: and so
we are seeking the open door in the ori-
ent for the products of American soil
and American labor. Applause) What we
want to do now is 10 be prudent in our pros
perity-saVe while we and be strong If the
storms should come: and they do now and then.
Whatever comes, let us be fortified by the prac-
tice of economy while are all so we'll en-
ployed. (Applause.D We are not only expand
ing our markets but expanding ter
ritory. (cries of "Goodi') The policy of the
United States has always been to keep what il
originally started with and hold all il honoraby
gets. (Great applauseo We refused to divide
our original possessions. and will be the
last TO desert possessions. Uong con-
tinued applause.)
Secretary Hay called upon and responded
as follows:
IT is a great pleasure 10 all Of US to be in Vir-
ginia, on the soil Of the Old Dominion and TO
feel that il is now, IT has been for many
generations, the home Of the most patriotic of
our American citizens. Applause) Forty years
ago. in the years of 1861 TO 1865. I. in common
with many thousands of other young men, had
a great desire to travel in the State of Vir-
efnia, but / was prevented by circumstances
over which I had control. These circum-
stances were dressed in gray uniforms, and had
a habit of standing very steady and shooting
very straight. so that we were prevented from
seeing much Of the State should have
liked. (Applause.) I am glad to again in
out is the hand of friend. every voice we hear
is brothers voice, all owning the same re-
ligion revering the constitution following the
same flag and pressing forward to the same
cheerful destiny Oong continued applause)